Creative Mindfulness Delightful Gardens

Author : Racehorse Publishing
Publisher : Racehorse
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1944686053

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Creative Mindfulness: Delightful Gardens by Racehorse Publishing Pdf

Color fantastic florals and a gathering of garden animals in this travel-sized coloring companion. Relaxing in the garden with a hot cup of tea and the sound of birds chirping is enough to melt stress away. Similarly, adult coloring provides an artistic outlet for the anxiety that comes with daily life. However, it’s often restricted to an oversized page that requires a large surface to color. Creative Mindfulness: Delightful Gardens brings you travel-sized illustrations of beautiful gardens to help you de-stress virtually anywhere. Explore a variety of inspiring floral and animal designs to color at home or on the go. Twenty-four black-and-white illustrations, printed on perforated pages so that each can be removed to share or display, await your artistic touch! Each page is comprised of sturdy art stock that accommodates any coloring medium—whether your preference is markers, crayons, colored pencils, or pens. This book is must-have for those seeking a way to find tranquility in their lives, artists looking to improve their craft, or those simply wanting to give the gift of coloring. The features of this book include: Twenty-four original black-and-white designs for your coloring pleasure, printed on single-sided perforated pages High-quality, sturdy paper that can withstand travel and wear-and-tear Perfectly sized illustrations to fit in pockets and bags If you’re in need of a quiet and lush escape, Creative Mindfulness: Delightful Gardens is a must-have. In a setting of peace, these comforting designs are guaranteed to provide hours of creative relaxation and rejuvenation for colorists. Grab your colored pencils and de-stress. Fill your days with color and the captivating beauty of a garden—anywhere!

Author : Jack Wallington
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780593327937

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Creative Garden Design: Patterns by Jack Wallington Pdf

Creative Garden Design: Patterns is a unique and practical reference for creating mood, proportion and scale in the garden. Its more than 500 photographs reveal the hidden patterns in plants, gardens and the wider landscape to inspire plans for gardens of all sizes and illustrate how to appreciate the styles of design in larger gardens andparks. Explore the influences of pattern in design and thepeople who made them and gain a greater understanding of the roles of color, texture, shape and perspective in the garden. Each chapter explores a different theme of garden pattern, including: • Plants with Pattern: Leaf Shape and Texture • Patterns within Layouts: Symmetrical and Formal • Patterns with Plants: Borders and Bedding • Patterns in Landscape: Paving and Walls • Water Patterns: Pools and Streams Additional features include profiles of patterns ingarden design history from abstract to Islamic gardens. A complete visual delight, Creative Garden Design:Patterns is a classic work that deserves pride of place on every garden designer’s bookshelf.

Author : Lorene Edwards Forkner
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781647005504

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Color In and Out of the Garden by Lorene Edwards Forkner Pdf

Capture all the hues of the garden with a few simple brushtrokes and Lorene Edwards Forkner’s inspirational advice on observing color in nature, painting with watercolor, and gardening with joy and intention If you love flowers and the rich colors of the garden, Color In and Out of the Garden is for you. Artist and garden expert Lorene Edwards Forkner shares her simple watercolor techniques for capturing every lovely hue in a miniature artwork. Along the way, she also offers practical advice on topics from painting (no matter your skill level) to gardening mindfully to celebrating life. This delightfully useful and addictively readable little book may just inspire you to begin keeping a garden journal of your own, so you can record favorite plants with just a few simple brushstrokes. Arranged by color, each chapter helps readers sharpen their powers of observation and capture nature’s lovely palette. Plant profiles and personal reflections mingle with creative prompts for making a simple watercolor that helps focus one's attention. Both a mindfulness exercise for seeing garden colors and an easy guide to reproducing them on the page, Forkner guides you through the spectrum with her own watercolors while offering inspiration and a delightful garden respite from everyday stress.

Author : Micki Fine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
ISBN : 1608826082

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The Need to Please by Micki Fine Pdf

In The Need to Please, a leading mindfulness expert and psychotherapist provides compassionate, mindfulness-based techniques that will help chronic people-pleasers address and overcome their fears of failure, inappropriate self-sacrificing, loss of personal identity, and voracious need of approval.

Author : Melinda J. Rothouse
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030476755

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A Mindful Approach to Team Creativity and Collaboration in Organizations by Melinda J. Rothouse Pdf

This book examines how contemplative arts practice and a mindful approach to creativity, can be used to offer new possibilities for facilitating team creativity and collaboration in organizational settings. The author employs a qualitative, action research paradigm, using arts‐based and ethnographic methods, to explore the perceived effects of a contemplative arts workshop process on team creativity and collaboration within an organization. The book demonstrates how a contemplative arts workshop process may be used to facilitate mindfulness, trust, communication, collaboration, and creative insights among teams and working groups. It explores each of these themes in depth and develops a model based on those findings. The model includes five elements: 1. Individual-Level Mindfulness, 2. Trust and Authentic Communication, 3. Team Cohesion and Collaboration, 4. Creative Ideation and Insights, and 5. Leadership: Creating a Culture of Innovation. Combining theory and practice, the book offers a series of mindfulness and contemplative arts exercises that facilitators can use to address each of the five levels of the model. This book weaves together contemporary psychological research on mindfulness and organizational creativity along with practical applications and contemplative arts exercises for practitioners and scholars of workplace creativity, management and organisational and industrial psychology.

