SPiritual Wellness and Meditation

Lama Rod Owens

#253 An Uncomfortable (But Meaningful) Conversation About Race | Lama Rod Owens

"Many of us come to meditation for comfort. But, especially for white people, right now is a time to embrace our discomfort. Lama Rod Owens pushes me way out of my comfort zone in this conversation, and I am grateful to him for it. Owens is the author of the soon-to-be-released book, Rage and Love. As it says in the bio on his website, his life sits at the "cross sections" of so many aspects of American life "as a Black, queer male, born and raised in the South." He was officially recognized by the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism after he completed a three-year silent retreat, during which time he says he dealt with years of past pain and trauma. As you will hear him say in this interview, he "worked his butt off to feel ok." After retreat, he completed a Master of Divinity at Harvard. I hope you get as much out of this conversation as I did " - 10 percent happier with Dan Harris

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The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema is a podcast to facilitate your journey home to yourself by providing weekly inspiration and health tips.

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Black Lives Matter Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma

How to Love and Human


"A 17 minute guided meditation using mindfulness, affirmation, and metta (loving-kindness)


***This is the same BLM Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma on my website. I wanted to ensure that it was available on several platforms.***"

"Once called “the most intriguing African-American Buddhist” by Library Journal, and “one of our wisest voices on social evolution” by Krista Tippett, Rev. angel Kyodo williams Sensei, is an author, maverick spiritual teacher, master trainer and founder of Transformative Change. She has been bridging the worlds of personal transformation and justice since the publication of her critically-acclaimed book, Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace. Being Black was hailed as “an act of love” by Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker and “a classic” by Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield."

Get to know me

Deeply intuitive, radically hopeful, intentionally courageous, and socially introverted.


University of Kentucky Assistant Professor. Center for Healing Racial Trauma Director.

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Mom. Wife. UGA PHD. Delta. Spelman alumna. Friend. Sister. Daughter.

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I moved around a lot as a kid, from the subsidized housing projects in Lockport, NY to a suburb of Atlanta before I turned 18. I took my first psychology course as a high school junior, and I knew then that was what I wanted to do. Taking the circuitous route, I taught a little high school before I started the journey to become Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons.

Now, I am an award-winning counseling psychologist and assistant professor who studies sexual health and healing racial trauma, all with a love ethic.