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: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781946764973
• Artikelnr.: 62002448

Autorenporträt

Between 2003 and 2007, David studied closely with Thich Nhat Hanh as an aspirant and novice monk in Plum Village and Deer Park Monastery, before finding his niche in community lay life. In the past two decades, since his early twenties, he has founded over half a dozen local Sanghas, several of which are still thriving today. Over the last six years, David has dedicated his life to building communities, visioning and organizing mindfulness retreats, and mentoring young adult facilitators across North America and Europe. David's deepest belief is that compassionately engaged communities are the key to the healing and transformation people deeply long for, on an individual and global scale. Pushing the envelope of compassionate communities, he is changing the world one breath, one community, and one book at a time. He lives in the MorningSun mindfulness community in New Hampshire.