{"id":26591,"date":"2026-08-27T03:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=26591"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:17:29","slug":"the-point-of-insight-half-human-half-mystery","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/the-point-of-insight-half-human-half-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Point of Insight | &#8220;Half Human, Half Mystery&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/0ccec99b-9a96-4482-b2ed-524cffc961f9\/embed?theme=light-orange\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somewhere between the human being you know yourself to be and something you can only call mystery\u2014that&#8217;s where this one lands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Point of Insight<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Tami Simon follows a thread that runs through decades of her own practice and hundreds of conversations on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights at the Edge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It begins with somatic meditation and the discovery of the central channel\u2014the flow of energy in front of the spine that yoga calls the sushumna, and that Richard Freeman once told her is the real yoga teacher. It arrives, years later, at a moment mid-interview when Tami felt something press up against her back and realized she had become, in her words, part regular human and part something with wings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow along as Tami explores:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The central channel as a key that unlocks a prison of constricted thinking<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Richard Freeman and Qigong master Robert Peng each revealed about the inner teacher and the flow between ida and pingala<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Energy intuitive Lee Harris and &#8220;the angel behind you&#8221;\u2014an eight- to twelve-foot presence available to all of us<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why you can&#8217;t be a light warrior alone, and what that means for the years ahead<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomas Moore, Thoreau, and learning to see the transcendent in the people you love<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chrysalis, the goo, and Tami&#8217;s obstinate refusal of everyone&#8217;s butterfly metaphors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What became possible only when she stopped clawing for something to hold and let herself fall back<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For anyone in a stripped-down season, or anyone who has sensed there&#8217;s more to them than the person they can see in the mirror, this is an invitation to stop bracing\u2014and lean into the support that&#8217;s already pressing against your back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen now. \u2192<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Find the original\u00a0<em>Insights at the Edge\u00a0<\/em>episodes here:<br \/>\nLee Harris, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/harris-lee\">Be a Future Human and Find the New<\/a>\u201d<br \/>\nRichard Freeman, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/richard-freeman\">Living Yoga<\/a>\u201d<br \/>\nRobert Peng, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/robert-peng\">The Master Key: Awakening the Four Golden Wheels<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26227,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[386],"tags":[170],"contributor":[487],"class_list":["post-26591","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spirituality","tag-insights-at-the-edge","contributor-tami-simon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Point of Insight | &quot;Half Human, Half Mystery&quot; | Sounds True<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Point of Insight | &quot;Half Human, Half Mystery&quot; | Sounds True\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Somewhere between the human being you know yourself to be and something you can only call mystery\u2014that&#8217;s where this one lands. 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