Embodied Contemplation

Joan Halifax offers a feminine/maternal understanding of silence and stillness

Roshi Joan Halifax (b. 1942) is the author of The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom. Her voice, integrating eastern and indigenous wisdom, offers a perspective not often heard in contemplative Christian circles — including her insightful way of unpacking the spirituality of silence and solitude using pregnancy as h…