by teddydmz | May 23, 2016 | Gratitude, happy and healthy, Improv, Improv Playhouse of San Francisco, James Bond, Mindfulness, negativity, positivity, scene starts, Story Spine, Thought-Provokers
Inspired by a new workshop they led in western Massachusetts, Ted and Lisa explore why we should talk about positivity (1:25) in improv and mindfulness, how one of Lisa’s improv groups has learned to make positive starts (16:05), and how beginning from gratitude lays...
by teddydmz | May 11, 2016 | acceptance, Alan Watts, aspiration, biochemistry, goals, Improv, John Tarrant, Mindfulness, process, Thought-Provokers, Zen koan
In Episode #5, Ted and Lisa play with the tension between accepting what is and aspiring to excellence, starting with a game of Clover (3:19) and exploring whether mindfulness and improv are easy or hard—and how “hard” often leads to feelings of “not good enough”...
by teddydmz | Apr 27, 2016 | Buenos Aires, Improv, Mindfulness, shared control, Thought-Provokers, trapeze
Fresh off a trip to Phillips Exeter Academy, Ted and Lisa hop on the ‘cast to explore the fun and reward of sharing control in improvisation (5:53), Line-at-a-Time Drawing and what it has to do with Lisa’s trip to Buenos Aires (11:21), sharing control with life itself...
by teddydmz | Apr 20, 2016 | Improv, Mindfulness, Thought-Provokers
In Monster Baby Episode #3, Ted and Lisa explore the ways that improv and mindfulness create community (2:25), whether mindfulness generates excessive self-focus (17:36), and the need for a balance between activity and quiet (20:42). From there, they consider how...
by teddydmz | Apr 20, 2016 | Applied Improvisation, Improv, impulse, Mindfulness, Mindset, Thought-Provokers
In this second episode, Ted and Lisa dive into defining (or at least describing) mindfulness (3:37), discuss what mindfulness is not (16:53) and then explore how improvisation amplifies or differs from mindfulness (21:06). They close by talking about the tension...
by teddydmz | Apr 19, 2016 | Applied Improvisation, Improv, Mindfulness, Mindset, monster baby, Teaching, Thought-Provokers
A Monster Baby podcast is born! In this inaugural episode, Ted and Lisa introduce themselves and offer the Monster Baby origin story (1:10) and talk about how mindfulness and improvisation relate to failure (14:53), including whether or not it makes sense to celebrate...
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