The Heartfulness Way With Joshua Pollock | ETHX 105

Enhancing The Human Experience with Mark Phillips

My guest this week is Joshua Pollock, co-author of The Heartfulness Way: Heart-Based Meditations For Spiritual Transformation. He recently spend a day in Boise speaking at a corporate event, doing interviews, and giving a public lecture. All in an effort to share The Heartfulness Way. The following will give you a little background on Joshua before you listen to the interview. Joshua was raised in Maine. As a child, he recalls spending a lot of time reading books from his parent's enormous book collection. Later in life he said he did some degree of spiritual seeking, but wasn't specifically looking for a meditation practice when he had a chance encounter with someone on the street that would ultimately lead him to The Heartfulness Way and eventually to meeting his current teacher and co-author Kamlesh D. Patel, also known as Daaji. Kamlesh later asked Joshua to write a book on meditation, and then agreed to co-author the book with him. In addition to being a Heartfulness Way trainer and practitioner, Joshua is also an accomplished classical violinist. He holds a bachelor of musical arts from Indiana University and two masters degrees from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK. He currently resides in India with his wife and their two children. Joshua and I after the interview. I'm happy because I've just heard about The Heartfulness Way ;) Below are excerpts from a lecture Joshua gave while in Boise: “This is a very simple practice. It’s so simple that when I first started I thought, well, how can this even do anything?” ~ Joshua speaking about his first impression of The Heartfulness Way “Heartfulness has roots in Raja Yoga [and is about creating a union between] the lowest aspect of yourself [and the] highest aspect of yourself.” “Heartfulness is about centering yourself in your heart.” “Meditation isn’t a skill. Really it’s just a process and the benefits you get are the result of performing this process.” In this episode, you’ll discover: What the Heartfulness Way isHow this practice can help you enhance your day to day experience in business and in life.How Joshua discovered The Heartfulness WayWhere you can learn more about this meditation Resources Mentioned: The Peace Room - If you're in the Boise area and looking for a knowledgeable, intuitive, and caring Reiki Master and Certified Crystal Healer, get in touch with Jenny StinsonHeartfulness.org - This is the website Joshua mentioned in the interviewHeartsApp by Heartfulness - Available for both Android and iOSThe Heartfulness Way: Heart-Based Meditations For Spiritual Transformation, by Kamlesh D. Patel and Joshua PollockHeartfulness Meditation Youtube ChannelThe Creative Process and Heartfulness - In this interview, guest host Mark Stinson, interveiws Joshua on Radio Boise. They talk about the role of heartfulness in the creative process. I’d like to give a big thank you to Mark Stinson for setting up this interview. Thank you Mark, for sharing The Heartfulness Way with me and helping me to share it with my audience. Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube. All the best! Mark P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that will also help you consciously create and live the life you want. While you’re there be sure to subscribe to the mailing list so you can stay in the loop with all of the new things coming down the line! (Correction: During the opening segment of this podcast I said that Joshua began playing the Violin at age 4. That was incorrect. Joshua was 5 when he began playing.)