{"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. 66– Total Eclipse of the Mind with Andrew Holecek","slug":"ep-66-total-eclipse-of-the-mind-with-andrew-holecek","published_at":"2026-07-07T17:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367/ep-66-total-eclipse-of-the-mind-with-andrew-holecek","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/311832a2-2e4c-4161-be30-bc9badde6d31.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/311832a2-2e4c-4161-be30-bc9badde6d31.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Contemplative Scholar Andrew Holecek joins David Nichtern to delve into the powerful practices of dark retreat, bardo yoga, and dream yoga.  Grab a copy of Andrew’s book, Total Eclipse of the Mind , to discover more about the power of darkness for creativity, healing, and transformation. In this episode, Andrew and David explore: An inquiry into the nature of mind and reality  How asking questions is much more important than having answers Going into dark retreat and practicing bardo yoga Entering spiritual teachings as if immersing into a different realm  The Buddha as the ultimate lucid dreamer Dream interpretation and liminal dreaming for insights into the self  Working mindfully with artificial intelligence  The balancing principle that darkness represents  Becoming sensitive to other beings and archetypes when in dark retreat Join Dharma Moon to learn about The Business of Teaching Meditation About Andrew Holecek: Andrew Holecek is an interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism and other nondual wisdom traditions. He is the Resident Contemplative Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, and a research consultant for the Cognitive Neuroscience Program at Northwestern University. His work involves studies on dream yoga and the practice of dark retreat. Dr. Holecek is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the author of nine books, and a concert pianist. He has completed the Tibetan Buddhist three-year retreat and is a frequent subject in scientific studies on meditation and lucid dreaming. His work integrates ancient wisdom traditions with contemporary perspectives, aiming to help individuals navigate spiritual challenges and end-of-life experiences. He is currently writing two books on da…","meta_description":"Contemplative Scholar Andrew Holecek joins David Nichtern to delve into the powerful practices of dark retreat, bardo yoga, and dream yoga. 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