{"id":2084,"date":"2021-03-28T00:49:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T00:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meditationmag.com\/blog\/progeny\/"},"modified":"2021-03-28T00:49:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T00:49:30","slug":"progeny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meditationmag.com\/blog\/progeny\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Up With Gurus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few days before we wrapped up our Guru Issue, the opportunity arose to do a podcast with the children of three of the biggest names in the Meditation World &#8230; Laura (daughter of Wim) Hof, Mallika (daughter of Deepak) Chopra, and Mark (son of Alan) Watts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This struck me as a beautiful opportunity to really explore what it was really like to grow up as the children of some of the world&#8217;s most famous spiritual teachers. A perfect way to end an issue that dug into the humanness that unites us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We dug deep&#8230; and came up with gold. This was my favorite podcast I&#8217;ve ever done (including the podcasts that I did with two of their fathers&#8230;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to read the full article, you&#8217;ll need to pick up a copy of the physical magazine, or <a href=\"http:\/\/meditationmag.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subscribe<\/a> to get one mailed to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be up on Spotify in a bit; in the meantime, check out this beautiful raw deep conversation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Conversation with Mark Watts, Mallika Chopra, and Laura Hof\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nojGPYmTW6s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days before we wrapped up our Guru Issue, the opportunity arose to do a podcast with the children of three of the biggest names in the Meditation World &#8230; Laura (daughter of Wim) Hof, Mallika (daughter of Deepak) Chopra, and Mark (son of Alan) Watts. 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