So growing up in Alabama and a family of six light rockins never imagined he'd find

himself in his mid-40s some 15 years into a career as a meditation teacher, having led

workshops and trained thousands around the world, giving up nearly all of his worldly

possessions to live out of a backpack and be nomadic for the last three years, basing

out of Mexico City for the moment. This last year and a half it created the space to

really reflect on his life of teaching, travel, connection, serendipity and impact.

And the stories and insights that began to emerge needed to be written down and shared.

Stories about being a young black kid growing up in the South living in New York saying yes

to a gig advertising that would become his one and only traditional job, walking into

a meditation workshop with a lot of hesitance and walking out sensing it would be his life's

work, immersing himself in India, starting a sober social movement called the shine and

reflecting on meaning, friendship, love, serendipity, surrender and of course meditation.

And more broadly the role of stillness and reflection in our lives.

He has distilled these stories and awakenings into a beautiful new book,

knowing where to look and we dive into all of it in today's inspiring conversation.

So excited to share it with you. I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project.

And what a year to... Did you have the idea to start at the end of the tunnel

before this last year? I've been dragging my feet for probably a year and a half.

So it was actually perfect. The pandemic was perfect for me starting my podcast,

finishing my book and all kinds of stuff. Yeah, I mean actually I mean talk about timing

there like to literally start a podcast called at the end of the tunnel when we're sort of like

the entire world is entering this new tunnel that is utterly dark and we have no idea what's next.

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