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As there is no Kindred group this week, we have taken a look at Amazon’s Prime Day offerings and compiled a resource list from Audible for you to access should you wish to. The technical bits (scroll down for the resource list if you already have prime or audible):
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Audible
We have found Audible handy for working through our reading lists, and with that in mind have compiled a list of Kindred friendly resources here. If you do not have Audible, you can Try your free 30-day Audible trial here there is also currently a 99p per month for the first 3 months offer available.
In the 30-day trial you will receive one audiobook of your choice, with Amazon Prime and Prime Student customers receiving two audiobooks in their trial.
If you choose to continue after the free trial, you will receive 1 book each month and will continue to have unlimited access to the Plus Catalogue for just £7.99/month which renews automatically.
You can cancel at anytime and audiobooks already purchased are yours to keep.
Kindred Resources Available on Audible
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
A fascinating deep dive into the power of breath. In this text Nestor explains how slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can rejuvenate internal organs, encourage healing and jump-start athletic performance.
Get Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art on Audible Here
Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life by Judith Hanson Lasater
In Living Your Yoga, Lasater teaches us how we take yoga off the mat and into our day-to-day lives. And, in doing so, giving us the opportunity to rethink our relationship to our physical practice.
Get Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life on Audible Here
Giving Thanks: Teachings and Meditations for Cultivating a Gratitude-Filled Heart by Iyanla Vanzant
In Giving Thanks, Vanzant guides the listener through meditation and visualisation exercises designed to cultivate the state of gratitude – the state of having an open heart. Which in turn gives us the opportunity to practice a state of conscious awareness.
The Return Home: Essential Meditation Training for a Vital, Centered Life by Elena Brower
This book differs slightly in that it is a guided audio course. Brower teaches listeners the practices that have helped Brower and her students the most. She engages us with meditations, gentle movement, and many other tools to cultivate the foundations of our inner “dwelling place of the spirit”. Reminding us not to escape from chaos and crisis but to embrace it. This audible book includes a companion PDF guidebook.
Get The Return Home: Essential Meditation Training for a Vital, Centered Life on Audible Here
Self-Compassion and Fierce Compassion by Dr Kristin Neff
Self Compassion is the first of these two books by Kristin Neff, a pioneer in the field of mindful self compassion. In Self Compassion, Neff guides listeners through tried and tested exercises, to learn the three core components that will help replace negative and destructive measures of self worth and success with a kinder and nonjudgmental approach in order to bring about profound life change and deeper happiness.
In Fierce Compassion, Neff explores why women aren’t more compassionate to themselves and what women do for love. Providing concrete tools and easy-to-follow mindfulness practices to listeners, this book expands on the topic of self compassion.
Get Self-Compassion on Audible Here
Get Fierce Compassion on Audible Here
Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer and Joseph Goldstein
In Say What You Mean, Sofer and Goldstein bring together mindfulness, somatics, and nonviolent communication, Oren Jay Sofer offers simple yet powerful practices to develop healthy, effective, and satisfying ways of communicating.
Get Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication on Audible Here
I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power by Brene Brown
In I Thought it Was Just Me (but it isn’t), Brown shares insights from her research into perfectionism, inadeqacy and power. Building on her work about vulnerability, we learn that our imperfections connect us to one another and our shared humanity – key principles for our practices.
Making Friends with Your Mind: The Key to Contentment by Pema Chodron
Not a fan of audiobooks? Here are links to purchase hard copies of the above
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life by Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT
Fierce Self Compassion by Dr Kristin Neff
Making Friends with Your Mind: The Key to Contentment by Pema Chodron – Audio CD
