The Yoga of Work: Strategies for Right Livelihood from the World Wisdom Traditions

Jarow, Rick; Tarow, Rick

ISBN 10: 1564557391 ISBN 13: 9781564557391

Publisher: Sounds True, 2000

Synopsis

Arguing that Americans have confused career with purpose, money with success, and where we work with where we belong, the author leads us outside our narrow cultural perspective to explore and learn teachings about work and spirit from Native America, China, Africa, India, and other regions of the world, teaching a process for finding work that is an authentic personal expression and contribution to the world.

About this title

Book Description:

Why do we work? What motivates us? Outside of our market-based viewpoint, these questions have many answers. On The Yoga of Work, Dr. Rick Jarow, a Fullbright scholar and authority on career and spirituality, immerses listeners in a life-changing process for finding work that is an authentic personal expression and contribution to the world.

Looking to eight other cultures, Dr. Jarow shares the most useful teachings about work and spirit from India, Native America, China, Africa, and other regions of the world. With special meditations for opening to the meaningful work we are supposed to do, where we are supposed to do it.

About the Author:

Rick Jarow is a professor of history of religious studies at Vassar College, a former Mellon Fellow in the Humanities at Columbia University, and a practicing career consultant. His popular anticareer workshop, which has been offered internationally, is based on years of research and practice with lineage holders in both Eastern and Western wisdom traditions. Dr. Jarow is the author of In Search of the Sacred: A Pilgrimage to Holy Places and Creating the Work You Love: Courage, Commitment, and Career.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sounds True
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1564557391
• ISBN 13: 9781564557391
• Binding: Audio Cassette