Poetry and Non-Fiction TitlesClick book description to purchase on Amazon.com The Hidden Message of the Lost Gospel of ThomasPreviously published as “Yeshua’s Yoga”, the Hidden Message of the Lost Gospel of Thomas unearths the central teaching of this ancient text. The Gospel of Thomas, re-discovered in Nag Hammadi Egypt in 1945, remains one of the most exciting archaeological finds of recent centuries. Easing into the Bhagavad GitaJoin comparative religion scholar Kim Beyer on a journey through the ten great ideas of the India's beloved classic, the Bhagavad Gita. The book outlines the major themes, provides an original capping poem, and includes five questions to promote group discussion or journal cues. Easing into the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali's Yoga SutrasThis simple introduction to both the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is a gentle way to ease into these ancient texts. Crafted for use in Hatha Yoga studios, teacher training programs and experiential classroom venues, students will find the language of the book friendly and engaging while teachers will find a rich offering of dialogue-encouraging questions and activities to enrich the learning experience. Easing into Druidry: The Easing Into CollectionThis book explores the 10 great ideas found in modern Druidry. This tradition is both ancient and modern, spanning the mythic past of the British Isles and dancing with modern communication technologies. Engaging the Gospel of Mary MagdaleneThe Gospel of Mary Magdalene was penned in what most scholars identify as the 3rd century CE. Fragments have turned up over the years—tantalizing scraps of a once widely read and copied manuscript. Easing into the DhammapadaEasing into the Dhammapada, the second title in the "Easing Into" Collection, is designed as an appetizer, a crunchy, sometimes sweet and occasionally salty introduction to one of the oldest scriptures of the Buddhist canon. Easing into the MahabharataBook Seven of the "Easing Into Collection" takes the reader on a delightful journey through the ten Great Ideas of the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. The work includes responsive poetry and questions designed to guide the reader or small group deeper into both textual inquiry and personal spiritual discovery. Easing into Practice: Deep Inquiry YogaTaught by Hatha Yoga Therapist, spiritual director and comparative religion scholar Kim Beyer, Deep Inquiry Yoga is a collection of simple practices to apply within the stable and easeful asana, an invitation to the body, breath, mind, intuitive/wisdom self and a taste of joy to simmer together. Easing Into Lao Tzu's Tao te ChingVolume Six of the Easing Into Collection explores the Tao te Ching, one of the perennial classics of the Axial Age. Kim points out the ten great ideas of the text, supporting each with responsive poetry and posing questions for further contemplation. Easing into the Classical Literature of India: Volume 1This combined volume offers Hatha Yoga instructors and studios, adult education classes and diversity-studies seminar leaders a set of five study guides, including Easing into the Bhagavad Gita, Easing into Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Easing into the Dhammapada, Easing into the Mahabharata and Easing into the Ramayana. Easing into the RamayanaYou must search deeply to find a story that has impacted a continent and culture as much as India’s Ramayana. From heroic comic books to TV serializations, from use in regional politics to shaping the lives of marriage and conduct, from deep theological celebrations about the incarnational power of God to the live wire of devotion and trust in the divine, this epic breathes with a vital and timeless life even today. Easing into Patanjali's Yoga SutrasEasing into Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is the fifth book in the growing “Easing Into” Collection. This work features a simple clarification of a classical sutra that is so often required study for Hatha Yoga certification programs. Yeshua's Yoga: The Non-Dual Consciousness Teachings of the Gospel of ThomasThis is the original release of the Easing into the Gospel of Thomas (Book 3 of the Easing Into Collection) offers readers an accessible way to experience this once-silenced and enigmatic early Christian text. Silkworms and Prayer Shawls: The Poetry of Easing into the IntuitiveVolume One of the Easing Into Poetry Collection features work from Easing into the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, Easing into Druidry, Easing into the Gospel of Thomas, Easing into Lao Tzu's Tao te Ching, Easing into the Dhammapada and Easing Into Practice: Deep Inquiry Yoga. Emerge!: A Lived FaithEmerge! It’s there in the name—the energy, hope and courage that is beginning to animate Christianity. It’s innovative worship, non-dual theology, breaking open the institutional walls of what used to be church and infusing everyday life with a renewed sense of being. Easing into the Gospel of ThomasEasing into the Gospel of Thomas (Book 3 of the Easing Into Collection) offers readers an accessible way to experience this once-silenced and enigmatic early Christian text. An Invitation to Openness: Poems for Individuals and Communities Co-Authored by Kim Beyer-Nelson and Sue Sutherland-Hanson, this powerful collection of poems, calling out to contemplatives and inter-faith grandmothers, church members, artists, athletes, patients, and all manner of humans desiring to sense the Sacred in the many textures of life. The Little Book of Wholeness and Prayer: An Eight-Week Meditation GuideThis self-guided program introduces the rich tradition of daily prayer practice. Six exercises for each week (forty-eight in all) invite readers to actively participate in a daily "dance between one's self and God" by using the senses, memory, emotion, and imagination in combination with the discipline of intentional daily routine. This Nurturing Awe: Poems Inspired by the 99 Beautiful Names of God When any of the great world religions is portrayed in media in simple black and white images and broad generalizations, the poets of the world really are called to remind everyone of the light that is also there, at the heart of the tradition. At Matthew's Knee: A Poetic Commentary on the Gospel of MatthewKimberly Beyer-Nelson, who holds a master's degree in comparative religion, is a nationally published poet and author. She takes the reader on a very different kind of Biblical journey, one based in the language of poetry, intuition and unity.
