Spark Change: 108 Provocative Questions for Spiritual Evolution

by Jennie Lee

Overview

Awards for Spark Change:

• Nautilus Awards 2020 in Silver: Gift & Specialty

• American Book Fest 2020 Best Book Award Winner in Spirituality: Inspirational

• Chanticleer International Book Awards 2020 Semifinalist: Spirituality and Enlightenment

Attain greater self-awareness and orient toward your highest potential through a process of engaged, incisive questioning.

It’s been said that finding the right question is as important as finding its answer. As author Jennie Lee writes, “Quality questions lead to quality answers. Questions promote deeper thought, connection, authenticity, and humility.” In Spark Change, Lee shows you how to identify your most important personal questions and explore how they might redefine the trajectory of your life.

Here, Lee guides you through 108 inspiring prompts designed to deepen your awareness of your innermost needs and initiate powerful shifts throughout your life. Whether it’s examining the attitudes that hold you back or investigating where you truly want to go in life, these guided inquiries are meant to cultivate gratitude for your gifts, peace with the present moment, and resilience in the face of life’s challenges.

For the last two decades, Lee has used conscious inquiry practices to encourage self-reflection in her yoga therapy practice. Inspired by the source teachings of classical yoga as well as Lee’s own inner journey, these prompts delve into some of the most enduring questions of psychology, self-improvement, and the spiritual path. With Lee’s piercing insight and constant guidance, Spark Change provides 108 prime opportunities to stop, ponder, and listen to the call of your most essential self.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683644583
Publisher:	Sounds True
Publication date:	09/08/2020
Pages:	184
Sales rank:	1,018,487
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jennie Lee is the award-winning author of True Yoga: Practicing with the Yoga Sutras for Happiness & Spiritual Fulfillment and Breathing Love: Meditation in Action. She is a recognized expert in the fields of yoga therapy and spiritual living. As a certified yoga therapist, she has taught classical yoga and meditation for more than 20 years, and coached private clients in the practices that integrate life spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Her writing is featured regularly in national magazines such as Light of Consciousness and Yoga Therapy Today, and online at Yogapedia, Yoga Digest, mindbodygreen, and many more. She also writes inspirational screenplays and facilitates international wellness retreats. For more, see jennieleeyogatherapy.com.

Editorial Reviews

06/29/2020

Embracing Socrates’s notion that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” yoga teacher Lee (Breathing Love) promotes self-inquiry and personal change through reflective questions in this empowering compendium. She groups her many questions into 12 themes—including beliefs, accountability, inspiration, and love—that aim to help readers find their purpose. For instance, “how many times does something have to happen before it occurs to me to change?” aims to eliminate reasons for one’s reluctance to change. “When do I feel best about myself?” and “How do I consistently lie to myself?” focus on inner examination, while “How can I be of greatest service?” focuses on the well-being of others. In the final section, Lee turns to self-improvement with such questions as “What soul quality do I need to awaken more?” and “How does my ego most often try to delude me?” When answering, Lee implores, one must be brutally honest, ruminate on the answers, write them down, and apply the lessons learned. Readers of spiritual self-help will appreciate these inquiries into personal improvement. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

Awards for Spark Change:

• Nautilus Awards 2020 in Silver: Gift & Specialty

• American Book Fest 2020 Best Book Award Winner in Spirituality: Inspirational

• Chanticleer International Book Awards 2020 Semifinalist: Spirituality and Enlightenment

“...Lee promotes self-inquiry and personal change through reflective questions in this empowering compendium.” —Publishers Weekly

“Spark Change is a book to have by your bed or favorite chair to enjoy slowly, one question at a time. Just have your journal ready and let Lee guide you through the therapeutic process of self-inquiry.”

—International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT)

“From the very first question Jennie asks us in this brilliant book, I was absolutely hooked. Her light-hearted approach and curious process lives up to its promise—to spark the lasting change we seek. This book is a new favorite.” —Amy B. Scher, author of How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can

“The questions in Spark Change allow us to mine our own interiors—by leaning into our discomfort, challenging our assumptions, and washing our eyes, we can develop a mind that is more open and a spirit that is more resilient. The book illustrates how we can probe new possibilities and see the future as more fruitful and free, sparking positive change in our bodies, minds, and relationships.” —Maya Soetoro-Ng, PhD, Obama Foundation peace educator

“In Spark Change, Jennie Lee guides the reader through a series of 108 provocative questions that inspire the type of meaningful self-inquiry that can facilitate actual transformation. If our practice is lived 24 hours a day, Jennie offers thought-provoking prompts to impact every minute of those 24 hours. This must-have book is one to be read again and again, used for journaling and discussion with friends, family, and fellow seekers, to set the tone for a life lived with meaning.” —Felicia Tomasko, editor in chief, LA YOGA magazine

“This lovely volume by Jennie Lee reminds us of our capacity—our calling—to explore, to ask questions, to open our hearts and minds to new possibilities. The book guides us gently through self-exploration that leads to renewal and growth. It guides us gently toward discerning where we might be stuck, where we might rob ourselves of opportunity, and where we might find greater fulfillment and joy. This is a must-read and must-use for anyone committed to living even more fully tomorrow than today.” —Christiane Brems, PhD, ABPP, E-RYT500, C-IAYT, clinical professor at Stanford University and director of YogaX

“This book has a nice balance of asking one to look at the hard questions in life and also how to see new vistas and what is possible. It alternates between looking at the ways we are not serving our higher self and then creating a deep sense of self-connection. Both are necessary for healing and transformation.” —Amy Wheeler, PhD, president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists

“It is inevitable when a person embarks on a spiritual journey that they will find themselves needing to reflect and re-chart their course as they seek higher ground. This demands the willingness to look clearly and with an open heart in order to navigate toward our greater good and highest joys. We must stop to ask ourselves the very questions that Jennie Lee offers in this powerful guide to help us along our journey. The questions are insightful, evocative, and carry a depth of raw introspection beyond any standard list of questioning. They also do not leave you hanging. She offers the open hand and loving heart to support you as you take your dive inside. Jennie Lee is one of the most supportive, loving, and knowledgeable guides available to us. This book is a true treasure.” —Emily A. Francis, author of The Body Heals Itself

“If you want to be the change you want to see, Spark Change is your guide—filled with timeless truth and questions that will take you to greater clarity and fulfillment.” —Susan Taylor, PhD, author of Feeling Good Matters: The Yoga of Mind, Medicine, and Healing

“Step into your best self—Spark Change will inspire, challenge, and guide you there.” —Shannon Kaiser, author of The Self-Love Experiment

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