Return to Ease: Gently Reconnect with Your Body's Natural Mobility and Joy

by Carolyn S. Barnes

"Return to Ease" is a beautiful, visually stunning book that offers simple, quick, easy, and pleasurable techniques that can set you on your way to experiencing joy and ease again in your body and your life. You will be guided through simple and easy techniques to help release tension and stress. The techniques are varied and will empower you with skills that you can use daily to feel better in your body. Through inner reflection, gentle movements, a foam roller, and a small therapeutic ball you will be equipped to release tension and stress. Gorgeous nature photographs are matched with inspirational quotes throughout the book to help guide you to ease and joy. This book of self-healing can set you on your way to increased feelings of well-being and a renewed way of connecting with life.

134 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 2015

Reviews

[Sol Luckman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let me preface my review of Carolyn S. Barnes’ RETURN TO EASE: GENTLY RECONNECT WITH YOUR BODY’S NATURAL MOBILITY & JOY (read the book’s Introduction at https://snooze2awaken.wordpress.com/2...) by stating that I was given a review copy of the book by the author, who also graciously provided me with the foam roller and ball I needed to assess whether her suggestions for self-myofascial release were helpful.

That said, I would have gladly purchased RETURN TO EASE anyway. For starters, it’s beautiful, featuring a gorgeous layout and selection of photographs to rival any softcover coffee table book.

RETURN TO EASE is also beautifully written, with an elegant simplicity in form that mirrors its graceful essence in content. As a fellow nonfiction writer of books on health and wellness, I was impressed by the author’s ability to convey powerful, potentially life-changing information in ways that most readers can easily understand and implement.

The experience of “returning to ease” with this important new self-healing aid begins with simply appreciating the words and images in the book itself—even before one progresses to the various stretches and techniques for relaxation and release that are clearly pictured and explained.

Throughout, the author shines as a master teacher of strategies and techniques that transcend theory and actually produce lasting results—at least in my case—while also promoting empowerment through experimentation and discovery of what works for the individual.

I was a fan of bodywork, therapeutic massage and myofascial release before I read RETURN TO EASE—and now I’m an even bigger fan, and far more equipped to work on myself than ever before. Highly, enthusiastically recommended.

[mal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I purchased this book directly from the Author, Carolyn Barnes, who I am blessed to have as my Myofascial Release Therapist. Everything about this book is magical. From the way it feels in your hands, to the specific and powerful exercises for helping your body release tension. Carolyn is one of those rare people who cares deeply for mankind and has committed to a personal mission of ending suffering and helping people reconnect to their natural state of ease and flow in the body. Her words and encouragement make the reader feel hopeful - and empowered to help their body release the tension and stress that make the body feel sluggish and painful. I refer to Carolyn's book so often, that I can hardly remember what I did without it! If you are someone who is ready to support your body in releasing the tension you carry, I highly encourage you to purchase this book and follow the advice Carolyn offers. If you an Empath or Highly Sensitive, you will love the energy emanating from every word, picture and page. Thank you Carolyn for pouring such time, energy and expertise into a book that empowers each and every Reader to step-by-step, day-by-day, return to our most natural state - ease.