Finding the Deep River Within: A Woman's Guide to Recovering Balance and Meaning in Everyday Life
For over two decades, Abby Seixas has taught women how to slow down and reclaim their lives from the tyranny of their to-do lists. Based on the experiences of women whose lives have been transformed by her workshops, this highly anticipated first book presents her comprehensive program to nurture contact with the Deep River Within, the soul-nourishing dimension in each of us that flows beneath the busyness of daily life. With gentle encouragement, practical guidance, and compelling...
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Gentle Wisdom for Women in a Hurried World "Finding the Deep River Within holds the key to lasting health and sustainable joy." —Christiane Northrup M.D., author, Women's Bodies,Women's Wisdom "Finding the Deep River Within is that rarity—a book that is at once poetic and pragmatic. Abby Seixas is a grounded writer who offers a toolkit that is as deep and calm in experience as the listening heart she urges her readers to discover." —Julia Cameron, author, The Artist's Way "In this beautifully written and profound book, Abby Seixas shows us, step by step, how to save our own lives. Her wise and simple suggestions and exercises will?rekindle the power within you and free you to live your best life." —Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author, Kitchen Table Wisdom "In Finding the Deep River Within, Abby Seixas gives us a wisdom-filled recipe for living a soulful life. There is not a woman I know who wouldn't benefit from this valuable book." —Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series "Readers who . . . lament their lack of time will find themselves engrossed within the first few pages of [Finding the Deep River Within] . . . Seixas's accessible prose and the slow, lasting journey she advocates are welcome in light of the many self-help books that teach us to snatch moments of rest while still keeping on the go, go, go." —Publishers Weekly "Seixas's program is a practical antidote to our culture's obsession with having—and doing—it all." —Ladies Home Journal online Publishers Weekly Between family, professional work, housework, working out, e-mail and the simple essentials like bathing, eating and even sleeping, there is always too much to do. Readers who identify with the above and lament their lack of time will find themselves engrossed within the first few pages of this spiritual self-help title, as Seixas describes with candor and personal experience the unhappy life situation so many women face today. A psychotherapist by profession and founder of Deep River seminars, Seixas outlines the steps for slowing down in today's world by drawing from case studies in her work, outlining the basic spiritual principles of her seminars and providing a range of helpful, easy exercises for readers to practice. Getting to the spiritual within is not easy in a culture that favors multitasking, endless activity and the pressure to strive for perfection, but Seixas advocates what she calls "dropping down" as key to this process, which involves "moving from a more outward focus at the surface of our lives, to a more inward focus deep within ourselves." Seixas's accessible prose and the slow, lasting journey she advocates are welcome in light of the many self-help books that teach us to snatch moments of rest while still keeping on the go, go, go. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Deep River Exercises and Practices viiAcknowledgments xiIntroduction xvThirsting for the Deep River Realm 1The Disease of A-Thousand-Things-To-Do 3The Deep River Within 15Getting Started 31Touching the Deep River: The Practices 49Take Time In 51Make Boundaries 69Befriend Feelings 89Tame Self-Expectations 109Practice Presence 133Do Something You Love 155Keeping the Deep River Flowing 175Beyond Self-Care 177Victory Log 193Notes 203Selected Reading 213The Author 221Index 223
\ Publishers WeeklyBetween family, professional work, housework, working out, e-mail and the simple essentials like bathing, eating and even sleeping, there is always too much to do. Readers who identify with the above and lament their lack of time will find themselves engrossed within the first few pages of this spiritual self-help title, as Seixas describes with candor and personal experience the unhappy life situation so many women face today. A psychotherapist by profession and founder of Deep River seminars, Seixas outlines the steps for slowing down in today's world by drawing from case studies in her work, outlining the basic spiritual principles of her seminars and providing a range of helpful, easy exercises for readers to practice. Getting to the spiritual within is not easy in a culture that favors multitasking, endless activity and the pressure to strive for perfection, but Seixas advocates what she calls "dropping down" as key to this process, which involves "moving from a more outward focus at the surface of our lives, to a more inward focus deep within ourselves." Seixas's accessible prose and the slow, lasting journey she advocates are welcome in light of the many self-help books that teach us to snatch moments of rest while still keeping on the go, go, go. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.\ \
