Meditation can help children cope with the intensity of their feelings and the pressures in their lives-among family, with friends, at school. It gives even the youngest kids enhanced self-understanding, and is especially valuable for adolescents navigating the emotional peaks and valleys that emerge during that tricky period. That's why parents, ...
Shows how to develop a personal meditation style through twenty-three step-by-step exercises that can lead to enhanced creativity and a secure sense of place.
Just the right size for the night-stand, this chunky, jewel-like book is an instant reference guide to the most common dream elements. Packed with enchanting full-color illustrations, it draws upon the work of Freud, Jung, and other dream theorists to reveal our hidden wishes and insights in a comprehensive and easy-to-use dictionary format.
A directory which takes a new approach to dreaming based on imaginative exploration rather than pseudo-scientific analysis. The author offers advice to those wishing to enrich the life of their dreams by learning techniques of dream recovery and control.
For readers new to meditation or for those who want some structure around their meditation practices, Meditation Week by Week offers 52 stages of meditation that can bring new insight and understanding.
This book is for novice and advanced practitioners alike. It describes the theory and practice of all the major Eastern and Western approached to meditation and brings together the insights provided by these spiritual traditions with those of modern psychology.
The practical companion to "Secret Language of Dreams", this beautifully illustrated, hands-on guide to remembering and understanding dreams presents more than 50 exercises that enable earnest dreamers to explore, intensify, and even guide their night wanderings. Includes 150 full-color images and a brief A-Z directory of dream symbols.160 pp.
From the I Ching and the Chakras to the Tarot and the Zodiac, this credible, highly readable, and vividily illustrated encyclopedic volume traces the origins and evolution of hundreds of symbols and symbol systems that have impacted human culture, history, art, and psychology since the dawn of time. 450 full-color illustrations.
Mandalas are highly decorative, symmetrical diagrams used as a focal point in meditation. This authoritative introduction looks at the history of mandalas and outlines the ways in which they can be used in the practice of meditation.
This is a guide to teaching children the health-giving benefits of meditation, covering their needs from school age to late adolescence. It is inspired by recent research that shows that childhood disorders such as hyperactivity, aggression and sleep problems may be helped by meditation. Meditation has long been recognized as a useful tool for ...
This illustrated and inspiring guide to Asian philosophy has straightforward text and 30 step-by-step exercises through classic Zen practices such as meditation, koans and rock gardens. Illustrations.
With practical storytelling advice for parents and 20 stories written just for this book by various children's book authors, "Nightlights" is a colorful addition to the parenting bookshelf. Full color.
The question whether or not we survive physical death has occupied the minds of men and women since the dawn of recorded history. The spiritual traditions of both West and East have taught that death is not the end, but modern science generally dismisses such teachings. The fruit of a lifetime's research and experience by a world expert in the ...
Meditation focuses our powers of concentration. Visualization--creating an image in the mind--mobilizes our potential for making desires into realities. Thanks to the creative approach explained here, we can now combine these two techniques in an effective new way in order to attain all our life's goals. This practice of visualization within ...
Richly illustrated and highly informative the best-selling Secret Language of Dreams has guided dreamers for over fifteen years. Now this classic work has been completely rewritten and redesigned with a contemporary new look to offer a fresh approach to dream interpretation. Dream expert David Fontana presents a comprehensive dictionary of common ...
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of working with young children in nursery and infant schools. The second edition of this popular and successful handbook has been revised throughout to take account of recent work, and new chapters have been added to Cognitive Development (by Sohan and Celia Modgil), ...
In facts, not fiction, this book presents the case for the paranormal. Changing the way we look at the universe is not easy, and requires a true openness to exploration and experiment. Professor Ellison suggests that most of us are conditioned by our Western science-based education to think that the universe is much simpler and 'material' than it ...
This book sets out to show how, by identifying the precise causes of stress and by developing appropriate responses to them both at professional and personal levels, the individual can cope successfully with stress. Assessing levels of stress, understanding what causes stress, managing the environment and managing yourself are all key elements to ...
Tarot cards have captivated seekers of the truth since the 15th century--and "The Truth-Seeker's Tarot" is essential for anyone interested in honing intuition and enhancing self-understanding. Accessible and informative, it's ideal for newcomers and experienced Tarot users alike. Presented in a strong, highly attractive box, this specially ...
This book goes beyond the dos and don'ts of a mechanical set of skills to provide thoughtful and practical guidelines on the effective management of professional relationships. Exercises and case studies are used to pinpoint unsatisfactory aspects of the reader's relationships with colleagues, bosses, students and clients.
This book is concerned with how teachers can best go about the task of handling a class of children and managing their learning environment. The author appreciates that all teachers and children are not the same, so instead of laying down strict dos and don'ts the book provides guidelines which are closely related to the realities of classroom ...
At a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge impact upon the world, this book helps us to understand how people acquire, conceptualize and practice religion at both personal and social levels. Drawing on relevant research material, author David Fontana explores the effects of religious and spiritual belief on behavior, and on physical ...
Successful time-management can seem to be an elusive goal. Often it appears as if the harder we work the more hard pressed we become, and the stresses and strains of work begin to spill over into our personal lives. This book provides a complete guide to managing time from identifying current use of time to planning workloads and time saving hints ...
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The Dreamer's Dictionary: From A to Z...3,000 Magical Mirrors to Reveal the Meaning of Your Dreams
