by Ana Stoian | Jun 5, 2021
I am now concluding the first chapter of The Continuous Transformation Podcast. To celebrate the many good moments, topics and insights, we have put together a review of the first 14 episodes to share with you. To bring good answers one needs to be asked good questions, and it’s been a great help to be joined by many dear guests with incisive and daring curiosity. I have decided to take a break to assess the results and response from the first 14 episodes and I welcome your feedback, comments and ideas if there is something you would like to be addressed in future episodes or other inspirations you might have.
by Ana Stoian | May 28, 2021
Masculinity is a gift to the world when it is present in its superior aspect. There is a lot of talk today about ‘toxic masculinity’, but I dare say that it is the rhetoric and opinions about this topic which are much more toxic. To understand the extent of the bias in the discourse on masculinity, you can start by imagining the social media storms that would be triggered if the word “man” in their stories would be replaced with any other category of people. It makes me wonder, where is the superior response to this bias from the strong, moral and virile men?
Masculinity obviously IS in a crisis today, but it is not facing the kind of problems claimed by the ‘woke’ culture or the ones who are calling themselves ‘feminists’.
The problems that masculinity face today need a true masculine attention – one full of responsibility, discernment and accompanied by action. In this talk I am joined by Tantra teacher Foca Yariv, who has been guiding men’s groups and workshops, and raises the questions from the men he has met and from the challenges he has experienced.
by Ana Stoian | May 20, 2021
What is more mysterious than the future? The future is a vast unknown, and in these times the emergence of new technologies makes life change at a rate we’ve never seen before. Are we ready? How can we prepare for this unprecedented acceleration? How to safely glide on the current and not crash-land in a sci-fi dystopia? How to navigate through life when everything is unpredictable? Tantric aspirant Kalas poses these questions in this episode. Questions that can only be answered if we dare to look into our relationship with transformation; a sensitive topic nowadays when most people are longing to hold on to the status quo. Continuous transformation, however, is one of the life’s defining conditions and we will explore what it means in this episode. Welcome to this journey of self discovery!
by Ana Stoian | May 13, 2021
Today we are told to trust science completely – but true science never asked us to believe in it. On the contrary, true science always asked to be scrutinised because that is how science reaches perfection. In this episode I chose to take a boldly direct approach on the obvious signs of degradation of science simultaneously with the weakening of spirituality when they both refuse each other. Coming from an academic background, I have seen the best and worst of science from the inside.
As a practitioner and teacher of yoga, tantra and meditation for more than 30 years, I have also seen and experienced spirituality from its very core. I aim to offer a perspective of how we can bridge the gap between science and spirituality, between logical reasoning and higher heart values. Considering that today science claims to be the owner of the absolute truth and religion tries to fight back, we need to reflect more on these topics. One of the most important lessons for us personally and as a society.
by Ana Stoian | Apr 23, 2021
A friendly talk about the major phenomena arising in the world today with Advaitananda and Sahajananda J. Porslund. There is a battle between ’The Great Reset’ and ‘The Great Awakening’. Is there a real choice between these two alternatives? One of them, a social and political Frankenstein pushed forward by the elite, the other a whisper from the rising masses, conveniently labelled as conspiracy theory by social engineers. Maybe now is the time to look more closely into these issues before it’s too late and the frog is already boiled.
