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I recently I went up to Spirit Rock Retreat Center for a daylong mindfulness workshop called “Wisdom 2.0.”
It was hosted by Soren Gordhamer, founder of the annual conference of the same name, and Will Kabat-Zinn, son of Jon “Wherever You Go, There You Are” Kabat-Zinn. I was excited about this daylong because technology and spirituality are two major interests of mine, and the possibilities for discussion seemed endless.
At places like Spirit Rock and events like mindfulness daylongs, it goes without saying that electronic devices are generally frowned upon. There is ubiquitous pressure to be device-free at “spiritual” events. If you even glance at your iPhone during such a thing, people will judge you as 
an under-present douchebag. It’s a faux pas punishable by social annihilation to bring a cell phone into a yoga studio. We’ve all hated on that one person who dared to bring her Crackberry into class with her and lay it on her mat while practicing her day’s yoga. She could be a doctor on call for brain surgery for all we know, but in yoga, all that matters is the sanctity of the $20 yoga moment, right? Hmm.
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Hi Joslyn, I think I originally found you when I was searching for Sarah Powers yoga classes in Marin, ended up on another yoga teacher’s site, and saw a link to a workshop you two were doing…Anyway, like what yr sayin and relate to stuff like: creative flow, solitude/connecting, natural inspiration, eating great, helping people communicate effectively, etc. Thanks for sharing! Oh ya, thanks for attributing that quote to JKZ – interesting because last week, as I sat at the meditation group I go to in San Rafael, that quote popped into my head. Where did that come from, I thought, and wrote it down for future expansion. I returned to your site a few days later, remembering a soup you wrote about (quinoa/kale/eggplant) and got my answer.
Ah, synchronicity! Curious to hear which meditation group you sit with in San Rafael….