Author: James Baraz
Narrator: Michael Toms
Unabridged: 0 hr 57 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 09/09/2010
Life is not a destination; it is a fluid movement. It takes practice to overcome the daily stresses that make us dense, concretized, and armored. Baraz gives us many steps that we can take to help life move through us as a blessing and shares several simple but effective meditations to help each of us be more present and more joyful in our life.
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