Author : Garden Guides
Publisher : Garden Guides
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-10
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Joy of Miniature Gardens by Garden Guides Pdf

Dive into the art and allure of gardening on a miniature scale with The Joy of Miniature Gardens. This comprehensive guide unveils the secrets to creating lush, inviting landscapes within the smallest of spaces. From terrariums that encapsulate ecosystems to vertical ventures that defy gravity, every chapter reveals a new realm of possibilities. Perfect for urban dwellers, space-challenged enthusiasts, or anyone with a passion for gardening innovation, this enjoyable little book will transform your perspective on planting. Discover curated step-by-step projects, expert tips on plant selection and maintenance, and inspirational resources to expand your gardening horizons. Embark on a journey where every inch is fertile ground for creativity, and the joy of gardening is magnified. Your compact planting canvas awaits!

Author : Martha Brettschneider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Breast
ISBN : 0996935215

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Blooming Into Mindfulness by Martha Brettschneider Pdf

Author : Arthur Parkinson
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Container gardening
ISBN : 0750992417

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The Pottery Gardener by Arthur Parkinson Pdf

A stunning gardening book full of inspiration, tips and advice

Author : Fran Sorin
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780990791942

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Digging Deep by Fran Sorin Pdf

Gardening and creativity expert Fran Sorin’s Digging Deep does for gardeners what Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way and Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones has done for millions of writers and artists: it shows how to approach your passion with an eye towards freeing your spirit and living a creative and joyful life. If you’re yearning to get out of the rut you’re in and cultivate more meaning and connection in your life, you’ll find the encouragement and tools to make it happen in Digging Deep. Overflowing with tips, exercises, and resources, Fran Sorin’s empowering guide offers much-needed inspiration in today’s technology-obsessed and often nature-deprived culture. This new edition features a foreword by Larry Dossey and a new introduction, where Sorin encourages us to discover the magic that takes place every day—in the garden and in life—as we engage in a playful type of creating.In her acclaimed classic, Sorin, who is the CBS radio news gardening correspondent and has also been regularly featured on NBC’s Weekend Today Show,, shows you how to apply her Seven Stages of Creative Awakening to unearth and connect with your own creative essence in every area of your life. “Digging Deep teaches the art of living creatively—from envisioning and creating the garden of your dreams to cultivating and embodying more imagination, passion, and play in your daily life.” —Andrew Weil, M.D., #1 New York Times best-selling author of Spontaneous Happiness“Captivating and enchanting!...A must-read for anyone who wishes to find themselves in the garden—and for everyone who didn’t know they could.”—Amy Stewart, New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist “Full of inspiring stories, creative exercises, and practical gardening tips, Digging Deep will help you bloom along with your garden.” —Marci Shimoff, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Happy for No Reason“Whether you’re a beginner or a lifetime gardener, you’ll find much to celebrate.” —USA Weekend Magazine“A familiar face on television and voice on radio, the longtime broadcaster and popular motivational speaker approaches gardening like yoga. Digging Deep rejuvenates the mind and spirit as well as exercises muscles.”—The Sacramento Bee

Author : Cheri Nelson Herring
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504372770

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Rock-Solid Blessings from My Garden by Cheri Nelson Herring Pdf

When we can become grateful for the life we have lived and when we can become courageous enough to share our strengths and vulnerabilities, we just might make the world a better place in our own unique way. If we allow ourselves the time to become still and receptive to our Higher Power, we might find ourselves having a spiritual adventure beyond the world of reason.

Author : Frances Mayes
Publisher : Crown
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780767916301

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Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes Pdf

Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites readers back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy. Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to experience the pleasures of primavera, an Italian spring. A sabbatical from teaching in San Francisco allowed her to return to Cortona—and her beloved house, Bramasole—just as the first green appeared on the rocky hillsides. Bella Tuscany, a companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, is her passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy. Now truly at home there, Mayes writes of her deepening connection to the land, her flourishing friendships with local people, the joys of art, food, and wine, and the rewards and occasional heartbreaks of her villa's ongoing restoration. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives Bramasole's lush gardens, meets the challenges of learning a new language, tours regions from Sicily to the Veneto, and faces transitions in her family life. Filled with recipes from her Tuscan kitchen and written in the sensuous and evocative prose that has become her hallmark, Bella Tuscany is a celebration of the sweet life in Italy. Now with an excerpt from Frances Mayes's latest southern memoir, Under Magnolia.

