Practising Liberation Workbook by Hala Khouri, Tessa Hicks Peterson and Keely Nguyen

Rating:

4 Stars

Themes:

Non-Fiction, Self-Help

Thoughts:

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. I loved the dedication, it was a heart touching start to the book which gives a great balance between information with questions and practical applications. I like the way in which the book places more control back in our hands with what we can control such as different meditation practices, body scans, critical reflection, transformative movements, and practising generative conflict as the things that we often need to work towards liberation for typically feel completely out of our control. I thought it was interesting to see who wrote each bit, seeing the way in which the collaboration worked, as it's not something I’m used to seeing with other collaborations I’ve read. I appreciated the helpful resources at the end such as yoga, and somatics websites and how the notes have been split up into introduction and the 3 parts instead of just one big list.

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