How My Fear of Spiders Helped to Awaken My Buddha-Nature
By living alongside her biggest fear, a practitioner learns about the power of being able to reframe your perspective.
Mallika Iyer
Mallika Iyer is a special educator, mental health and recovery advocate, Fulbright recipient, and student of Buddhism and other spiritual traditions. A graduate of the Nalanda Institute’s contemplative psychotherapy program, Iyer also completed a residency at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Iyer’s writing has been published in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Tiny Buddha, Spirituality & Health, Soul Forte, Braided Way, and Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine.
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