# 1. Questions on Sitting and Breath, Leadership, Listening to One's Inner Small Voice, and Teaching Children(#57)

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Podcast: [ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/zaltholive-claude-anshin-thomas-3463909)
Published: 2025-01-21T01:24:03+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1120

## Resource

Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - responds to questions from students in an inspiring manner based on his Zen practice and life experiences. He reminds the listener how to stay awake to life and understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly online meeting of questions & responses. For more information: https://www.zaltho.org If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to info@zaltho.org . Book recommendations: - Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice (Oakwood Publishing 2021) - AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003) - On the Edges of Sleep: Poems of War and Memory (Oakwood Publishing 2024) https://www.zaltho.org/books/ If you are interested in a specific question, this is the list of questions that Claude AnShin responded to and the time stamps for those questions so that you can go directly to the topic that is of most interest to you. Questions and Time Stamps: 1:49 Is it necessary to be barefooted when doing sitting meditation? 3:05 I do sitting meditation in the dark prior to going to bed. Does the amount of light matter? 3:58 How has it been for you working with restless energy? 4:45 Would you say your experience with also having leadership that it goes along with some form of sacrifice? 6:08 Sometimes I find it so difficult to sit with restless energy. Do you have a recommendation? 7:44 Is the 99 percent of the time when I am distracted from paying attention to my breatht a waste of time? 8:30 Have you been able to stay present to your breath for the full period of sitting? 8:50 My breathing and heartbeat sometimes get quicker during sitting, and I try to get this into…

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