ENLIGHTEN UP! a blogSelf-awareness stories: lighting our way to clarity, contentment and resilience in a complicated world.
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ENLIGHTEN UP! a blogSelf-awareness stories: lighting our way to clarity, contentment and resilience in a complicated world.
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In this post I’m going to recommend a few books that focus on self-awareness and self-help. They are designed to empower your progress on the all-important internal wisdom journey. When we step on this path we learn to make conscious choices for needed change, choose to remain the same with full awareness of the consequences or find a measure of acceptance and peace of mind if no change is possible. Sleep Simplified addresses a basic human necessity – sleep. Monica Le Baron, is a bilingual sleep coach and certified yoga therapist who specializes in helping women with sleep disorders get a good night’s rest. Her passion for helping others was sparked after she burned out at her corporate job and used yoga-based techniques on herself to heal from insomnia, chronic pain, anxiety and stress. She reminds us that sleep troubles don’t typically start in the bedroom; they’re just the tip of the iceberg and an indication that something else is going wrong. She helps clients identify the root causes of their sleep troubles, implement effective changes, and create lasting habits that lead to better sleep. These lasting habits start by developing an ideal night routine to help you fall asleep effortlessly. This book offers five practical tips for helping you get those needed eight hours of sleep a night. The steps are:
If sleep issues are impacting your life and health, Monica’s book and coaching program may help. You’ll find more about what Monica is up to these days here: https://monicalebaron.com From the Boxing Ring to the Ashram is an award-winning self-help book that inspires readers to become their healthiest and happiest in as little as ten minutes a day. Filled with practical, adaptable tips for boosting overall well-being, the book offers a diverse range of advice from twelve of Deborah’s mentors and teachers. Deborah’s book spotlights easy-to-implement tips for PTSD, anxiety, stress, depression, chronic pain, digestive disorders, and more. Her approach helps the reader adapt and adopt comfortable habits to instill a balance between physical, emotional, or spiritual health. You’ll read about twelve life lessons, twelve experts and twelve unconventional life paths dotted with challenges along the way. Dr. Vasant Lad, BAMS, MASc., founder of The Ayurvedic Institute, writes this in his endorsement, “Deborah Charnes has brought ancient timeless wisdom into the most practical and clinical application. This is a wonderful discipline to integrate the healing of the body, mind, and spirit through mindfulness, yoga, and magic of laughter. I think this book will help every reader change his or her life.” Committed to helping others be their healthiest and happiest, Deborah has written 500 articles on holistic well-being, and she hosts a weekly book club on IGTV and Facebook Live. You can find more information on Deborah and her work here: https://linktr.ee/Deborahcharnes April Goff Brown’s book, Journey to Your SELF, was born from her core beliefs, which are:
With those core beliefs at the forefront of her life, April has written a guide to help the reader embrace their true self and express their unique potential. Her program uses the 64 gates of Human Design as the roadmap for personal growth and transformation. The book describes the gates in brief, uses insightful language that is user-friendly and includes a set of Reflection Questions crafted to facilitate deep integration of the content. April Goff Brown is a level 4 certified Quantum Human Design Specialist, Intuitive Life Coach and certified oracle card reader. Through her 35 plus years of experience, April brings a wealth of knowledge to her practice, guiding clients toward abundance and alignment in their lives. Find out more about April here: https://www.aprilgoffbrown.com/#About The Book of Joy features dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Llama and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The event was organized to celebrate the Dalai-Lama’s 80th birthday. The two friends spent a week talking about how to encourage and experience joy in the middle of suffering. Their discussions centered on explaining the Eight Pillars of Joy. Four are qualities of the spirit, and the other four are qualities of the heart. The Eight Pillars are:
Reading the book or listening to the audio version is worth every minute of time you invest. And last (but hopefully not least) is, Enlighten Up! – my book! Enlighten Up! is an award-winning personal growth book that offers the reader practical goals and accessible practices to help them begin or continue their self-awareness journey. It offers a contemporary frame for the theory and practice of self-awareness to help readers find clarity, contentment and resilience in a complicated world. The ideas are sourced from a 3,000-year old wisdom tradition from India that describes humans as having five layers of being:
I wrote it in a warm conversational tone and those who know me will not be surprised to find that it’s sprinkled with stories, lessons, confessions, hard won wisdom and humor. You can watch a trailer and find more information here: (https://www.bethgibbs.com/enlightenupbook.html) Happy reading! My next post will feature books on using yoga postures and techniques for stress reduction, relaxation and healthy aging.
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AuthorBETH GIBBS started her yoga practice in 1968, four months after her son was born and she’s been practicing ever since. She currently teaches all levels therapeutic yoga classes for adults, and specialty classes for seniors in the Hartford, Connecticut area. Beth is a certified yoga therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is guest faculty at the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy. She writes for the blogs, Yoga for Healthy Aging, and Accessible Yoga. Her master’s degree from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA is in Yoga Therapy and Mind/Body Health. Categories |
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