Joan Tollifson writes and talks about being awake to the aliveness and immediacy of what is. Her bare-bones approach is open, direct and down-to-earth. Joan is the author of 4 books including Bare-Bones Meditation: Waking Up from the Story of My Life and Nothing to Grasp. She is at work now on a book about aging and dying. Joan lives in southern Oregon.
Her website is www.joantollifson.com.
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Previous Teachings
Recovery Is Now, Awareness Is the Key
BRN Academy
Joan has had personal experience with alcohol addiction, a fingerbiting compulsion (classified as an impulse-control disorder), compulsive thinking, and depression. She does not believe there is one recovery model that fits everyone, and she encourag...
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