No matter how simplified or complicated life gets, it can make us miserable or it can wake us up.
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The Creative Art of Living, Dying, and Renewal: Your Journey Through Stories, Qigong Meditation, Journaling, and Art
By Elise Dirlam Ching, Kaleo Ching — 2014
Tapping the tremendous healing power of qigong and the expressive arts, this beautiful book invites the reader to contemplate the continuum of living, dying, and renewal within this life and beyond. See more...
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Tapping the tremendous healing power of qigong and the expressive arts, this beautiful book invites the reader to contemplate the continuum of living, dying, and renewal within this life and beyond. The stories, qigong meditations, and journaling/art processes, including collage and mask-making, are invitations for you to engage them for your own healing, transformation, and wisdom.
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- Facing Own Death (31)
- Somatic Practices (31)
- Qigong (27)
- Energy Balancing (26)
- Self-Development (26)
- Spiritual Practices (26)
- Life Challenges (24)
- Buddhism (23)
- Mind-Body Connection (22)
- Mindfulness Meditation (21)
- Death or Loss of a Loved One (20)
- Grief (20)
- Trauma Healing (19)
- Self-Discovery (18)
- Anxiety (17)
- Awareness (17)
- Stress Management (17)
- Afterlife (14)
- Guided Meditation (14)
- Journaling (14)
- Self-Realization (14)
- Emotional and Mental Health (13)
- Self-Healing (13)
- Yoga (13)
- Compassion (12)
- Death or Loss of a Child (12)
- Life Force Energy (12)
- Mindfulness (12)
- Bodywork (11)
- Hospice (11)
- Self-Acceptance (11)
- Traumatic Grief (11)
- Well-Being (11)
- Aging (10)
- Cancer (10)
- Death-Positive Movement (10)
- Self-Love (10)
- Trauma (10)
- Breathwork (9)
- Embodiment (9)
- Energy Healing for Animals (9)
- Focus (9)
- Inner Peace (9)
- Near-Death Experience (9)
- Neuroscience (9)
- Physical Health (9)
- Presence (9)
- Suffering (9)
- Tibetan Buddhism (9)
- Inner Life (8)
- Mantra Meditation (8)
- Mindfulness Practices (8)
- Relationship with Time (8)
- Self-Care (8)
- Self-Control (8)
- Spiritual Awakening (8)
- Chronic Pain (7)
- Consciousness (7)
- Fear (7)
- Identity (7)
- Intention (7)
- Lovingkindness Meditation (7)
- Movement Meditation (7)
- Reiki (7)
- Self-Compassion (7)
- Self-Reckoning (7)
- Authenticity (6)
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- Happiness (6)
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- Spiritual Life (6)
- Stress (6)
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- Astral Projection (5)
- BIPOC Well-Being (5)
- Failure (5)
- Habit Formation (5)
- Healing Approaches (5)
- Inner Strengths (5)
- Letting Go (5)
- Lovingkindness (5)
- Rebirth (5)
- Relationship Challenges (5)
- Self-Reliance (5)
- Self-Worth (5)
- Somatic Experiencing (5)
- Taoism (5)
- Transformation (5)
- Women’s Well-Being (5)
- Acceptance (4)
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- Compassion Meditation (4)
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- Exercise (4)
- Goal Setting (4)
- Habits of Mind (4)
- Honoring Emotion (4)
- Imagination and Creativity (4)
- Interdependence (4)
- Joy (4)
- Love (4)
- Manifestation (4)
- Negative Self-Talk (4)
- Past Lives and Reincarnation (4)
- Personal Development (4)
- Positive Self-Talk (4)
- Qi (4)
- Racism (4)
- Resilience (4)
- Self-Expression (4)
- Self-Limiting Beliefs (4)
- Sound Healing (4)
- Spiritual Growth (4)
- Stoicism (4)
- Sutras (4)
- Zen Buddhism (4)
- Zen Meditation (4)
- Anger (3)
- Body Scan Meditation (3)
- Chakras (3)
- Chanting (3)
- Chronic Health Conditions (3)
- Communication Skills (3)
- Confidence (3)
- Connection with Nature (3)
- Decision Making (3)
- Enlightenment (3)
- Faith (3)
- Fellowship and Community (3)
- Forgiveness (3)
- Freedom (3)
- Grit (3)
- Growth Mindset (3)
- Handling a Loved One’s Illness (3)
- Insight (Vipassana) Meditation (3)
- Intergenerational Trauma (3)
- Intuition (3)
- Loss of Partner/Spouse (3)
- Motivation (3)
- Oneness (3)
- Perception (3)
- Quantum Physics (3)
- Racial Healing (3)
