Podmasana: Global Spirituality & Timeless Wisdom Podcast

Spirituality, wisdom, and enlightenment conversations with spiritual authors, teachers, meditation practitioners, and seekers from all faith traditions—Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sufism, indigenous spirituality, and contemporary mindfulness movements. Host Brendon Orr explores paths to spiritual ...more

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About the Show

Spirituality, wisdom, and enlightenment conversations with spiritual authors, teachers, meditation practitioners, and seekers from all faith traditions—Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sufism, indigenous spirituality, and contemporary mindfulness movements.

Host Brendon Orr explores paths to spiritual awakening through intimate interviews about meditation, contemplative practice, mysticism, consciousness, and timeless wisdom from the world's spiritual traditions—making sacred teachings accessible for modern seekers navigating life's deepest questions.

Explore spirituality through:
- Spiritual awakening, enlightenment, and transformation
Mindfulness, meditation, and contemplative practices across traditions
- Wisdom teachings: Buddhist sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta, Christian mysticism, Sufi poetry, Kabbalah, Taoism
- Yoga philosophy, pranayama, breathwork, and energy healing
- Sacred texts and spiritual classics made accessible
- Spirituality through adversity: grief, illness, aging, trauma
- Mysticism, consciousness, and understanding the nature of mind
- Global sacred pilgrimages and spiritual journeys
- Integrating wisdom practices into daily life
- Building inclusive, interfaith spiritual communities

From monastics and scholars to everyday practitioners—authentic conversations about finding meaning, cultivating mindfulness, pursuing enlightenment, and discovering timeless wisdom for contemporary life.

New episodes every other Wednesday.

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Meet our Hosts

Brendon Orr

Brendon Orr

My career comprises over 21 years of professional experience in the areas of branding, marketing, website design, development and deployment, UI/UX, digital and scholarly publishing, multi-media production, communications and project management. I am able to balance creative vision with practical business acumen. I have a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of consumer and user behavior and technological trends, all of which allows me to develop creative brands and media that resonate with target audiences and help to accomplish organizational goals. Additionally, I communicate and collaborate effectively and am skilled at aligning teams from different disciplines and functions around shared brand goals. I am currently an entrepreneur and host and produce two podcasts: Podmasana and Yogascussion. I also work as a consultant for private and nonprofit businesses and organizations and teach yoga classes in person and online. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Visual Communications from Westwood College and a Master's degree in Integrated Media Communications from the University of Nebraska. When not in the virtual world, I usually want to be outside and can be found running, walking, biking , gardening, hiking , practicing and teaching yoga , honing my archery skills or aspiring to be a Jedi . I am also the honored husband of a wonderful woman in a mixed-race marriage. I also follow sci-fi, cyberpunk, and fantasy genre movies and television shows and enjoy reading novels and comic books , studying Buddhism , Taoism , Hinduism and yoga , eastern philosophy, and putting in volunteer and community service hours when I can.