The Way Of Rest: Finding The Courage To Hold Everything In Love [Paperback]

The Way of Restgathers nearly 200 of Jeff Fosters most inspiring essays, poems, and reflections on restoring and reviving ourselves when we feel exhausted or defeated. Drawing from his personal journeyincluding his own struggles with illness and depressionJeff invites us to contemplate the Way of Rest and its potential to transform our experience of:

Imperfectionhow we are gloriously flawed yet complete exactly as we are

Not knowinghow we come to trust in the greater intelligence of life

Melancholy and lonelinesshow we learn to release the healing energies of exquisite sensitivity

Ordinary momentsrecognizing and receiving the closest thing of all

Discomfort and discontenthow our frustrations become an opening to deep peace

Loverediscovering who we are beyond our carefully constructed facades

Silencediscovering the vibrancy of living by letting go of thoughts and concepts

I hope the words in this book inspire, challenge, and encourage you. But most of all, I hope they help you remember that you are life, inseparable from the power that grows the flowers and gives birth to galaxies, writes Jeff Foster.The Way of Restbrings you his companionship and support whenever you need it most.

InThe Way of Rest, Jeff Foster writes from a place of keen sensitivity and understanding in order to provide relief for anyone facing the difficulties of loss, failure, or rejectionand empowering insights for accessing the untapped inner strengths we all possess. Whether read as daily inspirations or cover to cover, this treasury of teachings guides us in cultivating vulnerability, finding peace of mind, and celebrating the majesty of the moment.

Jeff Foster
Jeff Foster shares from his own awakened experience a way out of seeking fulfillment in the future and into the acceptance of all this, here and now. He studied astrophysics at Cambridge University. Following a plS