Episode 12: A Dharmic Conversation with Vicki Kennedy-Overfelt

One Heart One Mind

Thomas McConkie

Meditation, Spirituality, Mindfulness, Contemplation, Psychology, Buddhism, Development, Thomasmcconkie, Religion & Spirituality

5 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation, Thomas talks to his longtime dharma friend, Vicki Kennedy-Overfelt, about finding a home on the spiritual path, effort and effortlessness, and ultimately, the supreme wholeness and holiness that each one of us is.

Learn more about Vicki and her community at:

mindfulnessutah.com

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of Mindfulness Plus.
0:15.0	My name is Thomas Mekonki. I'm your host and I am delighted to introduce you to my Darmic friend, teacher, mentor, sister, partner in crime.
0:27.2	Vicki Overfelt.
0:28.2	Hello, Vicki.
0:28.9	Hi, Thomas.
0:29.8	Thanks for being here.
0:31.0	I really appreciate it.
0:32.0	I'm happy to be here again.
0:33.7	Yeah, exactly.
0:34.6	Again, if this conversation sounds like incredibly polished like we knew where we were going, one possible reason is that we recorded this recently, but we ran out of memory on the memory card.
0:47.3	Oops, amateur move for this podcaster. And Vicky was gracious enough to come back and continue the conversation.
0:53.9	Vicky is, you know, someone I've really looked up to on the path for a long time,
0:58.4	has extensive experience in the Shambala tradition,
1:01.7	which I think she can tell us a little bit about,
1:04.0	and is also fully certified in the MBSR tradition.
1:08.0	So Vicky, tell us a little bit about MBSR and Shambala to start us off. How does that sound?
1:13.0	Hmm. Good. So I started, I think, I started meditating when I was 17. I grew up with a mom who
1:22.1	was a student of Maharishi Maheshiyogi. So. Yeah, in the TM tradition, transcendental meditation.
1:29.9	Did you get into that at all?
1:31.0	I did, actually.
1:32.6	Also, her cousin, my first cousin, once removed.
1:36.1	I looked up to him a lot as more like an uncle, you know?
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