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Madhu Bazaz Wangu

Mindful Writers Guidebook for Writing Meditation Method

Posted on July 30, 2012
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Writing Meditation Method: How does it Work As an introduction to Writing Meditation Method, my previous post with the same title, "Writing Meditation Method: How does it Work" was not as clear as I would have liked it to be. Thanks to some of you who suggested that I break the subject down in smaller parts the way I did during the previous years when I wrote, As I Understand It. Those posts were a joy to write. Hundreds of you continue to read your favorite posts from the Bhagavad Gita, Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, and Devi Gita. Currently, I am writing, Mindful Writers Guidebook for Writing Meditation Method. As I write the manuscript, I have decided to share sections of it in my future posts. The book is about the method...

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Rebirth of My Golden Pothos

Posted on July 2, 2012
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This morning one of my twin golden Pothos plant delighted me! As I turned this lush indoor climber around I discovered three stems lying on the ground waiting to be trimmed. Here is the story of why this sight was so pleasant. One of the many things that thrilled me when I came to the United States was luscious indoor plants. Seven years later, when my parents visited us my mother too was delighted with plants thriving inside our home. She added a philodendron to my small collection. That plant is a quarter of a century old now. Its attractive foliage, although gone through many ups and downs, continues to grow in soil enriched with humus. Through years I have placed it in shade, under filtered light or in indirect sun....

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Writing Meditation Method: How does it Work?

Posted on July 2, 2012
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Activating Writer's Energy Centers  The aim of the Mindful Writers is to complete a book length manuscript in nine-months using Writing Meditation Method. By the end of the first cycle of three months they find their productivity increase, voice deepen and blocks eliminated. Before joining the Mindful Writers Group most writers feel fragmented, unable to achieve their writing dream. But by the end of the nine-months of practice their body, heart and mind feel integrated. Equilibrium returns. And changes begin to occur within that affect their without. At the beginning of each session, I lead all participants (novice as well as professional writers) with body, heart or mind meditation. I bring their attention to each and every limb, each and every organ of the body as we scan various parts...

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Writing Meditation Seminar & Workshop

Posted on April 20, 2012
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Come, Join us for Pennwriters 25th Annual Conference!   The 25th Annual Pennwriters Conference will be held from May 18th through the 20th at The Eden Resort & Suites, located in the heart of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. (Eden Resorts in Lancaster, PA.) This year's program includes Dr. Madhu B. Wangu's Pre-Conference Seminar on Mindful Writing Meditation and the workshop,  Writing Meditation After 50.  Pre-Conference Seminar: Mindful Writing Meditation Thursday, May 17, 2012, 8:00-12:00, The reason so many talented writers are unable to complete their manuscript is not so much the lack of aptitude or skill but the lack of discipline and focus. Come and learn the practice of  Writing Meditation as a means to tap into your inner source of creativity and commitment. Dr. Wangu will guide participants through three fifteen-minutes meditations on...

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Pennwriters Organization Presents: Dr. Madhu B. Wangu

Posted on February 6, 2012
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Dr. Madhu B. Wangu's areas of study are Hindu & Buddhist Goddesses and Asian Art. She has a doctorate in the Phenomenology of Religion from the University of Pittsburgh and a post-doctoral fellowship from the Harvard University. For fifteen years, she taught at Wellesley and Wheaton Colleges in Massachusetts and at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. In 1997, she voyaged around the world with 750 college students & 28 faculty members from around the country. In 2010, she founded Mindful Writers Group. She leads writers through meditation and writing sessions. A former Author Advocate at Pennwriters, she is presently an active board member. Dr Wangu is writing A  Guidebook for Mindful Writing and Living  and an American edition of her debut novel,  An Indian Immigrant Wife. Latest work: Meditation for Mindful...

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Writing Goals for 2012

Posted on January 15, 2012
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Whether you are a budding writer or more advanced writer, I sincerely hope that this year you will integrate the practices of meditation and writing. Meditation cultivates mindfulness and that, in my experience, is the queen of all the writer's tools and techniques. It is simple (not easy) but the results are amazing. In order to practice meditation. Find a quiet place. Sit in a comfortable posture with your eyes closed.  Focus on your in-breath and your out-breath, and pay attention to your sensations, and thoughts and emotions passing through your mind. Practice this discipline daily or on the days you plan to write: same time same place.  Begin to meditate in small steps of five to ten minutes. Slowly increase its duration to fifteen minutes. You will feel your...

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A Letter to My Granddaughter

Posted on January 1, 2012
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My Aria, My Rosebud, A few months before your birth your mother called to tell us that you were going to be a girl. "What a blessing!" I said as the images of my own two blessings surfaced in my mind. As a young woman, I used to daydream about having a little girl of my own. My fortune doubled when we were blessed with two daughters: your mother Srimal (Garland of Happiness) and your Massi Zoon (Moon). Now some thirty years later, with your birth a fresh wave of delight has surged. You, Aria (Melody, Hymn, Song). Here is another opportunity for me to observe and experience your life, a young woman's wonderful world, all over again. As I write this, you are one year old, and I am at the threshold...

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Writing After Fifty

Posted on December 9, 2011
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With passing years, writing becomes our most trustworthy friend. Wherever we go there it is! It paces with us as we enter the autumn and winter of our lives. We age. Writing is ageless. So many writers, still in their forties and fifties, feel an urge to write full time. They leave a paying job when they can afford to do so, to follow their writing passion, to fulfill their dream of getting a manuscript completed and the book published. In an interview with Gabriel Packard, Walter Mosley, who began writing at 34, said, "If you come to something later in life, and you've been beaten down enough-your ego's been beaten down enough for you to think, "Well, I might actually be a failure at life" (as a writer)-I think that's...

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Traditional Publishing Verses Self-Publishing

Posted on November 30, 2011
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In this age of technology book publishing is in flux. Any one who can write can get published instantly. The situation is outrageous for those who have struggled through the traditional way of getting published. The battle, however, is not between those who have or want to get published traditionally and those who want to self-publish. The battle is for the end result: A good book! If you think, who needs to go through the hassle of finding an editor or a publisher? Who needs critiques and comments from publishing professionals? Why experience discomfort only to have to wait for months and risk getting eventually rejected? Right? Wrong! After you have selected one of your several drafts that you feel passionately about and revised it to the best of your ability, it...

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