When Pain is the Doorway-Awakening in the Most Difficult Circumstances by Pema Chodron "Belts & Ties" Emerging from the jaguar's mouth

Emerging from the jaguar's mouth is a condor

and identifies the one power that can literally change the future: your power of choice

Constructed with a leather-wrapped handle and hanging beads at the base

Made with the Tibetan Buddhist's traditional number of beads: 108

When Pain is the Doorway-Awakening in the Most Difficult Circumstances by Pema Chodron "Belts & Ties" Emerging from the jaguar's mouthWhat if the full sense of our aliveness were only to be found amidst our most challenging times and difficult experiences? In pain and crisis, teaches Pema Chdrn, there lies a hidden doorway to freedom that appears to us only when we're sure that there is no way out. In these intimate audio learning sessions, Pema Chdrn helps us distinguish the triggers or external events that we blame for our suffering from the deeper habitual patterns that feed our