Can I just say it was a stroke of brilliance to include short interviews with master teachers as part of our Teach Now class? Well, I just did, didn’t I? hee, hee I just keep interviewing and learning and wow. Words fail. I just got off the phone with Sharon Salzberg. I did a lot [...]
Entries from September 2010
Gems from the Teacher’s Path
September 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Are you Too Intense?
September 28th, 2010 · 18 Comments
All my life, I’ve heard, “You are so intense” and “You have so much energy” and “Does everything have to be so deep with you?” All my life, I’ve heard, “You are so silly” and “You are so funny, you should do stand-up” and in the last 17 years, “I bet you are the most [...]
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The Nature of Teaching
September 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments
This is a guest post by poet, philosopher and friend Mark Nepo. Oprah recently interviewed Mark and said The Book of Awakening, “is like her Bible on her bedside, and an answer to a prayer.” I also cherish this book and Mark’s poetry, which he allowed me to share as part of The Satisfaction Finder. [...]
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The 3 Permissions to Teach
September 23rd, 2010 · 7 Comments
Sounds a little like a dish at a Chinese restaurant… Ah, yes, 3 permissions, very delicious. Very good. We serve it flaming with truth and basted in…” Okay, I’m a little slap happy this morning. That probably isn’t funny. But the video, especially the place half way through when my face freezes, is funny. And [...]
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