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Author: Ken Mellor (The Awakening Network Inc., Seymour-Australia, 2009)
(Paperback, 228x153mm, 470 pages)

Urban Mystic was "A Finalist in the Spirituality category of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards". This is a great honour and very well deserved.

An extraordinary book, it takes hold of us from the first line and carries us through to the end.

Common comments include: "I couldn't put it down" and "I savoured it like a good meal that I didn't want to end"

The book prompts personal change as we read. Ken’s intention always was for the book to do this. As he wrote, he meditated continually so everyone would find themselves drawn into greater personal balance and into the discovery of the wonderful light, love, harmony and joy that expanding personal awakening brings. A lot of feedback to him shows that he has succeeded:

• I realised if you could do it, then I could too
• I have found great encouragement from your story
• Your account of your journey has helped me understand my own much more deeply
• As I read, I kept going into deep meditation and could feel myself changing
• I see myself and the world very differently now.

Wonderfully easy to read, it's like having a personal conversation with Ken. He is in the room with us—an extraordinary feat. And it's like poetry in places, too.

So if you want to go on an extraordinary journey with, as Ken describes himself, an ‘ordinary bloke’ as your guide, this is a book for you.

Read much more about the book and other people's comments by clicking here to take you to the book website urbanmysticbook.com.au.

Retails are A$22.00

This book introduces the reader to several meditations that are easy to do and very rewarding.  There is a wide variety of other information on meditation, too: why people meditate, the benefits of meditation, and how to persist and deal with the challenges of keeping on going that arise from time to time.

There is also a lot of information on practical matters about when, how long and how often to meditate; where to meditate; what positions are good for meditation; the value of movement and music in meditation; and the different contributions teachers, masters and mentors can make.

(Wire-bound, 120 pages)

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Retails at A$22.00

This book is for people who want to enhance their quality of life, promote their health, and learn to live easily, effectively and happily. It takes a practical approach to the day-to-day events of normal living.

Specific areas covered include: goal-setting, relaxation, healthy eating, exercise, the balance between rest and exercise, bodily rhythms, creative thinking and action, conflict resolution, effective decision-making, and the keys to life.

Exercises and simple programs for learning the material are suggested throughout. 

Several recordings are an integral part of the learning. They are the Creative Release Meditation, the Relaxation Meditation, the Grounding Meditation, the Centering Meditation, the Unifying Meditation, and the Complete Health Meditation.

Two in particular are necessary to completing the exercises, that is, the Creative Release Meditation and the Unifying Meditation. The others are not as necessary.

A recording of each of the meditations is available in the CDs & MP3 section, in the Shop (Wire-bound, 92 pages)

PDFs have a small A$2.50 handling charge.

Ken Mellor (Biame Network Inc., Seymour, 2005)
(Paperback, 195x130mm, 197 Pages)

Pearls is a wonderful little book, filled with all sorts of interesting and unexpected ways of approaching meditation and promoting spirituality in your life.  Filled with simple advice, support and inspiration, it is well worth having. Use it to dip into or to read from cover to cover.

Pearls also offers advice on how to persist with spiritual practices, how to relate to Masters in order to experience maximum benefit from them, and how to deal with common challenges that arise while travelling a spiritual path. Composed of stories, dialogues, poems, inspired writing and a variety of other forms of presentation, Ken's usual clarity of perception and his depth of understanding shine through.

Elizabeth Mellor (Biame Network Inc., Seymour, 2005) 
(Paperback, 195x130mm, 197 Pages)

The story is an fable involving two key characters: Oscar, a blue tongue lizard, and Jambie, a possum, who are on an odyssey through the Australian bush to get to two gigantic trees that grow on a distant hill.

Buy it as a treat for yourself, or to read to your children. 

This is a wonderful book for fanning interest in the mysteries of life in both children and adults.

Book Review

This book provides background on the origins of these Tibetan exercises, the benefits of doing them, their physical influence on our bodies and energies, the regenerating value in each exercise, the effects of our attitudes on the outcomes of our efforts, and the reprogramming of attitudes.

This book is designed for use while exercising. It has an attractive layout and a special wire binding. There are over 40 drawings which make everything clear.

Also, your download links for your PDFs are usually sent between Monday and Friday (not automatically 24/7), so allow time for their arrival.

Hatha Yoga for Westerners makes available a gentle and effective yoga set that can strengthen and promote health and vitality in your body. Those who meditate can experience the profound contribution yoga makes to the awakening of their consciousness.

The postures and sequences are ideal for Westerners living in the modern world. They are presented here with step by step instructions and over 200 line drawings.

This book is designed for use while exercising. It has an attractive layout and a special wire binding. There are over 40 drawings which make everything clear.

The book can be used alone, or in conjunction with a set of audio recordings that contain verbal instructions, as well as many hints and guidelines on how to do the various postures and sequences.

PDFs have a small A$2.50 handling charge that will show up when your select "shipping method" as you check out.

Stephen Karcher has created a wonderful book for couples using the Chinese Oracle - the I Ching.  As usual, the simplicity and beauty of  his writing makes this book very easy reading and wonderfully rich in the contribution it can make to people who wish to enhance their relationships with each other.  Stephen presents the hexagrams as they apply to relationships, enabling readers to apply the ancient wisdom of the I Ching to the complexities of the way we love one another today.

Ken & Elizabeth Mellor joined forces with Stephen to add the richness of their approach to his. They provided Reflections and Practices for each of the hexagrams - amounting to about 16% of the text.  As spiritual mentors, they have introduced many thousands of people to meditation and other enlightening techniques. Their experience as counsellors and psychotherapists and their shared life as a couple make them particularly at home in the blend of the practical, pshychological and spiritual that is tne heart of this way of the lover. 

Usual retail price:  A$29.95

This unique and beautiful looking book speaks to us of the kinds of lives that we want to live and the sorts of people we aspire to be.  It's about prosperity in its fullest sense - abundance. 

The author, Tony Smark, says, "If you have ever longed for:

• meaningful, satisfying work
• time for everything in your life
• opportunities to be creative
• relaxation and recreation
• perfect health
• financial and material security
• fun and laughter in your life
• a life filled with love, peace and balance

then 'Prosperity' is for you."

Ken and Elizabeth agree with him.  This is a lovely book: amusing, informative, lively and very effective in the way it teaches the reader what to do in very practical terms.  They think that you will love Arch, the angel of prosperity, who has a great deal to offer of worldly significance. 

This book is a wonderful integration of a great deal of what Ken and Elizabeth have taught for many years about making the most of life and living easily and well.  And it's very much more.