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will be released on April 27, 2027, published by Shambhala Publications.
now available for presale
From the back cover:
“Bernie Glassman turned me on to Mr. YooWho, and I’m so glad he did. I dig YooWho’s encouragement to activate your funny! I figure we’re all clowns, we just forget it a lot of time. YooWho’s book is a great reminder to have fun and not take ourselves too seriously!”—Jeff Bridges
“I’ve never found grimness to be a recipe for awakening. In contrast, laughter can be an on-ramp to freedom. Clown Your Zen reminds us of the light within lightness, and it offers delightful practices for cultivating what Moshe Cohen calls ‘sacred mischief’—loosening our grip, opening our hearts, and meeting this life with more freedom, playfulness, and joy.”—Tara Brach, author Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion
A SACRED MISCHIEF TRAINING MANUAL
Lighten up! The world needs your joy!
Moshe YooWho Cohen offers practices rooted in the art of clown and the wisdom of Zen that will help you tap into your gift for sacred mischief—humor that uplifts. You’ll learn to enter the humor zone with centering practices like walking meditation and to awaken your funny with fifteen humor practices. When life gets topsy-turvy, you’ll have the skills to humorize challenging situations to release stress and restore emotional balance. Clown Your Zen introduces you to a subtle art, daily practice, and way of being that can spark a smile in your community, your country, your world—or at the very least, on your own face.
YooWho continues his rounds with the Medical Clown Project in San Francisco.
the view from my window ( December 2025)
My Story
Truth be told, I had little idea I could be funny until I started street performing as a juggler in Europe in the summer of 1981. At the time, I had grown disenchanted with the ‘working world’ and was determined to discover an alternate pathway in life … Two years later, I quit my job at Merrill Lynch and drove to Montreal where I found the perfect spot to evolve my funny…
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Upcoming training and workshops
Deine innere Clownsnase – ButohClown
In diesem Workshop nehmen wir unsere Clownnasen von der Nase und legen sie in unseren Körper. Entwickle deine innere Clownsnase à la Pochinko. Stimme dich auf deine innere Komik ein, auf die Impulse, die durch deinen Sinn für Humor, deine Freude, deine Schelmerei, deine List und vieles mehr entstehen … und entwickle deine Fähigkeiten, dies mit anderen zu teilen…
Leichtigkeit für apokalyptische Zeiten
Die Welt scheint in vielerlei Hinsicht aus dem Gleichgewicht geraten zu sein – Krisen, wohin man blickt. Entwickeln Sie eigene Strategien und Rituale der Unbeschwertheit, um dem Lärm und den Turbulenzen der Gegenwart entgegenzuwirken. Öffnen Sie sich Ihrer intuitiven und kreativen Welt…
ButohClown
Neste obradoiro quitarémonos os nosos narices de pallaso, desenvolveremos o teu pallaso de dentro cara a fóra e logo volveremos poñer a nariz, se queres. Desenvolve a túa nariz de pallaso interior. Sintoniza co teu lado divertido, cos impulsos xerados polo teu sentido do humor, a túa alegría, a túa picardía, a túa astucia e moito máis… e desenvolve a túa capacidade para compartilo….
Tenshingoso
This Shintaido practice was taught to me twice by two different European theater practitioners. It was taught as a warm-up/centering/voice opening technique and that is how I use it both in my...
The Dance of Life
The Dance of Life is a ritual dance to the 4 directions was taught to me at Camp Winnarainbow by Txi Whiz in 1984. Here are the instructions of how to do the dance>
Buddha’s Birthday. BohdiSong’s ClownZen
Please enjoy a description of what BhodiSong (a.k.a. LooneyTune) created as a Humor-full performance ritual to follow the Zen Center of Los Angeles’ celebration service of Buddha’s Birthday…....
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