Mindful Democracy with Jeremy Engels

About this episode

The episode discusses mindful democracy with Jeremy David Engels, focusing on its implications for current social and political conditions.

Jeremy David Engels is the liberal arts endowed Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, the co-founder of Yoga Lab, and a longtime mindfulness and yoga teacher. His academic research reimagines democracy as a communal practice rooted in care, deliberation, and shared responsibility, emphasizing mindfulness as a core civic skill. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Washington Post, Yoga Journal, and Tricycle magazine. He has also earned the Karl Wallace Award, the New Investigator Award (from the National Communication Association), and Penn State’s Outstanding Tenure-line Faculty Teaching Award. And he is the author of six books, including Living Namaste: A Practical Guide to Yoga, Mindfulness, the Ethics of Oneness, and Building Community; and his latest, On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World. Our conversation focuses on the subject of that book, mindful democracy, and its implications for our current social and political conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Jeremy David Engels

Topics covered

• mindfulness
• democracy
• civic responsibility
• social conditions
• political implications

Keywords

• mindful democracy
• mindfulness
• civic skill
• communal practice
• social responsibility
• political discourse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pennsylvania State University, Yoga Lab, Washington Post, Yoga Journal, Tricycle magazine

Books & works: On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World, Living Namaste: A Practical Guide to Yoga, Mindfulness, the Ethics of Oneness, and Building Community

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