Synopses & Reviews
Welcome to The Dance, the wise and practical book that expands on Oriah Mountain Dreamer′s new moving prose poem. In this compelling book the acclaimed author of The Invitation challenges readers to live with passion, energy, and honesty. The key, says Oriah, is to savour the everyday world of family, friends, love, and work with clear minds and open hearts. When we are physically and emotionally stressed and our spirits are depleted, we must realise that happiness has not vanished but is buried beneath the clutter of our harried lives. With rare courage and honesty, Oriah unveils the challenge of her inspiring poem through compelling stories from her own experience, offering us tools to become fully the person we already are -- not ways to change."To dance -- to live in a way that is consistent with our longing" -- is to discover a gift that we can give ourselves again and again over a lifetime. To dance, alone or with others, is to be who we truly are as we fulfill our soul′s desires. To do this, we must learn how to let go and slow down, returning to the sacred emptiness where we encounter our true self. Practical, inspiring, and profoundly illuminating, The Dance is an invitation to discover a place of connection, serenity, and joy that is uniquely our own."
Review
"These are not the exhortations of a wise and enlightened spiritual guru, but the true-life struggles of a multifaceted woman who is a divorced single mother of teenage boys, a lover, a spiritual guide and a writer." Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Welcome to The Dance, the second in Oriah Mountain Dreamer's acclaimed trilogy of inspirational books. The author of The Invitation challenges readers to live with passion, energy, and honesty by savoring the everyday world of family, friends, love, and work with clear minds and open hearts. When we are physically and emotionally stressed and our spirits are depleted, we must realize that happiness has not vanished; instead, it's buried beneath the clutter of our harried lives.
Oriah does not offer us the tools to change, but rather a guide to becoming more fully the person we already are. To do this, we must learn how to let go and slow down, returning to the sacred emptiness where we encounter our true self. Practical, inspiring, and profoundly illuminating, The Dance is an invitation to discover a place of connection, serenity, and joy that is uniquely our own.
Oriah is the author of the best-selling The Invitation, The Call, and What We Ache For. She speaks and leads workshops, ceremonies and retreats throughout the US and Canada. She lives in Toronto.
"Savoring Oriah's words, I am both inspired and grounded by her fierce honesty, compassionate wisdom, and gorgeous language. Oriah offers a vision of dancing with life that I will turn to again and again, especially when I fear being with the sacred emptiness that lies at the heart of everything."
- Jennifer Louden, author of The Woman's Retreat Book and The Comfort Queen's Guide to Life
About the Author
Oriah is the author of the inspirational prose poem and international bestselling book The Invitation as well as the bestsellers The Dance and The Call. Her writing sets forth in detail how we can follow the thread of our heart's longing into a life of meaning and purpose. Her latest book, What We Ache For: Creativity and the Unfolding of Your Soul, explores creativity as a way of accessing and cultivating a spiritually rich life. Oriah is the mother of two grown sons. She lives with her husband, Jeff, several hours north of Toronto in a home surrounded by forest stillness.