{"podcast":{"title":"Expanding Consciousness","slug":"expanding-consciousness-6721239","podcast_index_feed_id":6721239,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ed681ad0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/expanding-consciousness","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39730228/39730228-1702459457429-1fad2df8bfb75.jpg","author":"Michael Wally and Nikolas Haag","episode_count":81,"summary":"How to connect to your higher self & escape the matrix. Two software engineers deconstruct together what they learned about spirituality, non-duality and the human experience. We explore to sharpen our awareness, make life more enjoyable, be little kinder, become more authentic, less reactive, more present & ultimately expand our consciousness. For Feedback & Inquiries: expanding.consciousness.podcast@gmail.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/expanding-consciousness-6721239"},"episode":{"title":"Lisa Pedscalny on Meditation, Nature, and Coming Home to Yourself | Ep. 59","slug":"lisa-pedscalny-on-meditation-nature-and-coming-home-to-yourself-ep-59","published_at":"2025-05-16T15:08:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/expanding-consciousness-6721239/lisa-pedscalny-on-meditation-nature-and-coming-home-to-yourself-ep-59","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/expanding-consciousness-6721239","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/expanding-consciousness/episodes/Lisa-Pedscalny-on-Meditation--Nature--and-Coming-Home-to-Yourself--Ep--59-e32tnh8","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ed681ad0/podcast/play/102734824/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-4-16%2F400380026-44100-2-1543b0a241404.m4a","summary":"Lisa's Website: https://www.forestfloormindfulness.com/ Lisa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellepedscalny/ In this episode, we’re joined by Lisa Pedscalny of Forest Floor Mindfulness , a long-time meditation practitioner and teacher who shares her journey from anxious corporate life to finding healing through mindfulness, meditation, and deep connection with nature . We talk about how Lisa accidentally stumbled into meditation, how nature became a central part of her healing, and why our relationship to anxiety matters more than trying to fix it . Lisa shares her insights into forest bathing, embodied awe, equanimity through trees, and why nature might be the best mindfulness teacher we have. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 00:41 – Meet Lisa Pedscalny of Forest Floor Mindfulness 02:04 – How Lisa Discovered Meditation by Accident 05:01 – Shifting the Relationship to Anxiety Through Practice 07:26 – Nature as a Bridge When Sitting Feels Too Hard 10:16 – Why Mindfulness in Nature Feels Fun and Accessible 12:46 – Explaining Anxiety: Energy, Resistance, and the Role of Curiosity 15:61 → 16:01 – Forest Bathing and the Feeling of Coming Home 18:41 – Nature as a Non-Judging Mirror for Presence 21:31 – Physiological Reconnection Through Nature & “Nature Deficit Disorder” 24:11 – Nature and the Nervous System: Lessons from Children 26:56 – Urban Nature: You Don’t Need a Forest to Reconnect 29:31 – The Sky, the Earth, and Your Body as Portals to Presence 32:01 – The Trap of “Doing It Right” in Mindfulness Practice 34:41 – Customizing Mindfulness to Fit Real Life 37:11 – On Zen Rigidity and Discovering What Actually Works 39:51 – A Dogma-Free, Compassionate Approach to Retreats and Practice 42:61 → 43:01 – Learning Equanimity from Trees: Nature as a Living Model 46:56 – Curio…","meta_description":"Lisa's Website: https://www.forestfloormindfulness.com/ Lisa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellepedscalny/ In this episode, we’re joined by Lisa P…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2964,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/expanding-consciousness-6721239/episodes/lisa-pedscalny-on-meditation-nature-and-coming-home-to-yourself-ep-59/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/expanding-consciousness-6721239/lisa-pedscalny-on-meditation-nature-and-coming-home-to-yourself-ep-59.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}