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With its innovative narrative format, Linda Modaro and Nelly Kaufer’s Reflective Meditation: Cultivating Kindness and Curiosity in the Buddha’s Company sets out a conversation that comes from their deep and heartfelt care for meditators.
A unique, witty and compassionate conversation between authors and reader, Nelly and Linda’s voices are deeply rich, genuine, and touching, resonant with the feminine experience.
Gorgeously written, amid their dialogue the reader is invited to creative craft their own meditation practice, as well as getting a sensitive and intelligent overview of basic early Buddhist teachings.
Linda Modaro is spiritual director and lead teacher of Sati Sangha, an online meditation community. She also mentors teachers and offers ethical reflecting for Buddhist teachers. Formerly an Acupuncturist and master of Qi Gong, Linda created a bestselling four-part Qi Gong video series, Discovering Chi (1995).
Nelly Kaufer is founder and lead teacher at Pine Street Sangha, a meditation center in Portland, Oregon. A psychotherapist in private practice, she integrates Buddhist psychology into her clinical orientation as well as in continuing education workshops for mental health professionals. Nelly has co-authored several books, including A Woman’s Guide to Spiritual Renewal (Harper, 1994).
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Linda Modaro & Nelly Kaufer on reflective meditation
Authors: Linda Modaro and Nelly Kaufer “There are deep-rooted biases about the capabilities and limitations of women, and also of men. I think we all have them, because we’re conditioned by the culture we live in. Conditioning propagates a plethora of biases. Biases about whether there should be clear-cut gender attributions and identities. Even biases…
Authors: Linda and Nelly Podcast: Be Heard Women Empowering Women with Mimi Brier We enjoyed discussing our book, Reflective Meditation: Cultivating Kindness and Curiosity with Mimi Brier. Although this was Mimi’s first exposure to Reflective Meditation she realized it resonated with other practices in her spiritual life and that “I am meditating more than I…
Author: Nelly Kaufer I just went to a new doctor yesterday. I’m certain she’ll be a good doc for me. Though I am also aware of this habit of mine to, at first, often only see the good in people. And to feel certain about this. This might seem like a positive tendency but it’s…
