Combined with mindfulness training, the steady schedule, and the peaceful monastery ambiance, this practice slowly brought me back to life. In the central part of this book, we will look at how we can bring the Five Strengths into our everyday lives to help us on the path of healing.

While Sister Dang Nghiem seems to speak primarily to people who, like her, have experienced great trauma and need healing, her writing is valuable and encouraging for everyone.The woman sits down in the recliner across from me, and the nurse asks the young man questions about her symptoms. It’s probably safe to assume that Hutchings (who also records mononymously as Shabaka) is a key conduit of this expansive, collaborative record, a jazz-adjacent work with elements of improvisation featuring many Hutchings associates.

Healing is an extraordinary story that takes the reader from the rice fields of Vietnam to the peaceful surrounding of Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery in Plum Village where Sister Dang.We'll keep you updated with our fabulous offers, brand new launches, crafty must-haves and of course, get you feeling totally inspired. Dear friends, We’re overjoyed to present our festive gift to you: a brand-new update of the Plum Village App, adorned with delightful design enhancements to ensure a seamlessly joyful experience as you navigate the app!

At the hospital, a man at the reception area directed me to her room, then stopped me before I set off to find it. Our aspiration is to contribute to collective insight and awakening, bringing about a more joyful, healthy, and compassionate society.

As a trauma survivor, medical doctor and Buddhist nun, Sister Dang Nghiem, MD, offers an empowering mindfulness-based approach to healing. She just as easily could have been obsessed with fancy chickens—he would have happily built little coops for the fuzzy chicks. In fact, people from many faiths or no faith at all can follow them, because Buddhism, at its root, is not a religion, but a practical approach to the art of living. Dear friends, Even before his passing in early 2022, Thich Nhat Hanh’s stroke in 2014 meant mindfulness practitioners around the world – especially those practicing in the Plum Village tradition – could no longer hear him give his much-loved Dharma talks. And then, after a pause: “Well what do you want me to do, just sit across from you and watch you get the chemo?