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Book cover of Living with Joy by Sanaya Roman
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Living with Joy - Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation

by Sanaya Roman
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Channel Sanaya Roman portrays a eternal being of love and light, Living with Joy. You can radiate love; you can be caring and forgiving; you can find inner peace; you can be open to receiving; you can take a quantum leap; and you can live better. You can feel more happiness as you improve self-respect, self-esteem, and self-worth; experience more harmony, prosperity, and security; welcome the new; and discover the greater purpose you have. Orin…
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Channel Sanaya Roman portrays a eternal being of love and light, Living with Joy. You can radiate love; you can be caring and forgiving; you can find inner peace; you can be open to receiving; you can take a quantum leap; and you can live better. You can feel more happiness as you improve self-respect, self-esteem, and self-worth; experience more harmony, prosperity, and security; welcome the new; and discover the greater purpose you have. Orin leads you into the practice of self-esteem, where you can embrace yourself as you are now, relieve shame, explore how your truth values build your life, and expose yourself to the love that others have for you. The essence and strength of love to change your life are explored by Orin. You must look at ways to maintain harmony, stability, and security; obtain clarity; welcome the new; and find your greater meaning and bring it to you. You’re going to connect with your soul’s strength and devotion, your innermost self. Orin leads you in understanding who you are, in creating meaningful images of yourself, and in drawing out the greater intelligence, compassion, and essence of the real self within you. In this book Orin speaks about wanting better, realizing you can build what you want, opening up to accept much more than you’ve ever accepted into your life, and finding the power of love, gratitude, and the law of growth. Orin teaches you to have more inner peace by communicating with your higher selves, and how to avoid being affected by the world and affect it with your love in a constructive way. You will lead a life doing what you want to do, be good, and bring joy to those around you as you do.


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Channel Sanaya Roman portrays a eternal being of love and light, Living with Joy. You can radiate love; you can be caring and forgiving; you can find inner peace; you can be open to receiving; you can take a quantum leap; and you can live better. You can feel more happiness as you improve self-respect, self-esteem, and self-worth; experience more harmony, prosperity, and security; welcome the new; and discover the greater purpose you have. Orin leads you into the practice of self-esteem, where you can embrace yourself as you are now, relieve shame, explore how your truth values build your life, and expose yourself to the love that others have for you. The essence and strength of love to change your life are explored by Orin. You must look at ways to maintain harmony, stability, and security; obtain clarity; welcome the new; and find your greater meaning and bring it to you. You’re going to connect with your soul’s strength and devotion, your innermost self. Orin leads you in understanding who you are, in creating meaningful images of yourself, and in drawing out the greater intelligence, compassion, and essence of the real self within you. In this book Orin speaks about wanting better, realizing you can build what you want, opening up to accept much more than you’ve ever accepted into your life, and finding the power of love, gratitude, and the law of growth. Orin teaches you to have more inner peace by communicating with your higher selves, and how to avoid being affected by the world and affect it with your love in a constructive way. You will lead a life doing what you want to do, be good, and bring joy to those around you as you do.

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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

by Sri Swami Satchidananda
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This book includes a comprehensive guide on the direction of focus and meditation for the study and practice of Raja Yoga. The ancient Sutras include teachings on morality, mindfulness, and physical postures. The Sutras are described here in the purest form, with the original Sanskrit and Sri Swami Satchidananda, one of the most known and admired contemporary yoga masters, with translation, transliteration, and commentary. Sri Swamiji gives pragmatic guidance to master the mind and attain physical, cognitive and emotional equilibrium based on his own experience.
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This book includes a comprehensive guide on the direction of focus and meditation for the study and practice of Raja Yoga. The ancient Sutras include teachings on morality, mindfulness, and physical postures. The Sutras are described here in the purest form, with the original Sanskrit and Sri Swami Satchidananda, one of the most known and admired contemporary yoga masters, with translation, transliteration, and commentary. Sri Swamiji gives pragmatic guidance to master the mind and attain physical, cognitive and emotional equilibrium based on his own experience.


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This book includes a comprehensive guide on the direction of focus and meditation for the study and practice of Raja Yoga. The ancient Sutras include teachings on morality, mindfulness, and physical postures. The Sutras are described here in the purest form, with the original Sanskrit and Sri Swami Satchidananda, one of the most known and admired contemporary yoga masters, with translation, transliteration, and commentary. Sri Swamiji gives pragmatic guidance to master the mind and attain physical, cognitive and emotional equilibrium based on his own experience.