Author : Fiann Ó Nualláin
Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-24
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781781174159

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The Holistic Gardener: Natural Cures for Common Ailments by Fiann Ó Nualláin Pdf

A handy pocket-size guide to natural remedies from your garden and store-cupboard for complaints ranging from coughs and colds to aches and pains that allows you to save money and avoid taking mass-produced chemicals on a regular basis. Fiann gives simple step-by-step instructions to make straightforward salves and ointments, teas, rinses and syrups that will fill the first-aid cupboard, as well as identifying plants that can be used straight away with no preparation required. Fiann's singular knowledge of the properties and uses of herbs, fruit and flowers from the garden makes fascinating reading, as well as having extensive practical applications.

Author : Jean Haines
Publisher : SearchPress+ORM
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781781265062

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Paint Yourself Calm by Jean Haines Pdf

Discover the happiness benefits of putting brush to paper with a guide that puts judgment aside and “encourages simple enjoyment of painting” (Library Journal). Meditative, peaceful, and calming, watercolour painting offers a sense of control and self-worth to everyone, with no judgment or goal beyond the joy of painting itself. This book shows you how to calm and enhance your outlook through the movement of brush on paper. Master artist Jean Haines leads you through the journey, putting the emphasis on the joy of play rather than on pressure to perform or produce—and showing you how to wipe away your worries with the soothing, gentle strokes of watercolour paint. “Starting from the premise that everyone can paint, Haines frees readers of the goals and expectations of end results, and encourages simple enjoyment of painting. Open-ended, detailed exercises guide readers through experimenting with paint to gain a sense of control; to relieve stress; to escape; or to be in a better mood. The emotional and psychological properties of color are discussed as are obstacles to creativity and happiness. . . . [a] unique blend of self-care and expression.” —Library Journal

Author : Kelly Smith Trimble
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781635865042

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The Creative Vegetable Gardener by Kelly Smith Trimble Pdf

For decades, gardeners have approached vegetable gardening the same way: planting in square or rectangular beds or in straight rows, keeping vegetables separate from flowers, and definitely not mixing perennial plants with annual ones. According to these old rules, every insect must be killed, the garden must be tidy, and nothing should ever be allowed to go to seed. It’s time to break the rules! Today’s gardeners are re-envisioning the vegetable garden as a creative, playful space where the beds may be circles or spirals, beneficial insects are invited to the party, flowers for cutting grow right next to annual vegetables (which might be chosen for their curb appeal as much as their flavor), and a bit of “untidiness” simply creates a garden that more closely mimics the natural world. With The Creative Vegetable Gardener, lifestyle editor and master gardener Kelly Smith Trimble encourages readers to widen their focus, be playful, and imagine a vegetable garden that reflects their own unique aesthetic and offers a meditative sanctuary as well as a source of fresh, homegrown food. From seed selection to garden layout and regenerative gardening practices, gardeners of all levels will find Smith Trimble's liberating advice a pathway to making the garden a place of nourishment for the soul and creative spirit, while also feeding the body. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781935209805

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Planting Seeds by Thich Nhat Hanh Pdf

Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children is the fruit of decades of development and innovation in the Plum Village community's collective practice with children. Based on Thich Nhat Hanh's thirty years of teaching mindfulness and compassion to parents, teachers, and children, the book and enclosed CD cover a wide range of contemplative and fun activities parents and educators can do with their children or students. The activities are designed to help relieve stress, increase concentration, nourish gratitude and confidence, deal with difficult emotions, touch our interconnection with nature, and improve communication. Planting Seeds offers insight, concrete activities, and curricula that parents and educators can apply in school settings, in their local communities or at home, in a way that is meaningful and inviting to children. The key practices presented include mindful breathing and walking, inviting the bell, pebble meditation, the Two Promises or ethical guidelines for children, children's versions of Touching the Earth and Deep Relaxation, eating meditation and dealing with conflict and strong emotions. Also included, are the lyrics to the songs on the enclosed CD that summarize and highlight the key teachings, as well as a chapter on dealing effectively with conflict in the classroom or difficult group dynamics, based on a conference with Thich Nhat Hanh, teachers and students. The accompanying CD has inspiring recordings of all the songs in the book as well as a guided pebble meditation, total relaxation, and children's touching the earth. Beautiful, color illustrations by Wietske Vriezen Illustrator of Mindful Movements (ISBN-13: 978-1-888375-79-4) accompany the various practices. Any adult wishing to plant seeds of peace, relaxation, and awareness in children will find this book and CD helpful. It is full of wisdom on how to simply be with children and nourish their compassion for themselves and others. Illustrated by Wietske Vriezen Illustrator of Mindful Movements (Mindful Movements – Ten Exercise for Well Being, ISBN-13: 978-1-888375-79-4). Includes 1 audio CD.