Woman Awake: Women Practicing Buddhism
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1930485069 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Because women have been conditioned to live according to traditional feminine values—conformity, passivity, and surrender of the self—they often feel powerless to transform their lives and afraid to lose their sense of worth. In Woman Awake, Christina Feldman suggests that it is possible for women to break out of their negative patterns and accept themselves as they really are. With a growing awarenss of the dignity of all life and its connection with them, women can overcome the social conditioning and myth-making that overwhelm and oppress them.For those women new to Buddhist meditation, Christina Feldman offers sensitive and valuable guidelines on breathing and relaxat
In addition, she leads retreats in Europe.She is the coauthor (with Jack Kornfield) of Soul Food and the author of Quest of the Warrior Woman, Ways of Meditation, and Buddhist Path to Simplicity, as well as Silence and Woman Awake. She lives in Totnes, Devon, England. In the early 1970s, Christina Feldman spent several years in Asia, studying and training in the Buddhist meditation tradition. A cofounder of Gaia House, in Devon, England, she is a regular teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and at Spirit Rock in Woodacre, California. She has led insight meditation retreats in the West since 1974.
vern said Five Stars. This is a MUST for all women !!. "Much needed balance to the patriarchal dominance in Buddhism" according to Frank J. Boccio. I cannot help but think it not a coincidence that of the three reviews, the negative is by a man. So, as a man, I felt moved to respond.This is an excellent book that I've suggested or given to over a dozen women in my life (students, friends and even a female zen buddhist teacher I thought too dominated by her male teacher). Too much of Buddhism denigrates women, desire, the body . Arise, Sleeping Beauty! Rebecca Brown Rebeccasreads highly recommends WOMAN AWAKE as a book to be relished daily, in small doses, like the very best of delicacies - mindfully, thoughtfully, carefully, & yes, joyously -- first class sustenance for the mind & spirit.