Verlag: Shambhala Publications Inc Nov 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1611809657 ISBN 13: 9781611809657
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Twelve practical strategies to experience more joy and feel less guilt as a working parent, drawn from ACT, the groundbreaking therapy technique that has helped countless people. Dr. Yael Schonbrun calls out the myth of the work-life balance and offers practical strategies that can help us reframe our approach to working and parenting from the inside out. Based in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), these strategies won't create more hours in the day, but they can shift how we label our experiences, revise the stories we tell ourselves about working and parenting, and recognize the value we get from each role. Differing values and commitments pull working parents in opposite directions and the social supports families desperately need are lacking. Yet even with these very real challenges, we can find more peace and less stress. Some of these strategies include: Getting clear on our values and using these to help us make what often feel like no-win choices around time and resources Practicing mindfulness in both parenting and working Subtracting less meaningful obligations from our lives These steps can help you crush both roles, with examples from the author's research that show families of many shapes and backgrounds'.
Verlag: Shambhala Publications Inc Nov 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1645471217 ISBN 13: 9781645471219
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the past hundred years, haiku has gone far beyond its Japanese origins to become a worldwide phenomenonwith the classic poetic form growing and evolving as it has adapted to the needs of the whole range of languages and cultures that have embraced it. This proliferation of the joy of haiku is cause for celebrationbut it can also compel us to go back to the beginning: to look at haiku's development during the centuries before it was known outside Japan. This in-depth study of haiku history begins with the great early masters of the formlike Basho, Buson, and Issaand goes all the way to twentieth-century greats, like Santoka. It also focuses on an important aspect of traditional haiku that is less known in the West: haiku art. All the great haiku masters created paintings (called haiga) or calligraphy in connection with their poems, and the words and images were intended to be enjoyed together, enhancing each other, and each adding its own dimension to the reader's and viewer's understanding. Here one of the leading haiku scholars of the West takes us on a tour of haiku poetry's evolution, providing along the way a wealth of examples of the poetry and the art inspired by it.
Verlag: Shambhala Publications Inc Nov 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 161180969X ISBN 13: 9781611809695
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Tara is one of the most celebrated goddesses in the Buddhist world, representing enlightened activity in the form of the divine feminine. She protects, nurtures, and helps practitioners on the path to enlightenment. She manifests in many forms and in many colors to help beings. Tara's red form, representing her powers of magnetization, subjugation, and the transformation of passion into enlightened activity, has gained popularity in recent years with practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism worldwide. Tara is well known in the West as an embodiment of the divine feminine, and she is considered to be particularly powerful in times of plague and disharmony. Part one will focus on the origins, forms, and practices of Tara, providing the reader with insightful information and inspirations relating to the goddess, and how she represents the divine feminine from the Buddhist perspective. Part two will introduce Red Tara, a powerful and liberating form of Tara that is particularly important to connect with in a time of crisis. These chapters will cover the various forms of Red Tara found throughout the Tibetan Buddhist world, the particular qualities she represents, and how through prayers and meditation we can embody her qualities and truly benefit beings. An accompanying appendix will include some of the most practiced prayers, songs, and meditations on the goddess'.