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Can You Survive This Podcast?

The Art of Living | Michael Fischman

Can You Survive This Podcast?

Jeff Apple

Education, Leisure, Health & Fitness

4.8599 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Uplift LA free courses for Los Angeles residents until the end of March: https://tiny.cc/upliftlosangeles NordVPN is the sponsor of this episode. Go to: nordvpn.com/cys The link will give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Art of Living Foundation: artofliving.org SKY Recovery skyrecoveryprogram.org My friend Michael Fischman and I discuss The Art of Living, Breathwork (Pranayama), Meditation, and practical insights for enhanced well-being, stress management, addiction recovery, and personal transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

and I went on a teacher training program with Kyridev directly.

0:06.0

And what really attracted me, definitely the techniques were very, very powerful.

0:13.0

And the deep rest I experienced from the technique was amazing.

0:19.0

But I was very attracted to Kudadev as a individual, as a teacher. He has this

0:27.9

incredible understanding about the human condition that I have not experienced with any other individual.

0:38.3

Somehow he understands every nook and cranny of the mind and the life experience.

0:47.3

And the knowledge that he shares about this has been very, very transformational in my life.

1:02.4

How do you go from being an advertising executive to working at the Art of Living Foundation?

1:11.6

Well, I guess I was extremely lucky.

1:14.6

Back in 1988, I met Guridev Shushi Rav Shui Rav Shankar in Los Angeles, in Santa Monica.

1:23.6

I was actually in a health food store, in the food co-op in Santa Monica, and I was looking

1:31.0

for the perfect wheat-free, sugar-free, taste-free cookie, and I collided parts with this woman,

1:38.6

and she told me about the art of living, and it sounded totally amazing for me.

1:46.0

So I went to a public talk that Gurdadev was giving at the time.

1:51.6

It was completely blown away.

1:53.6

I learned Siddharshin-cria or Sky Meditation,

1:57.1

the core essence of the program.

2:00.2

And it was just a journey.

2:04.6

Very interesting.

2:06.1

And so what exactly is the Art of Living Foundation?

2:09.3

It's like a meditation center or like a yoga center or?

2:14.7

Yeah.

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