Sister Dang Nghiem and Brother Phap Hai will delve into the content of their new books:
Mindfulness as Medicine: A Story of Healing Body and Spirit - In 2009, Sister Dang Nghiem was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. As a result, she endured devastating physical and neurological symptoms and the re-surfacing of unresolved early traumas, from a childhood spent in Vietnam during the war, to living in foster homes in California as a teenager, to losing her fiancé in a drowning accident. A doctor herself, Sister Dang Nghiem applies both her medical knowledge and her advanced understanding of mindfulness to share the step-by-step techniques she uses to embrace and transform her suffering. "The art of suffering,” she says, "can bring about deep appreciation for life as well as profound peace, joy, and love for ourselves and other beings.”
Nothing to It: Ten Ways to Be at Home with Yourself - Born in Australia, Brother Phap Hai is the current Abbot of Deer Park Monastery in California. He uses his characteristic warmth and humor to invite us to take a fresh look at how we approach our lives, offering this ten-week guided course on the myriad different mindfulness practice moments that are available to us in our daily lives and that can offer extraordinary opportunities for transformation. They include eating a meal, listening a car alarm, walking, opening the door, sweeping, and many others.
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