A Mindful Mom tries Kung-Fu, and lives to tell about it - Diana Winston

This posting is on the webzine, www.killingtheBuddha.com: It’s a longer essay on facing fear with mindfulness, Buddhism and anger, power, and embodied practice…

“We started with some shadow boxing. My half-hearted attempts to be aggressive were laughable even to me. But when we broke into pairs, that’s when I lost it. I can’t hit anyone. I’m a non-violent Buddhist. I’ve never swung a punch at anyone my whole life. How could I do this?”

To read the full article:

http://killingthebuddha.com/confession/winston_kungfudharma.htm