Speaker
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Keith Martin-SmithKeith Martin-Smith is an award-winning author, writing coach, and Zen priest. He is passionate about human connection, creativity, and evolution. His books include “The Mysterious Divination of Tea Leaves”, “A Heart Blown Open”, and “The Heart of Zen”. His most recent book is his first novel, “Only Everything”, a novel that explores the promise and the pain of following an artist’s path.
Join Keith Martin Smith and Alexander Love for a dynamic conversation on the nature of shadow. Together, they will explore evolution’s engine—the primal impulse that not only drives development but also gives rise to the shadow vehicle: the core mechanism through which shadow is formed and sustained.
This dialogue will offer a fresh perspective on how shadow takes shape in relation to the first four stages of human development, revealing how division within arises naturally as part of our growth process.
Keith and Alexander will also dive into powerful shadow resolution practices, with a special focus on the Lumina Process—a transformative modality that weaves together Eastern wisdom, parts work, and integral theory. The Lumina Process offers an integrated approach to healing, helping us “clean up” inner divisions and reclaim wholeness.
Whether you’re a practitioner, coach, or someone on a path of self-inquiry, this conversation will offer rich insights and tools for meeting the shadow—not as an obstacle, but as an essential gateway to growth.
About Integral Edge
Welcome to a world on the edge.
AI is rewriting the rules. Politics are more polarized than ever, with the far right and left in an endless clash. The metacrisis looms, late-stage capitalism is unraveling, DEI is evolving, and strongmen are rising once more.
But that’s just the beginning.
This podcast takes an integral look at the forces shaping our reality—from cutting-edge neuroscience and biohacking to cryptocurrency, global economics, and the ancient wisdom of awakening, mindfulness, and embodiment.
Keith Martin-Smith brings a deep, multi-perspective lens to the chaos, cutting through the noise to find what actually matters.
This isn’t just another commentary on the world. It’s a guide to seeing—and living—beyond the divide.
