Plain & Simple for Mind, Body, & Spirit

This Plain & Simple guide will help you be more mindful, relieve daily stress, and find clarity. Headspace for happiness is a few quiet moments away. Meditation is a practice that calms the mind and the body in a natural way. Its aim is to quiet or still the mind, which leads to calm awareness without the interference of troublesome thoughts. Meditation can help you focus, relax, and cope with life's twists and turns. Meditation is a wise and helpful primer for this popular practice. Lynne Lauren not only explains why it is important to meditate but also demonstrates how simple meditation can be for the average person. It can be done anywhere by anyone, and you don't have to sit on the floor or stand on your head. In addition, she provides a brief overview of the different types of meditation, along with more than fifty guided meditations and visualizations that can be used in different circumstances to reach particular goals. Covered are topics such as: • Why you should meditate • How to clear negativity and baggage from your mind • How to make your meditation practice a habit you enjoy • Meditating with nature Meditation is a lovely introduction for anyone who wishes to slow down, de-stress, and discover how rich life can be! This book was previously published as Meditation Plain & Simple.

This Plain & Simple guide will help you connect with your spirit animal. Animals do speak, but only to those who know how to listen. The tradition of spirit guides speaking through animals and birds dates back to ancient times. Today, if we're open to watching and listening to our totem animals, we can develop beneficial relationships with them. We can also recognize that when a totem animal appears to us in a special way, it's offering insight into what's happening in our lives. This helpful book will give you a greater understanding of more than sixty totem animals and their unique meanings in an A-to-Z encyclopedic listing, lead you through the steps for accessing a chosen spirit, and help you explore the role of animal spirits in cultures around the world. Author Celia Gunn learned about the tradition of totem animals directly from Native Americans, with whom she worked on cultural preservation for several years. This inspiring book suggests ways to find, honor, and work with your totems, and provides a rich list of creatures from all around the world and their unique meanings. Totem Animals is a user-friendly guide with practical and accessible information on: • Totem animals around the world •Ways to find your totem animal • How to honor and work with your totems •Strengthening your connection to your totem animal • Identifying your child's totem animal This book was previously published as Totem Animals Plain & Simple.

Your Plain & Simple Guide to the History and Mystery of Nature Spirits and Their Magical Realm Fairies abound in the realms of myth and folklore. They have enchanted humans for centuries-but are these mischievous, ethereal creatures more than just myth? One could ask for no better guide to the fairy realm than Ralph Harvey, one of England's foremost modern-day witches. In Fairy Lore he intersperses his own intriguing fairy encounters (among them, a mysterious musical interlude in an Irish valley) with succinct yet interesting introductions to the folktales of the fae. Within Fairy Lore you will learn • How fairies influenced everyone from Henry III to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • The best ways to seek out fairies (hint: aligning your chakras will help) and how to express gratitude for fairy favors • How to create charms to protect against fairies and other supernatural beings • Which gemstones and crystals draw specific types of fairy and elemental beings • Why roses have special meaning to fairies and why "elf bolts" are significant as well This book was previously published as Fairies Plain & Simple.

Your Plain & Simple Guide to Reading Destiny in Your Hands. This delightful and practical guide demonstrates how easy it is to read hands for fun and insight. The basic premise here is that our hands provide a glimpse of our personalities, health, strengths, and weaknesses-and even what may happen to us in the future. Each line, mound, and finger is a clue that can easily be deciphered if you have the right information. In Palmistry, Fenton covers the basics of hand reading, including the lines, mounts, fingers, and thumb. She shows readers how to judge someone's character, health, love and relationship interests, moneymaking ability, and long-term destiny. Chapters include: • The Map of the Hand • The Phalanges (bones between the fingers and joints) • The Major Lines • The Minor Lines • Love and Relationships • How to Make Handprints With this plain and simple guide, you'll be reading hands like a pro in no time! This book was previously published as Palmistry Plain & Simple.

