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Compromised to Alchemized Podcast

Compromised to Alchemized Podcast

By: Dr. Neel Bulchandani
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When Dr. Neel was walking around, pondering the challenges that seem to be running rampant in our era - feeding issues with infants, airway issues with kids and adults, and tension in seemingly everyone's nervous systems and bodies, he uttered aloud the question, "How are we going to help everyone go from a compromised airway to an alchemized airway?" And once he said that aloud, his wife suggested omitting the word "airway" to broaden the phrase, and it resonated. It's the homage to Paulo Coelho's brilliant book, The Alchemist, that of alchemy, that seems fitting in characterizing this journey many families seem to find themselves on. It's a rigorous process at times to access healing and a non-linear one. This lead-turning-into-gold process can be daunting, and it takes a village. On this podcast, Dr. Neel carries engaging conversations with healers who have guided others through challenging moments - ones that can hold the paradoxical tension of pain and joy all at once. In the 1st season, Dr. Neel focused on interviewing experts in the fields of birth psychology and embodied embryology, and in the 2nd season, he focuses on those who journey with families from birth onward.Copyright 2026 Dr. Neel Bulchandani Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • Relational Mindfulness and Collective Liberation with Deborah Eden Tull

    Relational Mindfulness and Collective Liberation with Deborah Eden Tull
    Jul 1 2026
    In this deeply resonant episode, of the Compromised to Alchemized podcast I interview mindfulness teacher, author, and healer Deborah Eden Tull. In this episode we explore what it means to move beyond the binary thinking of light versus dark, individual versus collective, and doing versus non-doing. From sharing personal stories of navigating intense life traumas to discussing Zen practices and the deep feminine, this conversation serves as a beautiful roadmap for anyone looking to "alchemize" life's inevitable compromises into profound wholeness.Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen Buddhist teacher, author, animist, and spiritual activist. She spent seven years as a monastic at a silent Zen Monastery, and has been engaged in sustainable communities for 30 years. She teaches dharma intertwined with post-patriarchal thought and practices, resting upon a lived knowledge of our unity with the more-than-human world. Her books include Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown, Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening Our Connection with Our Self, Each Other, and Our Planet, and The Natural Kitchen: Your Guide to the Sustainable Food Revolution. Eden also facilitates The Work That Reconnects, as created by Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy and conscious dance embodiment practice.Eden’s teaching style is grounded in non-duality, mindful inquiry, somatic awareness, and an unwavering commitment to personal & collective awakening. She also leads embodied leadership & facilitation trainings based on deep listening and relational presence. She has been teaching dharma for over 20 years and has been immersed in meditation and earth stewardship since 1992.Eden and her husband Mark lost their home in a dramatic series of events in Hurricane Helene in the fall of 2024 and have been navigating their lives as climate refugees ever since.Time Stamps00:00:00 | Introduction00:06:42 | Start of the interview and Eden’s invitation of grounding00:13:53 | How to turn towards welcoming and alchemizing what is00:19:30 | How to tune into the paradox to learn what they need more00:28:55 | The deep attunement during my movement practice00:36:15 | Eden shares her experience over the past 7 years00:44:03 | The realm of non-doing, of just being00:47:36 | Collective liberation00:56:23 | The Ecology of Intimacy: how to return to shared power01:06:23 | Upcoming workshops with Eden01:12:49 | Eden’s personal legend / her callingConnect with EdenE-mail | Website | Instagram | Facebook | Youtube 🎵 like the music? Check out Michael’s MusicThank you Toshi for the design work!🙋Sign up for updates on the Floor Four and for my System Reset Experience.Checkout my Substack📷 Follow me on Instagram for glimpses of my integrative practice and conversations I’m having with other practitioners @drneelbulchandani🎙️ Tune into my podcast via Apple or Spotify and watch on YouTube to engage in conversations around transformation and healing with the theme of Compromised to Alchemized🙋 Sign up for my Trainings and learn more about Functional Mandibular Diaphragmatic Integration HERE.
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • 82. Trust Your Life with Michael Gungor

