Resources​

Self Compassion: 

The Power of Being Kind to Yourself 

Kristin Neff

“Neff’s powerful research and her ability to explain how self-compassion affects our everyday lives makes this book a transformative read.” -Brené Brown, Ph.D., author of The Gifts of Imperfection


SABBATH: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives

Wayne Muller

In today's world, with its relentless emphasis on success and productivity, we have lost the necessary rhythm of life, the balance between work and rest. Constantly striving, we feel exhausted and deprived.  We long for time with friends and family, we long for a moment to ourselves. 

We need not even schedule an entire day each week. Sabbath time can be a Sabbath afternoon, a Sabbath hour, a Sabbath walk. With wonderful stories, poems, and suggestions for practice, Muller teaches us how we can use this time of sacred rest to refresh our bodies. minds, and spirits.



Inspiration

Inside the Miracle: Enduring Suffering, Approaching Wholeness

 Mark Nepo

Many are familiar with teacher and poet Mark Nepo's books on inner transformation, relationship, and the emergence of purpose in our lives. But less well-known is the journey that shaped his vision as a teacher that began in 1987 when he was diagnosed with cancer. With Inside the Miracle, Mark Nepo shares what he discovered along this challenging terrain, and the insights most essential to those of us who now find ourselves there. The lessons and stories here are for all of us, ill or not. 


Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of  Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness (Revised Edition)

Jon Kabat Zinn

“Jon Kabat-Zinn’s classic work on the practice of mindfulness to alleviate stress and human suffering stands the test of time. I recommend this new edition enthusiastically to anyone interested in learning to use the power of focused awareness to meet life’s challenges, whether great or small.”—Andrew Weil, M.D.


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