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What a Body Knows
Phd Lamothe
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Description for What a Body Knows
Paperback. With insight and profound formulations, this title contains nature passages. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: VF; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
When we blame desire for our dissatisfaction, we cut ourselves off from the best guidance we have for finding health and well being. There is wisdom in desire, though we have learned to ignore it. Trained to think and feel and act as if we were minds living in and over bodies, we tend to perceive our desires as unruly forces that we must control - or be controlled by. But our desires are us. They are what we are creating in the moment. When we learn to find and move with the wisdom they contain, we become who we ... Read more
When we blame desire for our dissatisfaction, we cut ourselves off from the best guidance we have for finding health and well being. There is wisdom in desire, though we have learned to ignore it. Trained to think and feel and act as if we were minds living in and over bodies, we tend to perceive our desires as unruly forces that we must control - or be controlled by. But our desires are us. They are what we are creating in the moment. When we learn to find and move with the wisdom they contain, we become who we ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846941887
SKU
V9781846941887
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About Phd Lamothe
LaMothe, a philosopher, dancer, and scholar of religion, lives with her life-partner and their four children on a farm in rural New York. After seven years teaching at Brown and then Harvard Universities, where she completed two books, many articles, and performed two original solo dance concerts, LaMothe moved to the country to co-found Vital Arts-a center for creating life-affirming ... Read more
Reviews for What a Body Knows
"I simply cannot praise the book enough! The prose is positively brilliant. It is full of sparkling gems of insight and astonishing, concise yet profound formulations. The nature passages remind me of Annie Dillard. It is truly a remarkable achievement!" Miranda Shaw, Ph.D., Professor of Religion, University of Richmond, Author of Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism and Buddhist Goddesses ... Read more