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Find the Zen of

WorkByLeo Babauta

One of the most common problems I hearfrom readers is the difficulty in finding calmand peace in the middle of a work day.

Work for many people is stressful, full of toomany things to do, too many meetings andemails and incoming information andinterruptions and irritations and distractionsand decisions and confusion.

Putting Zen into the workplace somecalm, some mindfulness, some letting go ofthat which stresses you out is not a simplething for most people.

To help those whod like to find a more

peaceful way of working, Ive teamed up withSan Francisco Zen Center to create the Zen ofWork online course.

Zen priest Robert Thomas (former president


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of SFZC) and I will be co-teaching the class,which lasts for four weeks and starts this

Sunday (May 5, 2013). Space is limited so

please sign upbySaturday (May4) if youdlike to join us.

What will the class consist of? Four weeklymodules, each with:

Videos with Robert and meArticles and podcasts with other great Zen

teachersA weekly live video webinar (with me and

Zen teachers Robert Thomas, SusanOConnell and Marc Lesser on different

weeks)

A Q&A where you can submit questions to beanswered

A weekly mindfulness practiceA forum to discuss the material with other

course membersThis will take a daily commitment, so if youd

like to do it, please set aside at least20

-30

minutes a day to view/read course materials,do the practice, and interact with the teachersand other members (through the forum, Q&A,and webinars).


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Sign up for the Zen of Work course here.

Course ContentsHeres what well be offering during the fourweeks of the course (starting May5):

Week11. Course Overview2. Core video lesson: with Leo & Robert3. Core lesson: Week1mindfulnesspractice: sitting (with meditation

instruction video)4. Core lesson: The Mechanics of Habits,

and How to Change, by Leo Babauta5. Audio lesson: Whats a Mindful Workday

Like? By Robert Thomas6. What is mindfulness? by Susan OConnell7. We Are All Zen Students, by Marc Lesser8. Live Webinar: Robert Thomas & Leo

Babauta, Thurs. May9at 3pmPacific/6pm Eastern

9. Ask the students: why are you here?10.Forum Q&A on Friday May10Week21. Core video lesson: with Leo & Robert2. Core lesson: Week2mindfulness


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practice3. Core video lesson: Using Slogans to

Remember Mindfulness with RobertThomas

4. Core lesson: Expecting things to beperfect, by Leo Babauta

5. Article: Practicing in the Mud ideasabout perfection, by Susan OConnell

6. Audio lesson: Whats a Mindful WorkdayLike? By Susan OConnell7. Live Webinar: Susan OConnell & LeoBabauta, Thurs. May16at 3pmPacific/6pm Eastern

8. Forum Q&A on Friday May17Week31. Core video lesson: The Cessation of

Suffering with Leo & Susan2. Core lesson: Week3mindfulness

practice: computer ritual3. Core Video Lesson: More Slogans to

Remember Mindfulness with RobertThomas

4. Core lesson: How to RememberMindfulness, by Leo Babauta

5. Audio lesson: Whats a Mindful WorkdayLike? By Mark Lancaster

6. Busy and Not Busy, & Resting in the


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Moment7. Podcast: Shame, Regret & Forgiving by

Susan OConnell

8. What We Can Learn from the ZenStudents of Tassajara, by Leo Babauta

9. Live Webinar: Robert Thomas & LeoBabauta, Thurs. May23at 3pmPacific/6pm Eastern

10.Forum Q&A on Friday May24Week41. Core video lesson: with Leo & Robert2. Core lesson: Mindful Email, by Leo

Babauta3. Core video Lesson: Mindful Managing

with Robert Thomas4. Core lesson: Week4mindfulness

practice5. Video Lesson: Expanding Practice, and

Continuing Habits video with Leo &Susan

6. Right Livelihood, by Randy Komisar7. Audio lesson: Whats a Mindful Workday

Like? By Jordan Thorn8. Video Lesson: Mindful Communication

with Lisa Hoffman9. Video Lesson: Mindful To-do List with

Lisa Hoffman


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10.Live Webinar: Thurs. May30at 3pmPacific/6pm Eastern

11. Downloadable sheet: MindfulnessExercises

12. Forum Q&A on Friday May31

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