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Shinzen Young Blog
Talks by Shinzen transcribed and edited by Hal Smith

Meditation and Psychotherapy
Have you received training in psychotherapy? Have you had some training with Shinzen in meditation? If the answer is yes to both these questions, consider joining a listserv devoted to an ongoing conversation about the place of Shinzen-style meditation in psychotherapy. Read how others are using his meditative exercises within their practice of psychotherapy and consider trying them yourself. To become a member, e-mail us at mindfulpsych@emotionalhealing.net and write the word "subscribe" in the subject line. For more information, e-mail Barbara Fishman, the moderator, bfishman@rhd.org.

Meditation Classes in the Los Angeles Area
With Stephanie Nash
Including:  Meditation for Food Issues,  Meditation for Actors & Artists, Introduction to Meditation.  Special workshops, ongoing classes and private (and phone) sessions using Shinzen's techniques.

Emotional Healing through Mindfulness Meditation
By Barbara Fishman
"This book contains the stories of eight women who faced great trouble and were transformed by a combination of Eastern mindfulness practices and Western psychotherapy. After each story, you'll find the instructions for a mindfulness meditation. Taken together, these meditations are a course in what I call Mindfulness Psychotherapy."  Read Shinzen's forward.

Conquering Arthritis
Barbara Allan, one of Shinzen's students, describes the important role of Vipassana meditation in her complete and lasting healing from severe arthritis and food allergies.  Read Shinzen's prologue.

Descendants of the Earth
I find a natural complementarity between the "Eightfold Path" of Buddhism and meditation and the "Red Road" of Native American spirituality.  The Descendants of the Earth is a group in Southern California with which I have had the privilege of being associated for many years. --Shinzen

L.A. Dharma
A focal point for insight meditation in the Los Angeles area. Here you'll find retreat listings, lots of sitting groups and other event listings, including everything VSI sponsors in LA.

DharmaNet
This is one of the oldest and most substantial Internet resources for Buddhist study and practice. Here you can locate centers and practice groups around the world, find retreat schedules and explore innumerable quality links to Buddhist and meditation related sites.

Sounds True
A wonderful online resource where you can find numerous audio, video and music for the inner life. You'll also find interviews with some of the authors.

Charles T. Tart's Website
 "If you're interested in areas like consciousness, altered states of consciousness, dreams, Gurdjieff, hypnosis, meditation, mindfulness, personal growth, parapsychology, transpersonal psychology, or how to be both a scientific person and a spiritual seeker, there's good quality material here for you."

www.issc-taste.org
TASTE is an online journal devoted to transcendent experiences that have been reported by scientists.

Mount Baldy Zen Center
Learn more about Joshu Sasaki Roshi, Shinzen's main teacher.

The Insight Meditation Santa Barbara
Thanks also to Greg Smith for hosting material from this site while it was under construction.