Latest Eastern thinking Podcast Episodes
Ep. 30 – “Role of Man”
Zooming in the Lens - August 05, 2016 01:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDo we truly see men today? Do men today see themselves? Are man in THIER truth, or is the pull too strong to be sociates man, informing what they should and shouldn’t be? The village mentality for the most part has slipped away in our culture and was replaced with an experience in isolation since...
Imprecise storytelling – “kids say the most ****** ** things” w/ Frog 11-yrs old
Zooming in the Lens - July 27, 2016 20:55 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWARNING: Have you SPOKEN to an 11-year old boy in 2016? If not, you may want to skip the first 20 minutes! Our guest is 11-yr old “FROG” again, who first assumes the role of shock-jock, dropping bombs on sex, suicide, porn and some curse words (trust me, his parents are taking care of it!) […]
Imprecise storytelling – “God might have ADHD” by Frog Pellegrino (11-yrs old)
Zooming in the Lens - July 12, 2016 03:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsGet ready to hear parenting advice from an 11-year old – Donovan “Frog” Pellegrino is his name! Frog was labeled early on with ADHD and behavioral issues. We are all aware there is no handbook for parenting. Even if there were, I wouldn’t follow it. We each express differently in life, with and ...
Imprecise storytelling series – Fear 6/28/16
Zooming in the Lens - June 28, 2016 23:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImpromptu on FEAR Presented by ZITL podcast with Olivia May (me) and my teacher, Katrina Chester. Imprecise storytelling is a metaphor – we all think we know who we are. And then we share “who we are” with those around us. But what if we are more? or Less? what if beliefs cloud “what is” […]
Ep.29 *Part 2 – Earth creature in its natural habitat (Tommy Stewart)
Zooming in the Lens - June 14, 2016 19:13 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPart 2 ~ Tommy is a yogi in practice as most of us participating and listening are too. Tommy spent his life as a recording and touring drummer in bands with enough success to pack arena’s in and out of the U.S. Presently, he zooms his passions into another arena, turning him on for over 30 years...
Ep.28 – Earth creature in its natural habitat, guest Tommy Stewart, Part 1
Zooming in the Lens - June 07, 2016 04:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPart 1 ~ Tommy is a yogi in practice as most of us participating and listening are too. Tommy spent his life as a recording and touring drummer in bands with enough success to pack arena’s in and out of the U.S. Presently, he has been targeting his passions in another arena, turning him on for ov...
Imprecise storytelling series 1b (5/19/16)
Zooming in the Lens - May 19, 2016 13:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings(Part 2) Hi, I’m Olivia May, here with my teacher, friend, and boss, Katrina Chester as we press RECORD at WORK in our studio – welcome to Imprecise storytelling. On an average day at work, so many teachings appear, showing us how limiting the stories of ourselves are! Are we more or less than ou...
Imprecise storytelling series- 1a (5/12/16)
Zooming in the Lens - May 12, 2016 19:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHi, I’m Olivia May, here with my teacher, friend, and boss, Katrina Chester as we press RECORD at WORK in our studio – welcome to Imprecise storytelling. On an average day at work, so many teachings appear, showing us how limiting the stories of ourselves are! Are we more or less than our stories...
Ep. 27 – A Passover talk with Aunt Shirley
Zooming in the Lens - April 28, 2016 19:20 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA Marathon With Katrina Chester & Cara Albero. Cara in NY joins Katrina in LA for an impromptu practice! Aren’t those the best though? With Passover honored this week, the topic of family naturally arrived. Cara shares her recent practice moment involving her mom and her aunt Shirley related to r...
Ep. 26 – Part 2 “Because Love shouldn’t have Red Tape” with guest, Hank Fortener
Zooming in the Lens - April 14, 2016 02:15 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHank is not your average Pastor. In these episodes, many topics are sparked which at the core can inspire us to widen our lens by looking underneath what we think we know, and who we think we and others are. The growing popular term “spiritual but not religious” is a clue of imbalance and our […]
Ep. 25 – “Because Love shouldn’t have Red Tape” with guest, Hank Fortener – Part 1
Zooming in the Lens - March 31, 2016 20:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHank Fortener – TedX, Adopttogether.org, World Adoption Day-Nov 9, Christian Pastor, joins Katrina for an open, organic chat. But Hank is not your average Pastor. He captures even the non-religious when he shares from his inspiring & up-to-date lens, as you may simultaneously find yourself want...
Ep. 24 – Part 2, Spacesuit adjustments with Katrina Chester & Bryan Clark
Zooming in the Lens - March 17, 2016 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJoin Katrina and her guest Bryan Clark (MA, Mindset Coach and Client Experience Expert for Conscious Entrepreneurs) for PART 2 of their candid talk on the struggles of life as we adjust our spacesuits which culture, family, friends, peers, and beliefs systems rely on. Our mind says we are differe...
Ep. 23 – Spacesuit adjustments with Katrina Chester & Bryan Clark (Part 1)
Zooming in the Lens - March 10, 2016 08:34 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSpacesuit = Our roles and models in life, our external bodies, our personalities, who we think we are. “When I, like you, was born I donned a space suit for living on this planet, it was this body, this is my space suit, and it had a steering mechanism which is my pre-frontal lobe and […]
Ep. 22 “If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your parents.” (Ram Dass) inspiring- “Parenting then and now” (and you do not have to be a parent or have one!)
Zooming in the Lens - December 10, 2015 02:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratings“You never know the right way…life just goes on, click, click, click…you need a backup system, otherwise your just like a jellyfish floating around…” – Jan Chester. I have never responded to anyone more with the word “right” than in this podcast, ha! Why? The guest is my mother. What topic did sh...
