Donna Quesada had been teaching for about a dozen years when the first signs of burnout hit her. Rather than give in to her frustration, she reached for Buddha’s teachings, the Zen wisdom that formed the basis of her own longtime spiritual practice. She survived the semester and gradually rediscovered the joy in her job that had been progressively declining. In this wise and inspirational book, she shares the lessons she learned-lessons that revealed, time and again, that no matter the sit...

Two giant sycamores keep watch over a little wooden bungalow house. From their vantage point, the billboard signs on the street are within plain view, and lately it’s all about the cactus and how "cool" it is. One of the sycamores decides he wants to be just like the cactus. So, he gets on the computer, and orders the finest cactus spines from Mexico. He also orders cowboy boots but finds it is quite a challenge to get his stringy roots into that pointy toe! When he begins to feel sick, th...

Donna Quesada had been teaching for about a dozen years when the first signs of burnout hit her. Rather than give into her frustration, she reached for Buddha’s teachings-the Zen wisdom that formed the basis of her own longtime spiritual practice. She survived the semester and gradually rediscovered the joy of teaching that had been progressively declining. In this wonderful book, she shares the lessons she learned-lessons that reveal time and again: No matter the situation, it’s always ab...

Penney Peirce—bestselling author and renowned intuitive and visionary—shows you how to trust and develop your intuition to an advanced degree. Intuition is the skill of the future, and it will absolutely give you an advantage in whatever you do.As the first book in Peirce’s groundbreaking Transformation series, The Intuitive Way shows how intuition is an innate human capacity that can easily be enhanced and developed. Synthesizing insights from ps...

Intuition is a birthright but many have lost touch with it. If embraced and followed intuition can be an accurate force that permeates all facets of life. Shakti teaches readers how to tap into their inner knowledge and use it to enhance their lives and attain their goals. Chapters explore the role of intuition in health creativity work and prosperity. Exercises based on Shakti's workshops and seminars help readers listen to their inner guide but also evaluate the worthiness of such knowle...

The best-selling author of Messages from Spirit and The MapWithin each of us is the voice of an inner teacher-guardian that is our link to the unseen world of Soul. Its purpose is to guide and protect us. It allows us an "all-access pass" to the vast arena of Divine intelligence, potential, and power. It is called intuition. We all have it, yet sadly, most people are disconnected from it.Using her own turbulent yet remarka...

Discover why 90% of your worries won’t come true in this highly practical, internationally bestselling guide by the renowned Zen Buddhist author of The Art of Simple Living and How to Let Things Go.Think of a time when you were worried about something, but then you suddenly realized how insignificant it was. Isn’t it amazing how much lighter you felt? The key is to focus only on the here and now. By doing so, you free yourself from unnecessary anx...

A practical and empowering approach to the age-old quest to let go of the thoughts and feelings that block happiness, impede change, and hinder self-acceptanceAnyone who has dipped a toe into any of the world’s spiritual traditions knows that letting go and letting be are key. But how? In this fresh, frank, and powerful guide, Peter Russell allows readers to see that the things we get hung up on are generally not tangible problems in the present, but are instead th...

In this revised edition of Maps to Ecstasy, Gabrielle Roth expands on the themes that have guided her ways of transforming daily life into sacred art. Her work in teaching movement has been described as a marriage of art and healing.Each chapter initiates readers into one of the five sacred powers necessary for survival and reveals the five life cycles that lead to enlightenment. The creative process brings readers in touch with these five sacred powers by freeing the body to exper...

Now in paperback, the self-published success that provides guidance for women in identifying and transforming one of the most challenging emotions of our livesSelf-help authors rarely distinguish between anger and rage, but Ruth King has devoted her career to exploring the subtle varieties of this emotion. In Healing Rage, she gives all readers access to her pioneering, breakthrough program, which has already changed thousands of lives through workshops na...

May people have read about the benefits of meditation and would love to try it, but feel it is beyond their capabilities. Coming To Your Senses changes that perception. It teaches a new approach to meditation that makes the task of silencing the thought and clutter in your head no longer a difficult challenge. This book takes you by the arm and leads you step by step through the process of learning this new approach to meditation called Inner Vision Meditation. It reveals how each of us ma...

Buddhism asserts that we each have the potential to free ourselves from the prison of our problems. As practiced for more than twenty-six hundred years, the process involves working with, rather than against, our depression, anxiety, and compulsions. We do this by recognizing the habitual ways our minds perceive and react the way they mislead. The lively exercises and inspiring real-world examples Cayton provides can help you transform intractable problems and neutralize suffering by culti...