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Happy Yoga: 7 Reasons Why There's Nothing to Worry About

Happy Yoga: 7 Reasons Why There's Nothing to Worry About

by Steve Ross

After studying yoga in India and traveling all over the world with traditional Vedantic masters, Steve Ross returned to his hometown of Los Angeles with a broadened point of view of what yoga could be. He was surprised to find that yoga classes at home were missing the humor, joy, and celebration that fueled his Eastern studies. Instead of expanding and enhancing the joy of being, Western yoga classes focused... (more)

Noble Heart

by Pema Chodron

You can’t get away from suffering. That’s the good news, teaches Pema Chodron. For at the core of your most painful experiences – perhaps more than anywhere else – you will find the seeds of your awakening. On Noble Heart, this bestselling author and Tibetan Buddhist shows you how vulnerability is our greatest spiritual resource on the path through life’s difficulties. Using special meditations and teachings, she... (more)

At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Knitting finally takes its rightful place on the spectrum of personal obsessions, alongside golfing, fishing, and gardening. The tangled life of the knitter is the subject of inspired nuttiness in these 300 tongue-in-cheek meditations from the self-proclaimed yarn harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. As any knitter can attest to, this is an activity fraught with guilt, frustration, over-optimism, sly deception, and... (more)

The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

by Zindel V. Segal, John D. Teasdale

The Mindful Way through Depression draws on the collective wisdom of four internationally renowned cognitive therapy and mindfulness experts, including bestselling author Jon Kabat-Zinn, to help you break the mental habits that can lead to despair. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help program is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of chronic unhappiness. Informative chapters reveal... (more)

Meditations on Tantra by Osho

by Osho

The tradition of Tantra, of Tantric Buddhism, has existed in India from as early as the 5th Century. The message of Tantra endorses Osho's perspective: that only through total acceptance of ourselves can we grow. In Osho's understanding, Tantra is one of the greatest of man's visions, a religion which respects rather than destroys individuality, and is an extraordinary method of expanding inner consciousness. ... (more)

Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness

Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness

by Erich Schiffmann

Provides simple instruction and demonstrative illustrations to introduce a technique that combines hatha yoga and meditation in order to slow the aging process, decrease stress, promote creativity, and improve mental and physical health.

Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman's Guide to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant Life

Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman's Guide to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant Life

by Mariel Hemingway

Question: Which of the following have you done this week? A. Switched on the TV within minutes of waking up. B. Eaten lunch while driving. C. Taken your cell phone into the bathroom. D. Used a cup of coffee as a pick-me-up. E. Looked in the mirror and had a negative thought about your body. Question: Which of the following haven't you done this week? A. Laid the table for breakfast. B.... (more)

Cloud Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown

by Alan Watts

These ruminations, assembled in the form of a journal and here published in paperback for the first time, were written at Alan Watts' retreat in the foothills of Mount Tamalpais, California. Many current themes are discussed, including meditation, nature, established religion, race relations, karma and reincarnation, astrology and tantric yoga, and the nature of ecstasy, but the underlying motif is the art of... (more)

Beginning Mindfulness: Learning the Way of Awareness

Beginning Mindfulness: Learning the Way of Awareness

by Andrew Weiss

As a teacher of meditation, Andrew Weiss found that students responded best when he broke down the process of mindfulness into discrete and progressive steps. Knowing that most people had little time to devote to meditation, he also made it his priority to teach the direct application of mindfulness to daily life. Through the years, he developed a series of handouts based on simple steps that form the basis of... (more)

The Art of Power

by Thich Nhat Hanh

Turning our conventional understanding of power on its head, world-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and national bestselling author Thich Nhat Hanh reveals how true power comes from within. What we seek, we already have.

Complete Guide to Pilates Yoga Meditation Stress Relief

Complete Guide to Pilates Yoga Meditation Stress Relief

by BATH BAI

Complete Guide to Pilates, Yoga, Meditation & Stress Relief Enhance your physical and mental well-being with this selection of powerful exercises and practices. You will discover how to clear your mind of everyday clutter, energize your body, and strike out on a new path that will bring harmony and clam to your life.

A Path With Heart : A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

A Path With Heart : A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

by Jack Kornfield

Beloved Western Buddhist master Kornfield makes known his personal, practical wisdom, garnered from 25 years of practicing and teaching the path of awakening, as he guides self-searchers to a simplicity of perception that brings alive spiritual practice, peace, and truth in their daily lives.

Seeking the Heart of Wisdom : The Path of Insight Meditation

Seeking the Heart of Wisdom : The Path of Insight Meditation

by Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield

In Seeking the Heart of Wisdom Goldstein and Kornfield present the central teachings and practices of insight meditation in a clear and personal language. The path of insight meditation is a journey of understanding our bodies, our minds, and our lives, of seeing clearly the true nature of experience. The authors guide the reader in developing the openness and compassion that are at the heart of this spiritual... (more)

Journey to the Heart : Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul

Journey to the Heart : Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul

by Melody Beattie

A collection of daily meditations by the best-selling author of Codependent No More contends that discovering and nurturing the soul is the key to unlocking personal creativity and helps readers discover their divine purposes in life. $50,000 ad/promo.

The Tibetan Art of Positive Thinking

by Christopher Hansard

It is common knowledge that the way we think profoundly affects our health and happiness. As Tibetan Bon culture has known for centuries, true, original thought is one of the most powerful energy resources that we each have, and tapping into it can bring us great spiritual, emotional and financial success. But, as Christopher Hansard - leading authority in Tibetan medicine - explains, most of us don't know how to... (more)

Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions

Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions

by Thich Nhat Hanh

Taming the Tiger Within is a handbook of meditations, analogies, and reflections that offer pragmatic techniques for diffusing anger, converting fear, and cultivating love in every arena of life-a wise and exquisite guide for bringing harmony and healing to one's life and relationships. Acclaimed scholar, peace activist, and Buddhist master revered by people of all faiths, Thich Nhat Hanh has inspired... (more)

The Dhammapada : A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations

The Dhammapada : A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations

The Dhammapada is the most widely read Buddhist scripture in existence, enjoyed by both Buddhists and non-Buddhists. This classic text of teaching verses from the earliest period of Buddhism in India conveys the philosophical and practical foundations of the Buddhist tradition. The text presents two distinct goals for leading a spiritual life: the first is attaining happiness in this life (or in future lives); the... (more)

The Path to Love: Spiritual Strategies for Healing

The Path to Love: Spiritual Strategies for Healing

by Deepak Chopra

Join Deepak Chopra on a wondrous journey. . . "The Path to Love." Philosophical, inspiring, and ultimately very practical, The Path to Love is a book that can change lives as it invites the spirit to work its wonders on the most complex and richly rewarding terrain of all: the human heart.

Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries

Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries

by Noah Levine

Buddha was a revolutionary. His practice was subversive; his message, seditious. His enlightened point of view went against the norms of his day—in his words, "against the stream." His teachings changed the world, and now they can change you too. Presenting the basics of Buddhism with personal anecdotes, exercises, and guided meditations, bestselling author Noah Levine guides the reader along a spiritual path... (more)

Dharma Punx

by Noah Levine

Fueled by the music of revolution, anger, fear, and despair, we dyed our hair or shaved our heads ... Eating acid like it was candy and chasing speed with cheap vodka, smoking truckloads of weed, all in a vain attempt to get numb and stay numb. This is the story of a young man and a generation of angry youths who rebelled against their parents and the unfulfilled promise of the sixties. As with many... (more)

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