There are many places on the web that you can learn about WordPress, web design, and internet marketing. So why choose the Zen approach?
Well first, let’s define what “Zen” has come to mean in this rat-race driven world of ours. Obviously, the eastern roots of zen meditation and philosophy were spiritual in nature. In the western world, a ‘zen approach’ has come to mean more generally: ”a learning journey composed of focused practice and mentor-like guidance”.
Zen tradition advocates focussing meditatively on the world’s simple and elegant elements as a means to enlightenment. Throughout my coaching, I help students focus on what I consider to be the essential elements of effective design and presentation: Simplicity, Spontaneity, Sophistication, Clarity, and Connectedness.
Zen tradition also emphasizes direct communication between student and teacher over the study of written works. My online coaching methods parallel this approach. People learn far better through imagery, video, action, interaction, and humor than they do by reading bland procedural instructions.
Whether you have been building websites with template software, WYSIWYG software, or coding from scratch, I can virtually guarantee that once you discover and try your hand at building websites with WordPress the WordPressZen way, you will never look at web sites, eBusiness and web development the same again. Build with the zen approach, and the fruits of your web efforts will be much sweeter.