Midwest Authors: Soul to Soul: Poems, Prayers and Stories to End a Yoga Class, compiled and edited by John Mundahl (Red Elixir), 202 pages, $16.95 Soul to Soul is a beautiful collection of inspiring selections that will add zest, depth, humor and tears to your yoga class. Enjoy quotes from the Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle, Thich Nhat Hanh, Shakti Gawain, Swami Kripalu, Mother Teresa, David Frawley and others. Honoring many cultures, spiritual traditions and spiritual masters, it's the perfect … [Read more...]

Books that support Body, Mind & Soul LOCAL AUTHORS The Promise of Surfing Rainbows: Opening Your Energy Flow Attracts a Treasured Life, by P.D.M. Dolce (Balboa Press), 236 pages, $23.95 Positive thinking can go a long way, but how do we translate our thoughts into true change in our lives? The Promise of Surfing Rainbows, a new book by P.D.M. Dolce, reveals the crucial link between two widely accepted methods for improving life, resulting in an approach that can bring immediate results. … [Read more...]

at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, 612.822.4611, www.magersandquinn.com January 21, 7:30 p.m. -- Heidi Durrow reads from The Girl Who Fell From the Sky -- This searing and heart-wrenching portrait of a young biracial girl dealing with society's ideas of race and class -- winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of social justice -- will be available in paperback on January 11. Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and … [Read more...]

at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, 612.822.4611, www.magersandquinn.com November 10, 7:30 p.m. - Gene Stone discusses The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick - He will be joined by special guest Dan Beuttner, author of The Blue Zones and Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way. Gene Stone is a bestselling health-savvy journalist who's investigated virtually every form of regimen, diagnostic test, therapy and fad. His new book The Secrets of People … [Read more...]

at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, 612.822.4611, www.magersandquinn.com October 7, 7:30 p.m. - Karen Casey discusses Let Go Now: Embracing Detachment - So many of us spend so much time enmeshed in other people's problems, trying to solve or change them, that we don't really know where we begin and they end. Not reacting to people or situations that provoke us is not an easy skill to develop. Even the idea that someone else can make us feel happy (or … [Read more...]

The Return of Intuition: Awakening Psychic Gifts in the Second Half of Life, by Kathryn Harwig (Llewellyn) $15.95, 216 pages, www.harwig.com Natural psychic sensitivity is often associated with children. The Return of Intuition reveals the little-known, widespread phenomenon of profound intuitive awakening occurring in adults - usually around the age of 50. Bringing this emerging trend to light is psychic medium Kathryn Harwig, who has helped thousands of clients understand, nurture, and … [Read more...]