Living Zen Podcast
This podcast follows the spiritual life journey of Eshu Karl Martin, who has walked as a Rinzai Zen Priest and Abbot of Zenwest Buddhist Society, Spiritual Health Coordinator for Victoria Hospice, and founder of Monarch Trancework where he guides and supports people through meditation, hypnotherapy, NLP, shamanic journeywork, ancestral lineage healing, and ceremony both with and without plant spirit medicine. Eshu is also a Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) language and culture learner, and incorporates storytelling and Gaelic mythological and folk stories into a journey of transformation that is both fascinating and inspiring. www.monarchtrancework.com
Episodes
In this episode of Living Zen, Eshū reflects on two guiding phrases: the Zen teaching "To study the self is to forget the self…" and the Gàidhlig seanfhacal "Cuimhnich air na daoine às an tàinig thu" — remember the people you came from.
As he returns to regular practice at Zenwest, Eshū speaks candidly about the pitfalls of spiritual bypassing, the power of ritual technologies like zazen and chanting, an...
This week there's no Dharma talk from the Zendo — UVic was cleaning the carpets on Sunday, so our usual sit was cancelled. But I didn't want to leave the Sangha hungry. Instead, I'm sharing this reflection on how Zen was "de-animated" when it came west — and how we might begin to re-animate it, in relationship with land, ancestors, and the many seen and unseen beings who share our world.
It's not doctrin...
In this episode, we explore the long arc of practice — how insight and awakening might come suddenly, but true transformation takes slow, organic time. Like digestion or composting, it can't be rushed. We reflect on moments of birth and death, on coming back to practice after seasons away, and on learning to pace ourselves at the endless feast of awakening.
Whether you're tasting your first bites or retu...
In this talk, I explore how practice invites us to return again and again — to breath, posture, intention — dissolving fear and self-criticism, and opening to the quiet miracle of simply being here.
When we give ourselves fully to this moment — to a bow, a breath, a meal, a conversation — life itself becomes the miraculous medicine this world so deeply needs.
Thank you for listening, and for walking this path alongside me.
"The Dharma is being preached in everything."
This Dharma talk, offered just after summer solstice, reflects on the rhythms of breath, season, and spirit. It explores the natural arising and dissolving that moves through our practice, our emotions, and our path — and invites us to rest in the still point between.
Recorded in the Zenwest zendo and shared here on Living Zen – Red Mountain Way...
This episode is a quiet invitation to long-time listeners and new friends alike. After years of practice, storytelling, and podcasting, Eshū speaks directly to those who've walked this path with him—often at a distance—and shares the next steps in the journey, including a return to leadership at Zenwest and the weaving of many streams through Red Mountain Way.
Join the Sangha. Join the kins...
This short preparatory session offers a gentle introduction to the themes and intentions behind Rewriting Money Stories, part of the Thought Pattern Trancework series.
You'll be guided through a few minutes of grounded presence, some light reflection on your current money narratives, and an orientation to the deeper trancework session available through Patreon or the Monarch Trancework we...
After a long hiatus, I'm returning to regular teaching in the Zendo with Zenwest — and inviting you to join me on a new path of practice and connection through my Patreon, The Red Mountain Way.
Support the work: https://www.patreon.com/redmountainway
Thank you for walking this path together.
Almost everyone, at some point, runs into challenges, obstacles, or problems in their family, work, or intimate personal relationships - that at their root, involve issues around boundaries. Today's session will provide you with the framework you need to be ready to start clarifying, expressing, and maintaining healthy boundaries!
This preparation session will give you the framework to go f...
Today I'll be sharing the preparation session for the next installment of the Thought Process Trancework Series which I've called "A Question of Control", in which you'll learn about how subconscious patterns that begin as natural survival responses become rigid, and overly-general rules that begin to be universally applied in our daily experiences, and can cause our lives to become increasingly smaller, and mo...
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In this prep session, building on the last session, "Facing the Unkow...
This Thought Process Trancework series explores subconscious thought patterns that we've all experienced at times.
Generally, these patterns start out as efficiencies created by the subconscious mind to ensure survival, but as our environment and developmental stages change, these patterns often become far more problematic than beneficial, and at times can lead to deep or pervasive cycles o...
Breathing new life into the Living Zen podcast.
A lot has happened since I posted the last episode in 2017!
Check out what I've been up to, and get ready to step into the new world with Living Zen.
I love hearing from listeners. If you'd like to contact me, you can email me at: eshu@monarchtrancework.com
You can also visit the Monarch Trancework Website for more information about the work that I do, and how you can engage with me d...
To: Zenwest members, associates, patrons, and donors
From: Eshu Osho, Zenwest Board, and members of the Zenwest strategic planning group
Dear friends and supporters of Zenwest,
In our global community, locally, and within our Sangha, the past 3 years have been filled with change. We are writing to talk with you about the changes we have been discussing over the past eight months as part of the 2017 strategic planning process.
...The Zenwest Buddhist Society is a federally registered charity in Canada that provides training and education in Zen Buddhism. If you enjoy this podcast, please rate it, review it, and share it with a friend that you think will enjoy it as much as you did. Please consider purchasing the Living Zen-podcast app on the iTunes app store!
www.zenwest.ca
If you are interested in getting started in Zen Practice, check out our Online Orien...
The Zenwest Buddhist Society is a federally registered charity in Canada that provides training and education in Zen Buddhism. If you enjoy this podcast, please rate it, review it, and share it with a friend that you think will enjoy it as much as you did. Please consider purchasing the Living Zen-podcast app on the iTunes app store!
www.zenwest.ca
If you are interested in getting started in Zen Practice, check out our Online Orien...
The Zenwest Buddhist Society is a federally registered charity in Canada that provides training and education in Zen Buddhism. If you enjoy this podcast, please rate it, review it, and share it with a friend that you think will enjoy it as much as you did. Please consider purchasing the Living Zen-podcast app on the iTunes app store!
www.zenwest.ca
If you are interested in getting started in Zen Practice, check out our Online Orien...
The Zenwest Buddhist Society is a federally registered charity in Canada that provides training and education in Zen Buddhism. If you enjoy this podcast, please rate it, review it, and share it with a friend that you think will enjoy it as much as you did. Please consider purchasing the Living Zen-podcast app on the iTunes app store!
www.zenwest.ca
If you are interested in getting started in Zen Practice, check out our Online Orien...
The Zenwest Buddhist Society is a federally registered charity in Canada that provides training and education in Zen Buddhism. If you enjoy this podcast, please rate it, review it, and share it with a friend that you think will enjoy it as much as you did. Please consider purchasing the Living Zen-podcast app on the iTunes app store!
www.zenwest.ca
If you are interested in getting started in Zen Practice, check out our Online Orien...
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