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An essential guide to lifelong health and greater well-being from one of today's highly regarded women's health experts "I offer this book as a Black female to be your one-stop reference on your personal quest to achieve total wellness, health, and happiness in every important aspect of your life."With the relatability and warmth you want from your doctor, Black Women's Wellness addresses what most other physician-authored books omit: the unique challenges Black women face, including microaggressions and the less-than-desirable statistics and legacy of health-care outcomes. With comparative data for Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American women, this book provides clear, actionable information so women can live vibrant, healthy lives today.In these pages, you'll discover head-to-toe information and wisdom on:. The top five medical issues for Black women: heart disease, diabetes, cancers, HIV, and maternal mortality. The effects of social stress and microaggressions on Black women's health. Gynecological conditions including fibroids, endometriosis, and menopause. Eye conditions: glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration. Lung conditions: asthma, sarcoidosis, and lupus. Musculoskeletal conditions: arthritis, fibromyalgia, and others. Sickle cell disease and multiple sclerosis. Alzheimer's, dementia, and personality disorders. Sex, STDs, sensuality, and relationships. Beauty, finances, and successful life management tools. Self-care, embracing self-worth, and mental well-being. Health inventory checklists and how to be an empowered patientAs a Black female ob-gyn who has cared for Civil Rights matriarchs, internationally known celebrities, and thousands of others, Dr. Melody T. McCloud urges, "If we improve a Black woman's health, we can improve that of her family and future generations."Black Women's Wellness is a long-needed book that will educate and motivate you to achieve your healthiest, richest life possible.

Look at your relationship with your kitchen, and you discover the unconscious recipe guiding your life. All the ways you live and love begin in your kitchen. And it's in the kitchen where you'll find the way to your true self. A place to nourish your being and heal with the freedom, beauty, and permission you have always longed for.With The Kitchen Healer, Jules Blaine Davis invites you into the messy beauty of her healing kitchen and asks, "What are you really hungry for?"Jules teaches that how we were or weren't nourished in our childhood kitchens shapes every aspect of our lives today, and so it is through the kitchen that we find healing from the stress, overwhelm, and trauma that so many of us carry. Though this book contains recipes-with ingredients both traditional and emotional-this isn't your typical cookbook. This is a book that will shine a light on how to cook up the life you deeply long to live with food you love to make.As you rest and receive in the cozy glow of Jules and her kitchen, you'll begin to understand that the freedom to turn on the fire-in the kitchen and in your life-is one and the same.

Teach children the basics of mindful breathing-along with their ABCs-in this playful and interactive picture book.In Alphabreaths Too, children learn their ABCs along with the basics of mindfulness through fun exercises and illustrations they'll want to come back to again and again. Each letter of the alphabet teaches a simple mindfulness, or compassion-based, practice to help kids focus their thoughts, feel calm, express gratitude, and hold positive feelings for others. A great standalone title or a companion volume to Alphabreaths: The ABCs of Mindful Breathing, this is a perfect book for the classroom or home library.Breaths like Astronaut Breath and Fireworks Breath help children use their imaginations, while breaths like Gift Breath and Kite Breath help them fill their hearts with gratitude and send good wishes to others. They can breathe with a partner using Drawbridge Breath, relax with Ocean Breath, or get their wiggles out using Pirate Breath.Alphabreaths Too offers a meaningful introduction to mindfulness for children, all while keeping them delighted with imaginative inspiration and hours of fun. It's as easy as A-B-C!

A trauma psychologist explores the inner workings of her own grief-and leaves an invaluable guide for those seeking hope in the aftermath of loss.As a therapist, Dr. Sherry Walling knew all the "right" things to say to help people through grief. But when she lost her father to cancer and her brother to suicide within six months of each other, she had the unfortunate chance to encounter two types of mourning up close-the slowly unfolding terminal illness and the sudden and stigmatized death by suicide. She realized we're getting grief all wrong.In Touching Two Worlds, this trusted expert dares to open the inner workings of her own grief-and in the process, provides an invaluable resource for those seeking hope in the aftermath of loss. Written with honesty, gentle humor, and deep understanding, this book was created to bring comfort to friends and family when there are few helpful words to say. Dr. Walling grieves as a sister, daughter, mother, and mental health expert. She shares moving personal stories while offering a broad range of healing strategies and exercises derived from neuroscience-like how to heal through movement, how to cry in public, how to talk to kids about death, and how to cope with survivor's guilt. These are tips from someone who has been there, as well as approaches informed by professional expertise. Touching Two Worlds is a story of love, sadness, and renewal. Whether your loss is recent and sharp or old and familiar, Dr. Walling delivers wise and tender guidance to help you carry the weight of grief while finding your own path forward.

