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Enseignante Zen et poète, Sensei Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell est née et a grandi à Minneapolis, aux Etats-Unis. Arrivée en France en 1981 pour étudier la littérature et l’histoire, elle y est restée, s’installant à Paris, où elle élève ses deux enfants et gagne sa vie en tant que journaliste. The Zen teacher and poet Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell Sensei was born and raised in Minneapolis, but came to France in 1981 to study literature and history and has lived in Paris ever since, raising her two children and making a living as a journalist.

octobre 2015

Dans les bois : Le Zen en Hiver/Into the Woods: Zen in Winter

By | 2015-10-14T15:50:48+00:00 octobre 1st, 2015|Textes|

Ce week-end résidentiel, du 29 au 31 Janvier 2016 au coeur de la forêt de Fontainebleau, offre l’opportunité de nous asseoir loin des préoccupations de ce monde moderne agité. La retraite inclut de la méditation assise et marchée, une pratique collective de travail et des enseignements quotidiens. Des instructions sont données aux débutants. Les [...]

juillet 2015

With us wherever you are

By | 2015-10-14T11:47:12+00:00 juillet 30th, 2015|Textes|

Heading off to Portugal for a week of retreat. For a few days, we'll take some time to do nothing but see what arises in our midst. We'll just sit down together and join our hearts as one, through the delicate mornings, the thick, hot afternoons, the cool, deep-blue nights. Will you be with us? We welcome [...]

juin 2015

Amazing Grace

By | 2015-10-13T15:48:53+00:00 juin 28th, 2015|Textes|

Here we are (again), on another fabulous summer day. I just heard that the Dalai Lama was at the Glastonbury music festival in England, on stage with Patti Smith as the crowd of tens of thousands sang Happy Birthday to him. He then cut a cake... Wonder who actually ate the cake (crowd was far too [...]

Parlour Tricks: Broken Hearts/Bones

By | 2017-04-04T06:58:14+00:00 juin 23rd, 2015|Textes|

That's right, Broken Hearts/Bones (Bar None Records) the debut album from Parlour Tricks, the band The Village Voice calls the best pop band in New York City, is the cat's meow! Stream a delicious taste of it at Music Felon, who call it "an exceptional indie pop album, full of beautiful vocals and danceable rhythms!" http://www.musicfelon.com/a_broken-hearts-bones/ [...]

mai 2015

« Here We Are » at Poets Live

By | 2017-04-04T06:58:14+00:00 mai 1st, 2015|Poésie, Textes|

Come one, come all to hear my first Paris reading entirely in English for the continuing launch of my new book, Here We Are (Presses universaitaires de Rouen et du Havre).  It's on May 26, 19h30, part of an evening of poetry in English, French and Kurdish, hosted by the series Poets Live at Berkeley Books [...]

mars 2015