Danielle and Olivier Föllmi travelled far and wide to witness the celebrations, landscapes, rituals and traditions of cultures all over the world, seeking to understand and capture the connections linking people to their beliefs. Their photographs – transcendental, transformative and profound – invoke the divine through the unique and eternal face of humanity. Paired here with a meditation by a great writer, master, philosopher or poet, they calm our senses and prepare our souls to receive simple yet profound teachings. We are offering these titles at a low price because we think they will make excellent gifts. The photography is vibrant and stunning, and almost all the quotations fit very well with the Cygnus spirit. There are quotations included from Mahatma Gandhi, The Buddha and The Dalai Lama.
Hardback, 288pp, 166 x 119 mm, 2015
£6.99 £10.99
We think our future is shaped by big events - the decisions we make, the thoughts we have - but this book will show that it is our daily actions, the things we repeatedly do, that are the key. Repeat an action enough times and it will become a habit, but habits lack thought, consideration and presence. To ensure long-lasting, meaningful change our actions need to be filled with a sense of personal meaning, purpose and power - they need to be ritualized.
Creating personal ritual in our lives allows us to bring the presence of the sacred into the everyday. The rituals in this book have been created and designed as symbolic acts providing a framework for anyone to use to create positive change in their lives. The 7 morning rituals are designed to help you 'wake with determination'; the 7 afternoon rituals focus on 'living on purpose'; and the 7 evening rituals focus on 'retiring with satisfaction'.
194pp, Paperback, 124 x 185 mm, 2017
£12.99 £16.99
This new book from a leading name in the field continues her philosophy on finding freedom in a world of suffering. As someone who reached the depths before turning it around and developing a new way of being, she now addresses the importance of generosity. It is structured around the Diamond Sutra, one of the world’s great spiritual texts. She says spiritual texts describe the ‘what’ but self-enquiry, which she calls the Work, is the ‘how’. This Work has four questions, which are tools for powerful self-realization. For those familiar with Byron Katie this substantial book offers ample opportunity for further development.
336pp, 232 x 153 mm, Paperback, 2017
£8.99 £9.99
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind is by Deepak Chopra, the world's leading exponent of the ancient Indian system of Ayurvedic Medicine. Combining lucid theory with inspiring case studies and a wealth of practical exercises, Ageless Body, Timeless Mind demonstrates the innate intelligence of the mind/body processes and the extent to which sickness and aging are created by gaps in our self-knowledge. By increasing this self-knowledge, we can master simple yet effective ways to metabolize time, and so achieve our unbounded potential.