Commune with Jeff Krasno

The Happy Pear started in 2004 when identical twins Steve and Dave opened a small produce shop in their Irish hometown with the dream of helping people to eat more vegetables. Their many plant-based businesses have come a long way since then, but they still focus on simple delights: eating great vegan food, swimming in the ocean at sunrise, and staying deeply involved in their families and local community. If you want to know what makes for joyful health and longevity, this happy pair is a good place to start. Learn more about Commune at onecommune.com and connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune and @jeffkrasno.

In this time of political rancor and binary opposition, the only way out of fanaticism is for each of us to make a herculean effort toward finding common ground. This often involves the uncomfortable process of honestly assessing where our own positions have become more extreme. Commusings is our Sunday morning newsletter where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and culture. To sign up, visit onecommune.com. And for more musings and quotes, connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune or @jeffkrasno.

Unless you had so much uric acid in your body that you developed gout, doctors have largely ignored this common biomarker. But according to Dr. Perlmutter, new research is showing a strong link between elevated uric acid and chronic diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's, and cardiovascular disease. Today’s show goes into depth about the evolutionary origins of our obesity epidemic, the importance of a low-sugar diet, and how tracking your own uric acids levels can be an important metric for your health. Learn more about Commune at onecommune.com and connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune and @jeffkrasno.

If you like this podcast-exclusive, audio-only yoga class, join us for Schuyler's new 10-Day Commune Yoga Challenge: Grounding Into Grace. Sign up at onecommune.com/grace to receive a free, 30-minute video class per day from January 12-21. Let's practice together as a community to open the new year with strength and fluidity in our bodies. This FREE 10-day yoga challenge is made possible by Liforme Yoga Mats. For 15% off your Liforme mat, go to liforme.com and enter COMMUNE15 at checkout.

On December 14, 2012, Scarlett Lewis’ 6-year-old son Jesse was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In her grief, she stumbled on a note he had written in chalk shortly before his death: “nurturing, healing, and love.” These three words left behind by her son became fuel for her life’s work, the Choose Love Movement. In today’s show, Jeff and Scarlett discuss how grief transforms us, and how healing is possible through practicing forgiveness. Scarlett also shares how we can teach compassion and other essential skills in schools to help prevent future attacks from troubled kids. Learn more about the Choose Love Movement at chooselovemovement.org. Learn more about Commune at onecommune.com and connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune and @jeffkrasno.

If you like this podcast-exclusive, audio-only yoga class, join us for Schuyler's new 10-Day Commune Yoga Challenge: Grounding Into Grace. Sign up at onecommune.com/grace to receive a free, 30-minute video class per day from January 12-21. Let's practice together as a community to open the new year with strength and fluidity in our bodies. This FREE 10-day yoga challenge is made possible by Liforme Yoga Mats. For 15% off your Liforme mat, go to liforme.com and enter COMMUNE15 at checkout.

If you don't like how you are feeling, change the rhythm and depth of your breath. Because how you are breathing is how you are living. In this episode, Jeff and Scott discuss the science of the breath as well as delve into the more subtle spiritual and psychological aspects of this mysterious, powerful process we undertake more than 20,000 times a day. To take Scott’s Commune course, Ecstatic Breathwork, for free, go to onecommune.com/breathwork. Learn how to use breathwork to clear blocks and upgrade your inner state. Learn more about Commune at onecommune.com and connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune and @jeffkrasno.

If you like this podcast-exclusive, audio-only yoga class, join us for Schuyler's new 10-Day Commune Yoga Challenge: Grounding Into Grace. Sign up at onecommune.com/grace to receive a free, 30-minute video class per day from January 12-21. Let's practice together as a community to open the new year with strength and fluidity in our bodies. This FREE 10-day yoga challenge is made possible by Liforme Yoga Mats. For 15% off your Liforme mat, go to liforme.com and enter COMMUNE15 at checkout.

If you see a gap between what you have and what you think you need to be happy, then listen up: You could keep running to close the gap, or you could find abundance, right here and now, by loving what you already have. In today's podcast, Jeff and Kim discuss Kim's new book, You Are More Than You Think You Are, the teachings of Yogananda, and the joy of discovering the true self. Learn more about Kim's book at mysolluna.com/youaremore Learn more about Commune at onecommune.com and connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune and @jeffkrasno.

Yoga and ballet are so far apart on the movement spectrum that they curve around and settle next to each other in our minds. Kind of like how the political far left and far right can act in surprisingly similar ways even as they hold diametrically opposing values. The spectrum is U shaped, but you can’t simply hop over the gap. This is a story about going the long way around. Commusings is our Sunday morning newsletter where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and culture. To sign up, visit onecommune.com. And for more musings and quotes, connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune or @jeffkrasno.