Sean's presentation: "We'll talk about the many benefits of this practice, from general wellness to stress reduction, emotional balance, and even lowering blood pressure. But what really makes it work is trying it out for oneself. Even if you've tried meditation before, and never felt "good" at it, never fear -- I have decades of experience working with practitioners of all ages and backgrounds, and have a good bag of tricks to help you experience what it's all about."

 

Sean Tetsudo Murphy, Sensei, is a fully authorized Zen teacher in the American White Plume lineage, as well as award winning author and recipient of a 2018 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing, the author of the nonfiction "One Bird, One Stone: 108 Contemporary Zen Stories" as well as three novels with Bantam Dell books. He is founder and director of the Sage Institute of Taos, NM, which hosts an innovative Meditation and Mindfulness Leader Training Program. He also teaches creative writing, meditation and literature for the University of New Mexico, Taos and many other venues.