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Experience Life Beyond Fear and Self-Doubt Self-confidence is a theme of universal appeal-and for a good reason. When you have genuine confidence, you take action on your goals, have empowered relationships, and feel better about yourself. Others see you as more competent, likeable, and trustable, and this opens many doors in life.In Wise Confidence, Giovanni Dienstmann brings a refreshing approach to the topic, teaching us a how to transform the core of self-doubt into self-belief, so that our confidence becomes stronger and more unshakable. Rather than rely on quick fixes and motivational platitudes, this comprehensive book brings together lessons from psychology, philosophy, spirituality, and mindfulness into a practical framework of self-empowerment. Wise Confidence is an invitation for you to develop confidence from the inside out. It is confidence without the shadows of conceit, arrogance, and toxicity. Dienstmann guides us through dozens of exercises and meditations targeted at developing the five elements of self-confidence: self-belief, courage, optimism, integrity, and determination. You will also learn how to break free from past conditioning, find your core strengths, develop willpower, face fear, set boundaries, and effectively manage negative emotions.

Profound empathy. Clear insight. A gift for healing. These are just some of the talents of the "spiritually sensitive" person-yet these apparent blessings can often become a source of loneliness, self-doubt, and limitation. Belonging Here is a lifesaving book that shows how our spiritual gifts become entryways into both the depths of human connection and our innermost selves.Written by one spiritual sensitive for another, Belonging Here draws from Dr. Blackstone's personal story as well as her 30-year psychotherapy practice, which has focused on teaching clients how to integrate personal healing and spiritual awakening through an embodied approach she calls the Realization Process. Join this pioneering teacher to explore five of the most common challenges of the spiritually sensitive, along with exercises and meditations for living mindfully and compassionately with each, including:. Thin Skin-how to create strong but permeable boundaries between ourselves and the external environment. Landing on Earth-staying grounded within the whole of one's body by mending inner fragmentation. Hearing the Cries of the World-how to open to our own joy even as we respond to the suffering in the world around us. Shape Shifters-removing the protective masks of the false personality. The Stranger-how to make the return from self-exile to self-acceptanceYou can live authentically in a world that once seemed alien. You can find happiness and acceptance where isolation and confusion have reigned. You can come home at last, with Belonging Here.

A sacred healing journey to awaken the boundless power of your words, thoughts, and voice. Includes guided audio practices."The medicine of Grace is sound," says gina Breedlove. "Sound is an immediate point of entry to the mind, body, and spirit, and has been sourced as a healing modality since humans appeared on the earth." With The Vibration of Grace, this extraordinary teacher and healer shares a sweeping, glorious guide to help you invoke the power of sound as a vehicle of love and liberation-for yourself and your loved ones, and in service to our world.Guided by a sacred presence she has known all her life as Grace, Breedlove has spent decades exploring the many ways sound and vibration can enable us to grow, heal, and connect. Here she shares profound insights, heart-opening stories, and clear instruction for rituals and daily practices, including:. Identifying your soul tone-how to locate and work with the vibrational presence that is uniquely "you". The language of healing-invoking the sacred energy of words to create, bless, and transform. Soul retrieval-a time-honored ritual to release stored fear and free up your energetic resources. Grief letting-powerful practices to witness, move through, and transform grief into healing energy, by yourself or in groups. Ways to overcome the cultural shaming that causes you to repress your voice and self-expression. Self-care tools, including daily sound rituals and medicine bath practices. Resources to support your journey-including links to Breedlove's guided recordings for each ritualThe Vibration of Grace shows us the power of sound has no limit. We can use it to harmonize with the wisdom of our ancestors, communicate with our body and soul, resonate with divine truth that disrupts systems of tyranny, and add our strength to the chorus that sings of a new and better world to come. "Let the space between us be open and blessed," says gina Breedlove. "May your ancestors and mine guide us through each ritual, to a place of sovereignty and dominion over our lives."

An inviting guide to nondual awakening that is fully embodied, deeply connected, and available in every momentThe Fullness of the Ground distills Dr. Judith Blackstone's decades of teaching into the essentials of the nondual spiritual path. Embodied nondual realization can have a profound effect on your senses, your experience of your own authentic existence, and your relationships and ability to love.The first part of this guide introduces the lived experience of nondual awakening as the uncovering of a subtle, fundamental consciousness that pervades your body and environment-the ground of your individual wholeness, the fullness of your embodied being, and unity with everything around you. The second part shares Dr. Blackstone's signature path to nondual awakening, the Realization Process®, with effective practices for recognizing, embodying, and stabilizing nondual realization. And the third part describes ways to bring this awareness into your daily life and relationships. In practicing this work, you will learn how to: . Deepen your connection with your body, your breath, and your environment. Attune to fundamental consciousness at any time, in any setting. Awaken to a stable realization of nonduality. Cultivate happiness, authenticity, and presenceThis guide offers a powerful yet accessible invitation to experience the essential oneness that underlies all life.

