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In connection with reading Being Bodies, I tracked down this book. It turns out I’d read it a long time ago and remembered many of the stories, although I’d forgotten their source. Cheri Huber herself admits that the title is a bit of a trick. Rather than trying to move from Here to There, [...] Recommended by: Catherine Holmes Clark, who also has a detailed site about her journey with environmental illness. The sweet relief of reading about Buddhism from the perspective of women connected with their bodies took me by surprise. Until I read this book, I didn’t realize how much I’d been reading around a feeling of exclusion [...] Recommended by: a client. Learning about marketing has taught me a great phrase to avoid frustration with a business’s advertising, selection, or service: “not the target market.” I simply assume that I am not an intended customer of that business, and continue on my way. Similarly, my Jewish background and mix of Buddhist and Pagan [...] Recommended by: Emma McCreary, and Jeannette Maw This is the original source for the term “Law of Attraction”, as described by “Abraham” (a collective of Non-Physical Beings) and conveyed through Esther Hicks. The Law of Attraction is defined as: Ask (we are doing this all the time with our desires) I bought this book about 20 years ago for the delightful drawing on the cover. At the time, I read it as a rescue story, set in the 1930’s in London’s East End. 5 year old Anna has run away from an intolerable home life, and is found and adopted by gruff, kind, [...] Jack Kornfield, an experienced American meditation teacher, combines Buddhist philosophy, meditation exercises, and stories about his students and himself into a thorough introduction to Buddhist psychology. The Buddhist therapeutic techniques for resolving trauma are strikingly similar to Somatic Experiencing techniques. One comes from self-observation, and one comes from observation of other animals. Perhaps it’s [...] Recommended by: Emma McCreary With warmth and care, Muller describes some of the outcomes of an abusive childhood, or “family of sorrow,” and some spiritual tools that can bring healing. Near the beginning of the book, he proposes an exercise that resonated deeply with me. (Emphasis added.) [F]or a single day: Resolve to [...] |
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