{"title":"Gordan Peerman","description":"\u003cp\u003eGORDON PEERMAN is an Episcopal priest, psychotherapist, and mindfulness meditation teacher, and the author of \u003cem\u003eBlessed Relief: What Christians Can Learn from Buddhists about Suffering\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Body Knows the Way: Coming Home through the Dark Night\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeerman has taught Buddhist-Christian Dialogue and Pastoral Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at the Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health, as well as mindfulness practices to Vanderbilt Law School and Medical School students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he’s not writing, Peerman leads retreats and workshops at the intersection of contemplative practice and psychological growth, including meditation retreats at St. Mary’s Sewanee. This work forms the foundation of his exploration of suffering, contemplative practice, and psychological transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon lives in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordan Peerman’s books are published by SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"blessed-relief","title":"Blessed Relief: What Christians Can Learn from Buddhists about Suffering","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thoughtful, down-to-earth look at helpful ways to lessen human suffering.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes you on a lively, sometimes light-hearted, journey through nine Buddhist practices that can bring \"blessed relief\" to a wide range of human suffering—and teaches you skills to reduce suffering in the long term for yourself and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe practices help you:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoosen the grip of suffering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngage and question limiting views, thoughts and opinions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeconstruct ten common assumptions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBe present in each moment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurvive emotional storms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop peaceful communication skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeepen communication with your partner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppreciate mortality and the preciousness of life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultivate compassion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs you read the chapters and engage in each practice, you will work with your own stories of suffering—stories in which you have felt abandoned, deprived, subjugated, defective, excluded or vulnerable—and you will learn how to release yourself from suffering by investigating it with curiosity and kindness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1594732523\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781594732522\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Gordan Peerman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43238202245336,"sku":"9781594732522","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43238202278104,"sku":"9781681629964","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781594732522_FC_2_mockup_v2_1740146319_8c8a07ad-99af-4f22-bf96-436fcb0e4fda.jpg?v=1791035541"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-gordan-peerman.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}