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A flip-through-it book of sleep-based rituals, techniques, and
guided meditations from renowned instructor Valerie Oula. Getting
the kind of sleep that leaves you with increased mental clarity,
steady energy, and excitement for the day ahead can be elusive.
Meditation instructor Valerie Oula has put together this collection
of rituals for achieving it getting to sleep, staying asleep,
exploring your mind through enlightening dreams, and waking up with
ease. Her practice includes guided meditations and visualizations,
as well as self-hypnosis, gentle movement, breathwork, and
techniques involving essential oils and flower essences. This book
is an easy-to-use guide for anyone from the sleep-deprived
professional to the chronic insomniac to the average sleeper who
just wants to improve the quality of their rest with a daily
meditation practice.
Millions of us are living in the shadow of cancer. Some are hoping to
beat the odds and become cancer-free, while others know they are facing
cancer for the long haul. And even more of us are standing by someone
with a cancer diagnosis and feeling helpless as we grapple with the
uncertainty it brings.
Whether the cancer is considered “in remission,” “cured,” or “chronic,”
it is possible to find peace as we face it.
In Peace in the Face of Cancer, cancer patient advocate Lynn Eib shares
how to live well from the moment of diagnosis through the rest of life.
She weaves the story of her own experience as a long-time cancer
survivor and those of others around the world into these hope-filled
pages. You’ll discover how to bring God’s peace into your own home and
heart—regardless of your or your loved one’s medical prognosis.
Journalist Sarah Bullen and her filmmaker husband Llewellyn seemed like a golden couple, with successful careers and two lovely children. But then Llewellyn discovers that he has a brain tumour. As he pursues a shamanic path to fight the cancer, they are catapulted into a world of ritual and ceremony. With hospitals, surgery and treatments comes a wilder journey of spiritual searching. Then the
impossible happens: she falls ill. While in a coma, Sarah travels through near-death and into other realms and worlds.
She comes back with a message and a spark to follow – to choose
joy over fear. It becomes a roadmap to allow her to write a new life
story and call in a new way of living rooted in bliss, joy and love.
Taking us from Hout Bay to the Mediterranean and back, Sarah’s
story is in turn sad, funny and magical, filled with laughter and
tears. From African rituals in the bush to a Greek island of sex and
celebration, Love & Above is filled with wild rapture and infinite
possibility.
As the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe in recent months, many countries have had to implement strategies to fight the virus and keep its people safe. These strategies, particularly in the West, have not been as effective at keeping the numbers of infected people as low as the governments would have hoped.
Charles R Stith predicted the trajectory the virus would take as its spread progressed and developed a critical analysis of the western countries’ responses to the pandemic. He specifically focuses on South Africa’s response to the virus as it spearheads the surge of cases on the African continent.
The crisis has far reaching consequences that impacts the most vulnerable people in the country. A recent OXFAM report draws connections between the lockdown, to hunger, to deaths which confirms the statement Stith made at the beginning of the outbreak about how people would die of hunger as they lose their jobs, their ability to provide for their families and access to fresh foods.
Stith wrote this book in real time in response to the growth and spread of the coronavirus and analyses the results of South Africa’s response to it. He gives answers to the questions politicians should have been asking and gives his view of what Africa will require to recover
It started with a simple question: How can we help them? It became
an international movement called NEGU: Never Ever Give Up. When
Jessica Joy Rees was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor at
age 11, she chose to focus not on herself but on bringing joy and
hope to other children suffering from cancer. During the ten months
she battled cancer, she and her family worked in the "Joy Factory"
(originally their garage) making JoyJars (R)-packages filled with
toys, games, and love for other kids with cancer. Jessie first
handed them out personally at the hospital where she was being
treated, but the effort blossomed quickly and there were soon
thousands of JoyJars (R) being distributed across the United States
and to over fifteen countries. Today, more than 100,000 kids have
received JoyJars (R), and they continue shipping each week to kids
in over 200 children's hospitals and 175 Ronald McDonald Houses.
Jessie lost her battle with cancer in January 2012, but her message
lives on in the Jessie Rees Foundation, which has become a beacon
of hope for families fighting pediatric cancer. Join the movement
at www.negu.org.
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