A Buddhist Lama and intersectional thought leader shares a guide for those who would dream a more just, ethical world into being.Saints, spiritual warriors, bodhisattvas, tzaddikim-no matter how they are named in a given tradition, they all share a profound wish to free others from suffering. Saints are not unattainable beings of stained glass or carved stone. "Saints are ordinary and human, doing things any person can learn to do," teaches Lama Rod Owens. "Our era calls for saints who are from this time and place, speak the language of this moment, and integrate both social and spiritual liberation. I believe we all can and must become New Saints."With The New Saints, Lama Rod shares a guidebook for becoming an effective agent of justice, peace, and change. Combining personal stories, traditional teachings, and instructions for contemplative and somatic practices, he shares inspiring resources for self-exploration and wise action. Each chapter reinforces the truth of our interdependency-allowing us to be of service to the collective well-being, access the unseen realms of divine guidance and strength, and call on the support of the countless beings who share our struggles and hopes.The status quo of our society is crumbling, and rightly so. But what future will emerge to replace it? "There's nothing like crisis to wake us up and force us to get serious about change," says Lama Rod. "Ancient, powerful magic is returning. With the end of the lies of the old world comes the awakening of truth." For those who have the willingness to allow our hearts to break, disrupt systems of violence, and let deep, authentic care guide our actions instead of fear and hate, here is a clarion call for becoming a spiritual warrior-a human refreshed, serving a vision of a world shaped by love.

Enduring and accessible advice for living with wisdom and compassion¿and meeting the end of life with courage and peace Through countless editions and across centuries, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has drawn readers intrigued by the Tibetan Buddhist view of the end of life. In a world that often ignores death or hides it from view, Tibetan Buddhists acknowledge it as the last of a countless series of endings in this lifetime. And after each ending comes a new beginning. The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners draws on this timeless wisdom to help readers today live with more joy and approach the end with more ease. Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, born and raised in Tibet and now teaching in the United States and internationally, partners with student and meditation teacher Mordy Levine to share teachings inspired by The Tibetan Book of the Dead. They make clear that "how we live is how we will die." The book explores karma, impermanence, the bardos (or the "in-between"), and what happens next, sharing accessible practices to cultivate wisdom and compassion along the way. With empathy and warmth, Lama Lhanang and Levine offer support for readers grappling with their own mortality and those caring for loved ones transitioning from this lifetime. The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners helps readers cultivate courage and embrace the unknown¿not just in the final days, but every day.

Join renowned spiritual teacher Adyashanti for a practice-based journey out of the thinking mind and into the awakened awareness beyond perceptual reality.For renowned teacher Adyashanti, every single moment contains a doorway into spiritual awakening. But what does it actually mean to "wake up" to the truth of reality? And what does it take to recognize these opportunities?In The Direct Way, Adya (as his students call him) offers a sequence of 30 practices intended to connect with and cultivate ever-greater awareness of the unseen dimensions of your being. From the simple expression of "I am," to an exploration of the Spiritual Heart, and all the way into the fundamental ground of being, these exercises emphasize that the process of awakening takes "many small glimpses, experienced many times." Adya concludes with practical pointers on how to integrate transcendent experiences into the everyday fabric of life-including your career, personal goals, and intimate relationships.Here you will discover:. How to dis-identify from conceptual, ego-based thinking. Perceiving the ego as a tool to navigate consciousness rather than an obstacle. The "knowing yet empty" quality of foundational awareness. The surprising route to realizing awareness of the Spiritual Heart. Feeling through the Spiritual Heart as a way to experience true interconnection. The meaning of the Zen teaching phrase, "This very body is the Buddha". Exploring the exhilarating paradox of Being and Becoming. How to establish anchor points to stabilize your journey into the Ground of Being. What it means to live each day with "enlightened relativity". How awakening puts control of your experience in your hands-but also the responsibility for itNo one experiences awakening quite the same. With The Direct Way, join Adya to discover pathways toward an awareness as wide as the sky and as personal as your innermost heart.