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How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials)

by Thich Nhat Hanh
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How to Relax, part of book series by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, teaches beginners and remindes experienced practitioners of the basics of the practice of mindfulness. Pocket-sized, with Jason DeAntonis' original two-color drawings, How to Relax reveals how important it is to disrupt our life's hub-bub and routine frequently. Relaxation is necessary to obtain access to the tranquility and satisfaction that contributes to improved well-being. Including chapters on recovery, nonstop thought ease, changing disturbing sounds, isolation, harmony, and more, How to Relax provides meditations you can use to help…
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How to Relax, part of book series by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, teaches beginners and remindes experienced practitioners of the basics of the practice of mindfulness. Pocket-sized, with Jason DeAntonis’ original two-color drawings, How to Relax reveals how important it is to disrupt our life’s hub-bub and routine frequently. Relaxation is necessary to obtain access to the tranquility and satisfaction that contributes to improved well-being. Including chapters on recovery, nonstop thought ease, changing disturbing sounds, isolation, harmony, and more, How to Relax provides meditations you can use to help you attain the effects of relaxing anywhere anytime. Scientific findings indicate that mindfulness makes a significant difference to well-being, good wellbeing and lifespan. How to Relax is a special gift to anyone who need a clear guide to gain deep relaxation, tension reduction, and psychological freshness and awareness restoration.


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How to Relax, part of book series by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, teaches beginners and remindes experienced practitioners of the basics of the practice of mindfulness. Pocket-sized, with Jason DeAntonis’ original two-color drawings, How to Relax reveals how important it is to disrupt our life’s hub-bub and routine frequently. Relaxation is necessary to obtain access to the tranquility and satisfaction that contributes to improved well-being. Including chapters on recovery, nonstop thought ease, changing disturbing sounds, isolation, harmony, and more, How to Relax provides meditations you can use to help you attain the effects of relaxing anywhere anytime. Scientific findings indicate that mindfulness makes a significant difference to well-being, good wellbeing and lifespan. How to Relax is a special gift to anyone who need a clear guide to gain deep relaxation, tension reduction, and psychological freshness and awareness restoration.

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Real Happiness at Work - Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace

by Sharon Salzberg
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Real Happiness at Work takes the fundamental advantages of mindfulness to an environment where people can make the most of it at work. And it's written by one of the top practitioners of mindfulness in the world. A follow-up to Real Happiness, the bestseller of the New York Times, Sharon Salzberg's Real Happiness at Work is a realistic roadmap to changing work life through knowledge, empathy, and naivety. to counterbalance pressure and anger, it's about…
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Real Happiness at Work takes the fundamental advantages of mindfulness to an environment where people can make the most of it at work. And it’s written by one of the top practitioners of mindfulness in the world. A follow-up to Real Happiness, the bestseller of the New York Times, Sharon Salzberg’s Real Happiness at Work is a realistic roadmap to changing work life through knowledge, empathy, and naivety. to counterbalance pressure and anger, it’s about being committed without being absorbed, aggressive without being mean, balancing time and emotions. To do good, more successful job, it teaches readers how to be more imaginative, coordinated, and achieved. Dividing the concept of job happiness into eight principles, Real Happiness at Work is packed with biblical wisdom; key meditations on specific topics such as inspiration, empathy, and finding the best in others; and more than a dozen activities, like Moving from Me to We and When Things Go Wrong. The book is packed with brief tactical meditations, easy and actionnable in any situation. Let the phone ring three times, focus on your pulse, then pick it up; or during your next convesation try to listen more than you talk. Against workplace unhappiness meditaion and mindfulness are the cure.


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Real Happiness at Work takes the fundamental advantages of mindfulness to an environment where people can make the most of it at work. And it’s written by one of the top practitioners of mindfulness in the world. A follow-up to Real Happiness, the bestseller of the New York Times, Sharon Salzberg’s Real Happiness at Work is a realistic roadmap to changing work life through knowledge, empathy, and naivety. to counterbalance pressure and anger, it’s about being committed without being absorbed, aggressive without being mean, balancing time and emotions. To do good, more successful job, it teaches readers how to be more imaginative, coordinated, and achieved. Dividing the concept of job happiness into eight principles, Real Happiness at Work is packed with biblical wisdom; key meditations on specific topics such as inspiration, empathy, and finding the best in others; and more than a dozen activities, like Moving from Me to We and When Things Go Wrong. The book is packed with brief tactical meditations, easy and actionnable in any situation. Let the phone ring three times, focus on your pulse, then pick it up; or during your next convesation try to listen more than you talk. Against workplace unhappiness meditaion and mindfulness are the cure.

