{"id":256,"date":"2017-11-09T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/?p=256"},"modified":"2019-05-22T09:30:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:30:11","slug":"mark-van-buren-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/2017\/11\/09\/mark-van-buren-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Van Buren &#8217;10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Mark, with his newborn baby at Live Free Yoga Center in River Edge, NJ<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Van Buren &#8217;10 \u2013 Major: Religious Studies Owner\/Director, Live Free Yoga Studio, River Edge, NJ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What led you to study Religion, and why at 麻豆传媒在线?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Nearly a decade ago, I had an inner calling to start learning about meditation. My passion for wisdom and self- knowledge, led me to go back to college for religious studies. I looked at many programs, emailing a variety of schools, and you gave me the quickest, most in depth response. Although I believe Dr. Rogers didn&#8217;t think she\u2019d ever hear from me again, she gave me the time I needed on the phone and emailed me some information. A semester later I appeared in your office eager to begin my journey at 麻豆传媒在线!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which courses and\/or professors did you enjoy the most while you were here?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Two of my most memorable Religious Studies professors were Dr. Johnson and Dr. Kogan. They had two completely different approaches to teaching religion, but their passion leaked through regardless. I was also fortunate to have met Professor Lisa Sargese. Although I never actually took her class, she has invited me to talk about Buddhism and Meditation to her class every semester &#8211; a tradition we continue to this day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How have you used what you learned as a Religious Studies major at 麻豆传媒在线?<br \/>\n<\/strong>When I was a student, many people asked what I planned to do with my Religious Studies degree. And now I use my degree every day as I teach yoga, meditation, Buddhism, and mindful living. I would recommend the University\u2019s Religious Studies program for anyone and everyone, regardless of your religious stance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ok, here\u2019s the Big Question: What are you doing now . . . besides raising your adorable new baby?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I own and operate Live Free Yoga Studio and am releasing my second book, Your Life IS Meditation: Buddhist- Inspired Stories and Reflections, this November. My first book, <em>Be Your Sh*tty Self: An Honest Approach to a More Peaceful Life<\/em>, was a #1 Amazon Best-Seller in Meditation. I have also been published on popular yoga blogs and websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark, with his newborn baby at Live Free Yoga Center in River Edge, NJ Mark Van Buren &#8217;10 \u2013 Major: Religious Studies Owner\/Director, Live Free Yoga Studio, River Edge, NJ What led you to study Religion, and why at 麻豆传媒在线? Nearly a decade ago, I had an inner calling to start learning about meditation. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-profiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}