Riehl Life: Village Wisdom for the 21st Century » TZS Blog Tour http://www.riehlife.com Creating connections through the arts and across cultures Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:35:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Day 41, Final Stop on Ten Zen Seconds Blogtour–Daily Focus for Visual Artists http://www.riehlife.com/2007/06/01/day-41-final-stop-on-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-daily-focus-for-visual-artists/ http://www.riehlife.com/2007/06/01/day-41-final-stop-on-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-daily-focus-for-visual-artists/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:00:49 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2007/06/01/day-41-final-stop-on-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-daily-focus-for-visual-artists/ Anne Marchand is a full-time artist who creates colorful, energetic abstract paintings with poetic connections to life. Anne's cityscape, public art murals adorn playground walls in Washington, DC. Her blog, PainterlyVisions, showcases talented artists in the Washington, DC metropolitan area as well as other artists. Anne comments on life in the arts from her studio in Washington, DC. Her blog is a resource of exhibition opportunities, art reviews, and marketing resources.
Anne and Eric chat about applying Ten Zen Second techniques to help visual artists focus on the daily creation of artwork.

]]> http://www.riehlife.com/2007/06/01/day-41-final-stop-on-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-daily-focus-for-visual-artists/feed/ 0 Day 40 Ten Zen Seconds Blogtour–How to Choose and Focus Creative Projects http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/31/day-40-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-how-to-choose-and-focus-creative-projects/ http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/31/day-40-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-how-to-choose-and-focus-creative-projects/#comments Thu, 31 May 2007 13:00:59 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/31/day-40-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-how-to-choose-and-focus-creative-projects/ Isabella Mori is a psychotherapist and writer. Her blog "change therapy" deals with the wide range of experience of our inner lives, from the joyous " 9 ways to feed the spirit to the academic 10 paradoxes of creative people , from the hopeful recovering anorexia to the amusing Inspired by Dr. Suess.
Special interests on the blog are spirituality, the arts, peace, gender issues, as well as body image and eating disorders. Isabella hosts the monthly Carnival of Eating Disorders, a readers' digest of blog posts on topics related to eating disorders.

One of the wonderful attributes of being an artist is that we are interested in so many things. This is much of what fuels our creativity. However, sometimes, these often very widely diverging interests become overwhelming and it feels like we're drowning in ideas. Isabella and Eric chat about applying Ten Zen Second techniques to the question of choice and focus.

]]> http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/31/day-40-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-how-to-choose-and-focus-creative-projects/feed/ 1 Day 39 Ten Zen Seconds Blogtour–Mindfulness and Marketing Your Art http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/30/day-39-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-and-marketing-your-art/ http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/30/day-39-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-and-marketing-your-art/#comments Wed, 30 May 2007 13:00:42 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/30/day-39-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-and-marketing-your-art/ Alyson B. Stanfield is an art-marketing consultant who writes on the business of art for her Art Biz Blog. It is intimately connected with the weekly Art Marketing Action newsletter. Postings range from pricing and promoting your art to working with galleries and cultivating collectors.

Alyson and Eric focus on mindfulness techniques for visual artists in the studio and in the art office.

]]> http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/30/day-39-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-and-marketing-your-art/feed/ 1 Day 38 Ten Zen Seconds Blogtour–Mindfulness and Fun http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/29/day-38-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-and-fun/ http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/29/day-38-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-and-fun/#comments Tue, 29 May 2007 13:00:46 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/29/day-38-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-and-fun/ Maya Talisman Frost has taught thousands of people how to pay attention. Through her company, Real-World Mindfulness Training, she teaches playful, eyes-wide-open ways to get calm, clear and creative. She trains clients around the world by phone and email and publishes the "Friday Mind Massage", a weekly ezine with subscribers in over 100 countries. Maya's techniques for everyday awareness have appeared in numerous publications, ranging from Parents to Penthouse.

A small-town girl from Oregon, Maya loves exploring different cultures. She lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina with her husband and three of her four daughters. She chats about mindfulness on her blog and plays with all things passionate.

Maya and Eric focus on mindfulness and FUN--using the Ten Zen Seconds method to pop into mindfulness mode and connect to our sense of wonder.