Disruptive practices to revolutionize your relationship with meditation and fully engage with the full breadth of your experience.Why do we meditate? The main reason most modern people start meditating is because it helps us feel better-reducing anxiety, improving sleep, decluttering the mind, and so forth. "But where does your meditation go when things go bad?" asks Andrew Holecek. "Where is your spirituality when 'rock meets bone,' as they say in Tibet-when the crap hits the fan?"Reverse Meditation is for anyone who wants to bring the challenges of life onto the path of awakening. When things get hard, it's time to turn your practice on its head-and throw out any assumption that meditation exists to insulate you from the confusion, difficulties, and uncertainty of life. "By putting your meditation into reverse," Holecek teaches, "you'll actually find yourself going forward. Step into your pain and you can step up your evolution."With his signature blend of depth and accessibility, Holecek invites you to explore: . Three core forms of meditation-mindfulness, open awareness, and the boundary-smashing reverse meditations . How to know when you're ready to engage with reverse meditation. On-the-spot practices for snapping into a meditative mindset in difficult situations . Contraction and expansion-how to dismantle habits of avoidance to become more open, resilient, and fully alive. How reverse meditation opens you to a direct experience of the fundamental perfection of reality-just as it is"These unique meditations are designed to reverse our relationship to unwanted experiences, which means going directly into them instead of avoiding them," says Andrew Holecek. "It's not an easy journey-yet this path leads to the discovery of unconditional happiness, basic goodness, and true freedom in the most turbulent situations."

A breakout teacher invites us to cast aside division to make room for fully engaged spirituality that heals through connection. If you've been on a spiritual path, doing the work of personal healing and transforming your relationship with yourself, that's amazing-but it's not enough. "It's not just about getting our needs met," says spiritual guide Sah D'Simone. "It's about what's best for everyone." In Spiritually, We, Sah teaches us to view others through the lens of our heart, radically improving how we relate to our friends, family, lovers, strangers-and even our "frenemies."Drawing from his own experiences of breaking boundaries and making connections-supported by contributions from scientists, communication experts, and other specialists-Sah shares a road map for becoming a healing presence in the world. He offers wisdom and tools to help you stop asking "why" and start asking "how," take radical ownership of your own actions, and break free from the mindset of separation to revolutionize your relationships. You'll cultivate confidence, calm, and compassion so you can relate to others through the most radiant, magnetic version of yourself. The culture of "us vs. them" divides us by sowing hatred and fear. Here is a bold and unapologetically loving guide for building a culture of enlightenment-in which we creatively transform our struggles into opportunities for awakening, evolution, community care, and actions for the benefit of all beings.

Discover Spiritual Minimalism: the "inside-out" path to getting rid of inner clutter and living a more fulfilled life. Everywhere you look, people in all walks of life are "going minimalist" and getting rid of their possessions. Yet as exciting as it can be to throw out half of your belongings, does it really bring happiness? As Light Watkins says: "If you're unhappy now, becoming a minimalist isn't likely to change that... unless you do the inner work to cultivate happiness on the inside." Light is famous for taking minimalism to the extreme-and now lives his whole life out of a single backpack. In Travel Light, he shares his surprising revelation that being a "spiritual minimalist" means you don't focus on material objects. What matters more than clearing out your closets is how much trust you have in your inner guidance. "Spiritual Minimalism is not about how much physical stuff you have," he says. "It's about how you communicate, incorporate service into your life, exercise, cook, clean, and express your love."Light shares his unique inside-out approach to minimalism using stories, anecdotes, and vignettes, along with real-world experiments and exercises that you can adapt to your own life. Here you'll learn how to:. Prioritize and cultivate inner happiness. Make the most important decisions from your heart. Get comfortable in the discomfort . Live as though there are no throwaway moments. Tap in to your curiosity as a gateway to your true path. The "freedom of choicelessness"-decluttering your life decisionsYou'll be invited to discover the joy of giving what you want to receive; following your curiosity; and living with a "clutter-free" approach to your choices, values, and life purpose. Implementing the principles of Spiritual Minimalism will get you aligned with your values and lead you to a life-changing adventure!

Make the most of your gifts as a sensitive, caring person with this weekly affirmation journal from the foremost expert on empaths.An affirmation can be your most potent ally for immediate self-care when you're feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or stuck in negative thinking. "Affirmations are like friends you can call on when you need protection, grounding, a loving attitude adjustment, or a reminder of your strengths," says Dr. Judith Orloff. "For empaths and all caring people, they are a crucial element of self-care." With Affirmations for Empaths, this trusted empathy expert and "godmother of the empath movement" presents a new resource filled with her favorite affirmations to support sensitive people. Affirmations are powerful tools that can radically enhance the quality of your life-especially when used daily. Dr. Orloff offers key strategies for getting the most out of affirmations, with guidance for strengthening your intentions, reinforcing the energy of affirmations, and creatively personalizing your practice. You'll have 52 affirmations to explore, with space for weekly journaling, organized into eight topics:. Treasuring Yourself . Nurturing Vitality. Creating Wellness. Balancing Emotions. Building Healthy Relationships . Discovering Purpose & Work . Honoring Intuition. Finding Sanctuary "Words and beliefs contain energy," says Dr. Orloff. "Affirmations are energy shifters. They let you say no to any thoughts, habits, or beliefs that don't serve you." This journal offers simple, quick, and effective tools for supporting your empathic gifts of intuition, compassion, and joyous connection.

