Science of Mind Magazine, February, 1998
Another valuable book in assisting us through the journey to wholeness is Karla McLaren's REBUILDING THE GARDEN: Healing the Spiritual Wounds of Childhood Sexual Assault (Laughing Tree Press, $11). Sensitive writing and concrete exercises help us to deal with a range of molestation issues that affect our physical health, emotional well-being, and consciousness of oneness. Often we are not in touch with the underlying traumas that keep us from a sense of being unified in mind, body, soul, and spirit. We feel, McLaren says, as if we are not inhabiting our body, and when that split-off state exists, true healing eludes us. Our vital energy stays hidden.
The restoration of our beloved essence, our evolving Self, is McLaren's wonderful gift.
Book Description
This book offers spiritually-based healing tools for survivors of childhood sexual assault. Going beyond the veneer of surface healing, REBUILDING THE GARDEN outlines a simple series of grounding, centering, and energy-releasing techniques designed to restore the emotional and spiritual boundaries destroyed by sexual trauma. Written in a warm, engaging, and even lively way, REBUILDING THE GARDEN steers clear of lengthy symptom lists and endless depictions of sexual abuse. Instead, this book enters into the underlying trauma of the sexually assaulted soul and offers in-the-moment help, real solutions, and real therapy. Survivors and their families, therapists, spiritual healers, and counselors throughout the country are calling REBUILDING THE GARDEN a "must-read" book for anyone dealing with the aftereffects of childhood sexual trauma.
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