Miguel Chen

Miguel Chen

Miguel Chen is the bass player for long-running punk rock band Teenage Bottlerocket. He is a meditation practitioner, a yoga instructor, and the owner of Blossom Yoga Studio in Laramie, Wyoming. In addition to appearing in countless Teenage Bottlerocket press pieces, Miguel has been featured by Lion’s Roar, PunkNews, Full Contact Enlightenment, LionsRoar.com, Modern Vinyl, Chris Grosso’s MindPod podcast, and more.

Recent Articles

Not Enlightened Yet?

Author and musician Miguel Chen comforts a practitioner who doesn’t seem to be getting any closer to enlightenment.

A musician holding a guitar in the woods, listening.

How to Get Lost — and Found — in Music

Music connects us to the present moment like nothing else, says Miguel Chen. In this excerpt from his book, “I Wanna Be Well: How a Punk Found Peace and You Can Too,” coauthored with Rod Meade Sperry, Chen explains how to really listen to music.