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The True Work of Dying: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Easing the Dying Process
by Jan Selliken Bernard, Miriam Schneider

The True Work of Dying: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Easing the Dying Process
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Author: Jan Selliken Bernard, Miriam Schneider
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-09
ISBN: 0380782898
Number of pages: 237
Publisher: Avon Books (P)

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Book Review: The Spiritual Life Includes Facing Death
Summary: 5 Stars

I discovered "The True Work of Dying" while browsing through a friend's book case. I was immediately drawn to the title and asked to borrow it. I read it every night before falling asleep for about seven days, from beginning to end. I was especially interested in the sections entitled "Birth/Death Parallels" and "Midwives and the Labor of Dying" which articulated many things I intuitively felt in my own experiences with home birth and helping people to die at home. As I got deeper into the book I could not help thinking how helpful it would have been to have read this book during the years that I worked as a home health care provider for elderly people. Now as a yoga teacher, I have many opportunities to openly discuss death and dying with my students. While there are many other insightful books on death that I also recommend, "The True Work of Dying," is a book I feel most comfortable giving to my own parents (whose religious and philosophical beliefs are different from mine) and all of my students. I highly recommend this book for every one, but especially for other yoga teachers working with people at midlife and older.

Suza Francina, Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, author, "The New Yoga for Healthy Aging," and "The New Yoga for People Over 50."

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