EPISODE TWO: Rebellion, Mindfulness, and Prayer-as-Conversation with ARGOS GONZALEZ
Argos Gonzales is a mindfulness instructor for both educators and students, and in this episode he discusses his own personal spiritual journey. We discuss:
Parenthood, teenage rebellion, and the powerful vision his own father had before he was born
The transformational power of a near-drowning experience
Argos' journey in the Lucumi tradition, shamanism, and meditation
Rigidity, fluidity, and finding balance
How to develop your intuition
Why meditation might feel like it “makes things worse” and how to sit with and through that
Prayer as ritual and prayer as a conversation
Mindfulness as a secular practice
The inclusivity of mindfulness
Agency and mindfulness within radical social justice work
What to do with anger
Modeling mindfulness and making it fun for children
“Can mindfulness bring greater clarity and greater intimacy into what your spiritual practice is?”