Deep Listening | Free Book
World-renowned restorative yoga teacher Jillian Pransky came to the practice of yoga to heal herself. For much of her life, she subscribed to a relentless work hard/play hard mentality, burying parts of herself beneath the pursuit of busy-ness and accomplishment. It wasn’t until a devastating personal loss and health crisis thrust her into suffocating anxiety that she stopped racing around. As she began to pause and examine her actions and emotions, she found herself able to unlock deeply seated tension in her mind and body. Since then, Pransky has been devoted to studying and teaching mindfulness practices, deep relaxation, and compassionate listening.
In Deep Listening, Pransky presents her signature Calm Body, Clear Mind, Open Heart program—a 10-step journey of self-exploration that she’s taught around the world. Derived from the techniques that healed her, the practice of Deep Listening invites you to pay close attention to your body, mind, and heart. You’re taught how to tune inward and relax into a state of openness, ease, and clarity. This is the new frontier in integrative wellness—mindfulness designed for healing.
Pransky doesn’t ask you to “be your best self,” or “do more!” She asks you to “be here” and “do less.” She guides you gently through the stages of Deep Listening, from being present and noticing your tension to welcoming what you discover with softness and compassion. She integrates tools like guided meditations, journaling prompts, and restorative yoga poses to help you regard yourself with kindness and curiosity. Immersing yourself in the practice of Deep Listening will allow you to nurture your own well-being.
In The Press
“Accessible, profound, and clear, the wisdom of
Deep Listening grants us a chance to greet our habitual stress
with new eyes of kindness and compassion. Through concise, consistent,
and cumulative practices, Jillian provides us with the context to live
more openheartedly and transform our ways of seeing and being.”
—Elena Brower, author of Art of Attention and
Practice You
“Jillian has a way of being with you through the pages of
this book so that you immediately trust her as if she were a tried and
true friend. She wants you to reap the benefits of an art form that
she is passionate about. Her detail to setting up yoga poses creates a
depth of relaxation that few have touched, and her honesty will open
up your own heart. Her intention is to get us to listen deeply, which
is exactly what the world needs now. She is successful in that
goal.”
—Colleen Saidman Yee, author of Yoga for Life
“Deep Listening by Jillian Pransky is the fruit of
her own deep inner listening and is her gift to those who have ears to
hear. Literally, each page is filled with practical, sage advice
gleaned from many years of practice, many years of deep listening, and
the wisdom accrued from a life well-lived.”
—Erich Schiffmann, author of
Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness
“Deep Listening blends essential aspects of the
vast wisdom traditions of yoga and Buddhism that will benefit yoga
enthusiasts and meditators alike. Step by step, Jillian offers a
powerful and wonderfully crafted program that brings us deeply into
our own sense of wholeness and helps us inhabit an integrated and
heart-centered practice.”
—Ethan Nichtern, author of Dharma of the Princess Bride and
The Road Home
“Deep Listening inspires mindfulness even when
it’s hard to sit still. It teaches how to be alone without zoning out
and without seeking to escape. With the same loving, down-to-earth
wisdom she brings to her classes, Jillian Pransky helps you access a
sense of well-being. This book is a delight to work with, essential
reading and practice for everyone who needs to slow down and
relax—that is, for pretty much everyone in our hectic world.”
—Emily Barton, author of The Book of Esther and
Brookland
“With Deep Listening, Jillian Pransky invites us
to join her in letting go of tightly held beliefs, identities, and
muscles so that we might discover how it feels to be comfortable in
our own skin, grounded, and content with ourselves.”
—Kaitlin Quistgaard, editor at large for Mindful and former
editor-in-chief of Yoga Journal
“In her book, Deep Listening, Jillian Pransky teaches us how
to inhabit our bodily experience rather than be mere spectators to it.
She invites readers to attend to patterns of thinking, moving, feeling
and even breathing as pathways to change the possibilities the world
holds for us by changing our potentialities. Her book opens the door
for us to begin to grow and change.”
—Ruella Frank, Ph.D., founder and director of the Center for
Somatic Studies, and author of
Body of Awareness: A Somatic and Developmental Approach to
Psychotherapy
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