Practising Spirituality Reflections on Meaning-Making in Personal and Professional Contexts

includes index and biblioraphy

1 What is spirituality and how does it relate to professional practice ...1 Section 1 Critical reflection and spirituality ...15 2 Finding fundamental meaning through critical reflection ...17 3 Spiritual influences on practice : The interaxction between Being a quaker and the development of a critical spirituality ...30 Section II Holistic and indigenous spiritualities ...45 4 What spirituality can contribute to social work education : aReflections on teahing and living ...47 5 Mana Moana : Healing the va, developing spiritually and culturally embedded practice ...61 6 Being different with different beings : Social work and trans-species spirituality ...79 Section III Eastern influences in spiritual practices ...99 7 A cultivation journey with the falun gong ...101 8 Mindfulness for practitioners : Bringing attention and awareness to personal and professional experience ...116 Section V 9 The rule of saint benedict : considering hospitality and welcoming spaces in contrmporary theraeutic practice ...131 10 Utilizing availability and vulnerability to operationalize spirituality ...145 Section V Looking back to move forward ...165 11 Spiriyuality in palliative care ...167 12 A few concluding thoughts ...181