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In Meditation for Optimum Health, you will join best-selling authors Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn for a practical introduction that makes it simple to enjoy the life-changing benefits of meditation A-even if you've never tried it before.

How does meditation work? Can anybody do it? What do I need to get started? Is it religious? Does it have the power to heal?

When your life feels like one long list of things to do, your true priorities - your most authentic aspirations and dreams for your future - can get you lost. On Take Time for Your Life, the inspiring author and life skills coach Cheryl Richardson helps you restore balance and sanity to your daily schedule, allowing you to put your energy into the projects and people you believe in the most.

Gain a unique perspective on how our thoughts and emotions influence the healing process. Dr. Joan Borysenko, a nationally renowned cancer cell biologist and psychologist takes us back to the time of Jesus to help cast light on forgiveness, an often overlooked concept that has profound implications in the science of self-healing. Using step-by-step meditations, historical anecdotes, and inspiring bio-spiritual insights, Seventy Times Seven synthesizes Dr. Borysenko's many areas of expertise to help us rediscover the power of forgiveness and its great benefits to our health and emotional wellness.

Within the wisdom teachings of Buddhism, there are many stories that refer to its founds as the "Supreme Physiciam"- a healer of all illness- mental, physical, and spiritual. The Buddha understood suffering and its antidote. His prescription and philosophy for right living led directly to a Tibetan meditation practice that is today the medicine our hearts have been searching for.

Who was Rumi, and how does he continue to speak to us today? On Song of the Sun, Andrew Harvey, the Oxford-trained authority on Rumi and author of several modern spiritual classics, takes us inside the extraordinary life and teachings of this prophet and poet. Harvey sifts through the many legends and tales associated with Rumi's life to reveal a rich and inspiring portrait of what a human being in love with and empowered by God can become. He mines the thousands of odes and quatrains composed by Rumi, and shares the most sumptuous and ecstatic works, all with clear relevance to our spiritual lives today. At a time when we are hungry for a divine vision of our world as it can be - and should be - Song of the Sun is an invitation to Rumi's most sacred and glorious feast.

Angeles Arrien invites us to "walk the mystical path with practical feet" through the archetype of the Healer. The Way of the Healer is to pay attention to what has heart and meaning. Paying attention opens us to the human resources of love, gratitude, acknowledgment, and validation. We express the Way of the Healer through our attitudes and actions that maintain personal health and support the welfare of our environment.

Angeles Arrien invites us to "walk the mystical path with practical feet" through the archetype of the Teacher. The Way of the Teacher is to be open to any endeavor's outcome and not to fixate upon results. Openness and nonattachment help us recover our human resources of wisdom and objectivity. We express the Way of the Teacher through our effective communication skills in all relationships.

Angeles Arrien invites us to "walk the mystical path with practical feet" through the archetype of the Warrior. The Way of the Warrior (or Leader) is to show up and choose to be present. Being present allows us to access the human resources of power, presence, and communication. We express the Way of the Leader through the right use of power, appropriate action, good timing, and clear communication.

What does it mean to live in a heart-centered way? How do we turn our biggest obstacles into openings for joy, connection, and possibility? These are the questions you will explore through Heart Work. As spiritual director of Denver's Mile Hi Church for more than 30 years, Dr. Roger Teel has brought compassion and quiet illumination to those facing loss, health crises, and many other life challenges.

In Rituals for Conscious Dying, Feinstein combines traditional rituals, guided imagery, and spiritual insights to show how we can turn the fear of death into an affirmation of life. The audio features three guided meditations and covers themes that include: exploring sacred time and accessing your inner guide; finding the meaning of emotionally chaotic states; and the crossing from one stage of life into the next.

With Fly Without Fear: Proven Breathing Techniques for In-Flight Relaxation, psychologist Gay Hendricks offers a complete guided session for overcoming airborne anxiety and fear. By heightening your awareness of the body's response to a threatening situation, Dr. Hendricks teaches you to use breathing and visualization techniques to calm the nerves, unlock the diaphragm, and loosen tense muscles. Travelers now have a portable remedy for use on any trip to enjoy a more relaxing flight.

In The Big Picture, Smith draws from his lifetime of scholarship to describe for us the nature of ultimate reality. His description combines the most up-to-date findings of science with the enduring truths of the world's greatest religions, an alignment that offers firm grounds for hope. The vision is mystical and, as supported by the evidence Smith introduces, completely believable.

In Natural Freedom, spiritual activist Alan Clements gives voice to what may very well be this new spirituality. He calls it "natural freedom", the essence of spiritual life common to all people. Not a doctrine but an intuitive process that comes out of your own inquiry and self-honesty, natural freedom is a way of "feeling into" your heart to uncover the truth in your daily life - a truth that will empower you to live with courage, compassion, and radical self-responsibility.

In Spiritual Gifts of a Painful Childhood, Wayne Muller - author of the national best seller Legacy of the Heart - helps listeners grasp the divine thread that connects sorrow and pain to an awakening of the spirit. This graduate of Harvard Divinity School has devoted almost 20 years to helping the homeless, the sick, and the impoverished.

Health first, then weight. This is part of the liberating new approach to managing our patterns of eating developed by integrative medicine pioneer Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Carolyn Ross. The Joy of Eating Well presents their revolutionary program for transforming your relationship with food and fostering harmony in the mind and spirit through greater self-awareness and body acceptance.

Modern research shows that our language creates the fundamental "operating system" of the human mind. Awakening the Global Mind is your key to rewriting that system to find your own access code to Logos and personal flourishing. This deep restructuring of consciousness turns each moment of your life into an opening of awakening.

Would creating a work of art be easier for you if an inspiring spirit were here to guide you? To spark you with endless new ideas? And bless you with the divine energy that is at the heart of all creative endeavors? Here is a map to the joyful place where your partner in creativity resides. Designed for people who create for a living - or who want to - The Marry Your Muse Workshop is the first full-length curriculum devoted to uncovering the art spirit that makes every act of creation possible.

Within each one of us there is a reservoir of divine wisdom; a seed of universal truth waiting to be discovered. The Kingdom of God, the Inner Light, the Buddha Nature, the Goddess within - every spiritual tradition has identified a direct personal connection to God and all that is sacred. In Touching the Divine, Wayne Muller offers a "model of heaven" (the original meaning of contemplate) to bring you in touch with the very center of your sacredness.

The 5,000-year-old science of kundalini maha yoga uses specific sound syllables known as mantras with the power to restore the flow of prana (vital energy) throughout your body and consciousness. According to the tradition, just listening to these sacred sounds once or more each day can lead to profound changes in your life.

With more than 20 million practitioners in the United States alone, yoga is more popular than ever. For those interested in starting a practice of their own but hesitant about attending a class, Shiva Rea presents The Beginner's Guide to Yoga, the perfect introduction to hatha yoga. Complete with a 60-minute guided session with yoga basics and simple poses, here is an easily accessible how-to program from one of the world's most respected yoga teachers.