Momma Zen by Karen Maezen Miller
Combining humor, honesty, and plainspoken advice, Momma Zen distills the doubts and frustrations of motherhood into vignettes of Zen wisdomDrawing on her experience as a first-time mother and her years of Zen meditation and study, Karen Miller explores how the daily challenges of parenthood can become the most profound spiritual journey of our lives. Her compelling and wise memoir follows the timeline of early motherhood from pregnancy through toddlerhood. Momma Zen takes readers on a transformative journey, charting a mother's growth beyond naive expectations and disorientation to finding fulfillment in ordinary tasks, developing greater self-awareness and acceptance--to the gradual discovery of "maternal bliss," a state of abiding happiness and ease that is available to us all.
In her gentle and reassuring voice, Karen Miller convinces us that ancient and authentic spiritual lessons can be as familiar as a lullaby, as ordinary as pureed peas, and as frequent as a sleepless night. She offers encouragement for the hard days, consolation for the long haul, and the lightheartedness every new mom needs to face the crooked path of motherhood straight on.
Karen Maezen Miller is a Zen teacher (dharma holder) in the tradition of the great Zen master Taizan Maezumi Roshi. She is a mother, wife, writer, and Zen teacher (dharma holder) in the lineage of the legendary Zen master Taizan Maezumi Roshi. The author, a former journalist, had a twenty-year career as the proprietor of a marketing and public relations firm. She now works as a business communications consultant, speechwriter, speech trainer, web copywriter, and ghostwriter on a freelance basis.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781590304617 |
| ISBN 10 | 1590304616 |
| Title | Momma Zen |
| Author | Karen Maezen Miller |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2007-11-13 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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