A Touching Good-Bye by Judith B. Andry is an inspiring collection of stories contributes by people who have used this uncomplicated and compassionate Art to ease the way for those who are at the threshold of passing on. The gentle touch of your hands can help restore emotional equilibrium, relieve pain and release the causes of acute and chronic conditions. Simple instructions for working with persons who are critically ill or dying are included, as are self-help exercises for the caregiver.

Born in India, Kalidas moved to America at the age of five. He graduated from Vanderbilt University and spent the next ten years working in spiritual communities in the Southwest, mainly from the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. He has created three CDs based on his experiences with sacred chant. ” Bhakti yoga consists of channeling all of one’s energy to the Divine. The theory is simple: by thinking of the Divine, by contemplating the Divine , we can become Divine…In this tradition, all are embraced. Every one of us has the seed of divinity, no matter how deeply it may be buried.” Kalidas

Every animal lover has felt it: the numbing pain and dreadful sense of loss when a beloved animal dies. Veteran writers and long time animal lovers Allen and Linda Anderson take on the task of walking readers through their pain and sorrow. They also offer comfort and guidance for planning an appropriate memory ceremony, dealing with grief, and getting past the depression.

A series of intimate conversations with a wise guru is a compelling idea. How many times have each of us wished for answers to life’s deep questions? In Midnights with the Mystic, Cheryl Simone relates her personal experience of learning at the feet of Sadhguru Vasudev, India’s most sought-after mystic. As we share in her profound experiences, we are challenged to embrace the possibility that to each of us is available a higher realm of reality, a peak of consciousness, an entrée into the realm of freedom and bliss.

In today’s busy and distracting world, women often loose themselves in attempts to be all things to all people – the husband/partner, the kids, the boss, the church, the aging parents, the volunteer groups…the list goes on and on. This tendency to care for others first and foremost often times causes women to ignore their own healthcare needs….

Any dog owner knows that her own pet has feelings, but what evidence exists beyond the anecdotal, and what does this evidence teach us? Bekoff, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Colorado, pores through decades of animal research-behavioral, neurochemical, psychological and environmental- to answer that question, compelling readers to accept both the existence and significance of animal emotions. Demonstrating the far-reaching implications for readers’ relationships with any number of living beings, Bekoff’s book is profound, thought-provoking and even touching.

Energy Journeys is a guided visualization C.D. with six wonderful tracks totalling 63 minutes of healing sound. This C.D. is absolutely worth investing time into! A Healing Journey: Words, Music, & Sounds to Help You to Healis another great C.D.! Krackehl uses a “unique combination of instruments, specific sounds, keys and notes that correspond to the chakra system and auric fields that surround the body.” When these are clogged, “they impede on the body’s immune system.” Leave stress and despair behind and find relief, joy and hope!

In this awe-inspiring, heartwarming biography, The Little Boy Who Listened: Portrait of a Medium, fellow medium Ronald Hearn traces Molinary’s life from his Spanish Gibraltarian roots to his outstanding career at London’s celebrated College of Psychic Studies and, on the way, provides haunting accounts of some of the medium’s most notable readings, including celebrities such as the singer Sinéad O’Connor and MP George Galloway.

Siren’s Feast — An Edible Odyssey , is a culinary memoir, which makes it extra special. Mehagian takes us through a vivid period (the provocative 60’s and 70’s) of her amazing life and also charts the experience gastronomically, providing fantastic recipes along the way for us to sample in our own kitchens. We not only live through her words but can also create, smell and taste the foods she is describing with over forty recipes . “A spicy brew of recipes and adventures,” says Quincy Jones of Nancy Mehagian’s Siren’s Feast, An Edible Odyssey. “I don’t know whether to eat this book, smoke it or make love to it.”

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