Episode #56 The spiritual path of motherhood

About Karen Maezen Miller

Karen Maezen Miller is a Zen Buddhist priest and teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She is the author of Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden, Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life and Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood. She leads retreats around the country and is mother to daughter Georgia and as a writer, she aims to resolve the enigmatic truth of Maezumi's teaching.

 

 

Episode highlights

Karen discusses how your life is your spiritual practice The background to writing to Momma Zen The curious expression of 'expecting' when we are pregnant - expecting what? How you don't need any formal spiritual training to experience motherhood as a spiritual journey.  How we are all one and seeing this in our interactions with our children. Knowing who we are in the journey of motherhood The beauty of allowing our kids to be themselves How children allow us to forgive

 

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Karen Maezen Miller’s book Momma Zen (http://karenmaezenmiller.com/bookstore/)

 

Website and Blog (http://karenmaezenmiller.com/)

 

 

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