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The universe is alive - and it has a memory just like you. Known as the Akashic Records, this vibrational archive of every soul and its human journey stands to guide you. Once only accessible to highly trained spiritual masters, now the Records are available to anyone.In an updated edition of this trusted resource on the Akashic Records, master teacher Linda Howe brings fresh insights to her groundbreaking method of the Pathway Prayer Process for accessing this reservoir of information. With a brand-new introduction, updated examples, an added glossary of terms, and answers to frequently asked questions, Howe opens the door for a new generation to discover their soul’s destiny, addressing urgent issues of our time. You will work with Masters, Teachers, and Loved Ones to cultivate a rich relationship with the Records and learn to unleash your highest potential.“As each of us is led to our own inner light, truth, and wisdom, we uncover an arsenal of courage to step out into the world in the ways only we can do,” writes Howe. “We bring to the moment the truth as we recognize it. We continue to grow into loving ourselves, others, and all of creation.” Grounded in the success stories of people whose lives have been touched by the Records, this comprehensive guidebook will help you confidently read the Records for yourself - or another - and find inspiration for your spiritual path.

It’s no secret that our attention is fractured. We look for distraction anytime we have a spare moment or feel bored or uncomfortable. We yearn to be fully immersed in the moment - whether for deep work or pleasure - but we have almost forgotten how. The Practice of Attention opens the door to reclaim our focus, so we can be more present with those we love, be more immersed in our work and play, and ultimately live more fully.Beloved artist and teacher Cody Cook-Parrott invites us to join them in building practices that heighten our attention. Beginning with an exploration of what we’re avoiding when we distract ourselves, Cody offers an Attention Audit that helps us understand where we place our focus (and where we lose it) throughout the day and week. After getting a clear understanding of where we are, we can create a schedule and a life with more focus. Being present requires practice, and Cody encourages us to find the practices that resonate most with us, exploring movement, creativity, spiritual practice, being of service, and more. Themes of cultivating curiosity and devotion and letting go of perfectionism and people-pleasing are woven throughout.Shifting our attention has profound power on how we experience ourselves and those around us. Cody writes, “This is my wish: that you feel less pull toward your screen and more pull toward your life.”

Does prosperity lead to happiness . . . or is it the other way around? As a therapist, Joyce Marter noticed an extraordinary trend: as her clients improved their mental health, they were suddenly receiving raises, getting promotions, finding better jobs, or starting their successful businesses. Since then, Marter has become a go-to expert on the “Psychology of Success” - pioneering ways to help us improve our financial well-being by focusing on our psychological and spiritual issues around money.With The Financial Mindset Fix, Marter crystallizes her most powerful and effective practices for success. Here, she guides you through 12 mindsets to transform your relationship with wealth - along with innovative exercises, self-assessment tools, and insights for shifting into a mindset of abundance; changing unconscious habits and beliefs that keep you trapped; using mindfulness to make good financial choices; sharing your good fortune with others through generosity and service; and realizing an expansive vision of your healthiest, wealthiest life.Money brings up deep issues for all of us - around self-worth, self-image, justice, and survival-level fear. “We are all works in progress,” says Marter. “No matter where you are on your journey, these tools are meant to be lifelong companions to a life of greater prosperity and joy.”

Most of us live in our heads and miss out on experiencing our bodies as a portal to the present moment and true happiness. In this guide, Banafsheh Sayyad offers a transformative healing path to reconnect with yourself as a being of love, ground your spirituality in your body, and embrace ease, joy, and freedom.This work isn’t about professional dance techniques. Instead, Sayyad shares how dance can help you honour the body as the physical expression of the soul: miraculous, wise, and full of wonder. Through her healing modality, Dance of Oneness - a fusion of Taoist, Sufi, and Divine Feminine wisdom with flamenco, tai chi, Persian dance, and Sufi whirling - Sayyad guides you to release blockages, activate your light body, and rediscover your vitality and purpose. For the first time in a book, readers are initiated into whirling as a portal to higher dimensions and profound transformation.“Dance of Oneness invites you to live your life as a dance that brings you into unity with all, through embodied love,” offers Sayyad. “True embodiment is about experiencing yourself as a channel of light to help heal the earth.” With wisdom teachings, embodiment practices, insights from Rumi’s inspirational poetry, and Sayyad’s own story out of Iran and into the freedom that dance spirituality gave her, Dance of Oneness invites you to open to the flow of love and embrace a soul-filled life.