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Like golfing, fishing, and gardening, knitting is an obsession. It's an activity fraught with guilt, frustration, over-optimism, sly deception, and compulsion, along with passionate moments of creative enlightenment - not to mention heaps of yarn you really think you'll knit someday. The first step toward recovery is getting help - and having a good laugh at your compulsion. At Knit's End is a wicked and wickedly funny fix for any knitter.

Each part in this three-book set is focused on a specific energy healing technique: Reiki, Kundalini, and mindfulness. With these guides, you will not only learn the basics of these techniques but will also understand, through practical examples, how to apply each of them to your life.

In a stressful, chaotic world, many of us are turning to nature for a sense of serenity and happiness. While the idea of the wild outdoors is enticing, though, our busy lives and our location can cause us to become detached from nature. Down to the River and Up to the Trees will show you how to connect with the natural world around you, whether you live in the city or the countryside.

Anyone can pick up a pair of needles and a ball of yarn. And everyone can be mindful. Mindfulness in Knitting casts fresh light on this renowned calming craft, and reveals how the act of “knit and purl” can be the epitome of conscious living. Ethical textile artist Rachael Matthews unpicks the threads of this popular pastime to explore how knitting connects us to each other and to the world around us. Through personal anecdote and expert insight, she unravels the true value of what it means to craft, its therapeutic benefits, and the joys of mindful making.

The paper crane is an iconic and powerful symbol of hope, healing and happiness. According to tradition, if a person were to fold a thousand paper cranes in one year, they would be granted a single wish and a long and joyful life. In this beautiful and inspiring book, renowned mindfulness and meditation teacher Michael James Wong shares a personal collection of short stories and teachings, accompanied by proverbs and prayers. Together these bring to life gentle wisdoms and universal truths to guide a meaningful way of living.

La felicidad cotidiana se apoya en muchos pequeños rituales de los que a menudo no somos conscientes. Tomar una taza de té, saludar a alguien, reunirnos con amigos... Todas estas acciones pueden ser significativas y transformadoras si las realizamos con sentido, celebrando cada momento que nos ofrece la vida. Este Pequeño curso de magia cotidiana es una invitación a ser feliz con los momentos que, como dicen los sabios, cuando echamos la vista atrás nos damos cuentas de que en realidad son los más importantes.

In this wired, wild world, it is harder than ever to shut out noise and busyness in order to truly calm yourself, but in Crafting Calm, a D.I.Y. guide to peace of mind, you'll find inspiring ideas for how to do exactly that through a wide range of creative exercises. In this audiobook, author Maggie Oman Shannon explores crafts and creativity as a practice with enormous physical, mental, and spiritual benefits.

This book has proven and award-winning recipes that will have you making natural, organic, homemade soaps at home today. You are just moments away from soft, supple, and moisturized skin! There simply is no replacement for homemade soaps. Manufactured soaps (even those that claim to be all natural) can never be as good for you as the soap you can make at home - and it's easy and fun to boot!