Download or read book My Father Dancing written by Bliss Broyard and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2000 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautiful debut collection of stories about relationships between men and women--daughters and fathers in particular--the dads emerge as charismatic, seductive, and brilliant men who loom large in their homes. Broyard's unsentimental prose captures the passages of daughters as they grow into young women.
Download or read book This Dance of Bliss written by Ivan Granger and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dance of Bliss is an inspiring collection of poems and wisdom stories from the world's great sacred traditions. Rumi, St. John of the Cross, Lalla, Goethe, Hildegard von Bingen, Dogen, Khayyam, and many others gather together within these pages to sing their ecstatic songs.Ivan M. Granger accompanies each poem with his own reflections and meditative commentaries, inviting us to explore the insights and private raptures of these mystics, seers, and saints-until we too are swept up in this dance of bliss!
Download or read book Enlightenment Dance written by Rosane Gibson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains inspirational insights gleaned from Hozuhni's varied world experiences (she is an international Flight Attendant for American Airlines) about applying the powers of awareness and positive intention to the stress and challenges of modern life, along with practical instructions for using the ancient art of exotic belly dance for creative transformation of body, mind and spirit. It includes step-by-step instructions, enlightening interpretations, and many delightful illustrations. Particularly unique are the author's correlations of esoteric systems such as the energy charkas and the Chinese placement art of Feng Shui with expressive dance. Hozuhni succeeds in rendering such transcendent experiences as enlightenment, ecstasy, and bliss accessible through her deep understanding of the spiritual power of solo dance. Readers will undoubtedly appreciate the book's progressive synthesis of the personal and universal, old and new, and East and West in this ancient but evolving and increasingly popular moving art-form.
Download or read book The Dance of iva written by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Music System written by Frederick Zuchtmann and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dancing on a Stamp written by Garnet Schulhauser and published by Ozark Mountain Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chance meeting with a homeless man marks the beginning of enlightening and soul searching conversations with Garnet’s Spirit Guide answering all of the probing questions we all want to know about life here as well as the here after.
Download or read book The Longing in Between written by Ivan Granger and published by . This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful collection of soul-inspiring poems from the world's great religious and spiritual traditions, accompanied by Ivan M. Granger's meditative thoughts and commentary. Rumi, Whitman, Issa, Teresa of Avila, Dickinson, Blake, Lalla, and many others. These are poems of seeking and awakening... and the longing in between. ------------ Praise for The Longing in Between "The Longing in Between is a work of sheer beauty. Many of the selected poems are not widely known, and Ivan M. Granger has done a great service, not only by bringing them to public attention, but by opening their deeper meaning with his own rare poetic and mystic sensibility." ROGER HOUSDEN author of the best-selling Ten Poems to Change Your Life series "Ivan M. Granger's new anthology, The Longing in Between, gives us a unique collection of profoundly moving poetry. It presents some of the choicest fruit from the flowering of mystics across time, across traditions and from around the world. After each of the poems in this anthology Ivan M. Granger shares his reflections and contemplations, inviting the reader to new and deeper views of the Divine Presence. This is a grace-filled collection which the reader will gladly return to over and over again." LAWRENCE EDWARDS, Ph.D. author of Awakening Kundalini: The Path to Radical Freedom and Kali's Bazaar
Download or read book The Geography of Bliss written by Eric Weiner and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2008-01-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a new series on Peacock with Rainn Wilson, THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS is part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide that takes the viewer across the globe to investigate not what happiness is, but WHERE it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy? In a unique mix of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.
Download or read book Doris Humphrey written by Naomi Mindlin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-01-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In honour of Doris Humphrey's centennial, which was celebrated worldwide in 1995, this issue explores her legacy to the world of dance and her place in history. The varied aspects of her work are covered including choreography, teaching approach, Labanotation scores, reconstruction/recreations, and composition. In order to convey a sense of movement into the next century, the articles are presented in "chronological" order, beginning with that of Ernestine Stodelle, who worked with Humphrey during the 1920's and ending with an examination of Mindlin's 1995 experience learning Humphrey's work from Stodelle.
Download or read book Rattlesnake Dance written by Jim Arnosky and published by Putnam Juvenile. This book was released on 2000 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rattlesnake slithers into a cave and shakes and wriggles in a rattlesnake dance of pure bliss, while other hissing snakes join the underground ball. Full-color illustrations.
