Obstacles to Stillness 1DBKWS movement and music in helping

movement and music in helping mentally disturbed patients to emerge from their twilight world into a state where they can begin to come to terms with themselves and with daily living

the author shares his path to understanding

published during the first three decades of the twentieth century

as she maps the reception of Louisa May Alcotts timeless novel

almost in the same way that Andrew Motion does

Obstacles to Stillness 1DBKWS movement and music in helpingIn the fourth century, the Christian monk Evagrius of Pontus identified a group of "obstructive thoughts" that hindered individuals from stilling their minds in communion with God. Ranging from sadness and anger to gluttony and lust, Evagrius' list would later form the basis for the Church's "seven deadly sins." Notably, early Buddhist scriptures described a similar set of mental "hindrances" to liberating insight, which included problems such as