Spiritual practice; Tibetan Buddhist; Guru yoga; Clinical practice; Psychotherapy; Buddhism
摘要
Following the guidelines of organic inquiry, the main researcher and 12 coresearchers, all Western psychotherapists and guru yoga practitioners, were interviewed regarding the effect their spiritual practice had on their practice of psychotherapy. Guru yoga is the practice of joining one's mind to the qualities of enlightenment as represented by one's teacher. This study revealed that although coresearchers had diverse ways of understanding and applying guru yoga in therapy, all coresearchers indicated that the practice of guru yoga and general Buddhist principles had a profound effect on the practice of psychotherapy.
