Live in accordance with nature and your soul
Our ancestors adhered to the daily, seasonal, and yearly rhythms of nature by necessity, but modern life overrides these cycles, compromising women’s health and happiness. In this book, Sara Avant Stover shows how simple, natural, and refreshingly accessible practices can minimize stress and put us back in sync with our own cycles and those of nature. When we honor spring’s seedlings, summer’s vibrancy, fall’s harvest, and winter’s quietude, we harmonize our inner and outer worlds. Sara’s recommendations nurture the body, invigorate the mind, and lift the spirit. Illustrated yin and yang yoga sequences, one-day season-specific retreats, enticing recipes, and innovative self-reflection techniques make it easy to reconnect with the essential.
never thought I would LOVE this book soo much… I was quite skeptical when reading the back of this book. I have bought infomercial products and followed fad diets, but as I became a mother recently, I discover myself wanting to shed an old way of thinking by influence and instead become more in touch with my own true self.The layout of this book makes me want to re-read and highlight important topics. I have made lists in my journal, prompts included are really thought provoking without being judgmental. I have found several passages that have resonated so DEEPLY with me, that I find myself making more time daily to read/re-read it.Anyone who has practiced yoga before would love the suggestions and acceptance of yoga as a daily practice and Sara talks about how and why one should consider this as a practice.Overall, I would say this is a text-book for enjoying your life and living as a feminine and in-touch woman. I have found this to be very enjoyable and special book! Thanks, Sara! I will be following her blog…
Self-Care is not Selfish Care I purchased this book, first on Kindle for myself, and then for myself and the other important women in my life, in paperback. As much as I like all my books on Kindle, I find that for reference style books, it is easier to flip through the paperback to find the text I am seeking. My book has Post-It flags all over it.This book is a wonderful reminder for women to fill their own cup, so that they can continue to give and nurture those people/organizations/pets, etc. that they care about. Caring for yourself is an act of love for yourself and others, not a selfish act. Sometimes it can be difficult to remember, but with Sarah’s book, caring for myself became easier, and of higher priority.For many years I was living in tune with the seasons, my body, heart, mind and soul, but when I returned to school, and an intense job, I lost many of the tools and ways that had worked for me in the past. This book rekindled the nurturing for myself that I had lost. I…