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Refined throughout a lifetime of mindfulness in action, he now shares his most transformative teachings and practices to guide you in your own journey to the source of happiness on \u003cem\u003eLiving Without Stress or Fear\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighlights\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eFoundational mindfulness practices: being fully present while walking, breathing, and eating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eSeeds of happiness, seeds of suffering—how we choose which emotions to nourish with our attention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe four-pebble meditation for openness, clarity, and grounding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e“No death and no birth, neither being nor non-being”—embracing the central paradox at the heart of fearless living\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe role of community in supporting your practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e“We are all one organism”—perspective-shifting meditations on compassion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003ePractices for bringing mindfulness into your family and your relationships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eSix sessions of Thich Nhat Hanh's core teachings and guided practices on mindfulness, compassion, and finding freedom from suffering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eThich Nhat Hanh is a Zen master in the Vietnamese tradition, scholar, poet, and peace activist who was nominated for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr. He is the author of more than 40 books in English, including \u003cem\u003ePeace Is Every Step\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLiving Buddha, Living Christ\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sounds True","offers":[{"title":"Audio Bundle","offer_id":44846724481223,"sku":"XC07487","price":48.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio","offer_id":39322104889543,"sku":"AF01376W","price":48.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":39416560025799,"sku":"AF01376D","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/2822\/2307\/products\/LivingWithoutStressorFear.jpg?v=1617230496"},{"product_id":"meditation-and-psychotherapy","title":"Meditation and Psychotherapy","description":"\u003cp class=\"prod_para\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCourse objectives:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_right\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eApply the R.A.I.N. technique in your work with clients\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUtilize mindfulness meditation to clear blockages that prevent living fully\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiscuss basic concepts of Buddhist psychology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecognize aspirations and intentions that support awakening\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePractice a variety of different guided meditations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdapt specific mindfulness practices to individual client needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIntegrate mindfulness into your personal and professional life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLearning How to Face Our Tangled Emotions and Release Our Limiting Beliefs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere are many skillful means that we can use to train ourselves and our clients to become aware, teaches Brach, a psychotherapist and meditator of more than 30 years. But they all lead to one essential question: Can I be here in this moment?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUsing her R.A.I.N. technique, a four-part process that helps us learn how to stop running away from our tangled emotions and start to lovingly face them, we'll investigate and unblock the beliefs that cause suffering. Guiding us through meditations and practices on mindfulness, loving-kindness, forgiveness, allowing, and more, Brach shares key tools and expert insights for moving through this liberating process so that we can open and allow our lives to unfold, moment by moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Mindfulness can strengthen our attention, awaken compassion and empathy, and expand our acceptance of our own inner states,” teaches Brach. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeditation and Psychotherapy\u003c\/em\u003e draws on the strengths of mindfulness meditation and the practice of modern therapeutic methods to help clear the emotional blocks holding us back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHighlights:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eR.A.I.N., a liberating four-step process for learning how to end the suffering caused by clinging to our emotions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow we all can awaken from the trance of unworthiness using mindful awareness and lovingkindness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe alchemy of self-compassion and how it can help in our relationships with others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy we don't have to believe our thoughts—the transformative power of self-inquiry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Touch and go,” an approach for gently disarming the energy of trauma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTips for adapting practices for your individual client's needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA new model of psychotherapy that emphasizes the client\/therapist relationship as an unfolding partnership\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMore than eight hours of expert insights, practices, and tips for using mindfulness meditation and modern therapeutic methods to help untangle our difficult emotions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sounds True","offers":[{"title":"Audio","offer_id":39322109968583,"sku":"AF01689W","price":55.