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Giovanni Dienstmann

Mindfulness · Practical Meditation

Brazilian-born meditation teacher, author and coach now based in Australia, creator of the Live and Dare meditation blog and author of the bestselling books Practical Meditation and Mindful Self-Discipline.

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Giovanni Dienstmann

Giovanni Dienstmann began practicing meditation and spirituality as a teenager and has since been formally initiated into several traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta, Raja Yoga and Mantra Yoga; he has maintained a daily meditation practice since March 2000 and describes over 12,000 hours of personal practice across roughly 70 techniques.

He currently teaches through Live and Dare, a widely-read meditation blog, offering self-paced courses, coaching for executives, entrepreneurs and artists, and periodic workshops and talks.

So instead of willpower feeling like pushing a boulder uphill, it's more like rolling a boulder downhill. (from his interview on the Mindfulness Exercises podcast with Sean Fargo, on mindful self-discipline)
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