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This podcast site shares thoughts and perspectives concerning practical notions and methodologies for all -- regardless of level of experience or knowledge -- who are curious, interested or an ongoing student/practitioner of Himalayan (aka Tibetan) Buddhism.
These Elegant Mind podcasts are products of The Chenrezig Project, a Buddhist study/discussion group located in the USA with an international reach. Mark Winwood, a member of the undergraduate Contemplative Psychology teaching faculty at Naropa University in Boulder, is the Chenrezig Project’s founder, resident Dharma sharer and host of these broadcasts. We are involved in an ongoing variety of teachings, writings, community events, etc. Contact Mark at mwinwood@gmail.com.
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Our podcasts feature music composed and performed by Bobby Vega. Bobby has been playing and creating music for more than four decades. He began his professional career as a bass player in 1973 (at the age of 16) on Sly Stones’ single “I Get High on You.” A Bay Area musician’s musician, Bobby has played with artists ranging from Joan Baez and Etta James to Santana and the Jefferson Starship and was included on Bass Player Magazine’s list of ”Top 100 Bassists of All Time” in 2017.
An accomplished composer, Bobby has collaborated on the soundtracks for the TV documentary Vietnam: A Television History, the Francis Ford Coppola film One from the Heart, and the Sega video game Sonic The Hedgehog. Four decades and nearly 5,000 gigs after he first began playing bass, Bobby Vega continues to develop his complex and heady blend of rhythm & blues, rock, funk, technique, and tone, “laying it down” with incredible feeling and groove. More about Bobby and his music may be found at www.bobbyvega.com.
Elegant Mind Podcasts.
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Episodes
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Can cultivating genuine kindness and compassion actually make/keep us physically healthier?
Stress-created/supported chronic inflammation is a stubborn low-level attack on our body, it causes significant wear-and-tear over time and is linked to many diseases (i.e., heart disease, diabetes, etc.) as well as some neuro-degenerative conditions.
But what if a collection of consistent Tibetan Buddhist mind-training contemplative/meditative methodologies ('Lojong') could actually lower our oft-automatic inflammatory responses to various everyday stressors . . . cultivating and maintaining authentically greater, deeper physical health?
Ancient Wisdom practices > Modern Psychology > Physiological Medicine . . .
Interconnectedly powerful? For your consideration . . .
(Length: 14 minutes)
The Elegant Mind is shared here by Mark Winwood, a member of the teaching faculty at Naropa University (Boulder, CO) with accompanying music composed and performed by the San Francisco Bay-area musician Bobby Vega.
(contact: mwinwood@gmail.com)
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