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":39416561336519,"sku":"AF01689D","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/2822\/2307\/products\/AF01689D-Meditation-Psychotherapy-Published-Cover.jpg?v=1617228529"},{"product_id":"mother-night","title":"Mother Night","description":"\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eWhere is memory of who we really are, who sent us here, and what is our work here … and why are we often so unusual, so different, so eccentric, so belonging often to a tribe of one? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eDr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, published in 34 languages and one of the most far-reaching artist-psychoanalysts of our time, teaches that in archetypal imagination, “Mother Night is the quintessential medial woman, the woman who can walk in two worlds … 'the one who knows' and who can reveal solid ways of living and unleashing creative life in both worlds.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eThe program \u003cem\u003eMother Night\u003c\/em\u003e presents a new series of audio teachings from the Jungian psychoanalyst and author of \u003cem\u003eWomen Who Run With the Wolves\u003c\/em\u003e. This six-session learning event invites us to tap the generative power of the goodness of the core self—that is, all creativity and understanding that lies out of sight in darkness—often called the unconscious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eThroughout 11 hours of teaching stories, you'll hear 12 stories and myths told here for the first time along with Dr. Estés' commentary, Q\u0026amp;A sessions with her, and special prayers of blessing onto your hearts, bodies, minds, and souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eAccording to Dr. Estés, “The most endangered species on earth is the human soul. Many try to stand in one world only, the world of the collective culture, thereby experiencing a sense of standing outside the true self, allowing too much waste into one's life—due in part to over-immersion in the daytime world only. A sense of being 'not in oneself entirely' comes from not returning to the soul's true home, often enough … a home that is not provisioned nor protected by the overculture. Thus, a critical \u003cem\u003esusto\u003c\/em\u003e (loss of soul nourishment) comes upon us. We are weakly linked or severed completely from the one-of-a-kind wild and wise self that emerges from the realm of mystery, dreams, and shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003e“I would like to be your traveling companion as we see the way into and back toward home, that is, to return to \u003cem\u003eel mundo doble,\u003c\/em\u003e the double worldview, one that sees through the eyes of soul as well as through the eyes of the ego. This dual way of seeing, being, and acting is the most direct way to reclaim the gifts and well-being and healing apothecary set into each soul on earth at birth. The archetypal representations of Mother Night, as represented in stories, myths, and amplifications, can show us the way through.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSESSION DESCRIPTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para_accent_sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession One: Walking in Two Worlds—The Archetype of the Medial Woman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eIn the first session of the series, \u003cem\u003eWalking in Two Worlds: The Archetype of the Medial Woman,\u003c\/em\u003e Dr. Estés introduces the Medial Woman, a dominant force in the psyche. She is a representation of the strong-sighted and deep-hearted self who lives simultaneously in the world of light (our conventional, daytime domain) and the world of dark (the hidden realm of potential; the depths of the Soul and its making of things to bear, balance, unleash in goodness in the topside world). The medial woman in mythos since time out of mind remains rooted in both worlds; and listening to her ways and means in stories, we can hear, see, and feel the guidance this vital and soulful sense grants: “to live so strong, so wide, and so very deeply … as we promised to do before we ever came to earth.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eHere, Dr. Estés helps us “learn to see in the dark,” as she brings to life four representations of this archetypal force of restoration and self-empowerment:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Erl König\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eCybele—the story of the “helper-healer” medial woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eMedea—the story of the “twisted” medial woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eSophia-Ruach—the story of the “calm-fierce” medial woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eA Q\u0026amp;A with audience members follows Dr. Estés’ teachings, and we conclude with the blessing prayer “Prayer for The Outsider.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para_accent_sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession Two: Throwing Off Over-Acculturation—Reclaiming Gifts and Eccentricities from the Shadow \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThrowing off Over-Acculturation: Reclaiming Gifts and Eccentricities from the Shadow,\u003c\/em\u003e Dr. Estés discusses how as members of a particular culture, we become habituated to seek that which is similar (“like-kind”). Yet in the process, we suffer the grotesqueries and consequences of relinquishing our individuality and the unique gifts that are our offering to the world. Through her one-of-a-kind telling of the classic Sufi tale “The Conference of the Birds,” a set of small stories wrapped within a larger story, Dr. Estés helps us “learn to be bi-culturate, to learn to live in two worlds, especially mining the gold of the shadow—the storehouse for acute insight, extraordinary strength, and inextinguishable love.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eFollowing the Q\u0026amp;A session with the audience, we bring Session Two to a close with Dr. Estés’ blessing story “They Tried to Stop Her at the Border.