[.ca] True Balance: A Commonsense Guide for Renewing Your Spirit (ISBN 0609803980)

Super guide to the Chakras!:
I was looking for an easy to ready book on the chakras and came across this one. This one really demystified it all for me - very to the point, easy to understand. There is one chapter on each chakra and in each chapter there is a discussion of what the chakra representes, a question section to see how balanced that particular chakra is for you, and exercises to either reinforce or rebalance that particular chakra. Nice booklist at the end too.

Great book with tons of ways to balance oneself:
The first thing that caught my eye about this book was the title. True balance-I had lost my balance literally a year back and every since then have been plagued by leg problems. This book helped me realize I had been missing the warning signs of an unbalanced first chakra. I could probably have prevented my injury if I hadn't been so mule headed and had had this book earlier. Sonia's tips and suggestions on how to get in touch with my first chakra are easy things to do, there's nothing so hard that I can't incorporate it into every day living. The check list on each chakra really can help tell where one stands on each chakra. Thanks to her book I've spotted a problem with my throat chakra (the chakra center that deals with speaking and communication) before it became a big problem like my root chakra (heck, I quess I'm learning!). This is a neat book with tons of ways to balance each chakra and her Psychic Pathway book is just as good.

Really four and a half stars...:
This is a fantastic book, both for those who are conscious of their chakras and for those who are unfamiliar with energy work. Choquette lays everything out in a simple, gentle, yet very thorough way that is a pleasure to read and absorb. She writes as if she is a kind friend, speaking with each person individually. If you are looking for a more serious, in-depth work, I recommend Caroline Myss' "Anatomy of the Spirit". If you want to learn more about the chakra system, how it affects you, and how you can effect positive change and achieve more spiritual balance without getting a degree in theology or spirituality, then this is an excellent book.

Finally!--Common Sense Spirituality:
Sonia does a fantastic job of distilling the essences of chakra energy in a simple, down-to-earth way that can be put into practice almost immediately. Oher books that I have read have made our spiritual anatomy seem so complex to the point of being incomprehensible and certainly not practical. I've also ordered the audio cassette version and have listened to it many times.

If you aren't a New Ager, this might not be the book for you:
I felt I had to review this book since the few reviews here are so overwhelmingly positive. The bottom-line on this book is - if you can get past the "chakra" stuff (I just don't know whether I believe in it or not)there are actually some good insights here and some helpful advice. The author does write in an approachable method, even for those of us who aren't New Age-devotees. Some of her suggestions for rebalancing certain areas of your life are very doable. However, some of her references to dance and other types of "feel good" therapies might be a little much for the average person. If you think you might not be able to deal with the numerous New Age references, then this book isn't for you. In all fairness, I am not an avid reader of New Age books. Perhaps that's why I have a little trouble with this book. I've picked it up to read it a couple times but haven't really been able to get into it because you really need to buy in to her New Age philosophy of life. Each time I pick it up, though, I get a bit farther and the value of the book is becoming more apparent to me.