]]> http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/29/day-38-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-and-fun/feed/ 1 Day 37 Ten Zen Seconds Blogtour–Mindfulness for the Skeptic http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/28/day-37-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-for-the-skeptic/ http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/28/day-37-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-for-the-skeptic/#comments Mon, 28 May 2007 13:00:14 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/28/day-37-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-for-the-skeptic/ Donna Druchunas is a freelance technical writer and editor and a knitwear designer. When she's not working, she reviews books about science, religion, and skepticism and mouths off on the Skepchick blog where she is part of a team of thinking women who reject superstition and pseudo-science and prefer to use reason and evidence to understand the world.

Donna and Eric chat about mindfulness for the skeptic: how creativity and mindfulness can be nurtured without appealing to a higher power or a mystical muse.

]]> http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/28/day-37-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-mindfulness-for-the-skeptic/feed/ 1 Day 36 Ten Zen Seconds Blogtour–Help for New Mothers http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/26/day-36-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-help-for-new-mothers/ http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/26/day-36-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-help-for-new-mothers/#comments Sat, 26 May 2007 13:00:45 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/26/day-36-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-help-for-new-mothers/ Melanie Bowden is a freelance writer, teacher, and mother of two. She teaches infant massage classes, writing classes, and speaks to parenting groups about postpartum issues. She is also the creator of the workshop, "How To Reduce New Parent Stress". Melanie's mission is to help make the transition of others to parenthood a lot smoother than her own! She is the author of, Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me? True Stories of New Motherhood. Her blog, Spit-up on My Shoulder, provides news, information, and rants for the first-time mom.

Melanie and Eric chat about how Ten Zen Seconds can help new mothers stay centered and mindful.

]]> http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/26/day-36-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-help-for-new-mothers/feed/ 0 Day 35 Ten Zen Seconds Blog Tour–High Intensity Situations http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/25/day-35-ten-zen-seconds-blog-tour-high-intensity-situations/ http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/25/day-35-ten-zen-seconds-blog-tour-high-intensity-situations/#comments Fri, 25 May 2007 13:00:46 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/25/day-35-ten-zen-seconds-blog-tour-high-intensity-situations/ Kathryn Petro-Harper is a Renaissance woman; she has worked as a librarian, psychotherapist, and community advocate. She is also a self-taught artist, poet, and an omnivorous, voracious reader. Kathryn dedicates her life to igniting curiosity, promoting creative and critical thinking, and inspiring enthusiasm in people for lifetime learning. She believes passionately in the innate creativity of all humans. In her blog, A Mindful Life, Kathryn shares her insights and discoveries with the world.

Kathryn and Eric chat about customizing the Ten Zen Seconds approach to high-intensity situations like childbirth, arguments, and athletic competitions.

]]> http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/25/day-35-ten-zen-seconds-blog-tour-high-intensity-situations/feed/ 0 Day 32 Ten Zen Seconds Blogtour–Financial Spread Betting http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/22/day-32-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-financial-spread-betting/ http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/22/day-32-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-financial-spread-betting/#comments Tue, 22 May 2007 13:00:43 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/22/day-32-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-financial-spread-betting/ Sally Nicoll is the author of Bets and the City, a Bridget Jones meets Wall Street beginner's guide to day/swing trading ­ known in the UK as financial spread betting.

Sally and Eric discuss how traders can profitably deploy Ten Zen Second techniques to improve decision making, cut losses and increase profits.

]]> http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/22/day-32-ten-zen-seconds-blogtour-financial-spread-betting/feed/ 0 Day 31 Zen Ten Seconds Blogtour–Songwriting and Musical Performance http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/21/day-31-zen-ten-seconds-blogtour-songwriting-and-musical-performance/ http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/21/day-31-zen-ten-seconds-blogtour-songwriting-and-musical-performance/#comments Mon, 21 May 2007 13:00:15 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2007/05/21/day-31-zen-ten-seconds-blogtour-songwriting-and-musical-performance/ Ken is a technical writer, singer/songwriter, Web developer, instructional designer, and non-fiction junkie who blogs about the nature of creativity. What is it? Why do we do it? How can we bring more of it into our lives? He is a co-developer of the Creativity Happens workshop and currently in training as a creativity coach.

Ken and Eric chat about how the Ten Zen Seconds approach can be applied to songwriting and musical performance. What's the distinction between a theory and a practice? Is it possible to grasp Ten Zen Seconds in any real way without putting it into practice?

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Rahul and Eric chat about how technical communicators and writers can apply Ten Zen Second techniques.

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