{"product_id":"down-to-earth-dharma-insight-meditation-to-awaken-the-heart-paperback","title":"Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Bradshaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuddhist teachings and heart-centered practices from the \"feminine paradigm\" to embrace receptivity and bring more balance to your life, relationships, and the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith deeply thoughtful, lyrical prose, this book invites readers to engage with the world from a unique perspective that encourages feeling, intuitive understanding, embodiment, interdependence, and sacredness. Weaving together classical Theravada Buddhist teachings and mindfulness practices, the book teaches us when and how to channel our receptive and active orientations--sometimes called the feminine and masculine paradigms--to feel more at home in ourselves and the world and drop more deeply into the Buddhist teachings on suffering and happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRebecca Bradshaw, a respected Buddhist teacher in the Insight Meditation community, offers teachings that are simple yet require us to explore aspects of ourselves that go against much of our social conditioning that values goal-oriented busyness, productivity, independence, outgoing energy, and other \"active\" qualities. When overemphasized, this orientation can cause destructive emotions and behaviors, but we can counter them by embracing more receptive qualities. The receptive or feminine paradigm takes us deeper into the heart of the classical Buddhist teachings, leading to openness and freedom of the heart-mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBradshaw illustrates her own resistance to letting go of her strong active orientation with relatable stories, like her efforts to be a perfect meditator. Drawing on our connectedness to nature, she offers guidance for grounded practices, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003euseless gazing, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egetting lost, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esense-based reality, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epracticing in the wildness, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eaccepting uncertainty, and more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese Buddhist teachings are as comforting as they are thought-provoking. Bradshaw's debut book helps us let go and nurture our ability to receive, listen, embrace vulnerability, and just be. Through this process, we heal the imbalances within ourselves and in our relationships to all beings and the natural world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eREBECCA BRADSHAW is Guiding Teacher Emeritus of the Insight Meditation Society and the Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley in Easthampton, Massachusetts. She has been practicing Buddhist Vipassana meditation since 1983 in the United States and Myanmar and teaching since 1993. She completed her dharma teacher training at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, where she is part of the three-month retreat teacher team and leads retreats for young adults. Rebecca has a master's degree in counseling psychology and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.99 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966875599149,"sku":"9781645473213","price":22.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/fBn1TJYh0c9781645473213.webp?v=1775539477","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/down-to-earth-dharma-insight-meditation-to-awaken-the-heart-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}