Rabbit Hole

In this episode, DJ Cashmere sits down with meditation teacher Jeff Warren, who has spent decades exploring consciousness, neurodivergence, and the practical side of meditation. Jeff shares his own experience with ADHD, bipolarity, and the ups and downs of life, offering tools and insights that listeners can use immediately.

This video was filmed at Omega Institute for our “Meditation Party” retreat. It features a guided meditation by Jeff on how to work with intrusive thoughts, and then Dan, Seb and Jeff all chat about their weird brains, along with members of the audience!

In this episode we talk about: The perks of meditating with friends, the importance of friendship in chaotic times, how to have difficult conversations, authenticity vs wanton oversharing, working with the thorny stuff that can come up in relationships, advice for people pleasers, and building meaningful relationships in the age of social media

In this episode, Jeff chats with Garvia from the Happier Enough podcast about how he got into meditation to help his mental health, what meditation is, how it helps quiet unproductive thoughts and how you – the skeptical, busy person with a mile-long to-do list – can start incorporating it into your happiness practice.

In this episode, we talk about: how much is enough, the illusion of security, the importance of being able to talk to your friends about this stuff, and the power of identifying your own money story, in other words, finding the point of origination for your own neuroses on the subject

Recorded live at the Omega Institute, Jeff guides us through two different approaches to being attentive to our experience — followed by a discussion with Dan and Sebene.

We also talk about: whether it is possible to be a failed meditator; grief versus mourning; and meditation tips for parents.

From The Change Room Podcast: In this episode, we discusses how spiritual practices can either help individuals recognize, accept and connect with their particular mental health and neuro-identities (best case!) or (worst case!) lead to a disconnection and denial.”

How To Handle Literally Anything with Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren

Welcome to the third installment of Meditation Party, an experiment we’re running with a chattier format – more of a morning zoo vibe, but way deeper, of course.

In this episode, Jeff shares what it’s like to be a meditation teacher who has ADHD. We also take listener questions, discussing topics like drugs. Specifically, psychedelics — and whether you’re violating Buddhist precepts if you take them. We also talk about how frustrating it can be to repeatedly wake up from distraction in meditation.

This episode is the first in an experimental new series called Meditation Party. Dan takes listener calls with fellow meditators Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren and get candid about their practices and dealing with life.

A new musical collaboration with producer / DJ / sound wizard / friend Noah Pred. The idea of this 12-minute soundscape / meditation is to encourage listeners to adjust their consciousness from the inside, using music both as the object of meditation, and as a reflection of each real-time adjustment.

Back in my twenties, I had this idea of living life like an adventure story. So I did. Until I realized the ratio of fun to struggle was moving in the wrong direction. The fun was getting briefer and more desperate; the challenges were getting longer and more all-encompassing.

From the Business Unusual with Barbara Corcoran Podcast: “Meditation changed my life, and today I’m talking to the guy who coached me through it. Jeff Warren joins me to break down the benefits of meditation, why many of the most successful people practice it, and why it’s okay if you ‘can’t get the hang of it.'”

Fine piece in Mashable by Rebecca Ruiz, about how to make meditation practice more accessible to people with physical and mental disabilities.

From the Dropping In – An Omega Podcast: “In his conversation with Omega digital media director Cali Alpert, Jeff reveals why he thinks meditation is one of the most radical acts, how we can tailor a practice to fit our individual needs, and how we learn best in community.”

I knew parenting would be rewarding and challenging. I didn’t know it would be everything – like the life I had before, except now in 3-D, with the vanishing point always in sight.

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of The Consciousness Explorers Club, my friend Andrea Cohen made this beautiful 2-minute animation. The CEC is dedicated to the playful exploration of meditation, in a way that empowers participants and communities to be their own teachers.

From CNN: “The stress of this the pandemic is getting to us, and today’s election is only heightening the anxiety for some. Today CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta shares tips for coping with all this extra anxiety. Jeff Warren tells us about his experience with meditation and explains some of the benefits.”