Zen teacher, creator, and poet Henry Shukman talks with host Michael Taft about Mountain Cloud Zen Center, Henry’s series on the Waking Up app, meditation for awakening vs. meditation as a “band aid,” the role of psychotherapy in spiritual practice, the facility of working within the “old way,” the trail of working with Zen koans because the journey of a lifetime.
Henry Shukman is a teacher within the Sanbo Zen lineage, and is the Guiding Teacher of Mountain Cloud Zen Center, in Santa Fe, Recent Mexico. Henry is an award-winning poet and creator of several books, including , which details his spiritual journey. And is great. His struggles and traumatic experiences as a youth, combined with a spontaneous awakening experience at age 19, paved the best way for Henry to develop a well-rounded approach to spirituality and meditation – one that features love for self and the world as its foundation.
Henry Shukman at Mountain Cloud Zen Center
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