Steven Sashen
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Steven Sashen is an American Transformational Entrepreneur.
industry-standard word processing software for film and television
scriptwriters, and is the CEO of Cinovation, Inc, publishers of
Scriptware
, which was released in November 1992.
His varied career includes time as a street-performer in Washington DC
and New York City (1979-1983), a professional comedian
based in New
York City (1984-1993) with appearances on HBO, MTV and Fox Television,
the co-host
of the internationally syndicated, Emmy award winning
"Disk Doctors"
on the KnowledgeTV Network (a Jones Cable channel), and Internet Marketing
consultant.
Steven was an All-America gymnast in 1980 at Walt Whitman High School.
He did his undergraduate work in cognitive psychology, specializing in
cognitive aspects of perception and motor skill acquisition, at Duke
University and graduated Summa Cum Laude with the class of 1984. He
has an MFA in film, with a focus on screenwriting, from Columbia
University, 1990.
He is married to Lena Phoenix
, author of The Heart of a Cult and they have two Bengal cats.
Steven writes "The Anti-Guru Blog,"
which is a critical and comic look at the New Age, personal development, self-help, and spirituality.
Steven developed and teaches The Instant Advanced Meditation Course, and has taught Quantum Wealth
and The Work of Byron Katie
.
Steven is a former
curriculum director for Byron Katie's School for The Work (2000-2001) and he
taught with her at the school. Quantum Wealth is an unusual approach to
understanding money and our financial lives in a way that allows one
to replace confusion and difficulty with clarity and effective action.
The Instant Advanced Meditation Course (I AM Course) is a collection
of unique meditation techniques that, rather than asking the
practitioner to do something *to* their thinking or awareness (e.g.
watch your thoughts without judgment), points attention at the
process of awareness itself—this can lead to dramatic experiences in a
very short time even for people with no history of meditation
practice.
Prior to developing the I AM Course, Steven had been a meditator since 1970 and a practitioner of Vipassana meditation in the lineage of U Ba Khin since 1984.
Most recently, Steven created www.InvisibleShoe.com where he provides video instructions about making huaraches "barefoot" running sandals and sells running sandal kits and custom-made running sandals.
Biography
Steven designed Scriptware, theindustry-standard word processing software for film and television
scriptwriters, and is the CEO of Cinovation, Inc, publishers of
Scriptware
, which was released in November 1992.
His varied career includes time as a street-performer in Washington DC
and New York City (1979-1983), a professional comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
based in New
York City (1984-1993) with appearances on HBO, MTV and Fox Television,
the co-host
Todd Stauffer
Todd Stauffer is co-founder and publisher of the Jackson Free Press in Jackson, Mississippi, and author of 40 nonfiction books on a variety of computer-related topics. He lives with his partner, journalist and editor Donna Ladd....
of the internationally syndicated, Emmy award winning
"Disk Doctors"
on the KnowledgeTV Network (a Jones Cable channel), and Internet Marketing
consultant.
Steven was an All-America gymnast in 1980 at Walt Whitman High School.
He did his undergraduate work in cognitive psychology, specializing in
cognitive aspects of perception and motor skill acquisition, at Duke
University and graduated Summa Cum Laude with the class of 1984. He
has an MFA in film, with a focus on screenwriting, from Columbia
University, 1990.
He is married to Lena Phoenix
Lena Phoenix
Lena Phoenix is the American author of the award-winning novel The Heart of a Cult. She graduated from the Naropa University Inter-Arts Program in 1998. She is married to Steven Sashen and a resident of Boulder, Colorado.- List of works :...
, author of The Heart of a Cult and they have two Bengal cats.
Steven writes "The Anti-Guru Blog,"
which is a critical and comic look at the New Age, personal development, self-help, and spirituality.
Steven developed and teaches The Instant Advanced Meditation Course, and has taught Quantum Wealth
and The Work of Byron Katie
Byron Katie
Byron Kathleen Mitchell , better known as Byron Katie, born December 6, 1942,is an American speaker and author who teaches a method of self-inquiry known as "The Work of Byron Katie" or simply as "The Work."-Biography:...
.
Steven is a former
curriculum director for Byron Katie's School for The Work (2000-2001) and he
taught with her at the school. Quantum Wealth is an unusual approach to
understanding money and our financial lives in a way that allows one
to replace confusion and difficulty with clarity and effective action.
The Instant Advanced Meditation Course (I AM Course) is a collection
of unique meditation techniques that, rather than asking the
practitioner to do something *to* their thinking or awareness (e.g.
watch your thoughts without judgment), points attention at the
process of awareness itself—this can lead to dramatic experiences in a
very short time even for people with no history of meditation
practice.
Prior to developing the I AM Course, Steven had been a meditator since 1970 and a practitioner of Vipassana meditation in the lineage of U Ba Khin since 1984.
Most recently, Steven created www.InvisibleShoe.com where he provides video instructions about making huaraches "barefoot" running sandals and sells running sandal kits and custom-made running sandals.