Heart To Heart, by Elyse April & Jeff Goelitz, illustrations by Laura Stagno

This is a book about conscious and conscientious childraising. Heart to Heart shares inspirational and yet practical information to help parents and caregivers of young children to lessen their stress and establish healthier communication in their relationships with the children they are responsible to, and love. Uniquely, designed as a children’s book, it encourages adults and children to consider together how they can deepen their bonds of love through care, active listening and genuine attention. Picture books as a medium for parenting education are particularly useful, as they are fast and easy to read, and generally light-hearted, a fact most appreciated by busy and over stressed parents.

Co-authored with Jeff Goelitz of the international Heart Math Institute, this book addresses issues that are integral to a child’s sense of acceptance and security. In an age when bullying in the playground and at school assail our kids, and terrifying news reports bombard their lives, the need has never been greater for parents to commit themselves to giving the highest quality of care and attention to their children as is possible. Children need the sanctuary, the safety, that conscious parenting invites.

Words of Fire and Faith A View from the Edge, by Lee Lozowick

These essays contain the final handwritten teachings of Lee Lozowick (1943-2010) given during the last eighteen months of his life, during which he lived in the crucible of an illness that limited his ability to speak. Yet, he continued to work and teach extensively, traveling in Europe and the U.S. until the last two days of his life.

Lee called these intimate epistles “Words of Fire and Faith.” Here the reader enters the teacher’s world and encounters a living flame that is simultaneously full of tenderness and compassion for the human predicament. His words are imbued with an inner fire that burns away the identification and entrenched attachments of our self-preoccupation.

These essays are a testimony of the author’s own radical faith rooted in surrender to the Supreme Reality, fully incarnated in a lifetime of devotion to his spiritual master, Yogi Ramsuratkumar. His writings speak to universal themes: self-honesty, cultivating attention; sanctuary; working with vanity, pride, lust; enlightened culture; recognizing reality as it is, faith, grace, divine ravishment, and relationship with the Beloved.