Meet laura simms
Laura Simms’ accolades and accomplishments are simply too lengthy to list in their entirety, but the heart of the award-winning storyteller, recording artist, author, dharma teacher, and international humanitarian’s storied career can be summed up in three words: compassion in action.
Laura Simms
Dedicated to the healing properties of stories, Laura’s cutting-edge performance style bridges ancient oral tradition with poetic narrative and performance art. Among other initiatives, she founded A Center for Engaged Storytelling and the Gaindeh Project, an international enterprise that involves storytelling, creativity, meditation and reconciliation for individuals and communities. She currently guides New York Central Park’s iconic program, The Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center.
A senior teacher of Shambhala Training and Dharma Art, Laura believes in the medicine of storytelling, engaging mythic stories in service to individual transformation. Committed to spirituality, healing, education, women’s issues, human rights, and working with children, she leads ongoing storytelling workshops and has taught at New York University and Naropa University. Laura is an author of multiple recordings and books, including the book, Our Secret Territory: The Essence of Storytelling, and has been a writer and contributing editor for Parabola Magazine since 1996.
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Awaken Awe
Series of Talks
TALK 1: The Nature of Awe
Mitra Mark Power
What is the nature of awe? Mitra Mark Power will open our series with a teaching and exploration of awe, and methods to build a pathway into its nature.
TALK 3: We Don’t Need What’s Awesome
with Chapman To
Learning the formula for finding awe is easy, while doing so is not. With humor and joy, actor and meditation instructor Chapman To will challenge us to question whether we truly need something awesome in life.
TALK 4: The Miraculous Fabric of Life
with Mimi Zhu
Sharing their own journey, Mimi Zhu will explore with us the intersections of love and fear through the healing power of writing and nature, and how to notice the miracles of intimacy and of everyday life.Â
TALK 5: Art and Awe: From Astrophysics to Quantum Mechanics
with Seffa Klein
Whether it’s looking at the vast sky or the tiniest of particles, visual artist Seffa Klein will invite us to view the world with wonder and reveal why looking at awe-inspiring art can uplift humanity’s future.
TALK 6: The Peaks and Valleys of Awe
with Matt Fioretti
As an alpine climber of the world’s highest peaks, and as a survivor of the depths of a life-threatening diagnosis, Matt Fioretti’s life story offers us a clear guide on how to turn the experience of awe into a pathway.
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