Artist Decoded by Yoshino Now Is The Way with Cory Allen | AD 146
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About Cory: Cory Allen is an author, podcast host, meditation teacher, composer, and audio engineer. On his podcast The Astral Hustle, he finds ways for us to live with more wonder and less suffering by speaking with leading experts in mindfulness, neuroscience, music, and philosophy. The Astral Hustle has been downloaded millions of times and was featured by the New York Times. Cory has taught thousands of people how to meditate with clear and concise methods in his online meditation course Release Into Now. He is also a distinguished music producer who has released more than a dozen albums and engineered hundreds of records for other artists. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
- Allen's reflection on his childhood and his relationship with his family
- How Allen strives to learn from the people he surrounds himself with
- Thoughts on how humans react to one another and the complexities of life
- A discussion on Allen's book, "Now is the Way: An Unconventional Approach to Modern Mindfulness", including the writing process, the method of presenting both simple and complex ideas in a resource for all levels of mindfulness practice, and the experience of it in audio form
- His journey as a teen studying western and eastern philosophy, meditation, psychedelics, and neuroscience
- His feelings on abandoning structure, authority, and systems
- The importance of eating well, and maintaining good health in the mindfulness journey
- Creating balance between his writing practice and his home life
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