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In Soul Shift, Rachel Macy Stafford offers us a practical, inclusive guide to navigating a culture of distraction and depletion to find our way back to what delights our heart, makes us feel alive, and brings us peace. She illuminates how to embody the practice of presence, where we return home to our authentic selves and the joy found only in the here and now.

Most of us dread standing up in front of a crowd. In fact sociologists rank public speaking as our greatest fear. But there's good news. You can overcome this and other fears through the Vocal Awareness® System that Arthur Joseph has spent over four decades successfully developing. Now, in Voice of a Leader, Joseph offers proven methods to create a paradigm shift in the way you present yourself.

When Reiki founder Mikao Usui was asked if his groundbreaking practice could be used for self-healing, he said: "If you can't heal yourself, how can you heal others?" Now, acclaimed author Bronwen Stiene brings you nine essential Reiki techniques focusing on your own well-being, growth, and empowerment.

Here's an opportunity to explore the Ten Perfections with one of the pre-eminent meditation instructors of our time. The Perfections are Buddhism's most basic foundation and include such universal virtues as truthfulness, simplicity, and lovingkindness. These virtues are not remote possibilities - they are immediate answers to the problems and challenges we face every day of our lives.

Perhaps no one is more qualified to offer a program on the practice of both yoga and chant than Richard Freeman, who lived in India for nearly a decade mastering Sanskrit chant and how it can complement and enrich the practice of yoga. Now he shares the fruits of his intensive study with Yoga Chants, an instructional program on the authentic meaning, precise pronunciation, and yogic application of traditional Sanskrit chant.

In every culture, in every age, there is a turning point in human life. At this threshold, when you see fewer days ahead than have already passed, you begin the greatest adventure: the second half of your life. In The Second Half of Life, anthropologist and author Angeles Arrien retrieves the world's vital wisdom - teachings that have opened people at midlife to the deeper mysteries of who we really are and why we are truly here.

Doctors, nurses, bodyworkers, and therapists have all felt it at least once - the uncanny gut instinct about what's ailing a patient or client. But what if there were a way to consciously tap this intuitive power and make it a regular part of diagnosis and treatment? For more than 20 years, Dr. Judith Orloff has pioneered the use of intuition in health care. With Becoming an Intuitive Healer, she now presents a full-length audio workshop about the indispensable role of intuition in healing.

In countless moments, opportunities arise for us to either judge or support ourselves, to envy another's joy or to celebrate with them, to turn away from others or to connect. Embracing Your Boundless Heart opens the way for us to amplify love in ourselves and with our families, coworkers, communities, and even those we struggle with the most.

Dr. Lani Leary was among the first researchers to recognize the body's energy field and its healing potential. Her original edition of Healing Hands taught a generation of caregivers how to use their natural energy to support physical and spiritual wholeness. In this expanded audio edition, Dr. Leary explains the significance of the Human Energy Field and offers four meditations for identifying, gathering, and conveying the inner healing force you can use to help yourself and others.

Observant and relentlessly honest, Long Quiet Highway starts out as a reflection on the people, places, and experiences that helped best selling author Natalie Goldberg discover the transformational power of writing. Soon it crystallizes into a winding koan that cuts through sentiment to get at the truth of the spiritual life and the discipline needed to achieve it.

When dialogue is reduced to pushing our views, scoring points, or assigning blame, everybody suffers—no matter who “wins” or “loses” an argument. In our personal lives and in the world today, we need tools for authentic, respectful, relationship-building communication more than ever. “If you want to stop arguing and start connecting,” says Oren Jay Sofer, “the first prerequisite is being more present and aware.” Now the renowned teacher shares his most effective teachings for transforming the way we communicate with Speak Your Truth with Love and Listen Deeply.

On Reduced to Joy, best-selling author and poet-philosopher Mark Nepo invites you to join him in a poignant examination of "the gifts and challenges of being a spirit here on Earth," through six captivating sessions that address the vital task of discovering and returning to what matters.

Is it possible to maintain a youthful flow of abundant vitality throughout our entire lives? Qi Gong masters such as Robert Peng know that we can - by using time-tested practices to amplify our physical, mental, and spiritual energy. Here, he introduces techniques for visualizing and directing the flow of subtle energy with this guided full-body energy-cleansing practice. Sounds True Practices are short downloadable audio sessions selected from our most popular courses.

You know you have a physical body, but did you know that you also have a light body - a timeless, energetic essence that connects you to everything in the universe?

Most of us will begin - and end - many relationships in our lives. Why is it so difficult to keep one love for a lifetime? Daphne Rose Kingma's The Breakup Bible is a landmark guide that shares a new view of why we fall in and out of love and why this painful process is not only natural but essential if we are to find true love.

The path through trauma is one of the most difficult anyone can tread. With The Healing Trauma Summit, you’ll find that you don’t have to do so alone. Featuring some of the most prominent voices in the field, this audio collection will give you resources and options for the journey out of trauma and toward peace. 

How can we care for ourselves during tumultuous times? When we’re under stress or experiencing anxiety, many of us try to “think” our way into feeling better. In reality, the answers we seek can’t be found in our minds—our true path to healing lies in the body. With Nourishing Your Nervous System, you’ll discover a wealth of accessible tools and practices for tending to your body at the most fundamental level—that of the nervous system—so you can tune in to a calm confidence no matter how stressful life becomes.

Meir Schneider can see ¿ and that's a miracle. Born without sight, he refused to give into his blindness and instead began an intensive exploration of sight and self-healing systems.

Miracle Eyesight Method is Meir Schneider's original best-selling audio program for better eye health. It covers the full theoretical foundations of natural eyesight improvement, plus Schneider's complete set of techniques for exercising your eyes back to health.

Join best-selling author Dr. Andrew Weil for these helpful house calls in audio, and get the information you need to improve your health safely and naturally.

A growing number of people are beginning to see things in a radically different way. In other words, more of us are starting to “wake up” spiritually—to discover an entirely new identity beyond the usual sense of who we think we are. But what is spiritual awakening, really? How does it happen—and what are the consequences? In Waking Up: Volume 4, Tami Simon speaks with six teachers about their personal understanding of spiritual awakening—how it takes place, what changes (and what doesn’t), and how their experiences can inspire and inform our own realization.