Being with Dying [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Joan Halifax (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997

Joan Halifax founded the Project on Being with Dying to help healthcare professionals and their patients learn to "see death and know life in terms of compassion and awakening." Distilled from this influential program, the Being with Dying audio learning course combines Eastern and Western psychology, philosophy, and contemplative practices from many spiritual traditions. This innovative, hands-on approach teaches medical professionals, social workers, clergy, community activists, and spiritual seekers an elegant path for taking the fear out of the dying experience. May publication date. 6 cassettes in vinyl binder.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

Joan Halifax founded the Project on Being with Dying to help healthcare professionals and their patients learn to "see death and know life in terms of compassion and awakening". Distilled from this influential program, the "Being with Dying" audio learning course combines Eastern and Western psychology, philosophy, and contemplative practices from many spiritual traditions. This innovative, hands-on approach teaches medical professionals, social workers, clergy, community activists, and spiritual seekers an elegant path for taking the fear out of the dying experience. 6 cassettes in vinyl binder.

From AudioFile

The author is an anthropologist and Buddhist teacher who's spent her career applying Eastern concepts of death and respect for the individual to the care of the dying in this country. The work is comprehensive, broadly informed, and intuitively organized. It covers every aspect of being connected to a dying person and is nicely illustrated with the practices of other cultures and the author's own experiences. Her natural language and delivery make all her words very human and comforting. Her extemporaneous approach to most of the program creates the impression that she's speaking from a deep and emotionally informed place. It's a remarkable listening experience by a person with a giving and knowing soul. T.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564554937
• ISBN-13: 978-1564554932
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 9.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,707,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)