Bringing Sifu to You

How do I manage to teach Flowing Zen all over the country?  By finding motivated individuals who are dedicated to bringing this incredible art to their local area! My mission is to share the amazing benefits of Flowing Zen with as many people as possible.  By organizing workshops in your local area, you can help me to fulfill my mission.

 

The Local Organizer

Because of my busy schedule, I simply don’t have time to organize workshops outside of Gainesville.  I do, however, have time to teach workshops outside of Gainesville.  So I rely on the organizer to make these workshops happen.

Don’t worry.  I don’t expect the organizer to do this entirely out of the goodness of his or her heart (although that should definitely be a part of it!).  Here are some of the benefits to being a local organizer:

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1. Free workshops
   As the local organizer, you get to attend the workshops for free.  In addition, you may bring one friend or family member, also for free.
2. Sifu Time
   The organizer gets to spend time with me outside of the workshops.  Students often tell me that this “Sifu time” is more valuable than the actual workshop.  Similarly, my teacher often says that some of his biggest “aha!” moments happened while having tea with his Sifu, not during class.
3. Money
   Yes, of course you get paid!  Money represents energy, and you need to be paid for the energy that you put out.  Depending on how hard and how smart you work, the hourly pay works out to about $12-$16 per hour.  Not bad!
4. Community
   By bringing me to your area, you’ll be creating a local Flowing Zen community. This may be the best benefit of all. Having people to practice with is a huge boon to your own practice.  And of course, if you build a community in your location, then it makes it more feasible for me to visit more often.  I’ll also be offering more and more online long-distance learning options, which will be prefect for groups like this.
5. Good karma
   If you bring me to your local area, then together we’re helping people that otherwise wouldn’t be helped.  In the Zen tradition, this is a blessing not only for those who are helped, but for those doing the helping.   If you want do more for your community, your country, or the world, then this is a great way to start.  Trust me — helping people is incredibly rewarding.  [/ordered_list]

Is it Difficult?

What kind of work is required? You’ll be responsible for putting up posters in your local area.  You should also make good use of Facebook and Twitter to promote the workshops online to friends and family.  (If you don’t do Facebook or Twitter, then you’ll have to hit the pavement even harder with print marketing.)

 

Perhaps the most effective form of marketing is by word-of-mouth.  Calling people, telling friends, chatting with local healers – these things make a huge difference.