Nurture Yourself ~ Personal Life
Below you find a list of books, movies and music that are of benefit during a journey of self discovery and happiness. All synopses are taken from Amazon. Click on the link to order. For lovely shops and useful links of places to spoil yourself, please scroll down.
Books
Living in the present
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment |
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Eckhart Tolle |
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Eckhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. This book is the bible du jour - a must-read for anyone looking for a modern take on spirituality... Essential reading for anyone who might be feeling weighed down by the past or fearful of the future.
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose |
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Eckhart Tolle |
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Tolle provides the spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live. Shattering modern ideas of ego and entitlement, self and society, Tolle lifts the veil of fear that has hung over humanity during this new millennium, and shines an illuminating light that leads to happiness and health that every reader can follow.
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A Buddhist philosophy on healing and happiness
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Ultimate Healing: The Power of Compassion |
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche |
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Internationally renowned Buddhist meditation master Lama Zopa Rinpoche helps us to recognize the root of 'dis-ease' and gives us the tools to create our future happiness. We experience pain on a physical level, but in order to be healed, we must understand where true healing begins: within our hearts and minds.
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Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire |
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Lama Yeshe and Jonathan Landaw |
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Lama Yeshe talks with amazing lucidity and clarity on the complex teachings of the tantric path of Tibetan Buddhism. His lucid and precise explanation, dispels all the misconceptions about tantra. Demystifying this ancient tradition, he relates it to modern life and shows how tantric practice, correctly done, can transform dissatisfaction and clinging into blissful, compassionate wisdom.
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The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living |
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler |
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Popular psychology takes a new turn with this extraordinary book in which psychiatrist Howard Cutler distils the wisdom of the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of the Tibetans in exile. Blending both scientific insight and Tibetan Buddhist enlightenment, they explore various psychological themes regarding the purpose of life. Why are so many people unhappy? How should we deal with unfairness and anger? How do you handle the death of a loved one?
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The power of thinking
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You Can Heal Your Life |
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Louise L. Hay |
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The timeless message of the book is that we are each responsible for our own reality and "dis-ease". Hay believes we make ourselves ill by having negative thoughts and offers a profound insight into the relationship between the mind and the body. She includes a directory of ailments and emotional causes for each with a corresponding affirmation to help overcome the illness.
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TA Today |
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Ian Stewart & Vann Joines |
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According to Transactional Analysis we all have inner drivers and injunctions that unconsciously determine what we do and how we do it. Ever noticed that you want one thing, but that "I should, must, have to" voice in your head pushes you in the opposite direction? This book full of exercises might be of great help to you.
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Valuable life lessons
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The Prophet |
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Kahlil Gibran |
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First published in the 1920s, this book attempts to provide the reader with a guide to living. Gibran lets his protagonist, called simply the prophet, deliver homilies on a variety of topics central to daily life: love marriage and children, work and play, possessions, beauty, truth, joy and sorrow and death.
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The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream |
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Paulo Coelho |
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Santiago, an Andalucian shepherd boy dreams one night of a treasure in the Egyptian pyramids. He leaves Spain to literally follow his dream. Along the way he meets many spiritual messengers, who come in unassuming forms such as a camel driver, a well-read Englishman and the alchemist. The ensuing student-teacher relationship clarifies much of the boy's misguided agenda, while also emboldening him to stay true to his dreams.
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Forgiveness
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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness |
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Simon Wiesenthal, Harry James Cargas, and Bonny V. Fetterman |
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Wiesenthal's account of what happened to him when, as a concentration camp prisoner, he was called to the bedside of a dying SS soldier to listen to his confession. The Nazi is truly repentant of his actions, and asks for forgiveness. Wiesenthal spends the rest of his life wondering if he made the right choice. Several leading figures in human rights movements have written their comments. This book asks the reader "What would you have done?".
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An easy read, with lovely wisdom
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything |
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Elizabeth Gilbert |
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The novel "Eat, Pray, Love" is a true adventure as Gilbert travels the world in search of Enlightenment. She beautifully shares her humanity and her vulnerability as she relaxes into her life. Her love for languages and food are full of passion as her descriptions of both are poetic and mouth-watering. Her search for well-being and spirituality make a fantastic story.
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Movies
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Into the Wild (2007) |
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Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn |
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Sean Penn |
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McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure and –ultimate- freedom. A true story of a risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. When the harsh realities of life in the wilderness set in, he realizes the importance of the very thing he wanted to escape; namely, human relationships.
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March of the Penguins (2006) |
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Morgan Freeman |
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Luc Jacquet |
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The dignified voice of Morgan Freeman gives the Emperor penguins the grave admiration they deserve. The sheer visual genius of the film shows the penguins hunting underwater, sliding on the ice, and in the midst of kissing. A story of love and more strikingly, survival, March of the Penguins is an eye-opening and educational experience for all ages.
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Baraka - A world beyond words (1993) |
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Ron Fricke |
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Baraka means "blessing" in several languages; and the viewer is blessed with a dazzling barrage of images that transcend language. Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether that space is a lonely mountaintop or a crowded cigarette factory. "It's not where you are that's important, it's what's there."
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Music
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Shepherd Moons |
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Enya |
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Out of Africa ~ Soundtrack |
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John Barry |
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Om Mani Padme Hum |
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Büdi Siebert |
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Om Tare - Goddess Chants |
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Padma Previ |
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Shopping
Essence of Beauty ~ this is a professional Health & Beauty Clinic for quality body care, facials, nails, eyes and hair removal treatments. To be found at 259 High Street in Acton.
Yummy Cakes ~ delicious homemade cakes and cookies, for sale on the farmers markets around Ealing. For more information and cake orders, please contact yummycakeinfo@gmail.com.
Links
www.bodytribe.co.uk, massages from Corinna in Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith. Clients of Vitalis Coaching receive a 25% discount for an hour massage or reflexology treatment.
www.earthbeatholistics.com, at the Earthbeat Healing Arts Studio in Acton, Jackie gives shiatsu treatments in a warm and homely atmosphere.
www.charitywater.org, right now, 1.1 billion people on the planet don't have access to safe, clean drinking water. That's one in six of us. Charity: water is a non-profit organisation bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Our planet is 70% water. 97.5% of that is salt water. This means only 2.5% is available for the 6 billion people on the planet today. Vitalis Coaching supports Charity: Water.
www.bodylinestudios.co.uk. Ealing's Holistic Pilates and Yoga Studio, just a few hundred yards from Ealing Broadway Station. Stay Active is the complementary Health Clinic situated within Bodyline Studios offering Massage, Life Coaching by Vitalis Coaching, and a range of other therapies.
www.belle-photo.co.uk. Belle's passion for photography began when she was about ten, capturing everyday life on a 110 camera! Today she runs this wonderful photo gallery online which is definately worth a visit.
www.sugarandsalt.co.uk. Sugar & Salt provides private catering using seasonal and local ingredients to create original menus prepared especially for you. Whether it is at home with friends or family, at a fotoshoot or a small reception, Esther Röling prepares the perfect food, ranging from nouvelle cuisine to comfort food. Add Esther’s chocolatier skills and you have both Sugar & Salt.
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