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In our demanding, fast-paced culture, it's increasingly important to find ways to decompress and recuperate from the busyness and stress of life. More and more, mindfulness and creativity are being recognized as antidotes to the speed and overstimulation of modern society. This beautiful book combines the two, offering both creative and meditative practices to provide a guided journey into contemplative art for healing, relaxation, deeper connection, and greater well-being. Rather than focusing on any one medium or art form, this unique guide offers basic meditation instructions and a variety of creative prompts and activities--from collage and coloring to meditative mark making and sketching to photography and perceptual exercises--making it perfect for anyone who wants to deepen and cultivate their mindfulness and creativity. With these artistic and introspective practices, you'll put meditation into action, and learn to view yourself and your own creative process without judgment or aggression. Using Be, Awake, Create, you'll see beyond habitual patterns, discover the richness of your world, and recognize the ordinary magic of your own creativity, with greater freshness of expression and spontaneity. By cultivating awareness and allowing yourself to play in the open space of artistic creation, you'll come to discover all of the positive impacts mindfulness and creativity can have on every area of your life. A supplemental PDF is included with this audiobook.

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Rebekah Younger is a multidisciplinary artist with over thirty years of experience as a professional creative entrepreneur, designer, and teacher. Her work has been exhibited in museums in the San Francisco, CA, and Boston, MA, areas, as well as featured in magazines like Ornament, Fiberarts, Threads, and The Crafts Report. A trained Shambhala Art teacher, she completed an MFA in interdisciplinary arts at Goddard College. She currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. Marge Sudheimer is an audiobook narrator and actor who has performed in several Waterville Playshop productions as well as commercials. Recently retired from a care-giving career where she helped the disabled, she enjoys the opportunity that audiobook narration gives her to use her gift of speaking to interpret written works. A proud mother and grandmother, she lives with her husband, Ray, in Perrysburg, Ohio.

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