Finding Balance in Uncertain Times
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Each life line in this book provides the reader with an opportunity to engage physically, mentally, and spiritually to the concepts and practices outlined in the chapter. Each chapter includes several practices to choose from and offers encouragement through stories shared by those who have taken this journey and used the practices to manage their challenges
Our first life line to finding balance is the BREATH: Our constant companion from birth to death. It is witness to our entire life - the good, the bad, the ugly, the beauty, the joy, the sadness, the pain, and the pleasure. It can take us on a journey inward or propel us into heroic action!
Breath urges the body to MOVE, bringing us to the second life line. Stretching, bending, twisting, walking, running, climbing, are natural extensions of breathing. As the body expands and then releases, we find a place to rest. The breath, body, and mind quiet, waiting until stillness arrives.
Stillness gives rise to MINDFULNESS, the third life line, which, in turn, invites meditation. Arriving at the still and sacred space within us brings a sense of deep peace, infinite joy, and unconditional love. It is here we sense our true nature which is infinite, eternal, and whole. Divine essence dwelling within us.
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About the Book
Every new season in your life announces itself through difficulty, confusion, or a sense of being uprooted. To navigate this change, you must find your inner resource, an anchor that can be used to maintain connection to “self” while being fully present and available to what’s happening now. In Finding Balance in Uncertain Times, author Nancy Sanks, offers a resource—through the practice of yoga—for those struggling with uncertainty and change.
This guide reaches students who want to take their practice to the next level. It provides tools to create space around whatever it is you are facing and breathe new life and possibility into it. Using breath (pranayam), movement and poses (asanas), and mindfulness (meditation), she leads you to a path of physical, mental, and spiritual balance.
Exploring ways to move forward in the midst of turmoil and to help you find inner peace, Sanks makes the teachings of yoga available to anyone with a desire to embody lovingkindness and a healthy lifestyle.
About the Author
Nancy Sanks founded Body Awareness Yoga in 1989. Located in San Diego, California, she has served the community for more than thirty years offering classes, retreats, workshops, and special guests. Sanks received advanced training from the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She also has studied extensively with Angela Farmer and Rama Jyoti Vernon. She and her husband have four children and nine grandchildren. This is her first book.