Your Heart Was Made For This Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love

by Sofer, Oren Jay

• ISBN13: 9781645472001
• ISBN10: 1645472000
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-11-21
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

A practical roadmap to cultivating the heart's capacity to face our biggest challenges such as climate anxiety, racial stress, and work burnout head-on, from the bestselling author of Say What You Mean.

Meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer shares a practical guide to developing the inner resources necessary to meet a world in crisis with a clear, balanced, and courageous outlook. Through touching stories, insightful reflections, and practical instructions, Sofer offers powerful tools to strengthen our hearts and nourish the qualities that can transform our world. In 26 chapters—each with practices to cultivate an important quality like mindfulness, wonder, balance, and empathy—you'll learn to:

• Have greater control of your attention
• Develop an inner aspiration and navigate around obstacles to fulfill it
• Generate positive states of mind before and during moments of stress
• Connect your intention to your daily activity with greater clarity
• Identify burnout and take action to renew yourself

Author Biography

OREN JAY SOFER teaches Buddhist meditation, mindfulness, and Nonviolent Communication internationally. A member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council, he holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University, is the author of Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication, and co-author of Teaching Mindfulness to Empower Adolescents. Oren is a certified trainer of nonviolent communication and a somatic experiencing practitioner for the healing of trauma. He is also co-founder of Mindful Healthcare and  founder of Next Step Dharma, an innovative online program that helps meditators integrate their retreat experiences into daily life. His website is https://www.orenjaysofer.com/, and you can find him on social media @Orenjaysofer.