{"podcast":{"title":"Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck with David Nichtern","slug":"creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367","podcast_index_feed_id":92367,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/creativity-sprituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/creativity-sprituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/96/1c/49/15/961c4915-4613-4357-ac09-be11e7b66c05/947c0bdac7a75e85f9355ab94b78da58452763a107673871174a168a45e9cf7df31e8f5adb0c2e89027f810fe1644f065d6aab534d70c32d92357a72059340f9.jpeg","author":"Be Here Now Network","episode_count":90,"summary":"David Nichtern, founder of Dharma Moon , is a senior Buddhist teacher who has been practicing and teaching meditation for over 40 years. He was one of the initial American students of renowned meditation master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and studied closely with him soon after his arrival in the United States in 1970. He is also a business consultant with companies creating a variety of offerings integrating meditation in a larger health and well-being context – including Goldman Sachs, Journey Meditation, Creative Live, True Nature Meditation (Tokyo), Balanced Athlete, The Center for Health & Healing, Om Births, and Kobre & Kim law firm among others. He has been featured in The New York Times, FOX News, Netflix's The Midnight Gospel, Huffington Post, The Buddhist Geeks podcast, Duncan Trussell Family Hour Podcast, Pete Holmes' You Made it Weird Podcast, and many others. David is the author of the critically acclaimed Awakening From the Daydream: Reimagining The Buddha’s Wheel of Life and his recently released Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck . He mentors individual students both in person and online, and leads meditation teacher training programs around the world. David is…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T06:21:04.603400+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 44 – Professional Wrestling and the Middle Way with Matt Sydal","slug":"ep-44-professional-wrestling-and-the-middle-way-with-matt-sydal","published_at":"2023-06-22T15:01:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367/ep-44-professional-wrestling-and-the-middle-way-with-matt-sydal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/c2796051-acac-4156-9f6d-6df1dfe14b00.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/c2796051-acac-4156-9f6d-6df1dfe14b00.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Matt Sydal joins David to talk about wisdom gained through imperfection, and how professional wrestling connects to the Middle Way. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/beherenow In this episode, Matt joins David to discuss: The variations of professional wrestling in different cultures The “not too tight, not too loose” principle in wrestling Maintaining an equanimous state in discomfort  His story on experiencing vastness and spaciousness of the mind for the first time  Balancing daily life with the practice of cultivating the meditative mind  The wisdom he’s gained from cultivating an “imperfect” meditation practice “Wrestling is like meditation, you can do it in any language.” – Matt Sydal About Matt Sydal:  Matthew Joseph “Matt” Korklan , also known by the ring name Matt Sydal, is an American professional wrestler. Between 2000 and 2007, Korklan wrestled on the independent circuit, for promotions including NWA Midwest, IWA-Mid South, and Ring of Honor, winning both singles and tag team championships. He also wrestled for the short-lived Wrestling Society X and was featured on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling’s early pay-per-view events. In 2011, he formed an alliance with Kofi Kingston, known as Air Boom, and they won the WWE Tag Team Championship. He also made his debut for  New Japan Pro Wrestling  (NJPW), where he was one-time  NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions , and former two-time  IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion . Matt is known for his high flying, lucha libre-inspired style of wrestling, and was named the  Wrestling Observer Newsletter ‘s Best Flying Wrestler in 2008. Lear…","meta_description":"Matt Sydal joins David to talk about wisdom gained through imperfection, and how professional wrestling connects to the Middle Way. 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