Cozy and Calm
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Cozy: The art of arranging yourself in the world.Author: Isabel Gillies
The Danes are famously the happiest people in the world, and hygge is a cornerstone of their way of life. Hygge (pronounce Hoo-ga) loosely translates as a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. You know hygge when you feel it. It is when you are cuddled up on the sofa with a loved one, or sharing comfort food with your closest friends. It is those crisp blue mornings when the light through your window is just right. It is about gratitude and savoring the simple pleasures in life. In short, it is the pursuit of everyday happiness. Available Format: book |
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Trade Your Cares for CalmAuthor: Max Lucado
Are you overwhelmed by the weight of your worry? Let Lucado gently guide you toward peace. Short stories, illuminating teachings, inspiring readings, and practical applications will help you face your fears, end your "if only" thinking, practice gratitude, and experience serenity Available Format: book |
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Success Through StillnessAuthor: Russell Simmons
Master entrepreneur, original hip-hop mogul, and New York Times bestselling author Russell Simmons shares the most fundamental key to success--meditation--and guides readers to use stillness as a powerful tool to access their potentials. Simmons shows the connection between inner peace and outward success, and says that there is no "bad" way to meditate, only different forms for different people. Simmons guides readers into finding greater clarity and focus, and explains how to be healthier in both mind and body. Available Format: book |
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Breathe Like a BearAuthor: Kira Willey
This beautifully illustrated collection of mindfulness exercises is designed to teach kids techniques for managing their bodies, breath, and emotions. Best of all, these thirty simple, short breathing practices and movements can be performed anytime, anywhere: in the car on the way to the grocery store, during heavy homework nights at home, or even at a child's desk at school. Based on Kira Willey's Parents' Choice GOLD Award winner Mindful Moments for Kids, Breathe Like a Bear is sure to help kids find calm, gain focus, and feel energized during the day while also encouraging families to establish fun and consistent mindfulness practices, whether at home or on the go Available format: book |
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The Little Book of HyggeAuthor: Meik Wiking
Embrace Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) and become happier with this definitive guide to the Danish philosophy of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. Why are Danes the happiest people in the world? The answer, says Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, is Hygge. Loosely translated, Hygge-pronounced Hoo-ga-is a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being... Available Format: Hoopla ebook |
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How to Meditate: a practical guide to making friends with your mindAuthor: Pema Chodron
When it comes to meditation, Pema Chödrön is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost teachers. Yet she's never offered an introductory course on audio-until now. On How to Meditate with Pema Chödrön, the American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun and bestselling author presents her first complete spoken-word course for those new to meditation. Available Format: Hoopla audiobook |
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Mindfulness for Beginners Author: Jon Kabat-Zinn
What if you could profoundly change your life just by becoming more mindful of your breathing? According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, you can. What if paying attention on purpose (and nonjudgmentally) could improve your health? Again, according to Dr. Kabat-Zinn-it can. On Mindfulness for Beginners, this internationally known scientist, bestselling author, and teacher who brought mindfulness meditation into the mainstream of medicine and society gives you immediate access to a practice that can potentially add years to your life, and will certainly enhance the quality of your moments and your years. Available Format: Hoopla audiobook |
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Qigong for BeginnersAuthor: Gaiam
Qigong is an ancient Chinese health care system that can be described as meditation with movement; a conscious form of exercise. It is not just physical exercise, but a transformative and holistic health care system. Qigong helps you to cultivate chi, with slow movements, smooth breathing and visualization, in order to enhance the body's natural healing abilities. Available Format: Hoopla video |
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The Beginner's Guide to Meditation: how to start enjoying the benefits of meditation immediatelyAuthor: Shinzen Young
What if there was a pill that could calm and clarify the mind, transform fatigue into energy ... and even improve your physical health? Until that scientific breakthrough happens, teaches Shinzen Young, there is another one that has already been proven at medical centers and universities around the world – the ancient science of meditation. On The Beginner’s Guide to Meditation, listeners learn exactly how specific inner techniques affect the mind and body – how to establish a daily meditation practice – plus, a complete five-part guided session to help listeners begin experiencing the benefits of meditation immediately. Available Format: Overdrive audiobook |
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Strength in the Storm: creating calm in difficult timesAuthor: Easwaran
We can find balance, peace, and even wisdom in the midst of chaos, Easwaran says, if we learn to steady our minds. It's a simple idea - a truly calm mind can weather any storm. With persistence, we can shed anxieties and resentments, strengthen our relationships, and stay kind and strong when faced with conflicts, supporting those around us. We learn to calm the mind through practice - there's no magic about it. We can't control what life throws at us, but we can learn to access courage, patience, and compassion to ride the waves of life minute-by-minute, day-by-day.
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