{"product_id":"table-in-the-clearing-a-memoir-of-sacred-jailbreaks","title":"Table in the Clearing: A Memoir of Sacred Jailbreaks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA feminist and a rapist walk into a cement prison chapel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSounds like a joke, but it’s one of this book’s unflinching true stories that illuminate the transformative potential of every human heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor seventeen years, acclaimed feminist author Gena Corea volunteered at a medium-security prison, sharing personal growth processes with men convicted of violent crimes. The resulting spiritual journey transformed them all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTable in the Clearing: A Memoir of Sacred Jailbreaks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the story of that transformation — and of the annual Thanksgiving ritual she and the inmates developed: a meditative group process in which participants invite their inner exiles, ancestors, victims, allies, and enemies to sit down together and feast on compassion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHear the unvarnished voices of inmates — men who, through painstaking inner work, begin to see themselves and others with new eyes, and who offer hard-won wisdom to a world that rarely listens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWitness Corea bravely reckon with her own experiences of imprisonment, both literal and metaphoric. The author explores a pattern of involuntary confinement running through three generations in her family, and reflects on a lifetime’s work to break free of suppression by the Catholic church, patriarchal society, her family, and herself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoin Corea in pondering the many ways we humans reject, suppress, subjugate, ostracize and exile each other — and our own selves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on body-based healing practices, Aramaic spirituality, and the transformational power of deep listening, Corea asks: What parts of ourselves and our society have we locked away? What would it mean to welcome these exiles home? What happens when everyone gets a seat at the table?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTable in the Clearing: A Memoir of Sacred Jailbreaks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Corea’s fierce and tender parting plea for social justice. At the end of the book, she offers guidelines for you to partake in your own transformational Thanksgiving ritual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForeword by poet, activist, and global feminist leader Robin Morgan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe price here is what was listed when the product was added to our store\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gena Corea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48226244952322,"sku":null,"price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/0131\/5074\/files\/tableintheclearing.jpg?v=1785150796","url":"https:\/\/store.focusing.org\/products\/table-in-the-clearing-a-memoir-of-sacred-jailbreaks","provider":"The International Focusing Institute Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}