SMALL SPARKS: BOOK TALK - TURNING BACK TO OURSELVES

Please join us for this special event!

Registration is encouraged in order for us to plan for the event.  (It is not required if you decide to come at the last minute.)  Register for In-Person or Zoom attendance (we will send you a link).

In this hybrid book event TVO member Dalya Tamir will share with us the process and insights that led to the creation of her recently published book. Dalya will read excerpts from the book and at the end of evening will sign books. There will be books for sale at the event. In addition there will be after-dinner refreshments. This book talk is also an introduction to a workshop Dalya will lead in preparation for the high holidays. In this workshop we will look at the process of turning back to ourselves as a personal act of Tshuv'ah. The workshop will be offered during the month of Elul (September 2024).

About the Book: Turning Back to Ourselves explores the pain of self-abandonment, the mind states of self-judgment, self-doubt, and even self-hatred that women too often find themselves experiencing. Drawing on Buddhist practices of mindfulness, compassion, and lovingkindness, and on her experience as a psychotherapist, Dalya offers a path for women to turn back and embrace themselves with kindness and love. Through teachings, stories, and reflections, the reader is guided to reconnect with her own innate wisdom, creativity, and aliveness, opening her heart to herself and in growing circles to all living beings. Even though Turning Back to Ourselves was written for women it answers the quest for wholeness that is experienced by people of all genders.