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The Rich Roll Podcast · August 20, 2026 · 1h 7m

Mindfulness, Meditation & Performance: Manoj Dias Live At The Rivian Performance House

Manoj Dias, meditation teacher, author of "Still Together," and co-founder of the mindfulness studio Open, joins Rich Roll live in New York at Rivian's Performance House. The conversation covers wellness as a secular religion, mindfulness as a choose-your-own-adventure, and what lies beneath the language of optimization. Dias explains a practice an NBA team uses before taking a shot, then opens the floor to audience questions. He closes by guiding the room through several rounds of five-count breathing followed by gratitude.

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Wellness as a secular religion
Dias frames wellness as functioning like a secular religion.
Mindfulness as choose-your-own-adventure
Dias presents mindfulness not as one fixed method but as a range of approaches people can choose among.

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