Stillness

Daily Gifts of Solitude

By: Richard Mahler

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Hardcover | 27 February 2003

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Richard Mahler was a successful writer and journalist living in the L.A. fast lane. He was happily married and involved with the arts and the environment. But he found himself increasingly unwilling to accept the distracting exterior clamor of his life. He began practicing meditation and yoga and eventually left L.A. for the relative calm of Santa Fe. As he began to realize the dramatic benefits of diminishing the chaos that engulfed him, he sought an even more extreme adventure of solitude--a three-month retreat in the snowy Tusas Mountains of New Mexico. In Stillness Mahler shares what he learned on his retreat and reveals the techniques used to recreate the benefits of solitude anywhere and for any period of time--even as brief as 3 minutes. As he tells his story, he weaves in the words of writers including Mary Oliver, Terry Tempest Williams, Steven Levine, and Anthony Storrs, presenting different inspirations and different models of solitude. He shares the results of scientific and behavioral studies and statistics that provide irrefutable evidence that silence can immeasurably improve health and well-being. A wider appreciation of silence and solitude can embolden and enrich us in unimaginable ways, and each of us has the power to embrace a kind of focused and purposeful silence in our own daily lives. Richard Mahler writes that one should approach silence with "an open mind, a porous heart, and a spirit of excitement and optimism." In Stillness he gives readers tools to do just that.

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Aspects of Religion for Non-Christians Worship Prayer Mind, Body, Spirit Thought and Practice Spirituality & Religious Experience Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice

Into the Quiet	p. 1
Retreat, Reexamine, and Reconnect	p. 14
Letting Go, Making Space	p. 28
The Silent Habit	p. 44
Cultivating a Tradition of Stillness	p. 58
More Simplicity, Less Stuff; Slower Movement, Better Health	p. 74
Stopping While Moving	p. 92
Intimacy and Independence	p. 108
Nature's Silence and Solitude	p. 124
Growing from the Stillness	p. 140
Recommended Sources for Exploring Silence and Solitude	p. 157
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