About Don
Don Morreale is a freelance writer with over 200 articles published online on examiner.com (sadly, no longer in existence) and in print in the Denver Post YourHub
He is the author of four books; Buddhist America, The Complete Guide to Buddhist America, Cowboys,Yogis, and One-Legged Ski Bums -- The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Coloradans, and Locker Room Banter -- 365 Jokes for the Gym. He's also the editor of We Will Rebuild, a collection of stories about the 2015 Nepal earthquake written by his students at Kathmandu University, and co-author of A Shot at Redemption, the Autobiography of Bill Mahoney.
Personal Background
The son of a US Army Chaplain, Don Morreale spent much of his childhood overseas on Army bases in Germany, Japan, and Taiwan. His family settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1961. In 1965, he graduated from Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School in Kingston, PA, and subsequently earned a BA in Comparative Religions from the University of Denver, and a Masters in Creative Writing from University of Denver University College.
Spiritual Training
In 1968 he began what was to become a lifelong practice of Buddhist meditation at the Zen Studies Society in New York City. He continued his training at the Denver Zen Center, Rocky Mountain Shambhala Center, the forest monasteries of Thailand, and the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. A certified meditation teacher, he is a graduate of the Community Dharma Leader training program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, California and a senior teacher at Colorado Insight Meditation Community in Denver. Since 2003 he has taught meditation and stress reduction internationally as a cruise ship lecturer.
Professional Contributions
Don has taught Public Speaking to both students and faculty at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in Hangzhou, China, Creative Writing at Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal, high school English at Santa Cruz International School in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and Conversational English at the English Language Institute in Tehran, Iran.
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