Stress Spirituality

Lift yourself out of the daily struggles and heartbreaks life deals you. Wading through the trials we face on a day-to-day basis can be exhausting. When we're hit with painful experiences that bring us to our knees, finding joy may seem to be too big a task for us to handle. Xandria Ooi, dubbed the "Happiness Guru", meets listeners in those dark and trying places and equips them with the courage to navigate them.

Fascinating soundscapes that create a unique environment for relaxation, meditation, and healing. The soft mix of dreamlike music and natural sounds lowers the heart rate and deeply relaxes body and mind. The tracks are so relaxing that most people are calm after just a few seconds. WHAT YOU GET: 14 unique tracks that are capable of curing most civilization diseases, and unblock specific emotions, memories, ailments, and traumas. These clean, soothing, low-frequency healing sounds were designed over 10 years.

Rooted in her experiences growing up in an evangelical Christian family, Jamie Lee Finch’s You Are Your Own offers an overview of evangelicalism and the painful confusion and anxiety experienced under its demands. Finch explores the mechanisms of trauma and how fundamentalist denominations match the patterns connected with PTSD. She elaborates on the doubt, guilt, fear, and grief that haunt those leaving the evangelical faith and offers an approach to help them recover healthy self-worth and resilience.

In this book, renowned Buddhist teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche leads us through the three steps of his Emotional Rescue Plan. First, Mindful Gap is the practice of creating a safe distance between you and your emotions, which gives you the psychological space to work with their energy. Clear Seeing involves recognizing the bigger picture. Finally, Letting Go is the practice of releasing stressful physical and emotional energy through physical exercise, relaxation, and awareness.

Today, looking and feeling good are high lifestyle priorities. For much less than the cost of a doctor visit, this health classic will tell you how to manage stress, get well, prevent disease, and feel vibrantly alive. Does God have a health-care plan for people living today? Is there a link between diet and spiritual growth? Does the Master Physician desire to heal people today as He did in Bible times? Answers to these questions and more are contained in Ministry of Healing.

Discover the original, instinctive, nonreligious form of meditation that has been lost to the world. Richard L. Haight, award-winning author of The Unbound Soul and master of four samurai arts, shares the best-kept secret in self-improvement, cognitive development, and stress relief, which he calls the "warrior's meditation".

If you're a woman, chances are you know the cycle: You start the day already exhausted and end it defeated, all the while telling yourself things will get better if you can just power through this week. But then the weeks turn into months, and you start to believe you'll never be able to stop, slow down, or catch your breath. You wouldn't even know how if you tried. And yet God has made you for a life of abundance, not a life of exhaustion. It's time to quit the unsustainable pace and receive God's gift of realistic rest.

Too many people delay, downsize, or shrug off their dreams just because they don’t know where to start, but playing it safe doesn’t account for the massive cost of a life not fully lived. Win the Day is the jump-start you need to go after your goals, one day at a time.

Thich Nhat Hanh says that when we relax, we “become calm water, and we will reflect reality as it is. If we’re not calm, the image we reflect will be distorted. When the image is distorted by our minds, it’s not the reality, and it causes lots of suffering.” Relaxation is essential for accessing the tranquility and joy that lead to increased personal well-being. How to Relax includes meditations you can do to help you achieve the benefits of relaxation.

Step into the enchanting realm of early motherhood with "First Trimester Pregnancy Guided Meditations and Affirmations for Anxiety, Stress Relief, and Excitement." This profound guide tenderly navigates the sacred journey of the first trimester, intertwining guided meditations and affirmations to create a nurturing sanctuary for both you and your growing miracle.

Bible Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults is a soothing version of the New Testament. As a special treat for you, the four gospel stories are spoken from Jesus’ perspective. Hearing Jesus tells his own story is an extremely powerful and reassuring experience. The calming music will soothe your soul. Relax, close your eyes, and rest as Jesus tells you his story and reads the Bible to you. As you focus on listening to him speak, the day’s tensions will vanish and you’ll experience a peace that surpasses all understanding as you sleep.

Stress is a modern-day epidemic, and with the tumult of busy schedules and major life changes that young adults experience, they’re particularly vulnerable to its negative effects. In The Mindful Twenty-Something, the founder of the extremely popular Koru Mindfulness program developed at Duke University presents a unique, evidence-based approach to help twenty-somethings reduce stress and make important life decisions with respect to school, relationships, sex, career, and more - with clarity and confidence.

If every therapist and psychotherapist on the planet could repeat this to their clients, like a mantra, again and again, there would be fewer therapists and psychotherapists. Because it works. Very quickly. Realising that what you're worrying about and stressing over doesn't really matter so much in the grand scheme of things is the door to freedom and healing. And the little profanity 'F**k It' is the key to that door.

Sounds can bring bridges and houses crashing down, but they can also heal body and spirit. In fact, they have such a strong effect on the mind that they can transform your inner state. The right tones can help you: reduce stress; achieve deep relaxation; and have exceptional trance experiences. They will help liberate you from the daily stresses that have been proven to be responsible for 85-90% of all illnesses. Do you want to relieve stress effectively and find some respite from the stresses of daily life?

The rewards of mindfulness practice are well proven: reduced stress, improved concentration, and an overall sense of well-being. But those benefits are just the beginning. Mindfulness in action - mindfulness applied throughout life - can help us work more effectively with life's challenges, expanding our appreciation and potential for creative engagement.

Most stress is created by how we think about things. From Stress to Stillness will help you to examine what you're thinking and change your relationship to your thoughts so that they no longer result in stress. Drawing from the wisdom traditions, psychology, New Thought, and the author's own experience as a spiritual teacher and counselor, From Stress to Stillness offers many practices and suggestions that will lead to greater peace and equanimity, even in a busy and stress-filled world.

Walking through Psalm 23 phrase by phrase, therapist and author K.J. Ramsey explores the landscape of our fear, trauma, and faith. When she stepped through her own wilderness of spiritual abuse and religious trauma, K.J. discovered that courage is not the absence of anxiety but the practice of trusting we will be held and loved no matter what. The Lord is My Courage is for the deconstructing and the dreamers, the afraid and the amazed, for those whose fear has not been fully shepherded but who can't seem to stop listening for their Good Shepherd's Voice.

This book will guide you step by step through 10 proven and effective breathing exercises and techniques to help you reduce stress, improve lung function, decrease anxiety, improve sleep quality, and boost your health. The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow along with and no prior experience is necessary. If you are a beginner and are interested in trying breathwork or breathing exercises for the first time, then this book is for you.

Master 10 meditation techniques in 10 days with the step- by-step method in Practical Meditation for Beginners. The key to building a solid meditation practice is in the practice itself. From Zen and Vipassana to walking meditations and body scans, the simple practices outlined in Practical Meditation for Beginners make it easy to build an ongoing meditation routine that is best for you. Practical Meditation for Beginners offers a clear 10-day program for learning 10 different meditation techniques - one for each day of the program.

One day in the life of Christ. Call it a tapestry of turmoil: A noisy pictorial in which the golden threads of triumph knot against the black, frazzled strings of tragedy. Call it a symphony of emotions: A sunrise-to-sunset orchestration of extremes. One score is brassy with exuberance -- the next moans with sorrow. Whatever you call it -- call it real.