David and Michael continue a multi-part exploration between student and teacher around the basics of mindfulness practice.

David Nichtern and Marcela Lobos have a conversation around her book, Awakening Your Inner Shaman, and the commonalities shared by Shamanism and Buddhism.


Marcela Lobos has been initiated in the...

Meditation invites us to let go of our rigid ways of thinking and learn to collaborate with life by surrendering to the present. When our stubbornness gets in the way of our practice, we meet...

In the popular imagination, meditation involves achieving a state of thoughtless bliss. A common misconception that meditation involves thoughtlessness can deter people from experiencing the...

Rock Climbing Pioneer, Arno Ilgner joins David to share how to face our fears, follow our inspirations, and become more authentic human beings by following the mental training of The...

Welcome back to David's View!

This is the third in a series of short episodes where David and producer Michael Kammers sit down to discuss ways that we can apply the principles and practices...

Jamie Catto joins David to share on Ram Dass, creative projects as devotional acts, the value of success, death, suicide, the power of Yin, and sweetening your self-talk. Jamie Catto facilitates...

A conversation with David Nichtern about the possibilities of mindfulness practice.

When we begin our journeys as young people in the world, with no answers and a mind open to anything, what we...

Welcome back to David's View!

This is the second in a series of short episodes where David and producer Michael Kammers sit down to discuss ways that we can apply the principles and practices...