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Seeing Through the Masks
Right now, many of us are wearing masks. COVID-19 has created a visual barrier between us which makes it harder to see each other. To reach each other. We can feel so cut off not seeing a smile. Or even Read more…
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Green Zone Podcast
Green Zone Podcast ep.2 – The Rat Story with Susan Gillis Chapman
Susan tells a story of how — out of the blue — surprises can take us to the limit of our comfort zone. And even a little beyond.
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Green Zone Podcast, episode 1: “Anger and Creating Skillful Boundaries.”
Our founder, Buddhist teacher and author of The Five Keys to Mindful Communication Susan Gillis Chapman shines light on this important topic. How can we stay open and also maintain healthy boundaries?
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Surfing the Tsunami: a Meditation on Inner Power
“….it’s those who can surf the waves of their own experience who can be sustained agents of change in this complex world. They don’t just collapse when things get hard. They can stay focused on the challenges and obstacles using Read more…
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“we must change the way we communicate”
2018 Advanced Certification graduate Chris Bacon, on the global need for Mindful Communication training: “….I would like to assert that we have reached a point in history where, as boring as it may seem, we must change the way we Read more…
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closing and opening: a celebration of our sameness and difference
Being human can be tough. Living in social groups — as is part of our primate nature — one of the fundamental experiences we face is being completely confused. Often by someone else. What are they doing? Why are they Read more…
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a multi-year green zone community in poland
Thanks to guest blogger Piotr Witkowski — one of our new Green Zone Leaders as of April 2019. Piotr and Klara Galant (another GZL graduate) have kept this circle of kindness going for several years — the longest running Green Read more…
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A Conversation with Elesa Commerse and Susan Gillis Chapman
Listen to this 45min conversation with Green Zone Institute founder and Senior Teacher Susan Gillis Chapman and Green Zone Institute and Buddhist teacher Elesa Commerse about Buddhism, Mindful Communication and their upcoming programs in the Pacific Northwest — conducted by Read more…
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Fully Embracing our Life
It’s not quite true that we can do absolutely anything we set our minds to. However, it is true that when we embrace our life fully, with kind support from others, we can discover possibilities that others would never guess.
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Everyone Has it Together?
We can think of our anxiety as our personal weakness, or we can understand it as our connection with humans everywhere.
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