Over the years, I’ve shared how I incorporate meditation and awareness practice into my daily habits and since many of you have inquired to know more, I wanted to include some folks who are recognized for their work in this space. That’s why I’m excited to share my conversation with two incredible women, Cheri Huber and Ashwini Narayanan.
Cheri has been a student and teacher of Zen for over 35 years. She is the author of over 20 books on Zen, and founded the Mountain View Zen Center and the Zen Monastery Peace Center. She also founded a non-profit, Living Compassion whose primary work is the Africa Vulnerable Children Project in Zambia.
Ashwini co-facilitates and creates workshops with Cheri. She runs the operations of the two nonprofits that Cheri founded. Her eclectic background includes degrees in physics, business, and computer science to working in advertising, an investment bank, a social enterprise, and several technology startups in the Silicon Valley.
Both Cheri and Ashwini have co-written multiple books, including their latest Don’t Suffer, Communicate.
Today’s episode isn’t just about mindfulness practice, it’s about a framework for navigating life. A few highlights:
- Zen isn’t just the practice of keeping things nicely organized, it’s also a spiritual practice largely focused on awareness and where you place attention.
- Self-improvement can be an endless diss on ourselves. The vary nature of saying we need improvement implies we’re not enough.
- Cheri and Ashwini share some useful tools to bring our attention the way we talk to ourselves, such as using a recorder to express thoughts and feelings in the moment.
- We are not our ego. Over the years we’ve been programmed to certain ways of thinking that tell us how things should be. How can we start to become aware of the things and get back to who we really are.
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