- Science and Spirituality (3)
- Search for Purpose (3)
- Self-Actualization (3)
- Shadow (3)
- Sleep (3)
- Spiritual Development (3)
- Suicide (3)
- Trauma-Informed Therapy (3)
- Trust (3)
- Walking Meditation (3)
- Access to Education (2)
- Activism/Service (2)
- Acupuncture (2)
- Addiction (2)
- Anger Management (2)
- Building Character (2)
- Calming Meditation (2)
- Caregiver Well-Being (2)
- Chakra Meditation (2)
- Christianity (2)
- Chronic Anxiety (2)
- Community Healing (2)
- Comparing Belief Traditions (2)
- Courage (2)
- Creative Well-Being (2)
- Death or Loss of a Sibling (2)
- Diamond Approach (2)
- Ego Dissolution (2)
- Generational Healing (2)
- Hope (2)
- Human Potential (2)
- Immortality (2)
- Indigenous Well-Being (2)
- Islam (2)
- Karma (2)
- Kirtan Music (2)
- Kundalini Yoga (2)
- Leadership (2)
- Lifestyle Medicine (2)
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- Offering Support to Others (2)
- Panic Attacks (2)
- Patience (2)
- Philosophical Approaches (2)
- Prayer (2)
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- Psilocybin (2)
- Psychedelic Journey (2)
- Psychology (2)
- Qigong Healing Sounds (2)
- Regret (2)
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- Setting Limits and Boundaries (2)
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- Spirituality and Health (2)
- Spirituality and Politics (2)
- Subconscious (2)
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- Tapping/EFT (2)
- The Feldenkrais Method (2)
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (2)
- Visions and Hallucinations (2)
- Wake-Up Calls (2)
- Willpower (2)
- Work Challenges (2)
- Academic Struggles (1)
- Adjusting to Parenthood (1)
- Alexander Technique (1)
- Altered States (1)
- Aura (1)
- Auric Field (1)
- Autoimmune Disease (1)
- Awe (1)
- Ayurveda (1)
- Belonging (1)
- Body Mapping (1)
- Burnout (1)
- Child’s Emotional Growth (1)
- Child’s Trauma (1)
- Climate Change (1)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (1)
- Collective Trauma (1)
- Conflict Resolution (1)
- Conscious Evolution (1)
- Criticism and Rejection (1)
- Curiosity (1)
- Dementia (1)
- Dharma (1)
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- Divorce and Breakup (1)
- DMT (1)
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- Dysfunctional Childhood (1)
- Ego (1)
- Entrepreneurship (1)
- Fate (1)
- Fatigue (1)
- Female Empowerment (1)
- Friendship (1)
- Genetics (1)
- Global Challenges (1)
- God (1)
- Goddess (1)
- Grace (1)
- Guided Imagery (1)
- Healing Touch (1)
- Heartmath (1)
- Highly Sensitive People (1)
- Hinduism (1)
- Holism (1)
- Illness and Injury (1)
- Integrative Medicine (1)
- Integrity (1)
- Judaism (1)
- Jungian Analysis (1)
- Kindness (1)
- Kundalini (1)
- Learning Styles (1)
- Leaving a Religion (1)
- LGBTQIA Sexuality (1)
- LGBTQIA Well-Being (1)
- Longevity (1)
- Loss of an Animal Companion (1)
- Managing Energy (1)
- Masculine/Feminine Dynamics (1)
- Mediums (1)
- Memory (1)
- Motherhood (1)
- Mysticism (1)
- Optimism (1)
- Parenting (1)
- Past Life Regression (1)
- Peak Performance (1)
- Plant-Based Medicine (1)
- Positive Thinking (1)
- Post-Traumatic Growth (1)
- Psychedelic Research (1)
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (1)
- Racial Discrimination (1)
- Rest (1)
- Ritual (1)
- Rolfing (1)
- Self-Esteem (1)
- Sexual Health (1)
- Shame (1)
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- Sound Bath Meditation (1)
- Spiritual Direction (1)
- Spiritual Fasting (1)
- Spiritual Quest (1)
- Sufism (1)
- Suicide Loss Survivor (1)
- Sustainability (1)
- The Divine (1)
- Theta Healing (1)
- Toxic Relationships (1)
- Unconscious Bias (1)
- Unity (1)
- Values (1)
- Veteran Well-Being (1)
- Vulnerability (1)
- Whiteness (1)
- Women’s Rights (1)
- Work Ethic (1)
- Work-Life Balance (1)
- Yoga Therapy (1)
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- Shinzen Young (5)
- Stephen Levine (5)
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- Byron Katie (4)
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- Frank Ostaseski (4)
- Jane E. Brody (4)
- Kelly McGonigal (4)
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