Last August I made some "good read" suggestions to my readers. Hard to believe that a whole year has come and gone. This year I would like to bring to your attention another good find.
Often we are quick to congratulate others on a job well done. We compliment our family and friends on successes and accomplishments with ease. Many of us praise one another over any number of things. However, there is one person that we can be so hard on. Someone who should be number one and who deserves recognition for who they are. If you're already smiling and nodding, you know who I'm talking about.
It can be said about many of us that we are generally harsher on ourselves than on others.
A very lovely woman, who I have had the pleasure of meeting on a couple of occasions, has made it her duty to bring to the forefront this very issue. Stacey Joiner, a licensed massage therapist and certified yoga instructor, has authored a book that should be read by women of all ages. And, quite frankly, the younger the better.
'You Deserve The Royal Treatment' (a woman's guide to living royally) should not be judged by title alone. This is not a book teaching ladies how to primp and pamper themselves. It goes way beyond that. The seventeen chapters delve into the deeper sense of self and how to think of self in a different, guilt free way. Each of the chapters comes with a little bonus; an easy to follow yoga exercise. After all, we need to learn how to relax in this overly stimulated world of ours. Ms. Joiner has taken into consideration our inherent need for the combination that provides us with greater health - mind, body and soul.
She teaches us to change our perspective. That can be a very difficult task. I have, over the years, attended many of my son's hockey games, and found myself getting caught up in the passion of quick paced action. When penalties were called against our kids' team, we couldn't understand how blind the referee could be. Now, had we been sitting in the bleachers on the other side of the rink, our perspectives would have been completely different.
Ms. Joiner guides us through her charmingly titled chapters that hold deeper meaning, leading us to the place we are supposed to be. We should be the "Queens of our Castles". Our bodies and minds are our own personal temples. To dwell within, in peace, is our right.
Namaste.
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