Nine essential strategies to support your neck and spine, reduce pain, and improve your quality of life-without medication or surgeryBack problems are the leading cause of disability worldwide-and most of us will endure acute or chronic back pain at some time in our lives. Surgery and painkillers are not the only answers. Spine and neck expert Dr. Ken Hansraj offers alternative solutions. "There are effective exercises, habits, and techniques you can practice-anytime, anyplace-that will significantly improve, if not completely heal, your back pain." Now this renowned clinician and leading researcher presents a comprehensive guide to help you overcome physical, mental, and emotional factors that contribute to back problems.In Watch Your Back, Dr. Hansraj offers a straightforward, proven program for taking the health of your spine and neck into your own hands. Here, he offers nine potent strategies with simple, specific directions on what to do to strengthen your back and make your spine supple: . Posture-including special instructions for self-care at your desk or while using electronic devices. Deep Breathing-to dissolve stress and get an instant posture fix. Movement-how to develop good habits for lifting, reaching, turning, and repetitive motion. Activity-guidance for breaking out of a sedentary lifestyle . Exercise-targeted practices for increasing your back's strength and suppleness. Nutrition-the essentials of a pain-killing diet. Sleep-tips and tools to help you get healthy, rejuvenating rest. Positivity-ways to cultivate emotional resilience to keep your body and mind healthy. Meditation-guidance on mindfulness, stress reduction, and meditations for pain relief"The health of your back is essential to your overall wellness-not just your physical health, but your clarity of mind, emotional balance, and quality of life," says Dr. Hansraj. Watch Your Back is an essential resource for anyone suffering from back issues-with powerful self-care methods to help you recover the joy and freedom of a healthy spine.

Turn your everyday experiences into a source of strength with the easy-to-learn practices in this uplifting guide to post-traumatic growth.Trauma pervades every aspect of our lives, particularly in recent years between climate change, social justice issues, the coronavirus pandemic, and more. But the truth is that post-traumatic growth, rather than post-traumatic stress, is not only possible but probable. In this book, you'll discover the conditions and compassionate practices that make growth and resilience possible, including:. How to regulate your nervous system by regulating your breath and body. Trauma-informed self-compassion practices that make you more resilient to the world around you. Skills to set boundaries to aid in your healing. Dozens of other ways to turn your difficult experiences toward growthSimple and to the point, each chapter offers practices, self-assessments, enlightening science facts, and advice for the real world-perfect for reading a page or two after an exhausting day or sharing with others when they need a lift. No one gets a pass from life's challenges. The good news is, we are hardwired to turn them into a source of strength. Turn to this book anytime you need to find out How We Grow Through What We Go Through.

A leading depth psychologist offers a practical approach for vastly expanding your creative resources-and discovering for yourself that even the challenges of our time can be overcome by the power of human imagination.If ever there was a time and a place to reconnect with imagination, that place is here, that time is now. For anyone looking for a new way forward for yourself, your community, and our struggling planet, Professor Stephen Aizenstat offers a powerful message of hope. The trailblazers are people like you-the seekers, creatives, dreamers, doers-who are willing and ready to tap into a collective purpose so vital, so vibrant, so resonant in the world of today.In The Imagination Matrix, Aizenstat shares a step-by-step process to help you gain access to the "source code of imagination"-energizing your capacity to innovate new outcomes, evolve real-world solutions, and nurture your well-being. Here you'll explore: . Opening the Curious Mind-a new method to engage imagination and wonder. Answering the call of your Innate Genius. Growing your capacities of Imaginal Intelligence. Maintaining your humanity in an increasingly technological world. Claiming your creativity and purpose to meet the pull of the future The Imagination Matrix offers a practical and uniquely personal path for becoming more purposeful, resourceful, and resilient-while developing a profound connection to the creative force that animates and flows through us all.

