Healing Zen: Buddhist Wisdom on Compassion, Caring, and Caregiving--for Yourself and Others

by Ellen Birx

Every day new research attests to the link between spirituality and health. In Healing Zen, nursing professor and Zen teacher Ellen Birx focuses on the Buddhist concept of "healing as wholeness" and demonstrates the practice of awareness and meditation that can help restore energy, build endurance, and suffuse our lives with compassion and joy.

Drawing on her twenty years' experience as a nurse, Birx takes us on a deeply humane and sensitive journey through the natural process of healing. She shares inspiring stories of her patients, students, family, and friends, as well as teachings from the Zen tradition, to reveal how we can find wholeness in the midst of illness.

This compact and beautifully packaged book makes a heartfelt gift for health professionals, caregivers, patients, or anyone struggling with the demands of life.

Genres: Zen

288 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 2003

Reviews

[Al · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit too self-helpy.

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book a lot and found it very helpful. It is a lovely look at how we can help ourselves and other through love and compassion. It is a good journey.