A Buddhist Journal: Guided Practices for Writers and Meditators [Paperback]

A guided journal that provides writing techniques and exercises that are matched with Buddhist meditation instructions and teachings.

This guided journal uniquely combines personal writing and meditation, two of the most beneficial self-help processes available. The two practices augment each other naturally, and many Buddhist teachers recommend a practice journal, but many people don't know how to approach structuring a practice that draws from the benefits of both. In this book, Beth Jacobs--who has taught and written extensively on both Buddhist psychology and therapeutic writing--provides a variety of writing techniques and exercises that are matched with specific Buddhist meditation instructions and teachings. She describes meditation practices and Buddhist concepts along with writing exercises that bring the material to life. Writers will find exercises that deepen their experiences in general and writing in particular. Meditators will find Buddhist concepts clarified and techniques expanded. All readers will discover a laboratory of writing as experimentation, with structures that open ideas, break habits, and combine experience in novel ways.“In this intelligent and sensitive work, Beth Jacobs blends two mindfulness practices—insight meditation and expressive writing—while honoring the principles of each. Dozens of beautifully designed processes introduce writing to meditators and meditation to writers with a synergy that elevates both. The result is a work rooted in evidence-based theory and standards-based practice, infused with a palpable devotion. A welcome and deeply needed addition to the literature in journal therapy.”
—Kathleen Adams MA, LPC, director of the Center for Journal Therapy, author ofJournal to the Self, and editor ofExpressive Writing: Foundations of Practice

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