"In Food Story, Elise Museles shows you how to heal your relationship with food, make nourishing choices, and feel 'in charge' of your health and your life." -Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Pegan Diet and head of strategy and innovation at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional MedicineFinding peace with food isn't about eating more kale, drinking more water, or doing more yoga. It's about unlocking your food story, your inner narrative about what you eat and why you eat what you do. When it comes to food, everyone has a story. The way you feel about food, think about food, deprive yourself or overindulge, the specific things you crave ... There's always a story behind it. Your food story is a big swirl of many things: how you were raised, the messages you received from influential people and absorbed from the media, your positive memories and your painful memories about food. All of it comes together to create thoughts and patterns that directly impact your health and happiness. In Food Story, certified eating psychology expert and health coach Elise Museles offers you a way out of all the stress and confusion with food, and leads you to a more joyful and relaxed way to eat, think, and live. By understanding your food story, how it formed, and how it drives your choices, you'll say goodbye to guilt and shame as you release the disempowering stories looping inside your mind. You'll finally allow food to help you live your best life-not control it. Food Story is a permission slip to love yourself, filled with juicy questions for reflection, practical tools for cultivating confidence, and grounding rituals for tuning in to your body's true needs and desires. Plus, you'll discover a fun, science-backed way to look at food with over 35 luscious recipes divided by mood. Whether it's happy, focused, radiant, strong, comforted, sensual, or calm, there are nutrients (and recipes!) to bring on that feeling!With Food Story, you'll find all the ingredients you need to banish negative self-talk, reclaim your power, and transform your relationship with food-and yourself-for good.

Discover the rewards of strategic risk-taking-an award-winning behavioral scientist shares a practical guide on using small, intentional acts of courage to build resilience, confidence, and connection.We're bombarded by messages about how dangerous the world is-from both real and fake news. Yet when we hunker down and try to live in a bubble of safety, we can cut ourselves off from the richness and joy life has to offer. In Worth the Risk, Dr. Kristen Lee shows us that by "microdosing" small acts of bravery and connection, we can regain the self-confidence and resilience we need to live full and meaningful lives. "We are hardwired for risk-taking," she says. "As we become more comfortable with the uncomfortable, our nervous system changes to support us in experiencing a bold, adventurous, colorful life."In each chapter of Worth the Risk, Lee provides a solid dose of brain science combined with practical actions to build confidence and sustain yourself through challenges. With a blend of stories, composite sketches, science, ancient wisdom, behavioral science, and practical exercises, you'll explore:. What is courage? Debunking the myths and discovering the power of everyday acts of bravery. Why feeling overwhelmed doesn't make you a "snowflake". Tools for understanding and regulating your emotions, anxieties, and habits of avoidance. Healing practices and guidance to increase your resilience to trauma, acute stress, and PTSD . Insights and strategies for navigating the unique challenges of our polarized, media-saturated culture . How to own your "Personal Legend" and become an active liberator-for yourself and othersRisks are a part of life-and "playing it safe" can end up diminishing the very qualities that allow us to adapt, create, and serve our purpose in life. Worth the Risk guides you through a powerful approach to taking small, values-aligned chances that increase your ability to thrive. "You are not your trauma, labels, fears, or raw emotions," Lee writes. "You are wired for resilience. Your human spirit is indomitable."

Children will learn to recognize and respond to expressions of emotion through a fun matching technique. Little Cat Hide-and-Seek Emotions: A Playful Primer to Learn about Your Feelings helps young readers age 2-5 recognize and respond to emotions in themselves and others. The book introduces a range of emotions such as happy, angry, sleepy, anxious, and surprised. Each emotion is featured in a spread in the book, and each spread has a variety of illustrations with cats expressing different emotions. Children will match the emotion to the illustration that most closely represents it.The book also offers children a chance to engage with their own emotions, asking such questions as "How about you? What makes you happy?" and "Whisper in Little Cat's ear the name of someone you love."Children will enjoy engaging with the character of Little Cat as he experiences a wide range of emotions in this playful, interactive book. Originally translated from the French, Little Cat Hide-and-Seek Emotions is the first book in Sounds True's Big Emotions series.

