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Average rating: 4.09 · 299 ratings · 43 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race by David Scott (2005-04-04) by David Randolph Scott, Christine Toomey, Unknown Author 4.28 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 2004 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Search of Buddha's Daughters: A Modern Journey Down Ancient Roads 4.13 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Her Own Words: The After Death Journal of Princess Diana 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wake Up! You're Not Dead...Yet!: An After Death Dialogue with Chris Farley liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“an American pioneer in the field of mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn, a medical professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Kabat-Zinn’s initial focus was to find a way of helping patients handle long-term chronic pain and illness. As a student of Zen, he realized how effective the Buddhist practice of mindfulness could be in helping treat chronic medical conditions and, in the 1970s, set about adapting teachings on mindfulness to develop a structured secular eight-week program for his patients, which combined both meditation and hatha yoga. The program, which came to be known as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR, has since become so popular it has spread around the world as a highly effective way of helping people, whether”
― Christine Toomey, In Search of Buddha's Daughters: The Hidden Lives and Fearless Work of Buddhist Nuns

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“he attended a Buddhist retreat in the north of England at which the principal teachers were a small group of Buddhist nuns. He no longer remembers any details about the tradition they belonged to, but he remembers well the profound effect their teachings had on him. At the core of the retreat were instructions on how participants could develop a practice of meditation through using the breath as a focus to remain anchored in the present moment. “What the nuns pointed me to was the part of their tradition kept alive through monastic practice for 2,500 years,” he says. “This was the importance of staying in the present moment, the importance of calm abiding, the practice of concentration in Buddhism known as samatha.” This time spent in the company of nuns, listening to their guidance, was “a seminal moment.”
― Christine Toomey, In Search of Buddha's Daughters: The Hidden Lives and Fearless Work of Buddhist Nuns

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