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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.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface
An Opening
Part One
1.¿Cultural Norms and Conditions: Who You Think You Are
2.¿Ways of Living for American Blacks: Apply Zen Buddhist Practices
3.¿Zen Buddhist Movement and Dance Meditation
Part Two
4.¿Dance Dharma, Zazen, and Multiple Myeloma: My Journey
5.¿Before and After a Cancer Diagnosis
6.¿Planning for Transition from Embodied Life
7.¿Remaining Open, and Continuous Practice
8.¿Support for Your Dance Dharma, Zazen, and Medicine
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
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.
