Healing: A Woman's Journey from Doctor to Nun

As we have already seen, the function of this exercise is to nourish us with joy and happiness and to heal the wounds within us. But we have no doubts about letting go of this joy in order to embark on the work of observation. Joy and happiness come about because of physical and psychological conditions, and are as impermanent as all other physical

Thus, healing can be seen as a process of transforming and removing suffering, so that well-being can be present in ourselves, in our relationship with ourselves, and with others.

When roots of affliction such as anger, confusion, jealousy, and anxiety manifest in us, our body and mind are generally disturbed by them. These psychological feelings are unpleasant, and they agitate the functioning of our body and mind. We lose our peace, joy, and calm. In the Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing, the Buddha teaches us to ta

years. He shared with us that when he walks from his office to his secretary’s office or to a meeting room, he sings silently to himself, “Breathing, smiling. Walking, happy.” “Breathing, smiling. Walking, happy.”