Over 100 Herbal Recipes for Health and Healing Traditional herbalist Marlene Houghton helps readers tackle everyday ailments and takes the guesswork out of using herbs for optimal health. Herbal medicine is useful for a range of common complaints, and gentle and effective herbs can offer benefit where conventional medicine sometimes fails. There have been many books written on herbal medicine. This book differs from most because it is based on empowering people to take responsibility for their own health and well-being. Included in this concrete and practical primer are all the essentials you need to know about healing herbs and their properties. Among the topics covered are: • A brief history of herbalism • An overview of how herbs heal • A glossary that includes the benefits of each herb and how to use it • A tour of the body's systems and the herbs that make them work better • An herb dictionary In a world that's becoming more and more focused on illness and disease, it is clearly important for individuals to learn about natural therapies and take their health into their own hands. By educating yourself in the use of traditional herbalism, you can attain a high level of well-being, and you will only need to consult a conventional doctor when you have a problem that only a medically qualified professional can handle. This title was previously published as Herbs Plain & Simple.

The Plain & Simple Guide to the Zodiac, Your Sun Sign, the Planets, and Interpreting Your Chart Everyone reads their horoscope in the newspaper and online; however, few really understand very much about astrology. To the uninitiated, astrology can seem rather daunting. All those measurements, degrees, and logarithms-what's simple about it? This wonderful introduction demystifies a topic that everyone knows a little bit about and provides a basic framework for understanding it. The Jacksons' easy and straightforward approach explains how you can learn more about yourself and those around you through the zodiac. Learn the characteristics of each sun sign, create a birth chart, discover your rising and moon signs, and learn to determine what the stars say about our characteristics, personalities, and compatibilities. Esoteric topics in astrology, including trines, aspects, and conjunctions are also explored. This plain and simple guide includes illustrations and charts covering all the signs of the zodiac. This book was previously published as Astrology Plain & Simple.

Discover the Magical Power of Numbers in Your Life "Everything is numbers and to know numbers is to know thyself." –Pythagoras Using numerology to learn more about yourself and your future doesn't require any psychic ability, mathematical skills, or even any special equipment. The information is based on a series of numbers, and by following systems that date back to the Greek mathematician and astrologer Pythagoras and the Hebrew Kabbalah, you'll learn the basics of how to use numbers to explain your life. Topics include: • Your name number • Your personality number • Your heart number • Your destiny number • Numerology and relationships • Short-term forecasts Once you master these simple principles, you'll be able to plan your days, predict your future, and even find your most suitable mate. This is an accessible and user-friendly guide for people interested in divination systems and personality types. "Three is the number of those who do holy work; Two is the number of those who do lover's work; One is the number of those who do perfect evil, or perfect good." -Clive Barker, Abarat This title was previously published as Numerology Plain & Simple.

Your Plain & Simple Guide to Spells, Rituals, and Tools of Modern Wicca Greenaway takes a contemporary approach to witchcraft, and shows you how to use it as a healing and positive force. Practice magic with tarot cards, agents, and pendulums; cast love, health, wealth, family happiness, and career spells; and discover which herbs are beneficial when conducting spells and rituals. Greenaway makes these practices meaningful and accessible by providing a basic understanding of the key elements, including: • Lunar magic • Initiation • Herbs and gardens • Pendulum power • Animal magic Eminently practical, Witchcraft also includes over twenty-five spells for beginning practitioners that range from fertility spells and money spells to love spells and much more. This title was previously published as Wicca Plain & Simple.

Your Plain & Simple Guide to Major and Minor Arcana Card Meanings and Interpreting Spreads Tarot is a popular form of divination that has been used for centuries and is key to unlocking the psyche. By following the advice and knowledge set out in this book, you will come to understand how easy it is to master the art of reading cards. Many people struggle with the multitude of tarot books available today-they can be difficult for the novice to follow, and many present differing interpretations of the cards. This guide brings tarot into the 21st century, making the card meanings relevant and easy to understand and follow. This plain and simple guide to tarot offers: • Profiles for each of the 78 cards that comprise the major and minor arcana •Upright and reversed meanings • Tips on giving readings to others •The most common spreads, including a heavy focus on the Celtic Cross • Correspondences for the major arcana and astrology signs • Key points for each card to help give a reading with confidence •Exercises to encourage reading the cards spontaneously Once you know these basics, you'll be able to easily branch out into more advanced and complex tarot books. This book was previously published as Tarot Plain & Simple.