From Small self to Self Leadership
In this episode, we take a fresh look at the journey from our everyday, habitual sense of ego-centered identity—the “small self”—toward discovering and living from our True Nature or what IFS calls Self Leadership. Through a guided glimpse practice and gentle inquiry, we explore how to unblend from the thinker or manager part of the […]
Awakening to Original Love with Henry Shukman (Part 2)
In part two of this deep conversation, two “happy” masters of meditation, Loch Kelly and Henry Shukman, explore a range of topics and questions through the lens of awakening as a natural human potential. What can we learn about how to shift into awake mind and heart to live with and recover from injury and […]
Awakening to Original Love with Henry Shukman (Part 1)
In this deep conversation, two “happy” masters of meditation, Loch Kelly and author of Original Love, Henry Shukman and explore their similar and unique approaches to awakening. With delight and curiosity, they share some of their own initial awakening experiences. They also discuss their process of discovering and unfolding and how they share it with […]
Effortless Focus & Flow
What if there were another way to focus that is not stressful or exhausting? And what if this other way of effortless focus and flow gave us more energy and tapped us into an inherent sense of clarity, compassion, and wholeness? Three Kinds of Effortless Flow In this episode of the Effortless Mindfulness Podcast, Loch […]
Non-dual Presence: The Unity of Emptiness and Bliss
In this episode, Loch introduces the map and practices of non-dual presence. A lot of us have heard about non-duality before. But how many of us have a truly embodied experience of this profound and transformative dimension of our own consciousness? Non-dual Presence Map In Loch’s model of The Five Levels of Mind, he refers […]
The Stages of Mindfulness: Beyond the Meditator to Living from Effortless Mindfulness
In this episode, Loch explores the progressive stages of mindfulness. This contrasts with common definitions of mindfulness which only feature the first stages of concentration and witnessing. In addition, Loch introduces a nuanced map of consciousness which includes important distinctions and levels. Intro to Stages of Mindfulness In this model, which is based on the […]
IFS and Effortless Mindfulness (EM+IFS): Support for Waking Up and Healing Up
In this episode, Loch unpacks how his unique approach to awakening fuses two powerful and transformative systems—Effortless Mindfulness (EM) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Each of these systems asserts that our true Self is ever-present and inherent. Which means we don’t need to create or develop anything to realize our true nature. Instead, in Effortless […]
Awareness of Awareness: The Essential Shift from Conventional to Effortless Mindfulness
In this episode, Loch introduces you to the essential shift in the Effortless Mindfulness Awakening Process (EMAP)—Awake Aware Mind. He addresses the often elusive but essential question: What is it like to directly experience our already Awake Mind? The goal in EMAP is not a sustained experience. Instead, we aim for an orientation, recognition, and […]
