EVERYDAY TOOLS
Daily practices to maintain high vibration, peace, joy, guidance, inspiration.
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie, – “a great blessing for our planet. The root cause of suffering is identification with our thoughts… Byron Katie’s Work acts like a razor-sharp sword that cuts through that illusion and enables you to know for yourself the timeless essence of your being” – Eckhart Tolle Check out other great works by Byron Katie: her website HERE, and lots of great YouTube videos HERE. Highly recommended.
An Easy Practice to Heal Yourself and Our World: Tonglen, by Suzanne Giesemann, YouTube video HERE. Suzanne introduces the Buddhist practice of tonglen were suffering is released and balance is reestablished. A very useful practice that is healing and helps reestablish a higher vibration – highly recommended. Other great videos by Suzanne HERE, especially her page on Spiritual Tools HERE
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh -shows us how to make positive use of the situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. A ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on the path to “mindfulness” The most profound satisfactions, the deepest feelings of joy and completeness lie as close at hand as our next aware breath and the smile we can form right now.
Silence Speaks, by Eckhart Tolle – A beautiful poetically written book about the power of living in the now and the transformative effect of meeting life with presence. Open this book to any page and be uplifted. – Janice
One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder, by Brian Doyle — a book of essays about the miraculous and transcendent moments of everyday life. Open anywhere and be charmed.
www.brenebrown.com a wealth of articles, podcasts, downloads and guides from this University of Houston researcher on courage, vulnerability, and daring to lead. Especially look for her “Guideposts for Wholehearted Living” and “Wholehearted Living Inventory Assessment.”
www.dailyom.com – website offers low-priced on-line, self-paced classes in Art & Writing, Energy Work, Healing, Healthy Living, Home and Garden, Inspirational, Manifesting and Money, Meditation and Relaxation, Motivational, Nature, Relationships, Religious Studies, Self-Improvement, and Spirituality.
www.mindvalley.com – a learning experience company that publishes ideas and teachings by the best authors in personal growth, wellbeing, spirituality, productivity, mindfulness, and more within engaged and supportive communities. Check out the Mindvalley Quests (fee-based) and the many free courses offered.
www.soundstrue.com – offers transformational programs to show you how to live a more genuine, loving, meaningful life, including courses in mindfulness and meditation, healing, medical intuition, surrender, radical compassion, lucid dreaming, non-violent communication, shamanism, enlightenment, and more.
www.healthjourneys.com – guided imagery and meditation audios to improve mood, alleviate anxiety and stress, promote restful sleep, reduce pain.
Meditations to Raise Your Vibration – a collection of meditations specifically geared toward increasing your vibration and mood. Scroll through these YouTube selections and see if any of them resonate.
Health Journeys – Guided imagery and meditation audios to improve mood, alleviate anxiety and stress, promote restful sleep, and reduce pain.
The Earthing Movie: The Remarkable Science of Grounding (website) -is a documentary that reveals the scientific phenomenon of how we can heal our bodies and calm ourselves and relieve stress by doing the simplest thing that a person can do… standing barefoot on the earth. Also called “Grounding,” connecting bare skin to the ground for extended periods of time can significantly reduce inflammation leading to often dramatic health benefits. Many other benefits are described. You can watch on YouTube HERE or, connect on the Facebook page HERE.
Eternal Echoes – Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong, by John O’donohue – There is a divine restlessness in the human heart, our eternal echo of longing that lives deep within us and never lets us settle for what we have or where we are.In this exquisitely crafted and inspirational book, John O’Donohue, author of the bestseller Anam Cara, explores the most basic of human desires – the desire to belong, a desire that constantly draws us toward new possibilities of self-discovery, friendship, and creativity.
Spirituality & Practice – a website offering articles, testimonials and courses on simple daily practices that lead to peace, enlightenment, higher vibrations and healing.
