Joan Halifax
American Zen Buddhist teacher and anthropologistWikipedia
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Sep 10, 2026
Kisei CostenbaderHOST
So I want to read a, a few poems.
Kisei CostenbaderHOST
These are from Joan Halifax's book, The Fruitful Darkness.
Kisei CostenbaderHOST
She says, "All is a circle within me.
Kisei CostenbaderHOST
I am 10,000 winters old.
Jeff KrasnoHOST
What exactly is consciousness and where does it reside? Now that question sent him into neuroscience, philosophy, psychedelic research, and eventually Zen Buddhism, searching for people who might be able to explain what he had experienced.
Jeff KrasnoHOST
And at one point, that search brought him to a Zen retreat outside Santa Fe, New Mexico with the Buddhist teacher, Joan Halifax, and she sent him somewhere unexpected.
Jeff KrasnoHOST
alone for several days into a hand-carved cave with no electricity and no running water.
Jeff KrasnoHOST
Now, Michael came out of that cave with a somewhat different relationship to the question he had gone in trying to answer.
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Michael PollanGUEST
And it eventually became clear that she thought I was too lost in my head and over-intellectualizing these issues.
Michael PollanGUEST
And I should have known.
Michael PollanGUEST
She's a Zen teacher.
Michael PollanGUEST
Of course she's allergic to concepts and theories.
Noga ZerubavelGUEST
This one is so beautiful.
Noga ZerubavelGUEST
It's Joan Halifax's Soft Front, Strong Back.
Noga ZerubavelGUEST
You know, she has these mindfulness practices about how to build that sort of assertiveness that allows you to hold yourself strong with the openness and kindness to connect with the others around us.
Noga ZerubavelGUEST
Stay open, stay grounded, move into helping.
Bob WalterGUEST
and had committed suicide.
Bob WalterGUEST
And so Joe had sent Joan Halifax, now Roshi Joan, over there to represent him.
Bob WalterGUEST
And the liaison, she was working with them and he was, so.
Bob WalterGUEST
Fred was there to say that earlier that week, he'd been told by McGraw-Hill to shut down the Lucerne operation and what were they going to do with all, you know, this accumulation of five years of work on this book.
Zorba PasterHOST
So I've been in that area.
Zorba PasterHOST
I was off the grid for a month with a woman named Joan Halifax, who ran, uh, runs a Zen center in Santa Fe called Upaya.
Zorba PasterHOST
Uh, I was there twice, but I was at this valley one time, uh, Mount Kailash, and we actually did a trek.
Zorba PasterHOST
It was about three weeks into the trek.
Joan HalifaxHOST
Thank you for listening to Upaya's Dharma Podcast, an extraordinary series of talks from some of the finest teachers in the world.
Joan HalifaxHOST
I'm Joan Halifax, founder of the Upaya Zen Center, and we're happy to make these podcasts available to you.
Joan HalifaxHOST
Please consider making a donation so we can offer these recordings freely.
Joan HalifaxHOST
You'll find a donation button on our podcast page, and thank you so much.
Tara BrachHOST
What does clear and honest communication look like in this sense, and what about the emotional reactivity a person may have to these boundaries? Essentially, what is the best way to balance love, kindness, and non-judgment while also setting boundaries?" So, uh, thank you, Emily.
Tara BrachHOST
This, this could be, you know, we spend a year on this together because [clears throat] it's such a basic part of how we navigate relationships, and I often talk about it, as many of you know, uh, Ro- Roshi Joan Halifax's term, a strong back and soft front.
Tara BrachHOST
And it's true that there's this potential and challenge of cultivating a strong back with boundaries and protecting, and also that soft front of opening our heart, keeping our heart open.
Tara BrachHOST
And it helps me to think of it in terms of our species from an evolutionary perspective, that we're all wired with survival strategies, and when we're threatened, we can hurt each other.
Joan HalifaxHOST
Thank you for listening to Upaya's Dharma Podcast, an extraordinary series of talks from some of the finest teachers in the world.
Joan HalifaxHOST
I'm Joan Halifax, founder of the Upaya Zen Center, and we're happy to make these podcasts available to you.
Joan HalifaxHOST
Please consider making a donation so we can offer these recordings freely.
Joan HalifaxHOST
You'll find a donation button on our podcast page, and thank you so much.
John DunneGUEST
It was recorded on August 22nd, 2026, and it is part nine of a multi-part series titled Varela 2026.
John DunneGUEST
This episode is titled A Conversation With Michael Pollan.
John DunneGUEST
The speakers for this episode are Joan Halifax and Michael Pollan.
John DunneGUEST
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Koshin Flint SparksGUEST
This episode is titled Closing Q&A.
Koshin Flint SparksGUEST
The speakers for this episode are Adam Frank, John Dunne, Molly Crockett, and Joan Halifax.
Koshin Flint SparksGUEST
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Joan HalifaxHOST
Insights, no Aryas [audience chuckles] if you will.
speaker_1NARRATOR
This episode is titled Panel Discussion: AI, Experience, and Ethics.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The speakers for this episode are Adam Frank, John Dunne, Molly Crockett, and Joan Halifax.
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[bell] No need even to notice it.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Simply be aware with the breath.
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