A Beautiful Morning: How a Morning Ritual Can Feed Your Soul and Transform Your Life - Tapa blanda

"Brown and the contributors to this book show how even the busiest schedule can be tweaked to allow for morning rituals and the lasting benefits they bring. A Beautiful Morning: How a Morning Ritual Can Feed Your Soul and Transform Your Life urges readers to ... set aside some time for themselves. I liked the fact that she doesn’t prescribe specific activities, but rather she and her contributors discuss what works for them. The women she chose to interview come from all walks of life and are of all ages, and the diversity of views is both refreshing and informative. There’s no end to ideas for readers to try, from meditation to sitting out in your garden with a cup of tea to stand-up paddle boarding at the beach. There are people who espouse early rising and others who tend to stay in bed just a bit longer -- it’s all how you choose to design your time.

"While I’m familiar with and have practiced Transcendental Meditation for some time now, I was intrigued by the other forms of meditation discussed. I also found the premise that social media and reading the news in the morning can make one stressed and fearful instead of relaxed and harmonious. This made a lot of sense and I am considering ways to wean myself of those habits. ... A Beautiful Morning: How a Morning Ritual Can Feed Your Soul and Transform Your Life is highly recommended." --5 stars, reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers Favorite

“This book is for anyone who is curious about or skeptical of morning rituals. The power within all the practices and stories shared makes it real and remarkable—these rituals WORK! ... Ashley has a very light and helpful touch and approaches her topic with great joy and reverence—it feels like talking to a kind guide whose goal is simply to help your days, energy levels, health, and well-being. ... I highly recommend this, and so look forward to reading it again and again as I incorporate more ritual into my own life.” -- Lauren Oujiri, life coach, poet, and author of For Your Truth and Light: Haiku and Photography

 “The important theme that I found throughout A Beautiful Morning was the thread of the importance of self care and self compassion—giving to ourselves first, so we are at our best to give to others. This is something I believe the world strongly needs! ... I can see myself happily dipping in and out of different chapters for a refresher over time. It’s a book I want to keep by my bed or desk to refer back to for inspiration in the future.” -- Tracey Hewitt, artist and author of When Your Superpower Becomes Your Kryptonite

You deserve a life you love. A Beautiful Morning can help you create it. Discover the power of a morning ritual to transform your day—and your life.

How you start each day affects the quality of your day, and therefore your life. Being mindful in the morning centers and energizes you, helping you live with purpose, serenity, and joy. A morning ritual inspires personal transformation by providing space to connect with yourself, discover what you truly want, and visualize how to achieve it.

A Beautiful Morning is filled with insights, ideas, and an abundance of resources you can use right away. It will encourage and support you in creating a daily practice that easily fits your current life and guides you toward increased happiness and fulfillment.

Implementing a morning ritual changed Ashley Ellington Brown’s life, inspiring her to write about this powerful practice so others can benefit. She interviewed more than twenty women who are living their dreams, including

• best-selling author and life coach Martha Beck
• wellness advocate, entrepreneur, producer, author, and wife of Spike Lee Tonya Lewis Lee
• master healer Sonia Sommer
• painter, author, and creativity coach Tracy Verdugo
• great-great-granddaughter of Frances Hodgson Burnett and writer Keri Wilt
• horse whisperer and Equus Coach Koelle Simpson

These women describe their individual morning routines and offer suggestions on creating yours. Learn from them how a personally meaningful morning ritual can

• Provide space for clarity and inspiration
• Refresh and restore you
• Enhance your relationships
• Empower you to be your best self
• Enable you to steer your life with purpose toward a clear vision of what you want

A Beautiful Morning is about increasing your ability to be, not your ability to do. Productivity is marvelous, but to be calm and centered while you’re productive—that is the essence of a happy life.

And good news: you don’t have to wake at dawn or follow a strict regimen! A morning practice is meant to enhance your life, not complicate it. It need not be complex or time-consuming; tiny tweaks can have incredible impact. Your morning routine could take a minute or an hour; it could include meditating, exercise, journaling, talking with a friend, counting your blessings ... whatever brings you joy. It doesn’t even have to happen in the morning.

A Beautiful Morning is for you if:

• You’re burned out from constantly striving to meet others’ needs, while putting yours off until “later.”
• You feel overwhelmed, like there’s never enough time to do what you have to—much less anything you might want to.
• Your day often feels out of control and hectic.
• You’re extremely productive, but feel like you never accomplish anything meaningful.
• You crave peace and wish you could be more calm, centered, and patient.
• You feel stuck or vaguely dissatisfied with how your life is going.
• You yearn for something more but have no idea what that might look like, or how to get it.
• You want to wake up feeling excited and focused, ready to engage enthusiastically with your life through meaningful actions that fulfill you.

When you take care of yourself through mindful daily habits, you become happier and are better able to know what you want. Listening to your inner voice can produce incredible results. Let the personal stories, suggestions, and resources in A Beautiful Morning inspire you to create a morning ritual that will lead you to the rich and full life of your dreams.