Bücher von Rachel Harris

Mrs. Pearl thought she knew what her greatest treasure was. She couldn't think of anything more precious than the beautiful pink and gold pearl that Uncle Odell had given to her many years before. He had since passed and the "quotes" inscribed on it always gave her comfort. She always kept it close to her heart until it was stolen in the middle of the night! When the Sea Patrol has nothing to go on Mrs. Pearl reaches out to her community. When her story is broadcast via SEA-NN News some amazing things begin to happen as the whole ocean responds to Mrs. Pearl's pleas for help.As the story unfolds, you will find much more mystery surrounding the story of the pearl. And you will learn that wherever your heart is, that's where your treasure is too.

This collection of step-by-step practices from ancient cultures, world religions, and psychological disciplines provides readers with the self-renewing, spiritually, uplifting rewards of retreat anytime, anywhere. We all crave periods of silence and introspection, but with lives lived at an ever-increasing pace most of us find fewer opportunities to fill that need. Now, psychologist Rachel Harris has come to the rescue with this unique collection of 20-, 5- and 1-minute mini-retreats-short periods of meditation, contemplation or self-discovery drawn from traditions and practices as varied as Buddhism, the Quaker faith, Sufism, art therapy, ritual magic, Gestalt therapy, and Jungian dream analysis. Provocative sidebars, stimulating quotes, and touching first-person stories make this book as inviting to read as it is practical to use. With these brief retreats, readers of any age or occupation will be able to catch their emotional breath regardless of what is happening in life, to pause to listen to the sounds of their souls, and to reemerge balanced and refreshed.