Live Your Now! ─ A Simple Meditation Inspired by the Seven Chakras & Gratitude

This is an artfully illustrated booklet for yoga and non-yoga students to help them grasp the concept of chakras - the energy centers in the body. It features a series of mudras that correspond to each chakra - ideal for a short, powerful daily meditation. The relationship between yoga teacher, Susan Cambigue-Tracey, and Dr. Sandra Fallon, a cardiologist and scientist, makes this book unique and powerful. They have each written sections of the book that compliment and support knowledge from the point of view of yoga and from that of science. This book is clear, inspiring and easy to follow. The artwork, created by artist Sylvia Hamilton Goulden, expresses nuances of human energy through the use of line, shape and color. Susan states, "Artistic expression helps us see and feel things more powerfully." The emphasis throughout this little gem is to transform thoughts from negative tendencies into positive energy. There is scientific evidence to show that the brain can be rewired with heightened awareness, affirmations, breathing techniques and the intention to evolve, heal and expand. Each chakra is presented in a simple, understandable way. We learn about the corresponding organs and emotional impact of each energy field, as well as affirmations that strengthen and balance each one. There is power is seeing the chakras separately and then as an integrated whole. This book culminates with a simple meditation inspired by the seven chakras and ending in gratitude.Yoga practitioner, Nancy Culp, states "It's like a wake-up call to action, summoning each Chakra's power to manifest in ME." More

Susan Cambigue-Tracey has collected an impressive list of credits over 55 years as a dancer, arts education administrator, writer, nationally recognized dance artist and educator, creative thinker, and certified yoga instructor, RYT500. After retiring, she continues to work part time at the Music Center of Los Angeles County as Director of Special Projects. For 25 years she has created artistic collage works and original jewelry. Her Jeweled Tree Empowerment Collection includes necklaces, bracelets and earrings made from a variety of beads, metals, charms and gems. Currently she teaches Level 1/2 flow and chair yoga (grounded in Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga style) at Goorus Yoga studio in Pacific Palisades, California. In addition, she teaches classes and private sessions in yoga and Life Coaching in her own studio. She and her husband, international musician, songwriter and storyteller Paul Tracey, also host inspiring artistic salons several times a year in their garden and studio.