They are fighting with their wigs, fighting with their out-of-season winter hats, fighting with the help of their friends or moms or daughters. Even if you haven’t experienced any overt trauma, the pandemic has had an impact on our mental well-being, a subtle source of trauma that this book can help heal. When I ordained as a nun in 2000, I learned from Thay, the name by which I address my beloved teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, a teaching that I have found to be invaluable in my healing process: the "inner child" within us. Our aspiration is to contribute to collective insight and awakening, bringing about a more joyful, healthy, and compassionate society. I used to drink a lot of canned nutrition drinks, which at first tasted like milkshakes but after a while were more like sweet spoiled milk.

A really excellent book on applying Plum Village traditions and teachings to the challenge of healing trauma in oneself. In Flowers in the Dark, she brings together her lived experience as a survivor, certified MD, and ordained Buddhist teacher to offer a body-based, practical approach to healing from life's most difficult and painful experiences.

But it was a delight to see Henry appear from under my friend’s coat after she closed the door in my room.

With each chapter containing a progression of guided reflections and exercises, this book can be read as an adjunct to therapy and a helpful guide for moving through trauma in the body. As a somewhat poetic-minded lover of literature, I had heard so much about flowers bursting into bloom; I had sung songs about them, written poetry about them, and mentioned them in Dharma talks, cleverly using the metaphor to make my points. The Buddha promises that the path leads to complete freedom from all suffering; there are no exceptions. When I’m finished at the infusion center, I usually walk to a bathhouse down the street in San Francisco’s Japantown. It’s odd to share something so intimate with strangers for a couple hours and then never see them again.She is the author of two books: a memoir, Healing: A Woman's Journey from Doctor to Nun (2010), and Mindfulness as Medicine: A Story of Healing and Spirit (2015). By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. It’s nearly impossible to believe that wellness is a reality when you are very sick, just as it’s hard to access the sickness when everything’s okay. Of course, not everyone who was abused will aspire to become a bodhisattva or even a spiritually oriented person, but this teaching can help anyone to take a step on a path of compassion, starting with self-compassion toward their inner child and radiating outward in their speech, thoughts, and actions toward others.