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Listening below the Noise: The Transformative Power of Silence
“Listening Below the Noise offers readers the possibility of finding grace and peace in the natural world and in ourselves. Elegant and honest… one of those rare books that finds its way into our hearts, and stays there.” — Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle

A meditation on silence, the art of being present, and simple spirituality from critically acclaimed novelist Anne D. LeClaire (Entering Normal, The Lavender Hour), Listening Below the Noise offers a practical path to achieving calm, peaceful solitude in hectic lives. Practitioners of yoga and meditation of various traditions have long known the curative powers of stillness; in Listening Below the Noise, LeClaire offers her own unique, compelling version of this ancient wisdom tradition.

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Listening below the Noise: The Transformative Power of Silence
“Listening Below the Noise offers readers the possibility of finding grace and peace in the natural world and in ourselves. Elegant and honest… one of those rare books that finds its way into our hearts, and stays there.” — Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle

A meditation on silence, the art of being present, and simple spirituality from critically acclaimed novelist Anne D. LeClaire (Entering Normal, The Lavender Hour), Listening Below the Noise offers a practical path to achieving calm, peaceful solitude in hectic lives. Practitioners of yoga and meditation of various traditions have long known the curative powers of stillness; in Listening Below the Noise, LeClaire offers her own unique, compelling version of this ancient wisdom tradition.

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Listening below the Noise: The Transformative Power of Silence

Listening below the Noise: The Transformative Power of Silence

by Anne D. LeClaire
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Listening below the Noise: The Transformative Power of Silence

by Anne D. LeClaire

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“Listening Below the Noise offers readers the possibility of finding grace and peace in the natural world and in ourselves. Elegant and honest… one of those rare books that finds its way into our hearts, and stays there.” — Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle

A meditation on silence, the art of being present, and simple spirituality from critically acclaimed novelist Anne D. LeClaire (Entering Normal, The Lavender Hour), Listening Below the Noise offers a practical path to achieving calm, peaceful solitude in hectic lives. Practitioners of yoga and meditation of various traditions have long known the curative powers of stillness; in Listening Below the Noise, LeClaire offers her own unique, compelling version of this ancient wisdom tradition.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780061353369
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 02/02/2010
Pages: 228
Sales rank: 665,676
Product dimensions: 4.80(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Anne D. LeClaire is a former reporter, radio news broadcaster, and op-ed columnist whose work has appeared in Redbook, the Boston Sunday Globe, and the New York Times, among other publications. She is the author of eight novels, and translations of her work have been published in twenty-four countries. She lives on Cape Cod.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Secret Garden xxi

Part 1 Entry

Chapter 1 Eiders

Hearing the Call 3

Chapter 2 Snow Day

Walking into the Solitary Self 23

Chapter 3 Compost

Confronting the Messy Space Within 39

Chapter 4 Beach Stones

Creating Necessary Boundaries 53

Part 2 Cultivatiom

Chapter 5 Bittersweet Vine

Pruning Invasive Species 65

Chapter 6 Dragonfly

Discovering the Shadow Sides of Silence 81

Chapter 7 Boneyard

Surrendering be Need to Be Right 93

Chapter 8 Bees

Choosing the Right Words 105

Chapter 9 Birdsong

Learning the Difference Between Listening and Waiting to Talk 117

Part 3 Fertilization

Chapter 10 Spiderweb

Nourishing the Creative Self 129

Chapter 11 Conch Shell

Using Silence as an Enhancement to Health 141

Chapter 12 Salt Marsh

Swimming into Deeper Waters 151

Part 4 Harvest

Chapter 13 Lone Oak

From Speechlessness to Solitude 169

Chapter 14 Archer's Bow

Moving Through Resistance 185

Chapter 15 Lily Pad

Considering Spirituality 195

Chapter 16 September Beach

Preserving the Garden 205

Part 5 Sowing

Chapter 17 Bridge

Crossing the Threshold to Silence 211

Acknowledgments 221

Bibliography and Recommended Readings 225

List of Plates 227

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