Learning to Surf - Talks on Spirituality, Mindfulness and riding the waves of life

Learning to Surf - Talks on Spirituality, Mindfulness and riding the waves of life

By Adam AsdelReligion & Spirituality
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  • Learning to Surf EP. 6 - Peter Williams - Anxiety, loving kindness and spiritual bypass

    On episode six of the Learning to Surf podcast, host Adam Asdel interviews special guest Peter Williams

    Peter has practiced meditation for 27 years in the Theravada and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. He has done more than 30 months of silent retreat. He has taught insight meditation (mindfulness) since 2003 and has completed the Community Dharma Leader training through Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Peter teaches retreats and dedicated practitioner groups based in Longmont, CO. He has taught mindfulness to diverse audiences, from Colorado juvenile justices to school teachers to environmentalists. He is one of the founders of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center in the mountains near Boulder, CO.

    Peter has been practicing as a transpersonal psychotherapist since 2007, using mindfulness and spirituality to heal emotional distress. In an 18-year career in the environmental field, Peter worked as an environmental educator for Massachusetts Audubon Society, as a wildlife biologist and lecturer at the University of Vermont, and as a consulting ecologist for groups such as the Nature Conservancy and the U. S. Forest Service. Peter enjoys playing piano, golfing, hiking and being outdoors as much as possible.

    For more on Peter visit http://www.truehomewithin.net

    For everything Learning to Surf related visit adamasdel.org/learningtosurf

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"You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf" - Jon Kabat-Zinn. Learning to surf features host Adam Asdel (Buddhist practitioner/Meditation teacher) and Co-host Art Burns (Heartfulness and…