MoWorld: DailyOM: Doorway Blessings, Mystic Canyons, Broken Open

Friday, April 16, 2010

DailyOM: Doorway Blessings, Mystic Canyons, Broken Open

April 16, 2010
Doorway Blessings, Mystic Canyons, Broken Open
Gift of the Week

Doorway Blessings - Traditionally hung above interior doorways in India, our Doorway Blessings can easily be incorporated into our lives here in the west. Decorative symbols of good luck are meant to welcome everybody who passes through your doorway into your home or office. Four discreet pockets are sewn onto the banner which can be safe-keepers for other items of luck such as favorite stones, feathers and the like.

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Mystic Canyons (CD) -
DJ Free (aka Gordy Schaefer) and Native American flautist Anakwad (Frank Montano) join together to form Soulfood, a heady but rooted fusion of DJ loops, concert piano, synthesizers, and an array of Ojibwe tribal chanting (including guest vocals by Rita Coolidge) and ceremonial percussion, bringing ancestral past and vibrant future together like clouds over the timeless desert. Mystic Canyons aims at recreating a sense of the stunning vistas of the American Southwest, conjuring the shadows of soaring hawks and plumed ancient dancers rising like a mirage in the hazy heat. The expansive natural feel of Mystic Canyons makes it perfect for healing work or meditation, but it's vibrant and beat-oriented enough for driving, dancing, and ritual work as well. Soulfood's all about unified opposites.

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Broken Open (book) -
During times of transition, amid everyday stress, and even when we face seemingly insurmountable adversity, life offers us a choice: to turn away from change or to embrace it; to shut down or to be broken open and transformed. In the more than twenty-five years since she cofounded the Omega Institute—now the world's largest personal-growth and spiritual retreat center—Elizabeth Lesser has been an intimate witness to the ways in which human beings deal with change, loss, and difficulty. In this beautifully written, often funny, and always inspiring book, Lesser has gathered together true stories about ordinary people who by design or disaster decided to step boldly into a fuller life.

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