About: Abdi
Abdi Assadi, M.S., Lic. Ac., is an acupuncturist and spiritual counselor. Raised in Africa, Asia and New York city, he studied a range of healing practices including shamanism, psychotherapy and acupuncture. His work centers on helping his clients use their disease and dysfunction as a doorway to spiritual serenity. He presently divides his time between New York city and Upstate New York, spending time with his wife and motorcycles.
Recent Posts by Abdi
Video Podcast #2: Culture
This clip discusses the malaise of our consumer culture and how the economic uncertainty of this time can force a spiritual awakening due to the slowing down of consumption and its numbing effects. Over the next several weeks, we will be publishing a series of short videos that discuss various aspects of the spiritual path. →
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Video Podcast #1: Intentions
This clip discusses the gap between our actions and intentions due to our blind spots and some of the ways we can bridge them. Over the next several weeks, we will be publishing a series of short videos that discuss various aspects of the spiritual path. These videos are segments of an extended interview conducted →
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Relationship as Yoga: Podcast #2
Relationship is the ultimate and most arduous yoga. If we understand yoga to mean union, then relationship is a direct path to that union. A truly intimate relationship can be a powerful vehicle for spiritual development. It can be a safe place where we learn about ourselves while we dig beneath our socially accepted masks →
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Relationship As Yoga: Podcast #1
Relationship is the ultimate and most arduous yoga. If we understand yoga to mean union, then relationship is a direct path to that union. A truly intimate relationship can be a powerful vehicle for spiritual development. It can be a safe place where we learn about ourselves while we dig beneath our socially accepted masks →
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:04:58 — 29.7MB)
Mindful new year
I offer you a poem by a man who knew a thing or two about transitions and living in a time of profound anxiety: “I know that nothing has ever been real without my beholding it. All becoming has needed me. My looking ripens things and they come toward me, to meet and be met”. →