Flowers in the Dark:Reclaiming Your Power to Heal from Trauma with Mindfulness

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Admittedly, I was not enthusiastic at the prospect since I was already quite tired after a long day at the retreat. After the severe trauma I had undergone, I was able to connect with myself and heal by practicing mindfulness. One of the ways she healed was noting that in Vietnamese, the term 'soulmate' means to remember, to know, to take care of, to master one's own self. He and I rarely talked about my illness when he visited, but he was one of the only people who brought his sense of humor into my hospital room.

The Five Strengths work in sequence: trusting in ourselves and the healing process empowers us to take action, which in turn makes it possible to be mindful. I suddenly noticed his baggy jeans, how his belt was cinched in and buckled into a newly punched hole.

Take a slow breath and literary walk with you her and I wouldn't be surprised if your similar gifts come to the fore. In recent years, looking back at my journal entries as a young woman, I saw that even before meeting Thich Nhat Hanh, I had been able to name and acknowledge the “wounded child” inside me. Halloween cutouts dangling from the ceiling, tinsel and metallic balls hanging from the television screens. Some aren’t afraid to tell me about whatever is happening in their worlds, even if it seems trivial to both of us. Living in various foster homes, she learned English and went on to earn a medical degree from the University of California - San Francisco.

The best visitors at the hospital know how to bring our relationship into the room with them and let it play out.

The five strengths work in sequence: trust in the Dharma creates energy, which in turn makes it possible to be mindful.