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  Today's meditation from  Weekly Soul: Fifty-two Meditations on Meaningful, Joyful, and Peaceful Living   by Dr. Frederic Craigie. -14-   Throughout life, keep asking yourself, “What would I do right now, in this situation, if I were guided by my life purpose? What would I be doing differently at this moment?” The more mindful you are of your life purpose, the greater its impact will be on your life and the lives of those you care about.   Matthew McKay, John Forsyth, Georg Eifert   When I work with groups, I often begin with a mindful walking exercise. I give them Thich Nhat Hanh’s instructions for walking meditation;   Take short steps in complete relaxation; go slowly with a smile on your lips, with your heart open to an experience of peace.    … and invite them to get up from their seats, leave the room, and return to their seats in a spirit of mindful walking. The very first time I began a teaching session with a mindful walking exerci...

  Listen to Nanette Hucknall (author of How to Live from Your Heart and co-author of The Rose and the Sword ) talk about how to live from your heart on Bruce Langford's Mindfulness Podcast .\ How to Live from Your Heart has won the following awards: Book of the Year finalist Best Books Award finalist Book Excellence Award Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Readers' Favorites Book Award finalist Kops-Fetherling International Books Legacy Award: Self/Help For more posts about Nanette and her books, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the b...

  Excerpt from How to Stay Calm in Chaos Tuesday Stay Flexible Do you consider yourself flexible? I’ve been teaching yoga on Tuesdays for several years and ever since I began, Tuesdays have reminded me to stay flexible. Not just in the body but in the mind and in the heart.    When some people think about yoga, they think about the movement part of it, but yoga is more of a path than it is about the asanas (poses). Our poses come to life with our breath, and we move so it’s more comfortable than sitting for meditation. [MR1]   The flexibility you learn in yoga extends well beyond the mat. Being flexible in thought and mind can lead to creativity and innovation, helping you transform, reevaluate, and innovate daily routines. Although so many things are closed right now, new possibilities are available if you are open to them. This is the beauty of remaining flexible. Staying flexible also helps you find rhythm and flow. Let this be a friendly little nudge to let you k...

  Recently, Julie Gentile's article "Journal Your Way to Wellness," was the featured article in the December 31  YOGA + Life®  newsletter, and it was published in the print version of the Winter + Spring 2021-22 issue of  CO YOGA + Life® Magazine .   Also, Julie just launched a series of YouTube video #shorts,  A Second for Yourself . Every Self-Care Sunday for the next 52 weeks, she will be highlighting one relatable, motivational mantra in video format. These mantras are little seeds of affirmations that can help listeners achieve their goals and dreams this year. Readers can subscribe to her  Stand Up for Your Self-Care YouTube Channel   to view the videos as soon as they are published. Read more posts about Julie and her books HERE . Read more posts about authors in the news HERE . Julie's book, 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas , is on sale at the MSI Press webstore for $5 while inventory lasts. A 25% discount w...

  " The author's wisdom and experience shine through to inspire and motivate with accessible and straightforward practices that can provide calm in the chaos. She exudes kindness and boundless hope for staying connected in mind, body, and spirit no matter how trying life becomes amid a pandemic and beyond. Her simple but powerful guide can serve as an effective launching point for managing stress by acquiring self-care practices that can be adapted into daily routines." Read the rest of the review HERE . Julie's book received a RECOMMENDED rating. For more posts about this book, click HERE . For posts about Julie and her books (yes, she has more than one), click HERE .

  Julie Gentile, author of 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas and How to Stay Calm in Chaos was recently interviewed about her books and issues of self by the following: Relentless Pursuit Podcast "Everyday Self-Care" an Interview with Julie Gentile  (February 17, 2021) The Teaching and Learning  Podcast Self-Care for Teachers  (March 29, 2021)  To read more  posts about Julie and her books, click HERE .

  Your Self-Care Bucket: Fill It First  Self-care is anything you intentionally do to nourish and renew your mind, body, and spirit. It’s not like you practice it once and then you’re good to go for the next two years. It’s the accumulation and constant replenishment of sustainable self-care practices that can help you stay well physically, emotionally, spiritually, and beyond. I often describe this accumulation in terms of a self-care bucket. Visualize an empty bucket in your favorite color or pattern. We’ll call this your self-care bucket. Now visualize all the self-care practices you do every day or every week. Every self-care practice represents a drop that gets added to your bucket. For example, if you exercised today, add a drop to the bucket. If you got eight solid hours of sleep last night (way to go if that’s you!), sprinkle in another drop.  Eventually, your bucket will be so full of drops of self-care that the accumulation of drops overflows, spil...

  Readers' Favorite recently awarded 5 stars to Julie Gentile for her book, How to Stay Calm in Chaos .   "... I found Gentile’s down to earth approach appealing and the exercises suggested are easy to make a part of a daily routine. How To Stay Calm in Chaos shares a valuable message that by taking small measures to take good care of ourselves, we can be at our best to help our families and others through life’s inevitable ups and downs.: Read the rest of the review HERE . Become acquainted with Julie's other book, 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas , HERE. Read more posts about Julie and her books HERE . Want both books at discount? Available HERE . Additional 25% discount available with coupon code, FF25.

  Weekly Soul by Frederic Craigie, Ph.D.  is a collection of 52 meditations on meaningful, joyful and peaceful living. The meditations begin with thought-provoking quotations from a range of people--writers, journalists, theologians, musicians and artists, activists--and touch on themes of Miracles, Aliveness, Purpose, Laughter and Joy, Presence/Mindfulness, Activism, Acceptance, Gratitude, Forgiveness, Creativity, Civility, and Hope. Each meditation also others Dr. Craigie's stories and commentary, questions for individual and group reflection, suggestions for daily follow-up, and biographical background on the quotation authors. In  Weekly Soul , readers will find a year's worth of affirmation and engaging exploration of wholeness and well-being. Endorsement: There is nothing usual or ordinary about Fred Craigie's rich, compelling invitation to explore who we are and what matters to us. It's insanely readable, this beautifully organized mashup of poetry, philosophy, p...