Stop struggling and start living your best life-with the inspiring, proven program that's transformed over a million people.We are all experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and burnout. Exhaustion is at an all-time high. Leaders are depleted, employees are burning out at an alarming rate, and parents met their breaking point long ago. We are struggling and in desperate need of a new path forward.In The Awesome Human Project, Nataly Kogan, emotional fitness and leadership expert and author of Happier Now, shows us the way. She makes the compelling case that while challenge in life is constant, struggle is optional. Here, she shares an accessible, super-practical, and unboring guide for reducing daily struggle and burnout-so you can live, work, and lead with more energy, joy, and meaning, even during difficult times. Nataly wrote The Awesome Human Project in response to her own journey. A refugee who achieved tremendous success, she had come to see struggle as a way of life. But her burnout taught her a powerful lesson: you can't give what you don't have. She writes, "Strengthening your emotional fitness is an essential investment in your success and leadership, and an act of love to everyone you care about."Filled with simple, science-backed practices and Nataly's contagious energy, The Awesome Human Project will teach you how to strengthen your emotional fitness skills, create a more supportive relationship with yourself as well as your thoughts and emotions, reduce self-doubt, and cultivate more honest and meaningful connections with others.The Awesome Human Project is a book that you do-not just a book that you read. It includes:. Nataly's proven, science-backed, five-week program to boost your emotional fitness. Bite-sized neuroscience lessons so that you can learn to be the boss of your brain. What awesome leaders do differently and why it matters. Ways to get rid of guilt around self-care for good. An "SOS" section to get you unstuck right now. Nataly's wildly popular "Notes to Self," with inspiration to support your progress. Awesome Human Awards!There is an Awesome Human within every single one of us. The Awesome Human Project is the essential guidebook to help you embrace your Awesome Human and become the best version of yourself-with courage and compassion.

Dr. Tammy Nelson is a relationship revolutionary. Her rethinking of monogamy-as a practice, a continuum, and a flexible concept-is on point, actionable, and nothing less than a significant cultural shift.-Wednesday Martin, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Primates of Park Avenue and UntrueLove is eternal-but in an age when we live longer, communicate differently, and value gender equality, is it any wonder so many people are looking for new ways to support lasting, loving partnerships? "Monogamy is no longer a simple concept," says Dr. Tammy Nelson. "More couples every year are experimenting with open relationships and newer, more flexible versions of commitment ... yet few of us have been prepared with the skills we need to make those agreements work."Open Monogamy is a practical guide for people who wish to explore new directions in their relationships-to bring in excitement, variety, and fresh experiences without sacrificing trust, security, and respect. Through solo and partner exercises and real-life stories from people across the spectrum of relationship styles, you'll explore: . The changing face of relationships-why the time to explore new visions of love has arrived. Can open monogamy work for you? Self-assessment tools to find your place on the "monogamy continuum" . Essential skills for having honest conversations about attraction and desire. Exercises to remove shame and suspicion about open relationships . How to create agreements-traditional or otherwise-that are fulfilling, exhilarating, and built to last Dr. Nelson's 30 years of experience as a relationship and sex therapist have shown her that relationships can flourish even when the old idea of monogamy fails. "You want to love each other with fairness and integrity because that's what you signed up for, and honesty aligns with your shared values ... But you also want more. You want answers. The bad news? There is no one right way to do this. The good news? You can have anything you want." If you've ever wondered how to try an open relationship or polyamory, Open Monogamy gives you the tools you need to create a commitment agreement as unique as your love.

Continue to have and grow your life, Mom-for your sake and your kids'.When did being a good mom come to mean giving up everything that used to make you ... you? That's the question millions of 21st-century mothers grapple with every single day as they parent in our madly kid-centric culture. Contrary to the incessant messaging from everywhere, committing to yourself and your own needs is what makes for a good mother and happy kids. With How to Have a Kid and a Life, popular journalist and Good Morning America parenting expert Ericka Sóuter shares her tips for being a happy, whole person while still being a great, and sometimes just good enough (which is plenty fine), parent. Sóuter blends her own stories of surviving the seismic challenges of parenthood with testimonials from stay-at-home and working moms; interviews with therapists and researchers; and findings from the latest studies on happiness, self-care, and parenthood. What she delivers is a wonderfully irreverent survival guide to motherhood, featuring:. Advice on keeping your career on track while parenting. Tips for handling clueless and unhelpful partners. Taking back ownership of your body. Creating a reliable village of support (even with moms you didn't think you'd like). Staying connected with child-free friends. What to do if you feel like you're missing the "mom gene"

