The Little Book of Zen Healing. Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love

On a pilgrimage she began after her mother's death, author Paula Arai encountered numerous Japanese Buddhists who taught her the remarkable power of ritual to heal - practices you can adapt to your own cultural and personal circumstances. Applying principles of Zen practice, she offers stories and insights that illuminate how to reap a healing bounty of connection, joy, and compassion. Examples include how to : Create a home altar to serve as a safe space to be vulnerable, face intense emotions, and experience a depth of warm gratitude that melts fear and anger ; Engage in daily tasks with attentiveness, intention, and creativity such that they become opportunities for body-mind integration ; Develop family rituals to celebrate relationship and mark transition ; Approach illness and grief with a purposeful sense of connection to life-and-death in its wholeness.