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This is a workshop produced in 2004 based on her book with the same title.  In these recordings, Pema Chodron, best-selling author and beloved American Buddhist nun, shows us how to recognize shenpa, catch it as it appears, and develop a playful, lively curiosity toward it. Amazon.com Editorial Reviews for the book that this workshop based on:Product DescriptionAn urge comes up, we succumb to it, and it becomes stronger. We reinforce our cravings, habits, and addictions by giving in to them repeatedly. Pema Chödrön guides us through this “sticky feeling” and offers us tools for learning to stay with our uneasiness, soften our hearts toward others, and ourselves and live a more peaceful life in the fullness of the present moment. Book DescriptionThe beloved American Buddhist nun “demonstrates how effective the Buddhist point of view can be in bringing order into disordered lives” (“Publishers Weekly”). Unabridged. 3 CDs. About the AuthorPema Chödrön is an American bhikshuni, or Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Vajrayana tradition. Since her ordination in 1974, Ane Pema (“Ane” is a Tibetan honorific for a nun) has conducted workshops, seminars, and meditation retreats in Europe, Australia, and throughout North America. She is the director of Gampo Abbey, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America. Pema Chödrön is also an acharya (master teacher) in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche.