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In this podcast listen to Mariana Cooper speak about her book The Aha Factor. Mariana Cooper is an intuitive life strategist and the popular host of Aha! Moments Radio Show and Aha! Moments World Telesummits. Mariana has helped thousands of clients through private mentorship and readings, dynamic workshops and a huge range of audio and video courses. Mariana is the author of The Aha Factor. The Aha! Factor is an inspiring and practical approach to life where Mariana reveals how you can access all of your abilities to more rapidly make your dreams come true.

Dr Penny Sartori is the author of The Wisdom of Near Death Experiences. In this talk she brings insights from her book, discussing case studies, anecdotal evidence and documented research on NDEs. Penny worked as a nurse in a British hospital for 21 years, 17 of those being in Intensive Care. She has conducted unique and extensive research into the near-death experiences (NDEs) of her patients and in 2005 she was awarded a PhD for her research into NDEs and has received worldwide attention and media coverage. This talk was recorded at Watkins Bookshop.

Mario Reading discusses Nostradamus' predictions for World War 3. Mario Reading has established a reputation as an original and ground-breaking expert on Nostradamus. He is author of the bestselling Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies for the Future and Nostradamus: The Good News and has translated and written the ultimate collection of Nostradamus’s prophecies in The Complete Nostradamus. His Nostradamus Trilogy – thrillers based on the theme of Nostradamus’s 58 missing prophecies – is an international bestseller, with rights sold in 38 countries. This talk was recorded on November 25th at Watkins Bookshop.

This podcast is an extract from a talk Dr. Razzaque gave at Watkins bookshop in February 2015. Dr. Russell Razzaque is a London-based psychiatrist with sixteen years’ experience in adult mental health. He is the author of Breaking Down is Waking Up. He has worked for a number of national and international organisations during his career including the University of Cambridge, the UK Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. He currently works in acute mental health services in the NHS in East London. He is also a published author in human psychology with several books on the subject and he writes columns for a number of publications including Psychology Today, The Independent, The Guardian and USA Today.

Listen to this podcast with Dani DiPirro author of The Positively Present Guide to Life. Dani DiPirro is an author, blogger, and designer living in a suburb of Washington, DC. Dani launched PositivelyPresent.com a website with the intention of sharing her insights about living a positive and present life (something that didn't always come easy to her!). Dani has published The Positively Present Guide to Life with Watkins Publishing. In this podcast listen to Dani speak about how to: *Open your mind to being positive and present. *Shift your thinking towards the positive. *Remove negativity. *Love and appreciate who you are. *Adopt an attitude of gratitude. *Focus on what inspires you.

Karen French has a lifelong interest in understanding and interpreting the simple patterns that underlie our lives. Numerate and creative, Karen has a Joint Honours Degree in Mathematics and Management Sciences and an MSc in Marketing, both from the University of Manchester, England. She has been published on several occasions during her twenty years of international experience in marketing and product management. Years of painstaking research into a wide range of related subjects have gone into the 'Gateway to the Heavens'. Born in Africa, Karen now lives in England with her Canadian husband and three children. As a reason for some purpose in life, humans have searched throughout history for order and patterns in the seeming random nature of our surroundings. Our ancestors learned to unravel the importance of simple geometric shapes in this quest for knowledge that is largely shrouded in mystery. Discover the purpose of simple geometric shapes and how they mould your reality and your perception of it. Learn

Listen to this podcast with Rose Elliot MBE on her book 'I Met A Monk'. Rose Elliot is Britain's most-respected vegetarian cookery writer who frequently contributes to national magazines, gives cookery demonstrations and broadcasts on radio and television. She was awarded an MBE for services to vegetarian cookery. Rose was brought up in a spiritual environment. Her grandmother, Grace Cooke, was the medium for White Eagle and founded the White Eagle Lodge based on his teachings. Some years ago, Rose heard a Buddhist monk speaking about the Four Noble Truths and that you could write everything you need to know about Buddhism on the back of a postcard... this inspired her meditation practice, her writing, and her interest in Buddhism. Listen to Rose speak about: *Her experience of a monk visiting her house. *How to use mindfulness meditation in everyday life. *The Buddhist approach to neutralising suffering. *How to handle difficult emotions such as anger, hatred, fear. *What Buddhism has to say on happine

Stephen Sturgess is a London ­based yoga and meditation teacher, and the author of The Yoga Book, a recommended text of the British Wheel of Yoga. Since 1969 Stephen has studied and practised yoga and meditation in India and UK under the expertise of well- known gurus. Practised authentically, yoga provides us with a starting point for meditation, which awakens us to our oneness with true reality. This book demonstrates how to use a wide range of yoga postures, purification practices, breathing exercises and meditation practices as a portal to a higher consciousness – with all the everyday benefits implied in that phrase: an enhanced sense of peace, love, joy, happiness, harmony and personal fulfillment. Drawing upon the tradition of Kriya Yoga – the goal of which is to attune one’s individual consciousness with the Divine, or Universal, Consciousness – Stephen Sturgess shows us how to progress beyond the supple body to the vital, contented mind.

Sidra Jafri is an intuitive healer whose gifts go beyond the five senses. She helps people to shift the issues holding them back in areas such as wealth, relationships and wellbeing. The personal trauma of leaving her arranged marriage inspired her to develop the Principles of Awakening, nine steps that encourage healing and connection to our authentic self and potential.

Listen to this podcast with author Antony Cummins on his latest work, The Book of Samurai. Antony Cummins is an author, artist and historian. Antony also works as a consultant and co-presenter on produce high-end documentaries on Japan that are distributed by National Geographic. He has been recognized by peers as a leading expert in the discovery of military arts of medieval Japan. He currently lives between England and Japan. He has written many books on the ways of the samurai and ninja and his latest book is The Book of Samurai (published by Watkins) which he co-wrote with Yoshie Minami. This book presents the lost arts of the Samurai in the English language for the first time. In this podcast listen to Antony speak about: *The code of ethics that bound the Samurai in war and peace *The five foundations, namely the way, virtue, benevolence, righteousness, and courtesy *The notion of virtue and duty among the Samurai and how it differed from our Western military notions of honour *How the Samurai were

by Steve Nobel. Listen to this free podcast with authors Nick Moyle and Richard Hood on their book Brew It Yourself. Taking their two great loves – alcohol and gardening – they provide recipe inspiration for people to turn a surplus harvest, a visit to a fruit farm or a delivery from the supermarket into a fantastic variety of drinks. Covering wines, beers and ciders, as well as more fancy infused liquors, sparkling drinks and some true curios. Brew It Yourself outlines the basic approaches to each drink’s method of production, debunking myths, celebrating experimentation and taking the fear out of fermentation. There really is no reason not to brew it yourself. In this podcast you will hear them speak on: •Why should you bother brewing it yourself •How to get started and the costs involved •Buying ingredients and foraging •The vast range of beverages you can make

by Steve Nobel Listen to this podcast with pioneering psychologists Dr Miguel Farias and Catherine Wikholm, who put meditation and mindfulness under the microscope. They are both authors of The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Actually Change You? Separating fact from fiction they reveal what research and their own ground-breaking studies tell us about the benefits and limitations of these techniques for improving our lives. On this podcast you will hear about: •Mindfulness, is it as good as people say it is? •Meditation, does it make us better people? •Are there any adverse effects to meditation? •Can mindfulness and meditation be divorced from spiritual ethics and spiritual practice?

by Steve Nobel Listen to this free podcast interview with author Mario Reading author of Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies for the Future Mario Reading is an original and ground-breaking expert and author on Nostradamus. He is author of the bestselling Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies for the Future. He has appeared in several television programmes on Nostradamus for The Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel and the History Channel, and has been voted into the Top 100 Spiritually Influential Living People by Mind, Body, Spirit magazine. Mario Reading's unique decryption of Nostradamus's index dating system has enabled him to present all Nostradamus's prophecies in an entirely new light. Offering more than 120 prophecies for events yet to occur, plus brand-new commentaries on those that have come to pass since first publication, the author's ground breaking translations and perceptive interpretations of the quatrains reveal extraordinarily accurate and sometimes shocking predictions for