NOTE: To access the audio practices that accompany this book, visit the URL located at the top of the Table of Contents page.An in-depth reference guide to the vast majority of Sanskrit posture names, terms, and chants used in yoga.Ashtanga. Adhomukhashvanasana, Chakra. Prana. The complex terminology of yoga can be overwhelming to someone new to the practice.For longtime Sanskrit and yoga scholar Nicolai Bachman, these words are not just foreign terms to be memorized and recited during practice. In The Language of Yoga, Bachman shows that each syllable is a door to deeper, richer engagement with yoga not only as a physical exercise, but as a living, vibrating connection to the life force of this tradition. Providing translation, cultural significance, and precise pronunciation for more than 200 illustrated asanas, The Language of Yoga is the definitive guide to the modern usage of Sanskrit. You will also discover:-Why the exploration of yoga philosophy complements and enriches the physical practice-Correct spelling and pronunciation of common terms you'll likely encounter in the studio-Mudras and chants for different life circumstances-Downloadable audio files for pronunciation of hundreds of terms and posture namesMore than just a supplement to your yoga practice, The Language of Yoga vividly illuminates an ancient system of sacred syllables that resonate deep in the subtle body. Whether you're a passionate enthusiast or a curious beginner, The Language of Yoga offers an invaluable reference guide for any explorer of the yogic path.

An in-depth guide for engaging with anxiety-not as an affliction, but as an essential source of foresight, intuition, and energy for completing your tasks and projects.If you're facing anxiety, you've probably got one thing on your mind-how to make it go away. But what if this challenging emotion were actually trying to help?"When we ignore or repress our anxiety," teaches Karla McLaren, "it can overwhelm us. But when we learn to welcome it with skill, we can access its remarkable gifts."Engaged with wisely, anxiety is your task completion ally-it helps you to focus, plan, take action, and fulfill your goals. With Embracing Anxiety, you'll join this acclaimed educator and researcher to explore:. Principles and practices to befriend your anxiety at every level of intensity (before it overwhelms you). Strategies to engage with anxiety as a source of foresight, conscientiousness, and motivation. Why fear, confusion, and panic are not the same as anxiety, and tools to work with each effectively. How anxiety blends with anger, depression, and other emotions, and how to clarify these compounded states. Using McLaren's Conscious Questioning practice to engage with anxiety and garner its insights. How to embrace procrastination and get things done"When you identify, listen to, and act on anxiety skillfully, you support its purpose," teaches McLaren, "and allow it to recede naturally until it is needed again." With Embracing Anxiety, you'll learn how to get this powerful emotion on your side.

Three luminary teachers unfold a compelling series of dialogues on inner freedom-what it is and how to cultivate it in ourselves and others."We are, nearly all of us," writes Matthieu Ricard, "the playthings of our whims, our conditioning, our impulses, our inner conflicts, our wandering thoughts, and our afflictive emotions. This servitude of ours is at the root of much that torments us. How do we free ourselves from the prison of these mental mechanisms, in the face of which we often feel helpless, even resigned?"With their acclaimed book In Search of Wisdom, these three gifted friends-a monk, a philosopher, and a psychiatrist-shed light on our universal quest for meaning, purpose, and understanding. Now, in this new in-depth offering, they invite us to tend to the garden of our true nature: freedom.Turn by turn, each shares his own unique perspective on the various obstacles to inner freedom, the "ecology" of freedom, the ways to cultivate it, and the harvest that comes out of it. What emerges is a panoramic vision and road map for us to overcome the barriers that hinder our liberation."It is our hope," they write, "that this book will clarify the means for freeing ourselves from the causes of suffering." Filled with unexpected insights and specific strategies, Freedom for All of Us presents an inspiring guide for breaking free of the unconscious walls that confine us.

A young girl finds strength and courage through her connection to nature, taking care of her mind and body, and treating others with kindness.A warrior goddess is strong, powerful, and kind. SheΓÇÖs friends with the sun and the wind. She takes care of her body and mind. She helps others and makes the world a better place.In this empowering tale of a little girl with big dreams, young readers learn how each day is full of opportunities to make a positive impact with ordinary actions. Our heroine is generous, grateful, and fierce. As she connects with the Earth, takes care of her body, and finds strength in kindness, she discovers her inner warrior goddess and inspires young girls everywhere to do the same.