Navigating Grief and Loss
25 Buddhist Practices to Keep Your Heart Open to Yourself and Others
Published on 1. November 2022
208 pages
978-1-63388-820-3 (ISBN)
Description
NAVIGATING GRIEF AND LOSS is designed to support all of us through difficult and upsetting times. It's a relatable and useful guide with practical applications to help navigate the profound experience of loss, be it an elderly parent, succumbing to a lingering illness, the shock of an accidental death, a small business shuttered, a divorce after years of conflict, or euthanasia of a beloved pet. Each short chapter honestly describes a personal experience dealing with death or grief-staying at a hospice facility at my mother's bedside, feeling frustrated by the options for a terminally ill friend, navigating changed relationships after someone dies, the shock and shame of an unwanted divorce, managing the overwhelming pain of bereavement-and is followed by a brief practice-a meditation, exercise, or contemplation that readers can use to discover insights and truths and find some solace for their own struggles and sorrow.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
File size
0,68 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-63388-820-3 (9781633888203)
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Kimberly Brown
Navigating Grief and Loss
25 Buddhist Practices to Keep Your Heart Open to Yourself and Others
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01/2023
Prometheus Books
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Kimberly Brown leads meditation classes and retreats that emphasize the power of compassion and kindness to reconnect us to ourselves and others. Her teachings provide an approachable pathway to personal and collective well-being through effective and modern techniques based on traditional practices. She studies in both the Tibetan and Insight schools of Buddhism and is a certified mindfulness instructor.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Practices
- CHAPTER 1: There Is Nothing Wrong with You
- Practice 1: Stay
- CHAPTER 2: Change after Loss
- Practice 2: Mindfulness
- CHAPTER 3: When You're Angry
- Practice 3: Hearing the Hurt
- CHAPTER 4: When You Know It's Coming
- Practice 4: Facing the Present
- CHAPTER 5: It's Not Fair: When a Young Person Dies
- Practice 5: You're Not Alone
- CHAPTER 6: Sudden Death
- Practice 6: Standing on the Earth
- CHAPTER 7: If Your Family Disappoints You
- Practice 7: You Support You
- CHAPTER 8: Being Present at the Moment of Death
- Practice 8: A Lineage of Kindness
- CHAPTER 9: When You're Too Sad to Move
- Practice 9: Just Breathe
- CHAPTER 10: Complicated Relationships, Complicated Grief
- Practice 10: Meditation in Motion
- CHAPTER 11: Grieving for Strangers
- Practice 11: Awake to the World
- CHAPTER 12: Beloved Pets
- Practice 12: Appreciation
- CHAPTER 13: Divorce
- Practice 13: Self-Compassion
- CHAPTER 14: When You're Fired or Laid Off
- Practice 14: Opening to Change
- CHAPTER 15: Loss during a Crisis
- Practice 15: Shared Suffering
- CHAPTER 16: Unspoken Loss
- Practice 16: Welcoming Peace
- CHAPTER 17: When It's Time to Say Goodbye
- Practice 17: Grace
- CHAPTER 18: When People Behave Badly
- Practice 18: Forgive and Remember
- CHAPTER 19: Don't Be Afraid to Laugh
- Practice 19: Finding Joy
- CHAPTER 20: Caring for Dying People
- Practice 20: Mindful Caregiving
- CHAPTER 21: When You're Filled with Guilt or Regret
- Practice 21: Self-Forgiveness
- CHAPTER 22: When You're Lost and Afraid
- Practice 22: You Got through It
- CHAPTER 23: Mourning and Social Media
- Practice 23: Skillful Speech
- CHAPTER 24: Letting Life Unfold-Going Forward
- Practice 24: Give It All Away
- CHAPTER 25: Honoring Loss
- Practice 25: The Forty-Ninth-Day Ritual
- APPENDIX A: Mindfulness Meditation Instructions
- APPENDIX B: Metta Meditation Instructions
- APPENDIX C: Protection Prayer for the Dead
- APPENDIX D: Comforting Grief Meditation
- Notes
- Resources
- About the Author
