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Noticing and appreciating the awesome nature of birdlife is a spiritually affirming activity–reconnecting us to the natural world each and every day.
Mindful Thoughts for Birdwatchers presents a meaningful flock of enriching thoughts on the interconnectedness of nature in this delightfully illustrated little book.
From learning to deeply listen to nature's songsters to discovering hidden birdlife in the city, author Adam Ford is an enlightening...
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“The Art of Mindful Silence” explores our existential search for mindful solitude, what it can mean, and how we can all benefit from peaceful solace.
Silence-seeker Adam Ford wisely interrogates the quiet spaces and pauses in life, drawing upon the spiritual use of solitude in religious traditions from Native American initiation ceremonies to Christian hermitages. He examines the creative power of silence as a source of inner strength and self-knowledge,...
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As an Anglican priest and former Priest-in-Ordinary to the Queen, a lecturer in Buddhism, and a devoted walker, Adam Ford is an inspiring guide with a refreshingly eclectic viewpoint. Contemplating the concept of a purposeful walking, he applies the notion of mindfulness to walks ranging from a simple journey to work to a personal odyssey in the Australian outback. Exploring the idea of the walk as both medium and metaphor and considering ideas of...
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A guide that explores how walking is an opportunity to deepen our levels of physical and spiritual awareness-one step at a time.
Mindful walking can help us face the existential questions of Who am I?, Where have I come from?, What am I doing here?, and Where am I going? Through a series of 25 succinct meditations on walking, Adam Ford presents an enlightening guide to how mindfulness and walking can help us improve our conscious living, including:
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Mindfulness is a lifelong exercise and the older we get the more appreciative we can become of the practice. “Galileo & The Art of Ageing Mindfully” reveals how the father of modern science introduced a new era in our mindful understanding of ourselves and our place in the universe. Adam Ford turns his telescope towards the stars to reveal a natural fusion of science and spirituality and to offer his own perspective on ageing. Questions of deep...
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What would you do if you were fourteen years old and you had no super-power?
Paley Curtis is a smart, resourceful girl living in a world where everyone has a talent, but not her. Maybe she's late, but as the days go by, it seems less and less certain that her talent will show. Then a chance encounter with a crazy man confronting the police sets her on a path to finding more about this man and his "super" talent while coming to realize that her best...
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What would you do if you were fifteen years old and you still had no super-power?
Paley Curtis, now fifteen and accepting of the fact that she has no talent in a world where everyone has a super-power, grinds through a summer job with a mysterious company spying on her every move. The days pass by as she learns about those with "super" talents and who has control over them. The persistence of the corporation-which has become too powerful in its capture...
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Nine-year-old Nomy has moved to a new area, where she lives with her mother and grandparents in the last house in a crumbling ghost town. As she explores her surroundings, she hikes every day with her dog through deep forests and farm fields, encountering wild animals and a mysterious mist that seeps among the trees, full of magic and mystery. But what can she do about a pair of bullies who terrorize her, slowly making her life worse and worse? Perhaps...