Maya
Frost is on a mission to
make
mindfulness mainstream.
Her
playful, eyes-wide-open approach to
everyday
awareness and creativity
has
been featured in over 100
print
and web publications
around
the world,
ranging
from Parenting
to Penthouse.
For
interviews:
Contact:
Maya Frost
Maya@MassageYourMind.com
FAX:
503-296-5435
PHONE: 503-336-1779
Website Addresses:
Feel
free to publicize any of the following URLs.
They
all go to the same site.
http://www.Real-WorldMindfulness.com
http://www.MassageYourMind.com
http://www.MayaFrost.com
Maya's
Bio
About
Real-World Mindfulness Training™
What
People Are Saying About Maya
Blogs
Paying Attention to Mindfulness
Maya's blog on topics related to mindfulness--www.MassageYourMind.wordpress.com
The World Is Your Campus
Maya's blog about the education book she is writing--
The World Is Your Campus : Skip the SAT, Save Thousands On Tuition, and Get An Outrageously Relevant Global Education
(to be published by Random House/Crown in spring of 2009)
www.TheWorldIsYourCampus.com
Sexy Spanish Club in Buenos Aires
Maya's blog about living a creative life in Argentina--www.SexySpanishClub.blogspot.com
Topics for Interviews:
Are you writing about business, art, education, travel, parenting, consumerism, love, sex, sustainability, religion, health, fitness, food, adolescence, technology, or communication?
Great! Maya has fresh, upbeat tips, stories and quotes to share with your audience on ALL of these subjects. She can zero in on the paying attention angle of any topic and give clear advice about how to get creative about focusing on what matters most.
Take a look at the following themes and see how Maya can help you with your next story!
A Creative Alternative to Meditation
We all know that
meditation is good for us. We WANT to meditate.
But very few people actually have a consistent meditation
practice. Maya offers powerful, eyes-wide-open alternatives
for those who learn best through movement, sound, words,
nature, numbers, interaction with others, or visual
stimuli--in other words, for the vast majority of the population
that isn't naturally attracted to learning through still, solitary
silence.
Creative Parenting Through Greater Awareness
Maya was the parent
of four preschoolers at the same time--which means
she has also been the parent of four teenagers at the same
time! She and her family have lived in Japan, Mexico and Argentina, not to mention Montana and three locations in Oregon.
She is the queen of transitions and knows a thing or two about how mindfulness helps in times of chaos and
can share no-nonsense tricks that really work.
Using
Awareness and Creativity in Business
Maya has been a
business owner for nearly twenty years. She and her husband are now
working completely virtually while
they live in Argentina. They apply awareness and creativity to their work every single day and can share tips and tricks that help ANYONE looking for ways to work smarter and
have more fun and flexibility.
Being Creative About Education
Maya and her husband
have been very creative about their children's education.
Their four daughters--now ages 17, 18, 20 and 21--have each
spent at least two years abroad (in two countries), speak at least two languages
in addition to English, and figured out how to enter college with at least a year's worth of low-cost college credits under their belts.
Maya
can talk about ways to step OFF the crazy AP/SAT/4.0
track to develop creative and SUCCESSFUL strategies for
getting an outstanding multicultural college education that prepares students for the Real World and doesn't cost a fortune.
Simplifying, Downsizing and Living a Creative Life
Three years ago, Maya and her husband lived in a suburb of Portland. They had two businesses, two houses, three cars, three teenagers at home, tons of household furniture and office equipment, and plenty of obligations. They decided to get rid of everything (okay, they did keep the teenagers!) and move to Mexico. Total time from decision to destination? Six weeks. They sold everything except what fit into a five-foot by five-foot rented storage space, and flew to Mexico with a box and a backpack each. They kept their businesses virtual, their communication local (thanks to the wonders of technology, they kept their Oregon phone number), their needs simple, and their possibilities WIDE OPEN. After a year of testing things, they headed farther south to Argentina. Maya can share only-if-you've-done-it insider secrets to starting a brand new life in a new country (or two) while keeping the family and businesses thriving.
Recent
Releases
July 9, 2007 --Hate to Meditate? Simple, Secular Eyes-Wide-Open Alternative Engages Those Who Sit, Then Quit
Maya Interviews Experts
In addition to being interviewed herself, Maya enjoys
learning more about mindfulness by interviewing all kinds of experts. She has recently interviewed:
**Dr. Jeff Brantley--founder and director of Duke University's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke University’s Center for Integrative Medicine, author of the Five Good
Minutes ™ book series here
**Sarah Susanka--author of the Not So Big House™ book series and The Not So Big Life here
**Karen Maezen Miller--wife, mother, Zen priest and author of Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood here
**Eric Maisel--author of over a dozen books on creativity, including Ten Zen Seconds here
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Sample
Articles
Below is a sampling of Maya's articles from the Friday Mind Massage, the weekly ezine she published for five years. . There are more than 100 others available on a wide variety of topics related to awareness and creativity. Feel free to use quotes from any of the following articles:
Mindfulness vs Meditation: Cheering For Chocolate
Mindful
Laughter: Gaining Clarity
While Giggling
Mindful
Sex: Right There, Right Now
Mindfulness
and Depression: Things Are Looking
Up
Playing
With Mindfulness: Sneaking In The Back
Door
Mindfulness and Being Gay: On Sexuality and Happiness
Floating
in Mindfulness: Handling Disappointment
Mindfulness:
You’re Soaking In It!
Dialing
M For Mindfulness: Using the Golden Arches
Tripping On Mindfulness
Keeping
Mindfulness Simple: This Is A Pen
Mindful Thinking:
How To Party Like Leonardo da Vinci
Branding
Mindfulness: Losing the Labels
That
#$!@* Box: Being Creative About Creativity
Boosting
Creativity: The Wow of Wonder
Mindful
Curiosity: Inspiring Affection
Multiple
Mindfulness: 8 Ways To Pay Attention
Mindfulness
Barometer: 7 Mood-Watching Secrets
Mindfulness
and Panic: Ask Your Anxiety
Mindfulness
and Pain: Just Say Ouch
Surfing Your Adrenalin Wave: Avoiding Anger Wipe-Outs
Wireless Meditation: 5 Tips for Anywhere Mindfulness
Clear Mind, Empty Head?: A Leak in “Mind Like Water”
Mindfulness and Square Dancing: Do-Sa-Do Awareness
About
the Mindful Pranksters Club
All
content regarding the Mindful Pranksters Club
is
available on the Real-WorldMindfulness.com site
but
can also be accessed via:
MindfulPrankstersClub.com
--Mindful
Pranksters Club
Free
resources for anyone who wants to inspire playful mindfulness
in their community
--Mindful
Pranksters Club Manifesto
What's
it all about?
--Mindful
Pranksters Club Credo
What
are the rules?
--Mindful
Pranksters Club Locations
Where
are the Pranksters?
--Mindful
Pranksters Club Sign-Up
How
do I begin?
--How
To Be A Mindful Prankster
Everything you need
to get started
About the Mind Massage
Parlor
Members-only
site for professionals (coaches, counselors, teachers, managers,
nonprofit leaders) looking for mindfulness
training
tools to use in their work with clients, students or employees.
Mind
Massage Parlor Benefits
Free
Reports/Ebooks:
Special
Report: Seven Secret Steps to Real-World Mindfulness™
(on a web page)
Ebook:
Purple Round M: A Haiku Guide to Real-World Mindfulness™
(PDF document)
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or contact Maya
directly at Maya@MassageYourMind.com
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