by teddydmz | Jun 30, 2016 | Contemplation, Improv, Maine, Mere Point, Mindfulness, monster baby, retreat, Stanford, Stanford Improvisors, Teaching
Toward the end of their recently concluded Mindful Play, Playful Mind retreat, Ted and Lisa sit down for an interview with David Treadwell, a writer from Brunswick, Maine. Ted and Lisa get into why they offer such retreats (2:46), what the weekend usually covers...
by teddydmz | Jun 20, 2016 | 3 Things, Caduceus, Fast Times at Ridgeomont High, healing, health, Improv, Judge Reinhold, Mindfulness, mistakes, Thought-Provokers
Responding to their first ever Monster Baby listener letter, Ted and Lisa explore the healing powers of mindfulness and improvisation. They warm up with a rousing game of 3 Things! (1:38) and then start digging into their topic (6:25), noting that healing can be like...
by teddydmz | Jun 2, 2016 | accents, awkwardness, CROW, games, Improv, Mindfulness, play, rules, Stanford, stereotypes, Teaching, Thought-Provokers
Emboldened to try an outdoor “studio”, Ted and Lisa dive into a conversation about rules and who they’re meant for (7:02), whether there are rules in mindfulness (13:06), and how rules provide structure for games, play, and community (20:29). Lisa explains improv’s...
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...
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