An in-depth guide for all workers-employees, managers, and CEOs-on how to engage our emotions in the workplace to create a productive, creative, and truly workable environment.We've all been taught that we must suppress or avoid emotions at work, but this inevitably leads to a loss in productivity, diminished creativity, and crushing job dissatisfaction. Research shows 85 percent of us avoid communicating crucial workplace problems upward, and many of us who are employed are actively looking for a different job. What's going on? "The foundational problem is that we threw emotions out of the workplace, when in fact, emotions contain the information we need to make our workplaces work," says Karla McLaren. Now this renowned researcher shares her insights on the skills we most need-and are most often absent in the business world-for healthy, functional, and sustainable workplaces. With The Power of Emotions at Work, McLaren teaches communication and empathy skills to workers at all levels, including: · How to co-create a healthy and well-balanced social environment that benefits all workers in any type of organization · How to recognize your primary emotional role-and the roles of others · How to support people in your organization who perform the most "emotional labor" · Where to find authentic motivation and engagement in your job· How to go from an "unintentional community" to a place of genuine belonging, and much more We all yearn to be our authentic selves at work, where we feel supported and can communicate our feelings and frustrations in a constructive way. Workplaces are "unintentional communities," says Karla McLaren, because without access to our emotions at work, we are left without the tools we need to do our best work in a functional community. This is your resource to help you understand and engage intelligently with emotions at work-so you can help to create healthy and intentional communities where people and projects thrive.

Learn how to communicate inside and out with calm, confidence, and self-love no matter the circumstances.Presenters and performers aren't the only ones who need calm and confidence in their everyday lives. After all, confidence is the fuel that drives us toward our ambitions, and calm eases the way. And when the two states combine, they form a magical and powerful combination.After years of struggling with communication in school, business, and public, Patricia Stark achieved this state of "Calmfidence" not through some single moment of revelation but through years of small insights, "aha" moments, and constant practice. Today, after helping thousands of students and clients find their own voices and abilities, Stark makes her methods available in Calmfidence-a comprehensive guide to improving communication skills in any social interaction.Calmfidence gathers a unique set of mental tools and experiential practices for quelling the self-sabotaging habits of the Inner Critic. With warmth and compassion, Stark guides you in how to identify and overcome your blockages to communication, how to react skillfully to strong emotions as they arise, and how to deal with setbacks in your Calmfidence journey without self-judgment.Here you will learn:. "Calmfidence boosters"-practices for shoring up your ease and resilience on the spot and in the moment. Positive daily habits to avoid burnout, exhaustion, and other drains on your Calmfidence. How to soothe negative inner beliefs around age, body type, unrealistic expectations, and more. The dos and don'ts of healthy, engaged eye contact. Why mindfulness of facial expressions and body language is imperative for effective communication. How to sidestep and eventually erase any fear of public speaking. Common verbal tics that disrupt public speaking, and how to wean yourself away from them. Advanced tips for transforming public speaking engagements into memorable, inspiring occasions. Interview Calmfidence: how to navigate and eventually master one of the most nerve-wracking social exchanges. Natural, non-intoxicating remedies for soothing ambient stress and restoring balanceYou don't need some rare talent to communicate well. When you engage with the exercises and encouragement in Calmfidence, you'll learn how to stop surrendering to fear and become the calm and confident communicator who has always been waiting within.

Tap into your own healing power, and nourish your mind, body, and soul with 50 rituals for greater connection to life, love, and purpose.What if every moment were a portal to the sacred? A pathway back to remembering your interconnectedness with the earth, the deep wells of wisdom within you, and your true spiritual sovereignty? In Tending to the Sacred, multidimensional artist and healer Ashley River Brant invites us to walk this path and step into our own sacred truth through the art of ritual. "Ritual connects us to the otherworlds and the infinite potentials that exist in the unseen, and it opens us to our inner worlds and our true sovereign nature," Brant writes. "It is encoded in our DNA as an integral way of being-this book is just a pathway to remember."Throughout Tending to the Sacred, Brant shares rituals and teachings to help you become more fully empowered and embodied in your life. You'll explore:. The foundations of ritual-including the importance of intention, beliefs, and understanding energy. Working with the elements-tuning in to the medicine of each element, from grounding with the earth to making ceremonial moon waters for strengthening intuition. Recipes and instructions for working with plant medicine-create your own oils, essences, teas, and more. Mantras, journal prompts, and guided visualizations-to bring you even deeper into the healing power of ritual. Soul-activating illustrations-Brant's original spirit-infused artwork brings depth to each teaching. Tending to yourself and spirit-rituals for healthy boundaries, creativity, working with your dreams, and moreWoven from an abundance of ancient wisdom, heart medicine, and creativity, Tending to the Sacred is a potent yet accessible guide for anyone who longs to strengthen your connection with spirit, embrace the earth's natural rhythms, and come home to your true nature.

