Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler

An excerpt from the introduction...

Writing Away is a book about forging that relationship through keeping an awakened, intentional, creative travelogue,but above all, it’s a place wherejourney meets journal. The twowords, which share an obvious root, jour, or “day” in French, both refer to how far one has gone in a day.The poet T.S. Elliot once said, “Only those willing to risk going too far can find out how far they can go.” How far are you willing totake your journey andjournal?

This book is dedicated to and intended for all travelers, and not only those striking out for distant shores. My aspiration is to embolden you to view everyday life as a journey and travel as an ongoing state of mind. The simple definition of travel is to go fromone place to another, and this includes all forms of movement; you may be crisscrossing the planet or traversing the next city block—or not even leaving your physical space. You could be an armchair traveler or someone for whom travel is impossible. You might be a person who uses the written word to travel into yourself and out of your circumstances. This book is yours too.~ Lavinia Spalding Read More!

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Guided Meditation for Children

Chitra Sukhu started practicing yoga at the age of three (her parents are both active teachers), and her practice has shaped her every step, leading her to become a guiding light in the field of meditation instruction. She's created over a dozen meditation CDs, many of them—including this one—aimed at children (though they are certainly suitable for all ages). Each of these five meditations explores a specific element and follows a similar arc: Sukhu gets us warmed up and relaxed via breathing and simple visualization exercises and then takes us deeply on a journey into the elemental kingdoms to meet mermaids, fairies, and kings. Throughout the meditations, there is soft and gentle music—flutes, acoustic guitars, pianos, and a quietly struck tambourine—that helps keep things focused during Sukhu's frequent pauses (so our minds can create the visualizations).

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With a Measure of Grace: The Story and Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant

The Restaurant: Hell's Backbone Grill in Boulder, Utah
Authored by Blake Spalding, Jennifer Castle with Lavinia Spalding, With a Measure of Grace recounts with sensitivity and wit, the tale of a women-owned, Buddhist- based restaurant becoming a community anchor in a small Mormon town. Within the book’s 176 beautiful, color-photographed pages, former backcountry caterers and professional river chefs Blake Spalding and Jen Castle share their struggles and successes as the co-owners of Hell’s Backbone Grill. What every recipe book should be!

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