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  <title><![CDATA[True Balance: A Commonsense Guide for Renewing Your Spirit]]></title>
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  <default_description>&quot;When you balance your seven energy centers, you reclaim your natural rights and reestablish your natural order. You begin to undo the damage that was caused by living your life backward, from the head first, forgetting the body and spirit altogether. As with everything in nature, if your life isn't supported by a grounded source of energy, it will wither and lose its vitality. As you learn about the chakras, you will discover that balancing them isn't particularly hard, especially if you think of it as a process of not just living your life, but actually loving your life.&quot; -- From the Introduction&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How can we balance our time and energy when our days are so hectic? How can we find harmony in mind, body, and spirit? In True Balance, renowned intuitive and spiritual healer Sonia Choquette presents a step-by-step workbook for finding balance within our seven essential energy centers, or chakras. Drawing upon her deep personal experience and practice, she offers a wise and down-to-earth guide to achieving harmony. With supportive questionnaires, practical advice, and many specific remedies, Choquette leads us to a balanced life filled with creativity and blessings.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was on our yoga teacher training book list. It goes through our seven chakras (energy centers) and asks questions on how to tell if they're low or high and how to balance them. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Sonia Choquette.  She is the psychic I've always wanted;  she's smart, articulate, and really grounded. There's nothing airy-fairy about her. <br/><br/>This book is, like the subtitle says, a &quot;commonsense guide&quot; for connecting with your spirit. Sonia's book offers useful anecdotes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27760690">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I turned to this book to better understand how Chakras work in the physical body. I firmly believe in the mind-body-spirit connection. I find the book inspiring with  sections to help me understand what I can do to balance my energy centers.                                                           ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13642783">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got a few chapters into this book, which was recommended to me, but I guess I just wasn't in the mood and therefore couldn't get around to finishing it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[loving this- so far i find it to be the best book on chakra balancing i have read (or have tried to read!!) she's a great writer, and the information is very easy to absorb and make sense of.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just browsing thru it from time to time with plans to read and work through it more thoroughly as time permits. Seems to be very basic but clear re chakras and their energies.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very eye opening. Gave me some wonderful ideas on how to really tap into ones intuition]]></body>
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