Tranquility Dejure, June 16th, 2014.

Bonjour and welcome to the 317th edition of Tranquility DeJure.

Today's show features Jennifer Howe on the Mindfulness Diaries,

and I felt it was apropos to share her amazing journey and story.

You'll really get a kick out of it.

If you read it, it's all the inside mind, really, and all the thoughts that go on during a long,

silent meditation retreat that she went on.

And considering I'm fresh back from a seven-day mindfulness retreat with John Cabot Zen, it just

felt really appropriate because I can relate to so much of what she shares.

And I hope you will be able to also.

And if anything, and also this podcast really, it inspires, I think, and shed some light on what goes on in a silent meditation retreat and all the thoughts and feelings and, you know, sensations, definitely, that come up during a silent retreat and really kind of tuning in and listening to the mind, which is such an active little bugger.

So I'm really, really excited to share this book with you and to share the lovely Jennifer

Houd.

And also stay tuned on the blog over the next week or so.

I'll be sure to share kind of my takeaways.

I'm honestly still kind of basking in the experience and kind of trying to tie a bow around it, although I was told repeatedly that that was not necessary.

It's just my mind loves to typos around things to kind of make sure that I have my little nuggets of takeaways.

But I have to say the overall experience in being in John Cabot-Zinn's presence was just amazing.

And those of you who aren't

familiar with John Cabot-Zen, you may have one of his many books on your bookshelf. And my favorite

has always been, and I've read from this for probably 15 years of teaching is wherever you go,

there you are. And I highly recommend that book. And the great thing about John Cabot-Zinn

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