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Pema Chödrön presents her first live talk on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. With Embracing the Unknown, she reveals how one of Buddhism’s most revered texts contains essential guidance not only for understanding the mysteries of life, death, and rebirth - but also profound wisdom for living fearlessly in “the bardo of this life”. Experience one of today’s most beloved spiritual teachers at her best as she helps us navigate fear, doubt, and uncertainty with a compassionate and open heart.

Diese Übung ist gut einzusetzen bei Ereignissen und in Situationen im Leben, die Trauerreaktionen auslösen können. Das kann sowohl Trauer um einen Menschen sein oder auch Trauer beim Verlust von Gesundheit, Arbeit, Freunden oder anderem. Also in Lebenssituationen, wo ein Verlust meist eine traurige, hoffnungslose oder traumatisch - lähmende Gefühlssituation hervorruft. Auch die Corona Pandemie hat in vielen Menschen Hoffnungslosigkeit, Ängste und traurige Gefühle ausgelöst oder verstärkt.

After the loss of a loved one, once the services are over and the relatives and friends have gone home, we are left to enter a strange new land, where someone who has given meaning to our life is gone. Drawing on her own experience as well as that of others, author Martha Whitmore Hickman presents a year's worth of meditations for people dealing with this profound loss, offering solace and illuminating a way forward. From January 1 to December 31, each day's meditation considers a meaningful quotation or passage on grief or suffering....

By 1617, Donne had done it all. After being an MP, lawyer, womaniser, soldier, diplomat, father to twelve children by a secret wife, and the greatest poet of his age, he settled into the priesthood. Shortly thereafter, his wife died, prompting him to write a defence of suicide in God's eyes. She was soon followed by his 18 year old daughter died. Then Donne fell gravely ill. Physicians were called, but none could agree on what to do. It seemed certain that he would die.

Why is it so hard for us to connect on a deep level with others, particularly those who are suffering? We constantly find ourselves interrupted and inundated with tasks and stresses. We are disconnected, sleepwalking through our lives, unable to help even ourselves. There is a better way. Dr. David Rakel draws on his clinical experience with patients and the latest research from medicine, psychology, and neuroscience to describe the power of human connection and the ways it can be used to boost health and well-being.

From award-winning Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow, a guide to finding joy even during life’s most difficult times AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER We all know what it’s like to experience the disappointments and sorrows of life. Unexpected challenges like layoffs...

Ces textes méditatifs et réflexifs passent en effet par le prisme de la beauté évocatrice des mots pour soigner les vivants confrontés à l'épreuve du deuil : il s'agit d'apprendre à inventer des liens avec le défunt et de continuer à vivre. Sont parcourues, quasi chronologiquement et en cohérence, une panoplie de situations et de circonstances par une adresse directe au défunt ou à Dieu : les émotions qui jalonnent les étapes du deuil, les vertus des larmes, la nécessaire solitude, le pouvoir du temps, la spiritualité, la finitude.

When renowned author Gail Godwin tripped and broke her neck while watering the dogwood tree in her garden at age eighty-five, a lifetime of writing and publishing behind her and a half-finished novel in tow, Bergman’s idea quickly unfurled in front of her, forcing her to confront a creative life interrupted. In Getting to Know Death, Godwin shares what spoke to her while in a desperate place.

As you mourn the loss of a loved one, this collection of intimate personal reflections, Scripture, and heartfelt prayers from a fellow griever offers comfort and hope in the days, months, and beyond as you navigate life after loss. The funeral comes and goes, and you're forced to deal with the...

Un avvincente Seminario, in cui grandiosi miti d'Oriente e d'Occidente ci parlano con tutto il loro illuminante potere immaginativo. Ci insegnano il perché di nascita e morte. Prometeo e Hiranyakashipur: cosa li accomuna? Entrambi scardinano l'ordine cosmico, entrambi nel tentativo di scampare alla morte. Ma la morte ha la sua funzione nel progetto universale, tanto che possiamo affermare che, senza capire la morte, non possiamo capire la vita. Senza comprendere l'utilità della morte ai fini della nostra evoluzione, saremo come tanti Prometeo e Hiranyakashipur.

For anyone who has suffered loss, a collection of meditations and poses for working through grief. So often, we think that grief lives only in our hearts and minds. But what about the emotions that weigh us down and the grief that gets stuck in our body? Our emotions need motion, and Healing...

After the death of a close friend at seventeen, Tom Turcich resolved to make the most out of life; to travel and be forced into adventure; to experience and understand the world. On April 2nd, 2015, he set out to see it all—one step at a time.

Less than three months after retiring from a 30-year law enforcement career, Kim Colegrove's husband chose suicide. Since that day, Colegrove has been helping first responders across the country practice techniques to cope with the stress and trauma that their work brings. And this book continues that mission by offering first responders and their families hope by introducing meditation and mindfulness as viable and practical tools to help reduce stress, regulate emotion, and improve overall health and well-being.

Who grieves? According to Stephen and Ondrea Levine, we all do. Whether it manifests as self-judgment, as fear, as guilt, as anger and blame, everyone has grief. The Grief Process is an in-depth workshop with Stephen and Ondrea Levine that explores how anyone can resolve grief through meditation...

"Psicologia del ciclo della vita" è il titolo di una conferenza tenuta a Bologna il 4 aprile 2009 da Marco Ferrini, esperto di cultura vedica e direttore del Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta. I nostri sogni ed istanze ideali appaiono lontani, utopici, irraggiungibili, se limitiamo la realtà dell'esistenza ad un solo segmento: dalla nascita alla morte.

Dieses Hörbuch möchte dich ermutigen neue Wege zu gehen, Freude und Hoffnung wieder in dein Leben einzulassen. Die 4 Meditationen beschäftigen sich mit den Themen WANDEL - FREUDE - GEMEINSCHAFT UND VERBUNDENHEIT - NEUE WEGE. WANDEL: Schritt für Schritt weckst du wieder Interesse für deinen Alltag, für dich. Dabei unterstützen dich Affirmationen und dein bester Freund, der Atem. FREUDE: Bei dieser Meditation ermutige ich dich zaghaft wieder ins Lächeln zu kommen. Freude zuzulassen. In Bewegung, im Laufen gelingt es dir einfacher.

Wie kann ich Trauer und Verlust gut verarbeiten? Was ist bei guter Trauerarbeit wichtig? Wie kann man Trauer begleiten? Wie befreie ich mich dabei von Schuld und Schuldgefühlen? Diese Fragen haben Dr. Alfred Pöltel die letzten 30 Jahren intensiv begleitet. Durch viele Forschungen hat er den Schlüssel gefunden. Und gibt diesen nun in seinem neuartigen Selbsthypnose Programm weiter.

This first installment in the simple truths series by Lucinda Drayton is an inspirational four-track meditation to help heal the pain of grief, divorce, and separation.

Lucinda is the singer of the well known band Bliss, and she has created this wonderful recording after her own personal experience of loss. It comes straight from her heart and was inspired by a year of huge changes and challenges.

This guided imagery for hospice and palliative care is designed for patients and their families looking for closeness, resolution and closure during end of life care. The powerful, soothing tracks of guided meditation and affirmations on this uniquely comforting guided imagery for palliative...

This guided imagery and affirmations for anyone dealing with grief provides a powerful way of coping with loss naturally and holistically, helping to release sorrow and gently move beyond the pain of bereavement to grief recovery, in whatever way and for however long it takes each listener...