Ep. 21 “Thanksgiving with no agenda” special episode
Zooming in the Lens - November 25, 2015 23:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsEp. 21 “Thanksgiving with no agenda” special episode for the holidays Cara Evans and Katrina Chester have a free form talk with no agenda. What came out are survival skills & tools for the holidays when being with family and friends trigger us. Two friends using a podcast as their spiritual pract...
Ep.20 “burning MAN and the mirror”
Zooming in the Lens - November 18, 2015 20:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsKatrina talks with Jim McCown in MO, who took part in the Zooming in the Lens course presented by Ram Dass and Functional Yoga online (which Katrina guides). How much of a role does our linear thinking play in the interpretation of ourselves, others, and of our lives? Using myth, ritual and commu...
Ep.19 Part-two ”gap year-gap life OPTIONS”- education & exploration
Zooming in the Lens - November 13, 2015 01:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWant ideas for life experiences before or after college? How about no matter HOW old you are? Katrina Chester and Cara Evans join in for teaching moments with a beautiful 26-year-old sharing her own experience to free the limited thinking of career options! ~ Lexi Pellegrino is someone who went t...
Ep.18 “gap year-gap life” education & exploration
Zooming in the Lens - November 03, 2015 09:57 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWelcome to Part 1 with Cara Evans and Lexi Pellegrino for an interesting conversation on the limited awareness our culture brings to the choice of “Gap years” – (taking a year or semester off before college). In reality, we have a choice to apply that term individually too, creating a “gap life”....
Ep. 17 “the game of incarnation, PART-TWO”
Zooming in the Lens - October 22, 2015 00:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratings…with Katrina Chester, guests Cara Evans and Lexi Pellegrino for part-two…are we playing the game of our lives, or is it playing us? The scientists of spirituality discussion continues from last week with Cara and Katrina as they notice the recipe used by science for investigation, to adjusting t...
Ep.16 “the game of incarnation”
Zooming in the Lens - October 02, 2015 20:57 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsbeing scientists of spirituality
Ep.15 “lets get small, average, and great”
Zooming in the Lens - September 24, 2015 00:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsKatrina Chester is joined by fellow spiritualist and dear friend, Cara Albero, for this episode diving into a well-known quote for discovery. A practice of seeing, through investigation, how pliable and fluid a belief, opinion, and interpretation, really are when clinging is softened. When we exp...
Ep.14 – That “Don’t-know mind” Part 1- Love
Zooming in the Lens - August 26, 2015 22:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe unproven, unexplainable, and indescribable series. Part 1 – LOVE What is the don’t-know mind, also known as the beginners mind? Why would I want to NOT know something? An important element in growing emotionally and spiritually is curiosity-like when we were children! That drive diminishes w...
Ep.13 – Eating an elephant with a plastic fork w/ guests Rena Joy & Cara Evans
Zooming in the Lens - August 15, 2015 03:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHost Katrina joins Rena joy and her daughter, Cara Evans, speaking as very old and dear spiritual friends, about Ram Dass, Psychedelics and the 60's, importance of humor and re-learning to play as an adult, and so much more! Join them for a conversation on Guru Purnima.
Ep.12 – Late night Yoga -Special Guests!
Zooming in the Lens - July 23, 2015 04:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOne late night in southern California, 4 close friends grabbed a mic and hit record. Three of these friends toured together for many years as musicians in rock and roll traveling the world. Four of them are yogis, questioners of reality and hold dear the belief in not taking yourself or life too ...
Ep.11 -Can I surrender-to-surrender? 1 of 1000 episodes ;)
Zooming in the Lens - July 08, 2015 21:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsUsing a recent health experience, Katrina tells a story she hasn’t even shared yet with many close to her yet is inspired by the support of co-host Sass to practice vulnerability and use this moment to try something different. Sass’s wisdom of the many avenues in which we can surrender creates th...
Ep.10 – The (swiss) exploration
Zooming in the Lens - June 25, 2015 07:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSelf-exploration and exploration takes curiosity. What are some things we would be missing out on in life if curiosity didn’t ignite exploration? How do you explore in a healthy & spiritual way? The girls chat about some funny explorations and many other things in Podcast #10 – The swiss explorat...
Ep.9 “Using Ritual as Practice”
Zooming in the Lens - June 11, 2015 02:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe girls get into a discussion about using rituals as practice in our daily lives. What IS the big hang up of some about rituals anyway? In todays world, the word “rituals” may conjure up thoughts of religion, a cult, or descriptions like hippie dippy. But rituals are already used in cultures bi...
Ep.8 “Demonics of life”
Zooming in the Lens - May 27, 2015 19:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMeet Joseph Campbell, who starts the girls off today. For those who don’t know Joseph, he is a powerful, very knowledgable mythologist and philosopher. The title of this episode comes from this audio explanation your about to hear for where the root of the word “demon” comes from. It will blow yo...
Ep. 7 “married to the mind”
Zooming in the Lens - May 12, 2015 07:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSit in on the juicy talks into our unknown commitment when not questioning our monkey-mind. We may not even notice our thoughts or the results that may bring to us, personally. Listening to the mind without questioning with awareness and self inquiry, brings up dynamic conversation into personal ...
Ep.6 “In through the out-door”
Zooming in the Lens - April 30, 2015 05:53 - 52 seconds ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe girls riff on some technological advances, and scientific ‘hopes’ inching closer and closer to results in the human quest for immortality, halting ageing, and pain reduction. How could this play-out in the human experience? With “in through the out-door”, translations ensue relating to -birth...
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