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Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Root and Ritual takes knowledge of ancestral traditions and uses it as a doorway to help women reconnect with their own deeply intertwined roots that go back thousands of years as a relevant and critical way of thriving in the modern world. It offers deeply seeded truths to liberate them from the ways of being that aren't helping them thrive, as well as recipes, rituals, and instructions for their journey to feeling rooted and connected. This book...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As a boy growing up in South Texas, Simran Jeet Singh and his brothers confronted racism daily. Instead of giving in to negativity, he delved into the Sikh teachings he grew up with and embraced the lessons to seek the good in every person and situation and to find positive ways to direct his energy. Part memoir, part spiritual journey, The Light We Give offers an approach to a happier, more fulfilling life through Sikh teachings on love and service"--...
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Kristy Nabhan-Warren spent more than seven years interviewing Iowans-native-born residents and recent migrants from Latin America, Africa, and Asia alike. In Meatpacking America, she portrays the gritty realities of a Midwest that is a global hub for migration and food production-and also for religion. Here, Protestants, Catholics, and Muslims share space every day as worshippers, employees, and employers. Speaking from the bloody floors of meatpacking...
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Transformative practices from the beloved bestseller. In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and, to her and her partner's bewilderment, stayed that way. As they faced the confusion, frustration, and despair of a life with sudden limitations--a life that was vastly different from the one they'd thought they'd have together--Toni had to learn how to be sick. In this book, Toni shares the practices she outlined to the reader in her bestselling classic How...
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