{"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 \u2026 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\u2019s 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\u2026 and came up with gold. This was my favorite podcast I\u2019ve ever done (including the podcasts that I did with two of their fathers\u2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to read the full article, you\u2019ll 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 \u2026 Laura (daughter of Wim) Hof, Mallika (daughter of Deepak) Chopra, and Mark (son of Alan) Watts. 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