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What Now? - Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond

by Yael Shy
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Buddhist teachings and meditation include a guide to help early adulthood college students and others integrate consciousness into their lives as a way of overcoming the various challenges that are special to this period of life. Intense feelings and fear occupy early adulthood. You're caught in the chaos of thoughts about the way you should be living and worrying about wasting the best years of your life. Share conscientiousness activities to help twenty-somethings learn to understand and embrace these emotions and to not respond to unpleasant and strong sensations without…
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Buddhist teachings and meditation include a guide to help early adulthood college students and others integrate consciousness into their lives as a way of overcoming the various challenges that are special to this period of life. Intense feelings and fear occupy early adulthood. You’re caught in the chaos of thoughts about the way you should be living and worrying about wasting the best years of your life. Share conscientiousness activities to help twenty-somethings learn to understand and embrace these emotions and to not respond to unpleasant and strong sensations without driving them back and destroying them. Practices that help us wake up to this reality. A particular turbulent era of creation is a time where many move away from home for the first time and participate in all sorts of experimenting with thoughts, drugs, friendships, and where we think we are and what to be in the world. Yael Shy tells her own experience to initiate a practice and gives simple meditation guides.


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Buddhist teachings and meditation include a guide to help early adulthood college students and others integrate consciousness into their lives as a way of overcoming the various challenges that are special to this period of life. Intense feelings and fear occupy early adulthood. You’re caught in the chaos of thoughts about the way you should be living and worrying about wasting the best years of your life. Share conscientiousness activities to help twenty-somethings learn to understand and embrace these emotions and to not respond to unpleasant and strong sensations without driving them back and destroying them. Practices that help us wake up to this reality. A particular turbulent era of creation is a time where many move away from home for the first time and participate in all sorts of experimenting with thoughts, drugs, friendships, and where we think we are and what to be in the world. Yael Shy tells her own experience to initiate a practice and gives simple meditation guides.

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Book cover of From Anxiety to Love by Corinne Zupko
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Writer Corinne Zupko conducted her study of psychology out of desperation as she began to ruin her life by crippling anxiety. In pursuit for ways to do more than simply ease her problems, Corinne started reading A Course in Miracles, meditation, and the modern clinical approaches to anxiety management. She shares what she has experienced in From Anxiety to Love and subtly walks you through the process, helping you to reverse anxiety-based behavior and encourage…
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Writer Corinne Zupko conducted her study of psychology out of desperation as she began to ruin her life by crippling anxiety. In pursuit for ways to do more than simply ease her problems, Corinne started reading A Course in Miracles, meditation, and the modern clinical approaches to anxiety management. She shares what she has experienced in From Anxiety to Love and subtly walks you through the process, helping you to reverse anxiety-based behavior and encourage mindful changes in your thoughts and actions. If you’re dealing with everyday tension and debilitating pain, you’ll find in Corinne’s solution a new path to recovery and healing.


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Writer Corinne Zupko conducted her study of psychology out of desperation as she began to ruin her life by crippling anxiety. In pursuit for ways to do more than simply ease her problems, Corinne started reading A Course in Miracles, meditation, and the modern clinical approaches to anxiety management. She shares what she has experienced in From Anxiety to Love and subtly walks you through the process, helping you to reverse anxiety-based behavior and encourage mindful changes in your thoughts and actions. If you’re dealing with everyday tension and debilitating pain, you’ll find in Corinne’s solution a new path to recovery and healing.

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Book cover of Shift into Freedom by Loch Kelly
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In order to lead a life of peace, wellness and happiness, mindfulness is one of the most valuable things to grasp. It is a remarkable book of meditation which provides easy to follow advanced meditations. Loch provides us with the idea that the next normal phase of human evolution may be awakening. The groundbreaking psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher has been helping people of all backgrounds learn how to awaken.
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In order to lead a life of peace, wellness and happiness, mindfulness is one of the most valuable things to grasp. It is a remarkable book of meditation which provides easy to follow advanced meditations. Loch provides us with the idea that the next normal phase of human evolution may be awakening. The groundbreaking psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher has been helping people of all backgrounds learn how to awaken.


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In order to lead a life of peace, wellness and happiness, mindfulness is one of the most valuable things to grasp. It is a remarkable book of meditation which provides easy to follow advanced meditations. Loch provides us with the idea that the next normal phase of human evolution may be awakening. The groundbreaking psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher has been helping people of all backgrounds learn how to awaken.