    82. Trust Your Life with Michael Gungor
    Jun 24 2026
    In this episode of the Compromised to Alchemized podcast, I welcome back Grammy-nominated musician, composer, and host of the Loving This podcast, Michael Gungor. Fresh off his first-ever Mystic Hymnal Tour, Michael pulls back the curtain on what it truly means to transition from a "performer" to a "space holder." Together, we dive deep into the exhausting yet rewarding world of co-creative music, the intersection of comedy and liturgy, and how to stop trying to "conquer" our internal and external realities.Instead of forcing life into a cookie cutter, Michael shares how adopting a "bonsai mindset" allows us to cooperate with the natural aliveness of the moment.Michael Gungor is a creative mystic living in Pasadena, California. Primarily known for his music, Gungor is the co-founder and primary songwriter of the eclectic indie band Gungor. The group's acclaimed albums blend elements of folk, rock, electronic, and world music, with Gungor's thoughtful, introspective lyrics exploring the divinity of the human experience.Gungor began his musical career writing worship music for the church, inspired by his Christian upbringing. However, as his own spiritual perspective expanded and evolved, so too did his artistic experimentation. Aside from his work under his musical moniker, Gungor, Michael has also released three ambient instrumental albums with his friend and bandmate Tyler Chester as “On Earth”, as well as an experimental side project called “Weiwu.”Beyond his music, Gungor is also the co-founder of the popular The Liturgists podcast, which brings together diverse guests for honest, thought-provoking conversations about faith, science, art, and the nature of the divine. He also has a second podcast exclusively focused on non dual spirituality called “Loving This.”In addition to his musical and podcast endeavors, Gungor has co-written songs for other artists, produced records, and created music for film and television. He is also an author, having published a book in 2010 titled "THIS: Becoming Free."An acclaimed live performer, Gungor and his band have toured extensively, building a devoted fanbase around the world. His music has earned him multiple Grammy nominations and numerous other accolades, cementing his status as a unique and influential creative force.Time Stamp00:00:00 | Introduction00:06:53 | Start of the interview00:09:40 | Michael reflects on his first-ever Mystic Hymnal Tour00:20:16 | The importance of thinking multidimensionally with Michael’s music and work00:28:35 | Being connected to but not relying on connecting to others while holding space00:34:23 | Parenting challenges with allowing for them to expand fully into who they are00:42:00 | Michael’s “bonsai tree mindset” in comparison to a “cookie cutter mindset”01:03:56 | The importance of trusting what we truly want in life01:14:20 | The lens matters: how to not be colonial01:20:46 | Nonduality resolves the tension in a harmonious way01:31:50 | Michael’s upcoming bookConnect with MichaelInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelgungor/Website: https://www.michaelgungor.com/The Liturgists podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-liturgists-podcast/id903433534Loving This podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/magnificat-smokeless-fire/id1448995509?i=1000726099164🎵 like the music? Check out Michael’s MusicThank you Toshi for the design work!🙋Sign up for updates on the Floor Four and for my System Reset Experience.Checkout my Substack📷 Follow me on Instagram for glimpses of my integrative practice and conversations I’m having with other practitioners @drneelbulchandani🎙️ Tune into my podcast via Apple or Spotify and watch on YouTube to engage in conversations around transformation and healing with the theme of Compromised to Alchemized🙋 Sign up for my Trainings and learn more about Functional Mandibular Diaphragmatic Integration HERE.
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • 81. Somatic Presence & Lifelong Embryology with Bob Lehnberg

    81. Somatic Presence & Lifelong Embryology with Bob Lehnberg
    Jun 10 2026
    In this episode of the Compromise to Alchemised podcast, I welcome back my very first guest from 2024, somatic pioneer Bob Lehnberg. Moving past purely academic embryology, Bob and I dive deep into the world of morphological, embodied embryology, consciousness, and what it truly means to practice presence. Bob shares profound insights on bridging Western somatic approaches with Eastern practices like Qigong and Tai Chi, re-defining relaxation, and navigating our "personal legends" by stripping away the masks we wear.Bob Lehnberg has been studying Body-Mind Centering® since 1984. He received his certification as Practitioner of Body-Mind Centering® (BMC®) in 1990, and as Teacher of Body-Mind Centering in 2002. Since then, Bob has received teacher certifications for BMC Yoga, Integral Yoga, and Supreme Science of Qigong. He served on the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork for 15 years and has been teaching in schools of massage therapy and programs of somatic training since 1990. He has had the good fortune to teach BMC and somatic practices throughout the US and internationally in Europe, Canada, China, and Taiwan.Bob is a co-founder of Kinesthetic Learning Center in Durham, North Carolina, and has been on faculty teaching and coordinating the BMC Somatic Movement Educator (SME) and Practitioner certification programs since 2007. He has coordinated SME courses for Esprit en Mouvement in Montreal, Canada, and is a co-director of the SME program in Taitung, Taiwan.Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen is his primary teacher of somatics. Since the 1990s, he has learned traditional qigong and taiji from world renown teachers and many others. Body-Mind Centering® experiential anatomy, embodied embryology, the developmental progression enlivens and enriches qi cultivation. He incorporates and integrates each approach in his teaching. He teaches Embryology Qigong and other systems of qigong in person and online. Daily practice and study provide Bob with fresh insights and inspiration for healing, growth, and teaching.Connect with Bob Lehnberg: https://boblehnberg.com/Listen to my first interview with Bob: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3-embryology-and-qigong-with-bob-lehnberg/id1777118843?i=1000675105692Timestamps00:00 | Introduction07:18 | Start of the interview with Bob Lehnberg: The importance of Passion13:01 | Bob Lehnberg’s most recent applications of Qi Gong17:06 | ‘Song’ to release or to relax, is more about releasing the holding and any block28:01 | How becoming a Mime helped Bob’s consciousness change36:35 | What led Bob to Mime School46:08 | Bob’s Personal Legend and how he knows he is on track55:03 | Bob’s legend of seeking58:53 | A special Miming from Bob Lehnberg🎵 like the music? Check out Michael’s MusicThank you Toshi for the design work!💻Sign up for the Cosmic Mandible Webinar Series Starting this Thursday, May 28th!🙋Sign up for updates on the Floor Four and for my System Reset Experience.Checkout my Substack📷 Follow me on Instagram for glimpses of my integrative practice and conversations I’m having with other practitioners @drneelbulchandani🎙️ Tune into my podcast via Apple or Spotify and watch on YouTube to engage in conversations around transformation and healing with the theme of Compromised to Alchemized🙋 Sign up for my Trainings and learn more about Functional Mandibular Diaphragmatic Integration and the Phase Shift HERE.Special Offers for ListenersTry NuCalm FREE: Get a 7-Day Free Trial of NuCalm https://nucalm.com/Save 15%: If you’re ready to subscribe, use code DRNEEL for 15% off!
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    1 hr and 1 min
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