Download or read book We ll Fly Away written by Bryan Bliss and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Longlist Title * Booklist Editors’ Choice * CYBILS Young Adult Fiction Finalist * Nerdy Book Club Award for Best Young Adult Fiction * Paste Magazine Best Book * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults “A compelling and raw story.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “[Bliss dares] his readers not only to see the depths of human complexity, but to care.”—Booklist (starred review) Luke and Toby have always had each other’s backs. But then one choice—or maybe it is a series of choices—sets them down an irrevocable path.We’ll Fly Awayweaves together Luke and Toby’s senior year of high school with letters Luke writes to Toby later—from death row. Best friends since childhood, Luke and Toby have dreamed of one thing: getting out of their dead-end town. Soon they finally will, riding the tails of Luke’s wrestling scholarship, never looking back. If they don’t drift apart first. If Toby’s abusive dad, or Luke’s unreliable mom, or anything else their complicated lives throw at them doesn’t get in the way. Tense and emotional, this hard-hitting novel explores family abuse, sex, love, and friendship, and how far people will go to protect those they love. For fans of Jason Reynolds, Marieke Nijkamp, and NPR’s Serial podcast. Praise for We’ll Fly Away: "Bryan Bliss has written an empathetic and stirring novel about what it means to fight for the outcasts, the forgotten, and even the hated, reminding us that we all have worth. That we are all valuable."—Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking “A poignant story of loyalty, abuse, and poverty. . . . This compassionate and beautifully rendered novel packs an emotional punch.”—KirkusReviews (starred review) “A smart, rugged, all-too-true story of friendship under fire. Believable characters and page-turning tension.”—Chris Crutcher, author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes “This fast-paced read will have teens tearing through chapters to find out why Luke is in jail. . . . The conclusion will leave them devastated. This is [a] touching book about male friendship for fans of Jason Reynolds.”—School Library Journal “The unshakable and unconditional bond between the young men is tested and proves true, a ray of light in the darkness of their stories.”—VOYA
Download or read book Dance written by Judy Cuevas and published by Jove Publications. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In turn-of-the-century Paris, two people are drawn together by fate and haunted by a brief but overwhelming moment of passion that they had shared in the past. By the author of Bliss. Original.
Download or read book Bellydance Bliss written by Lorran Wild and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring and charming book for women that teaches a wisely creative approach to bellydancing as a path to fulfillment. Learn how to create a dance practice that fosters health, happiness, and empowerment through an exploration of foundational movements, sensory exercises, and feminine archetypes. Lorrans fun and nurturing approach to bellydance combines ancient symbolism with various muses, to access new-world archetypes of womanhood. Learn the sacred shapes of bellydance and their poetic gestures. Enhance your senses for pleasure and perception. Move all your body parts in playful and captivating ways. Liberate your menstrual genie for balance and empowerment. Connect to the Temptress, Mother, and Queen within you. Become happy in your belly!
Download or read book The Stories Behind the Poses written by Raj Balkaran and published by Leaping Hare Press. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the traditional stories and wisdom behind your favourite yoga poses in this stunningly illustrated book of Indian mythology for yogis of all levels. A beautifully written introduction to Indian mythology, join storyteller, scholar and teacher, Dr Raj Balkaran, and explore the unforgettable tales behind 50 key yoga poses, such as: Vīrabhadrāsana II, the original warrior pose Tāḍāsana, mountain pose Bhujaṅgāsana, cobra pose Garuḍāsana, eagle pose Padmāsana, lotus pose Vīrāsana, hero pose Śavāsana, corpse pose Meet iconic Gods and Goddesses, from Gaṇeśa, the elephant-headed god of wisdom, to Śiva, Lord of Yogis, and Kali, goddess of mind, body, soul and death. Explore the rivalry between the sages Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra, and their cosmic feud over a wish-fulfilling cow. Plunge into the depths of one of the richest myths in Hinduism: the battle between the demons and the gods who churn the cosmic oceans in search for the elixir of immortality. And learn how Śiva got his blue throat! Learn, through the mythology of the poses, more about the roots of this ancient practice and how you can use their teachings to better appreciate and respect yoga’s true origins. Enhance your practice by reading one story before or at the end of class, and incorporating the poses and their teaching into your life, as well as your yoga practice, and transform the way you view and practice this timeless art.
Download or read book Dance of Bliss written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tirumantiram a Tamil Scriptural Classic written by திருமூலர் and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translation of a Tamil canonical work of the Saiva Siddhanta school in Hindu philosophy, with interpretive notes.