A collection of stories, essays, and exercises to spark your creative instincts, activate your inner guidance, and enliven your dreamsHave you been called to express yourself with a level of courage and honesty that surprised even you? Did an image or moment cause you such joy that you needed to share it with the world? If so, you know what it means to be inspired.World-renowned spiritual teacher Light Watkins has spent most of his life learning how to seek out and tap into sources of inspiration. "Inspiration is part inner guidance, part blind faith in a greater possibility, and part inner voice," he writes, "nudging you to take an action that helps you grow and expand your awareness." In Knowing Where to Look, Light presents a trove of compelling inspirational material to catalyze positive change and give you fuel to push through self-limiting beliefs.Through 108 diverse essays, anecdotes, and parables, Light provides doorways to inspired thinking and imagination. Prompts offer reflection questions and action steps for further bringing your inspiration to life. Here you will also discover:. Recognizing the opposite of inspiration: the inner critic and its demands for safety. The joys and challenges of living minimally in a consumer society. How to listen for the intuitive whisper of true inspiration. Why the best action you can take when you're creatively lost is to keep moving. How to grapple with fear when it stands in the way of your dreams. Why following your inspiration will often remove you from your comfort zone. Questions to ask yourself in order to recognize your blind spots. How to reorient your attitudes toward the concept of success. Embracing whimsy and small moments of chaos as allies . Why the process of achieving mastery is far from straightforwardRather than being a linear set of exercises, Knowing Where to Look is meant to provide the spark you need just as you need it. Open to any page at random, and discover an unexpected source of inspiration.

Discover the Key to Lasting Happiness by Cultivating Authentic Connection in Everyday Life.We are in the midst of an epidemic of loneliness. Though modern technology purports to "connect" us like never before, we live increasingly isolated and insulated lives, painfully disconnected from each other, from our values, and from ourselves. Indeed, almost 70 percent of Americans report they don't have a single person they can confide in.Rooted in established scientific findings, as well as her own research and clinical experience, Harvard-trained psychologist and connection researcher Dr. Kristine Klussman's approach to well-being is simple and transformative. Klussman shows us that the way to achieve true happiness and fulfillment is not by striving toward them at all, but rather by cultivating connection in our everyday lives. As Klussman says, "Happiness is what we are all chasing, but connection, meaning, and a sense of purpose are the cravings that actually fulfill us and lead to enduring life satisfaction."Connection brings readers an eye-opening and actionable guide that teaches how to nurture your own self-knowledge and integrity-and how to use that knowledge to shape a life rich with meaning and purpose. With Connection, you will discover how to connect with yourself and the world around you in deeper and more significant ways. Through experiential exercises and guided reflection, Klussman teaches readers how to live their best lives in alignment with their values, hopes, and dreams."The beauty of connection theory is that you really only have to remember one thing in order to increase your ability to effect meaningful change across multiple dimensions of your life," writes Klussman. "Make achieving authentic connection your goal." Connection will help you orient your life around your soul's deepest and most authentic truths. Join Dr. Kristine Klussman to discover the tranquility, comfort, and gratitude that arise when we are fully and consciously connected.

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The legendary author, speaker, and self-described "philosophical entertainer" Alan Watts delights us on audio with a wealth of illuminations into the spirit and art of meditation, spanning many traditions"What would it be like to see all as one?" Alan Watts asks. "We hear about attaining great states of consciousness. But the only way to have a real transformation is to stop thinking about itΓÇöand simply experience it."From the 1950s to the 1970s, this seminal teacher sparked the West''s love for Eastern wisdom. Now, in these rare recorded gems, he inspires a new generation of inner explorers seeking deeper insights into meditationΓÇöits myriad forms, how they work, and what happens when we practice them.On the "artless art" of contemplative practice, Watts explores Buddhist and yogic paths, Zen koans, Hindu mantra chanting, deep listening, effortless awareness, and more. The key to all meditation, reflects Watts, is to give up trying to do itΓÇöto leave it beΓÇöand allow ourselves to be meditated by what is beyond our illusory self.For those looking for teachings seldom explored in the current tide of books on mindfulness, Buddhism, and yoga, Watts is here to enthrall usΓÇöas original, humorous, and relevant today as ever.

From the sounds of a bird greeting the morning sun to the rising of a silver moon at bedtime, a young girl experiences "a mindful day" from start to finish