156. Mariana Caplan, 2nd Interview

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2013

⏱️ 105 minutes

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In this second interview, we discuss yoga and psychology, among other topics. Mariana Caplan, PhD, MFT, RYT 500,  is a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and the author of six books in the fields of psychology and spirituality, including Yoga & Psyche, the award-winning Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path, the seminal Halfway Up the Mountain: the Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment, and The Guru Question: The Perils and Rewards of Choosing a Spiritual Teacher. She is the founder of The Yoga & Psyche Method™ and The Yoga & Psyche Conference™. She has been teaching workshops and trainings at major retreat centers, yoga studios, and universities throughout the world since 1997, and since 2001 been an adjunct professor and developed large public programs at The California Institute of Integral Studies, and taught at Naropa University, John F. Kennedy University, and Sophia University. Website: marianacaplan.com Other BatGap events involving Mariana 1st Mariana Caplan interview Mariana Caplan in Panel at Sofia U. Part 1 | Part 2 In SAND Panel on Sexual Misconduct, Money, Power, Trauma & Ethics in Spiritual Communities | Also, Meeting of Founders and Members of the Association for Spiritual Integrity Summary and Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 1/6/2013 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Mariana Caplan and her work 00:03:17 - The Paradox of Disillusionment on the Spiritual Path 00:06:16 - Human Development and the Path of Endlessness 00:08:28 - Meeting an Enlightened Man 00:11:18 - Stumbling into Yoga and Meeting a Great Yogi 00:14:22 - Holding Opposites in Spiritual Practice 00:17:04 - Living on a Bench in Tiruvannamalai 00:20:21 - The Aspiration for Love and Truth 00:23:52 - The Intersection of Yoga and Psychology 00:27:29 - The Responsibility and Accountability of Teachers 00:30:48 - The Body as a Bridge between Psychology and Yoga 00:34:29 - Infinite Path of Uniqueness 00:38:12 - God's Internal Crisis and Confusion 00:41:03 - Yoga and Psychology 00:44:37 - The Importance of Health Insurance and Comfortable Living Spaces 00:48:19 - Integrating Eastern Spiritual Practice in Western Culture 00:51:45 - The Benefits of Trauma Research and Psychology 00:55:32 - Awakening Consciousness in the Body 00:59:46 - Processing Emotions in the Body 01:03:56 - Working with Traumatic States in the Body 01:08:57 - Culturing Physiological Transformation 01:12:26 - The Encoding of Wisdom in our Body 01:16:11 - The significance of the body in spiritual practice 01:20:18 - Facing the Gunk Within 01:23:52 - The Importance of Psychological Work 01:27:01 - Seeking Spiritual Guidance 01:31:21 - The Value of Being in the Company of the Wise 01:34:58 - The Tantric Path for Transformational Benefit 01:37:34 - The Yoga and Psyche Integration Project 01:41:12 - Connecting with Marianna Caplan 01:44:22 - Reflections and Farewell Save

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer and I'm back today with Mariana Kaplan.
0:32.6	I interviewed Mariana about a year ago and she's one of my favorite spiritual authors.
0:38.3	I'll read a short bio of her here.
0:41.3	She is a licensed psychotherapist, a lifelong yogi, or yogini, as the case may be,
0:47.3	and the author of seven books in the fields of psychology and spirituality,
0:51.3	including eyes wide open, cultivating discernment on the spiritual
0:55.4	path, the guru question, the perils and awards of choosing a spiritual teacher, and halfway
1:01.3	up the mountain, the error of premature claims to enlightenment. She is currently working with
1:07.5	nine interns conducting living research on the intersection of yoga and Western
1:12.1	psychology and is in the process of writing a book, workbook, and academic article on the subject.
1:18.6	And that's the subject we're going to talk about quite a bit today, yoga and psychology,
1:22.6	although we might veer off here and there into other things.
1:26.6	One thing I just want to say about your books, Mariana, that if I had to sum them up in
1:30.0	a sentence, I would say they're all about honesty and not BSing yourself, about your own
1:37.5	degree of progress, about your teacher, about anything, just sort of learning to be truthful
1:42.2	and honest and kind of your books
1:47.0	to make it clear how valuable that is and how useful and how deluding yourself, if you're
1:54.8	really sincere about spiritual progress, is not a very helpful tactic.
1:59.0	Thanks, Rick. That's a kind of compliment.
2:03.6	I think I've spent my years working toward because that's always been my goal.
2:10.6	And of course I had a teacher named Lee Lozowick.
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