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Writing Down the Bones

Natalie Goldberg ISBN 1590307941

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This book by Natalie Goldberg has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-09-09 and the most recent from 2023-09-01. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

What it is

For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice, "it is backed by two thousand years of studying the mind."

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The Random Show with Tim Ferriss & Kevin Rose — Affordable Luxuries, Brain Stimulation, and More!

“That is a great book. Great book”
“Writing Down the Bones. That is a great book. Great book.”— Tim Ferriss

The guest here is Kevin Rose: Kevin Rose with Tim Ferriss. Tim and Kevin swap affordable luxuries, brain-stimulation experiments, books, supplements, gear, and AI investing ideas in a free-ranging Random Show.

01:22:292023-09-01
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Henry Shukman — Zen, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, and an Intro to Koans | The Tim Ferriss Show

“it's a great book yeah great book”
“natalie goldberg who's a writer who writes zen-based writing writing down the bones is that right exactly it's a great book yeah great book”— Tim Ferriss

The guest here is Henry Shukman: An appointed Zen teacher in the Sanbo Zen lineage and guiding teacher of Mountain Cloud Zen Center in New Mexico. He is also an award-winning poet and author, including the memoir One Blade of Grass, and has taught meditation at Google, Harvard Business School, and other venues. Zen teacher Henry Shukman tells Tim Ferriss how meditation, koans, and a spontaneous beach awakening reshaped his life, comparing them with ayahuasca.

00:56:262021-09-09