While not everyone would think visiting a Buddhist monastery would hold the answers to a life crisis, Mary Paterson discovered that was exactly what she needed. Unsettled by the deaths of her parents and accompanied by a too-heavy suitcase, she bravely entered Plum Village in France, the monastery of Noble-Prize nominated monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Mary is the author of The Monks and Me, and shares her healing process in dealing with the death of her parents and how she found her way to back to herself. She will entertain and enlighten as she reveals what she learned after spending six weeks living with the Sisters and Brothers. Mary will share the way a monk washes his face and why it’s important, and what an 84-year-old monk taught her about finding refuge from life’s storms. She will be on VoiceAmerica’s radio talk show, Shining Bright with Regina Sisco, on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 1:00pm Eastern Time.
Mary Paterson was forty years old when her father died. She had lost her mother years before and felt suddenly destabilized and adrift by the loss of both parents. Paterson’s response to this life crisis was to embark on a pilgrimage to Plum Village, the retreat of Nobel Prize-nominated Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. For six weeks she lived alongside the Sisters and Brothers of Plum Village, in their Buddhist community in the French countryside.
The Monks and Me is a wonderfully frank and funny chronicle of Paterson’s 40-day stay at Plum Village, where she forced herself to rise for 4:30am morning meditations, ate with the nuns in silence, and learned patience from skinning a bowl of nuts, acceptance from a man who stole her headphones, and how to surrender from dragging around an over-stuffed suitcase. Paterson’s journey is lyrical and witty as she communes with pilgrims from all over the world, and listens intently to a wise eighty-four year-old monk talk about how to navigate the stormy ocean of life by learning how to take refuge in oneself.
Shining Bright with Regina Sisco airs every Friday at 10:00am Pacific, 11:00am Mountain, 12:00pm Central and 1:00pm Eastern time. To listen to this show go to: www.voiceamerica.com/show/1986/shining-brighton VoiceAmerica’s 7th Wave channel. For more information on Host Regina Sisco, go to her website at www.lifestreamholisticcoaching.com.
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Contact Senior Executive Producer Nathan Jett at 480-553-5768 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.
Bio:
Mary Paterson is the Founder and Director of Toronto’s Lotus Yoga Centre, a mecca for yoga and meditation instruction that has been operating since 2000. For fifteen years, she has studied and taught internationally in India, England, France, Mexico, Costa Rica, and the U.S. (New York and New Mexico). Visit her at: www.lotusyogacentre.com
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The Monks and Me is a wonderfully frank and funny chronicle of Paterson’s 40-day stay at Plum Village, where she forced herself to rise for 4:30am morning meditations, ate with the nuns in silence, and learned patience from skinning a bowl of nuts, acceptance from a man who stole her headphones, and how to surrender from dragging around an over-stuffed suitcase. Paterson’s journey is lyrical and witty as she communes with pilgrims from all over the world, and listens intently to a wise eighty-four year-old monk talk about how to navigate the stormy ocean of life by learning how to take refuge in oneself.
Shining Bright with Regina Sisco airs every Friday at 10:00am Pacific, 11:00am Mountain, 12:00pm Central and 1:00pm Eastern time. To listen to this show go to: www.voiceamerica.com/show/1986/shining-brighton VoiceAmerica’s 7th Wave channel. For more information on Host Regina Sisco, go to her website at www.lifestreamholisticcoaching.com.
The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through pod cast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ voiceamerica.com.
Contact Senior Executive Producer Nathan Jett at 480-553-5768 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.
Bio:
Mary Paterson is the Founder and Director of Toronto’s Lotus Yoga Centre, a mecca for yoga and meditation instruction that has been operating since 2000. For fifteen years, she has studied and taught internationally in India, England, France, Mexico, Costa Rica, and the U.S. (New York and New Mexico). Visit her at: www.lotusyogacentre.com
About VoiceAmerica/World Talk Radio, LLC:
World Talk Radio, LLC is the world leader in online media broadcasting and the largest producer and distributor of live internet based talk radio and TV, delivering over 1,000 hours of programming weekly on its VoiceAmerica™ Network ( www.voiceamerica.com) and WorldTalk Radio Network ( www.worldtalkradio.com) as well as live and on-demand video content on VoiceAmerica.TV ( www.voiceamerica.tv). Featuring more than 200 hosts broadcasting to eight niche community based channels: its flagship VoiceAmerica™ Variety Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Business Channel, VoiceAmerica Sports, 7th Wave Channel, The Green Living Channel, VoiceAmerica Kids Channel and World Talk Radio Variety Channel. VoiceAmerica™ TV offers targeted and exclusive video programming channels. World Talk Radio, LLC is one of the pioneers in internet broadcasting, producing and syndicating online audio and video, offering an innovative, effective and comprehensive digital broadcast platform. Digital Publishing through its 10 years of broadcast and media experience along with our seasoned staff of Executive Producers, Production and Host Services Group, World Talk Radio, LLC provides an internet radio and video platform for new, emerging and veteran media personalities to expand and monetize their business and brand in an online digital medium.