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Book cover of A Lamp in the Darkness by Jack Kornfield Ph.D.
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A Lamp in the Darkness - Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

by Jack Kornfield Ph.D.
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You've already hit tough times if you're reading these words. You may have lost a loved one, or you may have lost your work, or you may have been hospitalized with disability, or someone close to you. Perhaps daily life itself has been too complicated and not enough for you. Yet there's much to think about even in the best of days: almost limitless conflicts and terrorism, sexism, the accelerating deterioration of the planet. In…
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You’ve already hit tough times if you’re reading these words. You may have lost a loved one, or you may have lost your work, or you may have been hospitalized with disability, or someone close to you. Perhaps daily life itself has been too complicated and not enough for you. Yet there’s much to think about even in the best of days: almost limitless conflicts and terrorism, sexism, the accelerating deterioration of the planet. In challenging moments, individually and socially, we sometimes start thinking not just how we can get through this tough patch; we start contemplating life.


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You’ve already hit tough times if you’re reading these words. You may have lost a loved one, or you may have lost your work, or you may have been hospitalized with disability, or someone close to you. Perhaps daily life itself has been too complicated and not enough for you. Yet there’s much to think about even in the best of days: almost limitless conflicts and terrorism, sexism, the accelerating deterioration of the planet. In challenging moments, individually and socially, we sometimes start thinking not just how we can get through this tough patch; we start contemplating life.

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Book cover of Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
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Mindfulness in Plain English

by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
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This has been one of the bestselling books in the area of mindfulness since Mindfulness in Plain English was first published in 1994. Bhante Gunaratana, explains us gradually the myths, truths, and benefits of practicing meditation and mindfulness. The book highlights the simplicity and wit of Bhante's signature as he discusses the mindfulness method, what it does, and how it works. The revised version contains her predecessor's full text along with a new section on fostering compassionate kindness, a subject of great significance in today's world. It is a good…
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This has been one of the bestselling books in the area of mindfulness since Mindfulness in Plain English was first published in 1994. Bhante Gunaratana, explains us gradually the myths, truths, and benefits of practicing meditation and mindfulness. The book highlights the simplicity and wit of Bhante’s signature as he discusses the mindfulness method, what it does, and how it works. The revised version contains her predecessor’s full text along with a new section on fostering compassionate kindness, a subject of great significance in today’s world. It is a good tool for those new to meditation to learn how to achieve inner peace in life.


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This has been one of the bestselling books in the area of mindfulness since Mindfulness in Plain English was first published in 1994. Bhante Gunaratana, explains us gradually the myths, truths, and benefits of practicing meditation and mindfulness. The book highlights the simplicity and wit of Bhante’s signature as he discusses the mindfulness method, what it does, and how it works. The revised version contains her predecessor’s full text along with a new section on fostering compassionate kindness, a subject of great significance in today’s world. It is a good tool for those new to meditation to learn how to achieve inner peace in life.

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Book cover of The Art of Taking Action by Gregg Krech
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In his novel, Naikan: Gratitude, Grace and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection., Gregg Krech opened new windows to self-reflection. Today he's focusing on Eastern psychology, Buddhism, Japanese Mindset, Zen, and Martial Arts to deliver an approach that goes beyond performance and time management. Weaving an impressive set of teachings together, Krech discusses pragmatic concerns such as procrastination, tension, depression, and indecision, all through a prism of ancient Eastern insight. Buddhism, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and Japanese…
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In his novel, Naikan: Gratitude, Grace and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection., Gregg Krech opened new windows to self-reflection. Today he’s focusing on Eastern psychology, Buddhism, Japanese Mindset, Zen, and Martial Arts to deliver an approach that goes beyond performance and time management. Weaving an impressive set of teachings together, Krech discusses pragmatic concerns such as procrastination, tension, depression, and indecision, all through a prism of ancient Eastern insight. Buddhism, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and Japanese culture students should identify with the concepts provided by Krech and come up with both encouragement and concrete advice to translate those ideas into ACTION. It’s not only about getting stuff finished, it’s about how you’re doing, why you’re doing something, or the action’s effect on the environment around you.


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In his novel, Naikan: Gratitude, Grace and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection., Gregg Krech opened new windows to self-reflection. Today he’s focusing on Eastern psychology, Buddhism, Japanese Mindset, Zen, and Martial Arts to deliver an approach that goes beyond performance and time management. Weaving an impressive set of teachings together, Krech discusses pragmatic concerns such as procrastination, tension, depression, and indecision, all through a prism of ancient Eastern insight. Buddhism, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and Japanese culture students should identify with the concepts provided by Krech and come up with both encouragement and concrete advice to translate those ideas into ACTION. It’s not only about getting stuff finished, it’s about how you’re doing, why you’re doing something, or the action’s effect on the environment around you.

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