Showing results by publisher "Sounds True" in Religion & Spirituality

The spiritual masters from traditions East and West have known for centuries a truth that most of us typically overlook: We each possess a built-in mechanism for spiritual awakening. What is it? The sound of your own voice. On Awakening Through Sound, internationally acclaimed singer and sound healer Chloë Goodchild presents a program that will teach you how to harness the transformational power of your individual voice and sound.

Sounds True listeners and followers of the Insights at the Edge podcast series have heard her introducing and interviewing the top spiritual teachers in the world - and now we finally have the opportunity to hear directly from Tami Simon herself. With Being True, Tami shares the most important lessons from her own journey about living in accordance with our inner imperatives in work, life, and love.

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.

As much as science tries to answer all our questions and technology tries to make life easier, there is always a part of us that hungers for something greater. "We have souls that need meaning and purpose as much as the body needs food and water," says Thomas Moore. With A Personal Spirituality, this respected teacher presents a guide for cultivating your own practice and faith - not based on laws etched in rigid tradition but on your inner yearning for wisdom and truth.

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.

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.

In Your Primal Nature - recorded live in the Amazon rainforest - renowned medical intuitive Caroline Myss explores the natural energy of the earth, its awesome potential for transforming our lives, and our instinctual need to connect with it.

Angeles Arrien invites us to "walk the mystical path with practical feet" through the archetype of the Visionary. The Way of the Visionary is to tell the truth without blame or judgment. Truthfulness, authenticity, and integrity are keys to developing our vision and intuition. We express the Way of the Visionary through personal creativity, goals, and ability to manifest our dreams and visions into the world.

The more you learn about quantum physics, the more you wonder: who is really creating your reality? Fear not, Dr. Quantum, superhero of spiritual science, is here to help you meet the real creator: You! Join this champion of modern thought (sometimes known by his alter ego, Dr. Fred Alan Wolf) on a quest for truth through the strange reality of quantum physics.

Spiritual personality. It’s something we all have - an affinity for certain wisdom traditions or inner practices - much like our inclinations toward the food we eat or the clothes we wear. But how do you know if you’re on the path that’s best for you?To answer this question, acclaimed author and teacher Jonathan Ellerby, PhD, presents Your Spiritual Personality.

Who was medieval Italy's Francis of Assisi? Millions knew him as the saint who first received the stigmata of Christ, as a champion of the poor, and as a mystic who possessed a divine rapport with the natural world. But few know that Saint Francis also created an extraordinary system of practices to radiate a joyfulness of spirit inward to the soul and outward to the world. On The Way of Saint Francis, scholar and friar Murray Bodo reveals the life of this celebrated saint and shares specific meditations, prayers, and teachings to cultivate the 5 great keys of Franciscan spirituality: Silence, how to use inner and outer quietude to prepare a sacred dwelling place within; Purification, true forgiveness, the secret to purifying the heart; Openness, how to embrace your deeper suffering and simpler joys in the manner and spirit of Saint Francis; Response, the way of the Poor Christ, a life made rich through prayer, contemplation, and selfless service; Time, how we enter the state of the timeless divine. You will learn how to use each of these miraculous keys to open the door to the cell within - a sacred inner space of stillness and strength available to you at any time and in any situation - and to transform yourself into a true instrument of peace.

The transcendental, humming pulse of consciousness can be heard in the center of the fourth chakra: the human body's heart center. As this chakra is balanced and energized, faith, devotion, and harmony in our relationships unfold. Now, world-renowned drummer and author Layne Redmond offers Heart Chakra Meditations, two sessions specially recorded to purify the heart chakra and fine-tune our receptivity for love at the core of our entire being.

With Pain Relief, Shinzen Young teaches listeners how to step outside of pain through traditional meditation practices. Drawing from 20 years of results in the field, this widely respected teacher offers a practical program to address both chronic and short-term pain, possibly reducing the need for drugs or surgery. Step-by-step techniques taught in plain language show how to overcome internal resistance, the key to transforming physical pain into a flow of pure energy.

If you took your hands off the steering wheel of your life (or at least relaxed your grip a bit), what would happen? On Let Yourself Go, Arjuna Ardagh invites listeners to find out, as they discover how to identify and dissolve the hidden points of view that obscure the true nature of reality and the essence of what we are.

"Zen howl is the sound of our masks falling away," teaches Natalie Goldberg. When the masks we hide behind wither and die, there is immediate intimacy between ourselves and the world. This hint of intimacy, of touching something out of reach, is what ignites our longing to write and our desire to practice meditation.

In times of great pain and upheaval, people's minds turn to "the end of the world." According to author Gregg Braden, this is one of those historical moments - a period of change and turmoil that summons intense anxiety and causes us to wonder if we are approaching the culmination of human history. And yet, many cultures both ancient and contemporary believe that there is no such thing as an end time - that in fact, history doesn't move in a straight line toward a single destination, but in a series of ever-more-complicated fractal cycles.

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.

When did talking to your plants become a dialogue? In this remarkable work, author and gardener Judith Handelsman teaches that "the issues of life and death reveal themselves through observing and caring for plants." She illustrates her point with magical stories that will leave you in no doubt that you can communicate with your own plants, whether you live in the country or in a high-rise apartment with a house plant on your window sill.

Every spiritual tradition teaches that we are all interconnected. Yet when we are faced with the world’s many injustices, we often want to turn away and isolate ourselves rather than feel the full measure of our grief, anger, and fear. “If we allow ourselves the space to fully experience these painful emotions,” says Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, “something amazing happens. We see more clearly how we can make a difference. We invite a deeper spirituality—one that goes beyond our personal experience to a greater communal solidarity.”

Kirtan is the calling, the crying, the reaching across infinite space and digging into the heart's deepest well to touch and be touched by the Divine Presence, teaches world music pioneer Jai Uttal. On Kirtan! The Art and Practice of Ecstatic Chant, Jai guides listeners through the practice of Kirtan, singing the many names of God and Goddess, which is an essential part of Bhakti yoga, or the yoga of devotion. This sacred music form is for all people.