Listening below the noise
Subtitle: the transformative power of silence
By: Anne D. LeClaire ; photography by Christopher LeClaire
Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780061353369
Subjects: Silence; American Authors; Biography; Listening; Creative thinking; Meditation
Description: The author discusses her practice of spending entire days with total silence, and provides guidance on silent meditation to become more aware of the surrounding world and achieve a feeling of inner peace.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Harper, ©2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226).
Table of contents: title: The secret garden; title: Entry. Eiders : hearing the call ; Snow day : walking into the solitary self ; Compost : confronting the messy space within ; Beach stones : creating necessary boundaries; title: Cultivation. Bittersweet vine : pruning invasive species ; Dragonfly : discovering the shadow sides of silence ; Boneyard : surrendering the need to be right ; Bees : choosing the right words ; Birdsong : learning the difference between listening and waiting to talk; title: Fertilization. Spiderweb : nourishing the creative self ; Conch shell : using silence as an enhancement to health ; Salt march : swimming into deeper waters; title: Harvest. Lone oak : from speechlessness to solitude ; Archer's bow : moving through resistance ; Lily pad : considering spirituality ; September beach : preserving the garden; title: Sowing. Bridge : crossing the threshold to silence.