Jung on Earth, Future, Individual’s Role From Carl Jung: Wounded Healer of the Soul by Claire Dunne, pp. 226-229 This beautifully illustrated biography tells the story of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Carl Jung continues to be revered today as a true revolutionary who changed our views of psychology, introduced the West to Eastern spirituality and brought into general awareness such important concepts as archetypes, the collective unconscious and synchronicity.

Jung’s Individuation Process From Carl Jung: Wounded Healer of the Soul by Claire Dunne, excerpts from pp. 83-84, 127, 105-116 This beautifully illustrated biography tells the story of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Carl Jung continues to be revered today as a true revolutionary who changed our views of psychology, introduced the West to Eastern spirituality and brought into general awareness such important concepts as archetypes, the collective unconscious and synchronicity.

Jung as Natural Being From Carl Jung: Wounded Healer of the Soul by Claire Dunne, pp. 22-23 This beautifully illustrated biography tells the story of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Carl Jung continues to be revered today as a true revolutionary who changed our views of psychology, introduced the West to Eastern spirituality and brought into general awareness such important concepts as archetypes, the collective unconscious and synchronicity.

by Steve Nobel Listen to this free podcast with Sidra Jafri, author of The Awakening: Principles for Finding the Courage to Change Your Life. Sidra Jafri is an intuitive healer, medium and Awakening Facilitator. The trauma of leaving her arranged marriage inspired her to develop the principles of awakening. She now runs events around the world inspiring people to shift through core issues in their lives blocking them in key areas such as wealth, relationships and wellbeing. On this podcast you will learn about: • The 9 principles of the awakening process. • How to clear fear and all blocking karmic challenges. • How energy and vibration underpin our daily lives. • The 9 Core Principles of Awakening which are: A - Ask Quality Questions W - Work on You A - Awareness is the Key K - Knowing versus Owning E - Energy is Everything N - No Judgement I - It Takes One to See One N - Nothing is Missing G - Growth is Inevitable.

Claire Dunne Reads 'The Lake Isle Of Innisfree' By William Butler Yeats at a presentation sponsored by the Irish Consulate in Sydney, to celebrate the 150th birthday of the great Irish poet, W.B. Yeats.

Listen to this free podcast interview with Tom Fortes Mayer. Tom Fortes Mayer is a Harley Street hypnotherapist, author, international speaker and creator of the FreeMind 3 pillar approach to happiness. Tom is the author of The Freemind Experience which explains how to bring more peace, power and purpose into your life. In this podcast you will understand: *The three core beliefs that stop us in our tracks from experiencing happiness and freedom, *The three pillars of peace, power and purpose, *How to balance emotional intelligence, success psychology, and oneness philosophy. As an EXTRA BONUS for listening to this podcast Tom is offering you this free track (tom play or download) on Alignment: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByN_UYfWzcyjeU9xbUJhSkpYMGs&authuser=0

by Steve Nobel "Catherine Blackledge's biography is not just required reading for every would be astrologer. It stands alone as an amazing tale full of insight into pivotal history." - Jonathan Cainer. Dr Catherine Blackledge PhD is a writer whose career and interests span the worlds of science and the occult. She has been a student of astrology for over a decade. She is the author of The Man Who Saw the Future, which is a biography of William Lilly. This book is a spellbinding tale of prophecy, power and politics, this book tells the fascinating story of the 17th-century astrologer who changed the course of the English Civil War. In this book Catherine brings the story of William Lilly to life and makes it accessible to a mass modern audience. On this Podcast What made William Lilly the most famous astrologer of his time. William Lilly's predictions, including the death of Charles I, the Plague and the Great Fire of London. Techniques he used to predict the future. William Lilly and