Shinzen's Blog: Nachas and Mudita

In Yiddish it’s called nachas—the vicarious pleasure that one gets from the successes of people one feels connected to. As one’s sense of connectedness broadens, it evolves into what is called mudita in Pali –rejoicing in the (spiritual) successes of everyone and anyone.

I’m getting both nachas and mudita from some recent developments for one of my facilitators Maria Myoshin Gonzalez.

Check out her doings at Harvard Business School here, and see below regarding the release of her new Mindful Leadership app.

Argonauta Consulting Inc.
February 7, 2014

Dear Shinzen,

It gives me great pleasure to let you know that the Mindful Leadership App is now available. It has been a while in the making as it is fairly large with 12 Categories and 73 Guided Meditations. It was a wonderful project and I had great fun doing the recording. It is intended to complement Mindful Leadership: The 9 Ways to Self-Awareness Transforming Yourself and Inspiring Others and offer you guided meditations for the techniques described in the book and much, much more!

My intention was to create Guided Meditations that over the years of coaching and teaching, people have found to be most beneficial. They naturally fell into 12 Categories. There is something for everyone, including Managing Stress; Managing Migraines; Flying with Ease; Micro-Meditations (which are done in 2-3 minutes throughout the day), as well as, Mindfulness in Action Strategies / Tips. There is also a Mindful Music Category for Teens and anyone who enjoys music; Exercising Mindfully and Mindful Golf for those who wish to improve and more fully enjoy their game.

As you may know, my aspiration is to spread Mindful Leadership, globally, so that as many people as possible are able to benefit from Mindfulness, personally and professionally. The Mindful Leadership App is one key way of making this a reality. Consequently, if you enjoy the App, I would greatly appreciate it if you would share it with anyone and everyone you think might benefit and be interested.

I hope you experience as much pleasure in listening to the recordings as I experienced in creating them.

Below are the links to Apple and Google Play where you will find the Mindful Leadership App. The App is for Apple iPhones and iPads, as well as, Android smart phones and tablets.

May you enjoy many Mindful moments.

With best wishes,

Maria.