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The African healing traditions for mental distress Question You're Avoiding

Discover African healing wisdom that transforms how you handle mental distress. Explore the deep questions you've been avoiding and find healing rooted in

Patanguide
What you’ll practice

This is a reflective practice guided by Patan. It gives you one honest question to sit with — the kind that moves you from thinking about an idea to working with it.

The reflection itself unfolds in conversation with Patan, where it adapts to your situation — so you practice it together rather than reading it off the page.

Practice this with Patan
Begin the reflection in a coaching conversation, where it meets what you’re actually working through.
Understand first
Kleshas: Five Root Causes of Mental SufferingPratyahara: Sensory Withdrawal and RegulationCitta Vritti: Mental Pattern RecognitionIshvara Pranidhana: Surrender to Sacred PresenceSvadhyaya: Self-Study and Ancestral Knowing
Go deeper
The Examined African healing traditions for mental distressAfrican healing traditions for mental distress: Questions Worth AskingWhy African healing traditions for mental distress MattersAfrican healing traditions for mental distress in PracticeAfrican healing traditions for mental distress: A Deeper Look
Peri
New to this practice?

Peri can explain what this practice is for, help you decide whether it fits what you’re working through, and point you to the right place to begin.

Ready to practice this?

Begin the reflection with your coach, or tell Peri what you’re working through.