Dancing With The Energy Of Conflict And Trauma: Letting Go - Finding Peace [Paperback]

Dancing with the Energy of Conflict & Trauma, Letting Go  Finding Peace is about bearing witness to and learning from real life struggles with conflict and traumatic events  some from the authors life and many more from those he has worked with in numerous countries. The healing power of story is the books guiding path. The supreme importance of humanizing ones adversaries and humbling ourselves is the books guiding spirit. The focus is upon finding strength, compassion, and peace within our lives and others. Ones peace need not be dependent upon individuals or circumstances one is in conflict with, unless one chooses to place power there. This book is about becoming aware of and working with the energy of conflict or traumatic events in a way that doesnt focus exclusively on the verbal expression of the conflict. Words of conflict and trauma can cause one to become stuck in the powerful emotions one is trying to avoid. Dancing with the Energy of Conflict & Trauma is neither a training manual nor a definitive textbook. It is offered as a collection of powerful real life stories about the search for meaning and wholeness in the midst of conflict and traumatic events, all of which have been part of Dr. Umbreits life journey and his work for over 30 years with individuals and groups from more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. Dancing with the Energy of Conflict & Trauma offers a window into what many would consider to be one of the most powerful, yet least understood approaches to dealing with severe conflict and trauma - that of embracing and working with the energy that is driving the conflict. The intent is to assist the reader in learning the importance of healthy release of toxic emotional energy that keeps us stuck in patterns of conflict, and learning to let go of our efforts to change other people or difficult circumstances with which we are faced. Learning to focus on the only thinglCs