- Book Review, Emotional
“Dancing is a playful way to engage that what we fear most.”
In his 2017 book Dancing with Elephants: Mindfulness Training for Those Living with Dementia, Chronic Illness, or an Aging Brain, author Jarem Sawatsky suggests a brave way to approach the” big, unacknowledged fears” in our lives that he calls “elephants.” Sawatsky says that “once we become comfortable with the idea that suffering exists, we need to learn to let go of fear and replace it with love.”Sawatsky’s elephant is Huntington’s Disease, a movement disorder that is hereditary and eventually fatal.
- January 20, 2023