{"id":514,"date":"2018-05-03T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T21:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakeningjoy.info\/blog\/?p=514"},"modified":"2018-05-09T11:47:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T18:47:36","slug":"conversations-wise-sylvia-boorstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakeningjoy.info\/blog\/conversations-wise-sylvia-boorstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations with the Wise: Sylvia Boorstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Awakening Joy&#8217;s James Baraz recently sat down with Sylvia Boorstein, a best-selling author, psychotherapist and founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Sylvia is particularly interested in emphasizing daily life as mindfulness practice and including informed citizenship and social activism as integral to spiritual maturation. Her books include <em>Happiness is an Inside Job; <span class=\"a-size-large\">It&#8217;s Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness; <\/span><span class=\"a-size-large\">That&#8217;s Funny, You Don&#8217;t Look Buddhist; <\/span><\/em><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\"><em>Don&#8217;t Just Do Something, Sit There;<\/em> and <\/span><em><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">Pay Attention, for Goodness&#8217; Sake: The Buddhist Path of Kindness.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\"><\/span><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\"><\/span>\u201cMindfulness is being alert moment to moment to see clearly what\u2019s really happening so that we will be able to respond in a way that will not create suffering for ourselves or others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For the full interview, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fawakeningjoy.info%2FconversationsBoorstein.php&amp;h=ATPN76fWONIYNpY-3N_oDQEQejxqWUJVQ3EWPQBY2syg1Y7gM0kcI94R8Mmn7tBXjdA63yv0UDsIeqRQGUGowvdq-Wqmxp8_LI8BiHt6xlvj_vrEwmzuQzSMtUhK8UluC1fTzOpnzAlrBQpDeiZxyFvt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"asynclazy\">https:\/\/awakeningjoy.info\/conversationsBoorstein.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FoECacaOMwY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awakening Joy&#8217;s James Baraz recently sat down with Sylvia Boorstein, a best-selling author, psychotherapist and founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center. 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