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The Modern Taoist Podcast explores how Taoist wisdom lives in today’s world. Hosted by Kit Mann of Dao Ananda, each weekly episode brings Taoism out of the abstract and into daily practice — one step, one breath at a time. From Qigong and meditation to the challenges of modern life, this podcast offers a grounded look at modern Taoism in America. It’s not about passive philosophy — it’s about clarity, balance, and the small practices that shape a meaningful life. 🎙 New episodes every Tuesday morning. 👉 Learn more: https://www.daoananda.org/the-modern-taoist
Unknown Host hosts The Modern Taoist, a religion show with 62 episodes published.
When the World Is on Fire, Be the Rain Some seasons of life don't arrive one thing at a time. The relationship breaks, the job disappears, the family tips into crisis — and suddenly everything is burning at once. The ins
A listener wrote in this week with something a lot of people are feeling but haven't said out loud: they've been trying to do the things the practice asks — the stillness, the presence, the slowing down — and it's boring
The Strength in Yielding Most people would say they're flexible. And then life actually asks them to be. This episode examines the gap between believing you're adaptable and genuinely being so — and why that gap matters
The Organized Life Is Not the Tao There's an entire industry built on the promise that better systems will finally make life feel manageable. More structure, more optimization, the right routine — and yet the feeling of
The Closest Distance The person sitting across from you at dinner. The one who has seen you at your worst and stayed. The one whose breathing you know, whose moods you can read from across a room before a word is said. T
The Little Things Are the Big Things Most people are waiting for their life to get interesting. The trip that hasn't happened yet. The version of things that arrives once the difficult patch is over. The moment when ever
When life gets genuinely hard, the advice to "be present" can feel less like wisdom and more like an instruction to sit quietly in pain. This episode is for the people who are currently inside something difficult — not a
Many people discover Taoism during a difficult season of life. A relationship ends. Work becomes overwhelming. Anxiety starts taking up more space than it used to. Naturally, we begin looking for something that can fix t
What if not everything requires a response? And what if not every meaningful moment needs to be recorded? In this episode, we explore Chapter 49 of the Tao Te Ching and the Taoist idea of the “unfixed mind” — a mind that
Why do so many people start suffering for Monday before Monday even arrives? In this Taoist Check-In, we explore the familiar feeling of Sunday dread and the habit of mentally living in the future before it happens. From
What if the exhaustion you feel isn’t coming from doing too much… but from forcing too much? In this episode, we explore Chapter 55 of the Tao Te Ching and one of Lao Tzu’s most surprising images: the newborn child. Not
We spend a surprising amount of life treating desires like needs. Not because wanting things is wrong, but because somewhere along the way we begin believing peace can only arrive once the next thing does. In this Taoist
What makes waiting so painful? Not just bad news. Not failure. The space before knowing. In this episode, we explore the uniquely difficult experience of living in uncertainty — waiting for answers, outcomes, decisions,
Chapter Two of the Tao Te Ching contains a simple line that becomes harder and harder to ignore once you really understand it: “Do without depending.” In this Taoist Check-In, we look at how modern life trains us to atta
For years, we’ve been told the same thing: You have to forgive in order to heal. But what if that isn’t always true? In this episode, Kit takes a direct and deeply honest look at forgiveness, emotional healing, and the p
Most people are not exhausted from doing too much. They’re exhausted from resisting what they already know needs to be done. In this weekend’s Taoist Check-In, we explore how avoidance, distraction, and endless internal
We talk about phones like they’re stealing our time. That’s not really the problem. In this episode, we take a Taoist look at what’s actually being lost. Not productivity. Not focus. Something quieter, and a lot more imp
Something goes wrong. You try to fix it. It doesn’t move. And before you know it, you’re carrying it around all day. This episode is about what actually frustrates you in those moments. It’s not the situation. It’s the l
You don’t get tired from doing too much. You get tired from maintaining who you think you’re supposed to be. There’s a version of you that’s been built over time. The capable one. The calm one. The reliable one. It didn’
This weekend, simplify your thinking. Not your schedule. Not your environment. Your thinking. Most of the weight people carry isn’t coming from what actually happens. It’s coming from what gets added on top of it. A mome
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