INTRO

To find out all about your host Little Dree, please visit
www.dreeinthebigcity.com

I'm looking forward to meet you!

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http://rosephoto.zaadz.com

My Intro

Hi there,

I am David Harshada Wagner. I am a meditation teacher and author based here in NYC. I have a small company called Banyan Education.

Check out our website http://banyaneducation.com

Our tagline is Growing into Freedom

We truly believe that it is everyone's deepest longing to be free. This means free of inner and outer bondage. In our modern society here in the west, people are mostly hung up with inner stuff. Meditation is the deepest therapy for our mind and the surest means to center us and give us access to the power inside of us that will bring us all kinds of freedom.

OOOPS!!!

I was supposed to write about myself and I started going on about meditation and Banyan…..

This actually speaks volumes about me. At this stage of my life, my work is very prominent. I am very committed to it and thoroughly enjoying it.  More introduction of me is a little redundant….maybe I should write about myself in the business section! Send me an email and meet me for a cup of tea sometime. I'm always out and about.

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Hey NYC – I'm into all kinds of things these days.  Working on feeling out what should be my focus and finding supportive people in this crazy town.

Stretching out of my mind, getting out of there and getting some fresh air.

Looking forward to crossing paths with you all.


peace

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hi . come find me @
http://jaikara.zaadz.com
www.trustymusic.com/picsite.html
www.people.tribe.net/jaik has some pretty cool pics
i am lookin fwd to meeting y'all!
om namah shivaya

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Greetings fellow NYC Z-folk

Hi. My Nave is David Fink. I tend to spend my time these days reading books in the park, teaching (I have my own small Pilates & Yoga studio, www.pilatebased.com), writing, watching moves and generally hanging about. Nice to meet you all.

David

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Thanks guys - keep those intro's coming!

I can't wait to initiate the first walk in and find Zaadsters there get-together. Let me know if you have something happening that would be a nice occasion for that. If not, I'm gonna do something when my film shows at MAKOR June 29th - it has a great cafe, music, etc. So one doesn't even have to see the film - it's a nice place to hang out/drop in. As the pod (hopefully) grows, I'm thinking of something more personal later - like a sit-down vegan meal at Candle Cafe or Caravan of dreams….

Anyway.  I don't want to be pushy about my own stuff and I would love the first one to be 'someone else's event'. So please keep me posted on your doings!  Thanks, Dree

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Greetings;

I'm so glad to see the pod growing with all expressing their great creativity. I am starting to design and form classes on helping  people to  live Life as Art and motivate more Self Expression instead of being robots for big brother. Any one interested in being on an R&D team please contact me janetspittler@gmail.com

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Hello, gothamites!  I live in Philadelphia, actually, but I grew up in Flushing, have lived in Brooklyn, and often come up to visit.  I mostly occupy myself in theatre, both as a director and as a writer.  Glad to have found my way into this pod ….

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hey dree and all others….  this is cool…. 

ok..

i've been traveling a little since nov. south africa, dc and now europe… will be back in the city in july to do some filming…

here is my INTRO  ise-ny.org/may05art.html 

             love u all

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Hi everyone!!

Thanks for the invite!  Good to know there are other New Yorkers out there looking for a more enlightened, loving way of life.  My name is Melissa, and as my bio states,  I am in a great state of change.  After almost ten years of faithful service, my job kicked me to the curb and I'm looking for work again.

This has been really great, I've been able to make some great life changes, including the blessed ability to practice Bikram yoga on a daily basis. 

Please drop me a line on any interesting happenings, I'd love to hear!

Namasti,
Melissa

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Hey Fellow Zaadsters!

Madnoodler here. Just wanted to let everyone know that Madnoodler and the Procrastinauts will be playing a show at the 169 BAR on June 10th 9:30pm. We are opening up for Shit Karate, a very rocking band.

Where is the 169 BAR? East Broadway stop on the F line. 169 East Broadway NY, NY 10002.

To hear some tunes check out www.myspace.com/themadnoodler.>

To see some vids check out http://www.youtube.com/user/madnoodler

To see my short film made with Pinmorgan Productions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX3sT_QHjRg

Give me some feed back people!

Peace the Madnoodler

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Hey Madnoodler,

You might also want to post that under discussion topic 'ZAADSTERS PERFORMING ' ?! 

I can imagine people serving the discussions, not hitting INTRO but hitting 'ZAADSTERS PERFORMING' to find out who's doing what in town….you never know…. up to you!

