Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace

by Sylvia Forges-Ryan, Edward Ryan

Overview

What happens when one of America's best-known haiku poets joins forces with her psychologist husband to write a book? The answer: "Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace" -- a unique collection of guided meditations, drawn from and experienced through the appreciation of haiku. In today's fast-paced, high-pressure world, "Take a Deep Breath" can help anyone learn to slow down and take stock, relax and focus on the present moment, and find poetry and depth in their own lives.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940152932850
Publisher:	John R. Mabry
Publication date:	03/20/2016
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

	Preface	11
	Introduction	12
	Haiku Meditation	17
	Summer
	Summer solstice	20
	Billowing clouds	22
	June morning	24
	Summer sun	26
	Low tide	28
	Summer afternoon	30
	Moon	32
	Summer heat	34
	Among these lilies	36
	Night game	38
	Summer into Autumn
	After the abortion	42
	Autumn
	Monarch flyway	46
	Harvest moon	48
	Indian summer	50
	Leaves	52
	Autumn rain	54
	Autumn moon	56
	Twilight	58
	Low clouds	60
	Snapshots scattered	62
	Anemone petals	64
	Autumn into Winter
	Rain	68
	Winter
	Morning frost	72
	First snow	74
	Winter wind	76
	Urban sunrise	78
	First snowfall	80
	Winter morning	82
	Snowdrifts getting deeper	84
	Winter sunset	86
	Starless night	88
	Sparrow chirping	90
	Winter into Spring
	Snow	94
	Spring
	First day of spring	98
	Filling the leafless	100
	April sunrise	102
	Early spring	104
	Plum trees	106
	April breeze	108
	Light rain	110
	Just before dark	112
	Daytime moon	114
	First morning glory	116
	Spring into Summer
	Long ago	120
	Afterword	123
	Acknowledgments	129

Editorial Reviews

I recommend this nicely produced book...for anyone looking to develop more mindfulness and compassion in everyday life.
—Summer 2003

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