Bøker av Tahlia Newland

When eight students wrote a letter accusing Sogyal Rinpoche, author of the best-selling Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, of decades of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, Tahlia Newland set up an online support group for abuse victims and students of his Tibetan Buddhist community, Rigpa. Appalled by the lack of ethics, the group undertook a journey of discovery during which they uncovered the depth of the trauma suffered by victims, and the fundamentalism and cult behaviour at the heart of Rigpa. They learned about destructive cults, trauma and recovery, narcissistic abuse, co-dependency, institutional betrayal, and the methods of mind control used by Rigpa, who had covered up and enabled the abuse for decades.Fallout, Tahlia's memoir of this time, reveals the consequences of spiritual abuse for an ordinary member of an abusive, high-demand religious group and the psychological processing required for healing and cult recovery. Fallout is a cautionary tale for students and potential students of any guru-centred spiritual group. For Buddhist teachers and scholars, it also provides valuable insight into areas of the teachings which can easily be misunderstood and misused. For psychotherapists and counsellors, it's an important case study for anyone working with cult survivors, particularly in a Buddhist context.

Do you think meditation is hard, or hard to get round to? The instructions in this book make it easy.Do you wonder if you're getting the best out of your meditation? Here you'll find advice-as handed down from the great Tibetan meditation masters but presented free of religiosity and cultural bias-that will ensure you're making the most effective use of your time.Do you want to go deeper in your meditation? This book gives you the understanding you need.How to Meditate Easily, Effectively and Deeply gives you all the essential points for a satisfying meditation practice, along with some great tips for integrating meditation into your life, establishing a daily meditation practice and finding a teacher. The book includes many evocative guided practices-including healing meditation, walking meditation and chanting meditation. Beginners will find a comprehensive education and guide, and experienced meditators will find many useful tips and an opportunity to check that they understand the vital points for effective practice.The book includes a foreword by Dr Ian Gawler OAM, Author of Meditation, an In-depth Guide and The Mind that Changes Everything.