Waking Up Together on Valentine’s Day

Waking Up Together on Valentine’s Day

From: With Good Reason
Length: 00:29:34

Zen and relationships, plus the history of Valentine's Day cards. And, a singing Valentine. Read the full description.

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In their new book, Waking Up Together: Intimate Partnership on the Spiritual Path, Ellen and Charles Birx explore how Zen practice can enhance intimacy and partnership. As they say in the first chapter: “In one sense we journey alone, but in another we wake up together.” Also: Brian Geiger recounts the history of Valentine’s Day cards in antebellum New England. Geiger says the rituals of writing romantic notes helped guide them through the perils of courtship. And, the barbershop quartet, The Blue Ridge Connection, regales us with a singing Valentine.

Playing: Waking Up Together on Valentine’s Day
From: With Good Reason

Holdinghands_small

In their new book, Waking Up Together: Intimate Partnership on the Spiritual Path, Ellen and Charles Birx explore how Zen practice can enhance intimacy and partnership. As they say in the first chapter: “In one sense we journey alone, but in another we wake up together.” Also: Brian Geiger recounts the history of Valentine’s Day cards in antebellum New England. Geiger says the rituals of writing romantic notes helped guide them through the perils of courtship. And, the barbershop quartet, The Blue Ridge Connection, regales us with a singing Valentine.

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In their new book, Waking Up Together: Intimate Partnership on the Spiritual Path, Ellen and Charles Birx explore how Zen practice can enhance intimacy and partnership. As they say in the first chapter: “In one sense we journey alone, but in another we wake up together.” Also: Brian Geiger recounts the history of Valentine’s Day cards in antebellum New England. Geiger says the rituals of writing romantic notes helped guide them through the perils of courtship. And, the barbershop quartet, The Blue Ridge Connection, regales us with a singing Valentine.