#24 Does Meditation Work in Prisons? Real Stories from Maximum Security with Joh Jarvis
Release Date: 08/08/2025
#24 Does Meditation Work in Prisons? Real Stories from Maximum Security with Joh Jarvis
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“All of us humans — not just incarcerated people — act according to the state of our consciousness.” — Joh Jarvis. In this episode, we talk about: • An easy and profound system of meditation — the Vedic meditation • What happens when incarcerated humans meditate for just 4 days — real stories! • Why feeling calm doesn’t make you weaker but sharper • How understanding the state of consciousness behind our choices leads to self-compassion and forgiveness • The Vedic view on Desires ---------- ABOUT JOH JARVIS Joh is a teacher and founder of The...
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#23 Bones, Boundaries, and Bridging Energy & Body with Victoria Salomon
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How Real Alignment Heals Chronic Pain and Anchors Your Meditation Practice. If you’ve ever felt that your meditation practice is rich and powerful—but still can’t shake chronic pain or emotional tension in your body—this conversation is for you. Victoria Salomon is the founder of the Ixchel System, a body-based method that helps you heal chronic pain, trauma, and emotional blocks—starting from your feet. This episode explores how misalignment shows up in your structure, how trauma lives in your joints, and why your bones are energy centers holding the power to...
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#22 Barron Hanson: Transforming Burnout And A Town with Meditation
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Barron opens up about hitting burnout in NYC while running a successful creative agency—and how Vedic meditation became the doorway to a more aligned life. What started as a personal healing journey led him back to his rural hometown in Australia, where he’s now taught over 1% of the population to meditate. 🧘🏽♂️ We chat about: — How Vedic meditation taught by our common teacher Thom Knowles, slowly reshaped Barron’s identity — The Be Here Nowra documentary project — Teaching in underserved communities (and prisons!) — Following charm vs. forcing outcomes — What...
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#21 Daily Meditation. Self-Belief. Real Healing: Ikshit's Journey
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Ikshit was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at age 14. Instead of accepting a life of limitation, he chose daily meditation, self-belief, and the radical act of refusing all labels. His healing didn’t happen overnight. It happened over years of consistent inner work, leading up to a breakthrough moment at a Dr. Joe Dispenza retreat in London—when his body finally caught up with the belief he’d been practicing all along. This episode is for anyone: Battling a diagnosis that feels limiting Struggling to stay consistent with their spiritual practice ...
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#20 How Emotions Affect Your Cells: Letting Go and Healing with Dr. Sondra Barrett
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Your cells are always listening. Ever wondered what your cells know that your mind doesn’t? Or how letting go might actually restructure you at a biological level? Today, Dr. Sondra Barrett takes us deep into the sacred geometry of our cells—and shows us how science and spirit come together in the most unexpected places. This conversation will change the way you think about healing, intuition, and the wisdom that already lives inside you. ✨ Topics include: Cellular intelligence and consciousness The biology of letting go Sacred geometry within your body The...
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#19 What Happens When Your 3rd Eye Opens? A Sacred Geometry Story with Sakari Lehtonen
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This is Sakari Lehtonen's story. He is the creator of OmniGeometry—a software that lets you create sacred geometry designs inspired by the patterns of the universe. He didn’t plan on becoming spiritual. But after a personal crisis and a deep awakening, his path shifted—leading him to discover sacred geometry as a language of the divine. 06:42 – The Download Begins: the moment the divine called him to build Omnigeometry. 10:56 – Sacred Geometry: A Living Language 17:33 – From Control to Surrender: Letting go of the mind to let the divine lead the design process. 23:18...
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#18 How To Be A Divinely Guided Creative (Grammy Winner Barry Goldstein on Sound, Intention & the Alchemy of Creation)
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This is your permission slip to create with MYSTERY not just MASTERY. Barry and I explore what it means to collaborate with the divine in the creative process and do soul-led work. We share our personal processes of tapping into creative flow, Barry introduces the concept of “acoustaceuticals” (music as medicine), and we unpack how sound and crystals can be carriers of intention and transformation. ✨ You’ll walk away with: Understanding what divine creativity actually feels like. Evidece of the emotional, physical, and spiritual power of music A special TOOL by...
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#17 Tim Shields: Co-Creating with the Universe (Surrender, Creativity & Trusting the Unknown)
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Want to know what it really takes to co-create with the universe, live your soul path, and build the dream life that’s calling you? In this episode, Tim Shields—an accomplished author and editor of Dr. Joe Dispenza’s Becoming Supernatural—shares what it actually looks like to co-create with the divine. He shares personal stories of how he listens for guidance, navigates the unknowns everyday, and how surrender and trust are at the heart of his creative life. You also get a sneak peek into Tim's upcoming new book—Dream Tethering and his incredible model of Self-Actualization in...
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#16 How To Stop Abandoning Yourself In Life and Love with Yummii Nguyen
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What if the reason you’re stuck isn’t because you’re not doing enough—but because you’re still abandoning who you really are? In this powerful conversation with Yummii, I unpack the unseen patterns that keep us trapped in relationships and behaviors that no longer serve us. We uncover the difference between doing the work and embodying the work, how childhood survival strategies become adult coping patterns, and our life changing stories of walking out of relationships that don't work. 14:45 – How we unconsciously inherit our parents’ patterns and the magic of awareness ...
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#15 A Masterclass On Being An Abundant Mind With Robert Meister
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How do people who have actually created abundant lives do it? If you've ever wondered about that and how to bring that clarity into your life (especially if you're a meditator or a seeker or building something new), this episode is going to light you up. I chat with Robert Meister, entrepreneur, long-time Dr. Joe Dispenza student, and living proof that meditation isn't just theory — it works. From selling his company to creating a life full of synchronicity, Robert shares practical stories about manifestation, intention, business, and the 3 letter words that are critical piece of the...
info_outline“All of us humans — not just incarcerated people — act according to the state of our consciousness.” — Joh Jarvis. In this episode, we talk about:
• An easy and profound system of meditation — the Vedic meditation
• What happens when incarcerated humans meditate for just 4 days — real stories!
• Why feeling calm doesn’t make you weaker but sharper
• How understanding the state of consciousness behind our choices leads to self-compassion and forgiveness
• The Vedic view on Desires
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ABOUT JOH JARVIS
Joh is a Vedic Meditation teacher and founder of The Light Inside, a platform that brings meditation to individuals, communities, and prisons across the U.S.
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Website: johjarvis.com
Instagram: @johjarvismeditations
Retreats & Offerings: the-lightinside.org
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YOUR HOST: CHARU
Founder of Divine Amuleto, a sacred geometry fine jewelry line, and host of Your Colorful Path a podcast to connect you to your human and divine self — turning life from an obstacle course into a colorful, aligned path.
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