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Stephan has practiced and taught nondual approaches to truth
for more than 35 years. After a series of deepening realizations,
he received Dharma transmission (authorization to teach)
from his Zen teacher, Adyashanti. His life is now devoted to igniting
and fostering the flame of truth in others through his counseling, mentoring,
teaching, and writing.
In addition to regular satsangs and intensives, Stephan offers silent retreats and an eight-month School for Awakening that begins again in June 2008. A licensed psychotherapist
as well as a spiritual teacher, he has evolved a vibrant, intimate approach
to counseling and mentoring that blends psychological insight
and spiritual realization. His new book, Wake Up Now: A Guide to the Journey of Spiritual Awakening, was published this year by McGraw-Hill. (To order, click on the book cover to the left.)
Stephan began practicing Zen in 1970 after studying Asian language and culture at Columbia and
Stanford. Ordained
a Zen priest in 1974, he trained with several Zen masters,
including Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (author of Zen Mind, Beginner's
Mind) and Taizan Maezumi Roshi, and directed the training
program at the Zen Center of Los Angeles. He also practiced
Dzogchen-Mahamudra with several Tibetan teachers and spent 10 years studying Advaita Vedanta
with Jean Klein.
Stephan is the former editor-in-chief of the magazine Yoga
Journal and a contributing editor of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, and he has written extensively on spiritual
themes. His articles have appeared in numerous national
magazines, including Fitness, Alternative Medicine,
Cooking Light, Tricycle, and, of course, Yoga
Journal.
He's the author of the popular guidebook Meditation
for Dummies, which has sold over 125,000 copies and
is now in its second edition with instructional CD. The
book is available in English, Dutch, German, Italian, and
French editions. His other books include Living Yoga
(with Georg Feuerstein); Timeless Visions, Healing
Voices; and Buddhism for Dummies (with Jonathan
Landaw). Stephan also contributed the chapter "Deconstructing
the Self: The Uses of Inquiry in Nondual Psychotherapy"
for the anthology The Sacred Mirror (Paragon, 2003).
You can contact him at stephanbodian@hotmail.com, or 415-451-7133.
Mailing address:
300B Country Lane
Dripping Springs , TX 78620
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