Description:
For Blacks and other people of color, finding ways to address suffering organically is key. In these communities, cancer attacks people who often have few resources for dealing with it. In this book, the author provides access to Zen Buddhism and Dance Meditation as valuable supports during cancer treatment. This work provides unencumbered pathways to peace, which aid in changing internal and mental constructs that often prolong the suffering of individuals and communities. Given historical experiences of poor health care and poverty, people in these communities can be reluctant to seek care. This book provides alternative ways of approaching new thought patterns and obtaining reasonable health care services for patients and their loved ones. These practices promote better lives through attentive and skillful action in health and daily living.
Brief description: Carla Stalling Walter is a professional facilitator with the Sacred Dance Guild and has led workshops and retreats on dance meditation across the United States, as well as a two-decade academic career. She received her doctoral degree in dance history and theory from the University of California.
Review Quotes: "Carla's journey through life, shaped by cultural, personal, and spiritual experiences, has become a profound expression of the Zen path. She has transformed her struggles, insights, and wisdom into medicine for others, using her life as a vehicle to convey the essence of interconnectedness, compassion, and non-attachment. Through the lens of Zen teachings, she shows how every challenge and triumph, every joy and sorrow, can be turned into a lesson that heals and uplifts not just herself, but those around her."--Eli Brown-Stevenson, Ordained Soto Zen Priest, director of Inclusion and Belonging, San Francisco Zen Center