Every Day a Holy Day: Exercises, Experiments and Practices for Mindful Living

By Barbara Haynes

An excellent manual for the use of serious spiritual seekers, this book demonstrates how to effortlessly fold spirituality into life. Included are 121 exercises that can be done effortlessly and without being noticed anywhere, anytime. The focus of the book is not about having a peak experience, although these exercises can be a catalyst for this. Rather, it points us to a way to live our lives, to be one with our environment and the people with whom we relate. The book offers a lifetime of keys in the guise of exercises, experiments and practices to keep unlocking the doors and deepening our relationship to our heart's desire.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gateways Books Tapes
• Release date: Apr 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9780895565594

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Copyright © 2016 Barbara Haynes, All Rights Reserved

Illustrations © 2016 Barbara Haynes, All Rights Reserved

Author photo © 2016 Kathleen Dreier Photography

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Cover design © 2016 Gailyn Porter

Editing and proofing; Tabatha Jones

Consultant; Claude Needham, PhD

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Haynes, Barbara, 1950- author.

Title: Every day a holy day / [Barbara Haynes].

Description: Nevada City, CA : Gateways Books and Tapes, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016018754 | ISBN 9780895562784

Subjects: LCSH: Mindfulness (Psychology)--Problems, exercises, etc. |

Self-actualization (Psychology)--Problems, exercises, etc. |

Awareness--Problems, exercices, etc.

Classification: LCC BF637.M56 H38 2016 | DDC 158.1076--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016018754

Dedicated to

My Beloved Teacher

E. J. Gold

Introduction

First and foremost, the question is: Who is the author of a book, and is their life an example of what they’re writing about? So many spiritual books and teachings are at our fingertips these days, many of which are written by brilliant and charismatic individuals. Yet, how are we to know whether or not someone truly lives according to the philosophy they are speaking about? This is of utmost importance. Words may be inspiring and clear and convincing, yet if they are not coming from a person who walks their talk and practices what they preach, the words will definitely not impact us deeply beyond our intellect.

Ms. Haynes has dedicated her entire life to embodying the exercises that she generously offers us in Everyday a Holy Day. In this title, she goes right to the core consideration of living a spiritual life. It is that we have a stable sense of the holy and sacred world in which we live. There is so much confusion and aggression around most of us, which makes it challenging to remember that