BuddhismJuly 12, 2010

South Africa has it all. But — what is this?

There’s surf, sunshine, scenery, wildlife — adventure. And when you get tired of the tourist scene, there’s Buddha, dharma and sangha. Prepare to be enlightened! […]

BuddhismFebruary 9, 2010

Zen and The Art of Vegetarian Cooking

Greens Restaurant in San Francisco has an outstanding reputation for fine produce and creative food.
Story by Wanda Hennig This story was first published in Food Illustrated magazine, London, with photography by Richard Jung

A visit to Greens in San Francisco is a celebration of the senses. Dip your spoon into a bowl of butternut squash soup and delight in the delicate harmony of lightly caramelized onions and apple confit blended with a hint of calvados. Feast your eyes on a salad that marries fresh ripe figs with Kodata, Mission and Calmyra olives, melon, watercress and creamy goat’s cheese. Inhale and delight …

CoachingFebruary 1, 2010

I’m geeky, you’re geeky, we’re all geeky at She’s Geeky

A perfect storm of synergy develops into an inspiring organic agenda when 300 women working in the STEM fields gather at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
By Wanda Hennig

Super-geek and Berkeley–based internet identity guru Kaliya Hamlin mounted her first She’s Geeky ‘un’conference in October 2007 and her most recent, last weekend. They grew from her observation that while women are encouraged to enter the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — once women leave school and enter the workforce,

CoachingJanuary 5, 2010

Visualizations, creativity and the incredible oneness of being

An inner journey can be more spectacular — and revealing — than a trip around the world. And a weekend spent doing something you really […]

CoachingNovember 6, 2009

Sex, Social Media and New Zealand (3): Blogs & Vlogs

Blog posts on this link were published on my San Francisco Culinary Travel Examiner link. The link was deactivated along with the site by Examiner.com […]

BuddhismOctober 28, 2009

The Zen of Food

It’s sometimes fast, always Slow, deafeningly quiet and a metaphor for life.
Story and Pictures: Wanda Hennig First appeared: East Bay Edible

“In Zen practice we want our intuition — our universal self — to come forth,” says Berkeley Zen Center abbot, Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi. “When you’re doing simple tasks [like peeling broccoli or breaking lettuce into bite-size bits], your body, mind, the broccoli, the knife, your hand, the breath, are all involved. When you keep bringing your attention back to what you’re doing — when you are simply one with your activity — it’s the same as sitting zazen.”

CoachingOctober 3, 2009

Blog wisdom: 40 key facts, tips and pointers

The inside scoop from educators, activists and social media gurus at the East Bay’s first Beast Bloggers Bar Camp. Photos: Wanda Hennig This list of […]

CoachingJuly 30, 2009

Turn social media into nonprofit gold

You’re the marketing director of a nonprofit — or perhaps the director if it’s a smaller organization. You know you need to add social media […]

CoachingJuly 17, 2009

30 Twitter tutorials for newbies and experts — link

Here is a link to 30 Twitter tutorials. The list was compiled by Brad Jensen and it’s on Danny Outlaw‘s site. Or check out this […]

BuddhismMay 29, 2009

Butterfly effect links Buddhist groups in South Africa and San Francisco

And a miracle called Woza Moya is born in KwaZulu-Natal
Story and photos by Wanda Hennig First published in the Sunday Tribune, South Africa The Ufafa district, near Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is home to around 23,000 people. Families reside in a sprawling muddle of family compounds that stagger up hills and tumble into valleys, forming a jumbled patchwork of mud, thatch, concrete block and tin. The dwellings have no electricity. Water for drinking, washing, cooking and bathing is hand-pumped from underground wells and carried in plastic bucket and barrels. The area could have been forgotten. But — was it serendipity, karma or …

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