Snow Melting in a Silver Bowl: A Book of Active Meditations

In the first place, it's relaxing just to page through this book and look at the photographs. But besides photos, the book is also full of ideas for personal meditations, based upon all kinds of everyday human experiences. In addition, I found this book helpful since it includes many, many suggestions for "props" that will enhance meditations. The props (candles, incense, small figurines, photos, etc.) are common items that would be found in most people's homes. For anyone who likes to meditate, comtemplate, or just sit and think, this book should be helpful.

In today's fast paced world, we do not seem to have the time to slow down and devote a small part of our day to just ourselves. Everyone else wants or needs us, yet we sometimes cannot see how much we need to understand our own self and make time just for ourselves. I loved this book because of the simplicity of the small things we could stop and do each day - just for ourselves. I kept reading things that made me stop and think "why didn't I think of that before?" The words and the photos in this book, brought peace and relaxation to me in a way that other books have not been able to. I would highly recommend this unique book to those who are interested in any type of meditation.