David Viafora

Thriving Together (eBook, ePUB)

Nine Principles for Cocreating True Community

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Communal living enthusiast David Viafora pinpoints the nine principles in any community that can create the conditions for joy and solidity Research over the last few decades, both in the US and abroad,shows us that the fabric of community life is unraveling as our social resources deteriorate, an individualist worldview prevails, and rates of loneliness and isolation continue to rise. Is there another way to live? Where can we look for guidance? In this astute and empowering guide, David Viafora, a former Buddhist monk, illuminates how we can reverse these trends where it counts the most-in our own lives and neighborhoods. He offers practical steps and inspiration for those aspiring to build a new community, strengthen the community they already belong to, or who are interested about what community life has to offer themselves and the world. The nine principles Viafora uncovers-including Vision, Service, Joy, and Appreciation-are broad and easily applicable to our existing social structures. Once we wake up to the pivotal influence that community has on the health of our bodies, minds, and world, we can begin to build more trustworthy, supportive connections, and meaningful lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Parallax Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781946764973
• Artikelnr.: 62002448

Autorenporträt

David Viafora, LICSW, leads mindfulness retreats for educators, families, teens, young adults, and other groups in North America and Europe. He first ordained as a monk with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 2005 and spent several years living in the Plum Village tradition monasteries before finding his niche in lay community life. David has founded several mindfulness communities across the US, including Greatwoods Zen in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he currently resides. David is a lay ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, the core community of the Plum Village tradition, and works as a licensed therapist for children, adults, and families. David identifies as a white-presenting Chinese-American cis man. Some of David's favorite activities are drinking tea in the woods with friends, Sangha game nights, sober dance parties, and sunset meditations.