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…and/or 'MUST SHARE CITY EVENTS' …

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Ola New Yorkers,

I’m Amy and right now I’m living in this crazy apartment on Long Island with a guerilla production crew making a ground breaking, transformative pilot for television. Oh yeah. It’s about what it means to be be/become a man in today’s culture and we’re blowing our own minds as well as the minds of the young men who stepped up to the plate to use their lives as our “subjects”

I’m shooting until mid July so I’ve hardly been on the Zaadz since I joined, but I wanted to respond to Little Dree’s intro, and say Hello. I’m HERE! I want to HANG OUT with the New York Zaadzters as soon as principle photography ends. I’ll be back in the city editing this baby starting the 20th of July, and while that is an intense process, it’s not necessarily 24/7 like this part is.

I saw one of the NY members who called herself an Urban Hippie, and it made me laugh, because I’m working with 5 young men between the ages of 22 and 26. While I know a lot about them, they don’t know much about me. The other day one of them said to me “When I describe you to people, I say she’s like a…modern hippie.” Delightful. Concise.

Little Dree, thanks for the invite. Glad to be here.

Here’s to Freedom…the original concept at the core of the holiday this week-end

May we all enjoy it to the fullest.

Warm regards,

Amy

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I've just found Zaadz and I am so happy to be here!!

My partner and I co-founded a company in 2002, which is growing strong!! The whole time I've been in NYC (since 1989) I've always wanted to work for myself. I could never really get the finances to work out properly though!! I always joke that we will be yet another 10 year over night success.

My passion in life, my biggest dream really, would be that no one would ever have to work at a job that they hate just to pay the rent. I believe that there is a way to support yourself and to make a positive contribution to the world at the same time. I'm currently reading a book called Authentic: How to Make a Living By Being Yourself, by Neil Crofts. I highly recommend this book.  

I've just introduced a new concept in my business which I am calling The Zen Pitch, which is all about training people to talk about their passions in a way that is concise, compelling and authentic. What I have found is that sometimes people are shy about talking about what they do, so it's tough for them to get enough business to keep doing their own thing. Would love to hear your thoughts on this concept.

Best,

LauraZenPitch

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Welcome and thanks so much for joining!

I can't wait to hang out together - I met one fellow Zaadz New Yorker at the screening of my film this Thursday. What a joy to meet in the flesh -  now I'm even more inspired to organise something in August!! It could be getting together at someone's event (performance, screening, etc.), or I might send out a mail who wants to meet for dinner at a vegan restaurant or….working on it, suggestions always welcome!

Laura, I think your concept is great. I'm fighting through this myself as a 'one man band'. As a filmmaker/ ceramic artist/ illustrator/ writer/ vegan chef I try to stay as close to my truth in everything I do as much as I can - finding the balance between keeping silent and being 'preachy' (they both get me in trouble). I think the more people that get/have/create a chance to do so (in their lives and within their jobs), the happier we can all become.

It's still a big struggle to make the living I would like/need to make persueing that 'attitude' but I feel blessed everyday with the freedom it allows me. I've learned to answer that 'But which of those things is your real profession?' question with; 'I'm a Jacky of all trades, master of some.'

I'll leave you with a little example of finding my balance in 'spreading the word about healthy food' - have a great day! Dree

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The link to what I'm up to in my daily New York life as a filmmaker etc. is not working in the above. Sorry - just click here if you're curious! Thanks!

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Hello EVERYONE!

My two cents on the "Jack of All Trades" pitch

Hello All:

If you are doing more than one thing to pay the rent, (which I am and many of my clients are too!) may I suggest a simple concept that has worked very well. I call it “A Pitch for Every Niche.” When I see all of the things that you are doing, Little Dree, I am IMMEDIATELY drawn to the Vegan Chef. I do not think I have ever met a Vegan Chef and I've met LOTS of people. And I think that people are started to understand that idea that we are what we eat, so now is a great time to be marketing those types of services. In my experience, it's easier for people to remember one thing at first, “Hey, there's Little Dree, isn't she the Vegan Chef?” Then, as they get to know you, you can let them know about your other talents. You can have your filmmaker pitch and your ceramic artist pitch and any other pitch you choose. I find that if you introduce too many things too soon, people get confused.

That's just my two cents and I'd love to hear what others think!

:)

LauraZenPitch