32 Lessons I Learned from Natalie Goldberg & her book Writing Down The B...

In this video, I present 32 Lessons I Learned from Natalie Goldberg & her book Writing Down The Bones, as she explores the various parallels between the practices of Zen meditation and Writing!

#1 Trust your Mind & Have Confidence in your Experience

#2 Be in the Present Moment & begin from here

#3 Beginner's Mind & First Thoughts

#4 We are not the Poem

#5 Keep Your Hand Moving

#6 Allow yourself to write the worst junk in the world

#7 Give Yourself the needed Time~Space to Grow

#8 Writing is not a Pizza or a Burger

#9 Writing is a process of Composting

#10 Inspire yourself by Yourself

#11 Have a Sense of Wonder

#12 Bake the cake of your writing with depth of vulnerability. Follow your heart.

#13 Don't Use Writing To Get Love & When Love Gets You Don't Run Away From It

#14 Don't follow Rules only to follow the rules

#15 You don't have to be too dutiful towards something~ anything

#16 Go Further Than You Think You can

#17 Check Your Attitude on Success & Failure

#18 Don't Worry about Talent, Skill & Capability. Just Practice Your Craft.

#19 Let's Eat A Car, yes!

#20 Make Good Use of Your Loneliness

#21 Understand the Nature of Monkey Mind - Creator & Editor

#22 What to Write, What Not to Write & Writing Prompts

#23 Form, Style, Structure & Beyond

#24 Each moment is different. Accept your wholeness & write from it.

#25 On Writing a Memoir

#26 On Writing a Haiku in English

#27 What's your purpose for using the medium of writing? Be clear.

#28 Re-reading our own work

#29 Embrace Your Darkness & Shadows

#30 Teachers are everywhere. Support is omnipresent.

#31 The Point of No Hindrances

#32 Free The Writer Within You