Dianne Gammage

Playful Awakening (eBook, ePUB)

Releasing the Gift of Play in Your Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Playfulness has the power to reconnect us with our sense of self, and help us achieve growth and self-fulfilment.

The author of this wide-ranging book explores the universal significance of play in the pursuit of happiness and authenticity. Providing a brief overview of the role of play in social, spiritual and intellectual endeavours throughout history, she discusses the harmful consequences of taking things too seriously, and reveals playfulness as a necessity for both the psyche and soul. Informed by the Core Process psychotherapy model, Buddhist philosophy and personal testimonies, the book illustrates how the lighter side of life enables us to re-examine the makeup of our identity and recover from negative experiences. Much more than an insight into the therapeutic properties of play, it is an eloquent ode to the importance of simply "en-joying" ourselves.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857003508
• Artikelnr.: 49041439

Autorenporträt

Di Gammage is a Core Process psychotherapist, play therapist, trained Drama and English teacher, and was a dramatherapist for 30 years. She lives in South Devon with her husband and two children.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue. Act One. 1. The Universality of Play. 2. Towards a Definition. 3.
The Cloak. 4. Play the Weaver. Act Two. 5. Falling Asleep. 6. The Day of
the Square Yellow Sun - Obstacles to Play. 7. Deadly Play. 8. The Shadow
Side of Play. Act Three. 9. The Call from the Great Below - Aspiration to
Awaken. 10. Manifestations of Play. 11. Play for Surviving, Play for
Thriving. 12. Staying Awake.