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para_accent_sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession Three: \u003cem\u003eCuranderismo\u003c\/em\u003e—Allying with the Immaculate Heart for Guidance and Recovery \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCuranderismo: Allying with the Immaculate Heart for Guidance and Recovery,\u003c\/em\u003e we explore \u003cem\u003ecuranderismo,\u003c\/em\u003e the practice of the \u003cem\u003ecurandera,\u003c\/em\u003e the traditional healer in native Latino culture. Dr. Estés tells the story of \u003cem\u003eLos Zapatos \u003c\/em\u003e(\"Little Shoes\"), and the story “The Bell Ringing Under the Ground,” along with related teachings about \u003cem\u003esusto\u003c\/em\u003e (the wandering soul), \u003cem\u003eenvidia\u003c\/em\u003e (envy), and \u003cem\u003emal ojo\u003c\/em\u003e (evil thoughts that entrap those who think them). “Knowledge of the ways the mainstream collective pollutes the true self and how to do the necessary \u003cem\u003elimpias,\u003c\/em\u003e cleansings of the mind and heart. These are the keys to creating a consciously strong allyship with the forces of goodness, as well as a code of honorable conduct for effectively helping and healing self and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eQ\u0026amp;A session with the audience is followed by the blessing prayer “The Heart Pierced by Seven Swords.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para_accent_sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession Four: Premonitions and Apparitions—Valuable Protection and Grounded Intelligence from “The Other World”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePremonitions and Apparitions: Valuable Protection and Grounded Intelligence from “The Other World,”\u003c\/em\u003e we learn that all of us receive visitations from “the other world” in the form of premonitions, dreams, synchronistic events, and more. Dr. Estés helps us first of all see these messages, “which are sometimes subtle and sometimes carry the cyclonic \u003cem\u003eviento\u003c\/em\u003e of Espirito Santo, the wind of the Holy Ghost, which can knock one off one’s feet in just the right way, or temporarily bewilder or blow one’s mind, and in some cases knock one back into one’s right mind again.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eTo help delineate premonitions and apparitions, Dr. Estés will point to science “and indigenous archetypal psychology—the first archetypal psychology regarding all matters of earth, the unconscious, and conscious minds”—as well as stories of legendary seers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eTiresias\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Sybil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eXilonen, the wife of Smoking Mirror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003e“The Littlest Lazarus,” a special blessing prayer, follows a Q\u0026amp;A session with the audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para_accent_sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession Five: Gold in the Darkest Dark—Understanding Repetitive Dreams, Nightmares, and Disembodied Voices\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGold in the Darkest Dark: Understanding Repetitive Dreams, Nightmares, and Disembodied Voices,\u003c\/em\u003e Dr. Estés explores the question, “How do we make sense of the sometimes subtle, sometimes harsh, distressing, sometimes extraordinarily loving, sometimes profoundly informative ideas, insights, and data—even summonses and commands given to us by the unconscious?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eThrough her family stories of “The Fool and His Feather” and “The Four Rabbinum,” Dr. Estés illuminates four ways of understanding uncanny insights that often arise from the dark, that is, from the unknown side of the unconscious. “The hero and heroine’s darkest challenges are to ever pull away from scorn and under-valuation of one’s own—and others—psychic contents, as well as to not fall into the tar pit of over-valuation of same. But rather to be able to bear, to be able to unlock the mystery that gives the transformative instructions from soul to psyche. The messages of meaning for the dreamer are to be held with inquiry and respect, no matter how odd, misshapen, lumpy, bumpy, distasteful, beautifully fantasy-like they may be. Nightmares, sudden voice-only dreams, and the entire fantasia of dreams are like the map home to center, written in invisible ink until held over the fire built by the soul.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eA Q\u0026amp;A session with the audience concludes with a story regarding Our Lady who repulses and leaches away weakening influences, and then the blessing prayer “We Are the Atomic Children, and We Are Still Dancing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para_accent_sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession Six: Mining the Mother Lode—How to Bring Diamonds from the Darkness (for Artists and People Who Want to Create)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMining the Mother Lode: How to Bring Diamonds from the Darkness (for Artists and People Who Want to Create),\u003c\/em\u003e Dr. Estés explains why “those who unleash their craft do not wait for the muse; the muse is like one’s breath, one’s arm, one’s hips, one’s eyes … the muse is always there, waiting to spring into action if only we lay out an empty space. Seed goes first to the places which are most empty.” So here, we will see about the places of psyche and soul and both worlds that seem most empty, unknown, and inaccessible. The stories “The Man Who Sought Treasure Afar,” “The Rebbe in Prison,” and “Coyote Learns to Dance” set out insights about how the psyche taps, nudges, shoves, trying to get its person to unfurl that idea, dare that new venture, complete that meaningful project, go wild and get rid of the \"high court of apes\" that criticize and condemn any and everything that comes from one’s hands, feet, body, or mind. Our work is not to criticize, condemn, or complain. Our work is to do. And then do again. 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