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Why do we meditate? The main reason most modern people start meditating is because it helps us feel better-reducing anxiety, improving sleep, decluttering the mind, and so forth. "But where does your meditation go when things go bad?" asks Andrew Holecek. "Where is your spirituality when 'rock meets bone,' as…
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This book rocked my world. I have been meditating since 1972, and had many years of therapy on both sides of the "couch," as well as in groups as member and leader. This is the first book I've read that describes the inner work I've been doing on my own and the ways it is effective. So helpful, affirming, strange and wonderful to read about "my" practices from someone else's perspective.
I've been working deliberately on recovering from multiple traumas (C-PTSD and I are long-time companions) and dealing with family and other stressors, and this book offered so much support…
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