Peaceful prose and classic images of women in repose initiate the harried into the sweet secret of living well-the afternoon nap. Working mothers, career women and stay-at-home moms all need encouragement to care for their well-being and happiness with a few minutes of downtime. This lovely gift book not only tells them it's ok, but also shows them how even the shortest siesta can be filled with delights-scents, sounds, flavors, fabrics-that leave a woman refreshed and renewed.
This will be the first book to: --Show how to create a personal ritual for relaxation, including luxurious locations for napping and techniques for slowing down into rest --Involve all the senses for improved harmony in life, including aromatherapy, massage and meditation techniques, sounds such as fountains, chimes and music, tactile comforts such as sheets and blankets --Recommend affordable napping indulgences, including hot and iced soothing beverages, eye pillows and other comfort enhancers --Encourage women to adopt napping as a lifestyle habit, showing them how to organize their lives to accommodate a nap --Educate the harried that napping increases good health, for example, adequate sleep has been linked to longevity --Overcome guilt by providing valid reasons to nap
Like our French sisters, who enjoy a 35-hour work week, or in Spain, where a siesta is a must, we can come to enjoy, embrace and revel in a little lovely shut-eye.
Jill Murphy Long is a certified yoga instructor, athlete, ski instructor and professional writer. She held the positions of partner and creative director/copywriter for ten years at Murphy & Watt Advertising Agency, owned The Ad Group, and worked for Foote, Cone and Belding, ADWEEK, and the Advertising Center. She holds a B.A. in Communications and resides in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with her husband Greg and daughter Brittany Christine.
Author of several books in the PERMISSION TO BOOKS SERIES, Jill Murphy Long is a professional writer, certified yoga instructor, athlete, and teacher. She owned The Ad Group, was a partner and creative director/copywriter for ten years at Murphy & Watt Advertising, and worked for Foote, Cone and Belding, ADWEEK, and The Advertising Center. As a former advertising executive, she realized the importance of taking time each day to nap and play. In 1997, she quit her day job to write books for those who needed permission to take this time the most'American women.
A graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing/Communications, Ms. Long's best-selling first book, Permission to Nap, Taking Time to Restore Your Spirit received the Excellence Award, a distinguished recognition presented by the Chicago Book Clinic and the 2003 Benjamin Franklin Award by the Publishers Marketing Association for being a finalist in the category of New Age (Metaphysics/Spirituality).
Interviewed by NPR and other major metro radio stations, the author has also spoken at spa resorts, universities, bookstores, libraries, and many other, diverse retail locations. Press coverage of her first book included articles in: Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, American West In-flight Magazine, Chicago Sun Times, EPregnancy, and the international spa magazine, Pulse, to name a few.
The second book in the Permission Books Series, Permission to Play, Taking Time to Renew Your Smile, was published in April 2003 with 20,000 copies in the first printing. Permission to Play has been featured in publications such as: Women's Health & Fitness, Delicious Living, Women's World, Inside Borders, Christian Science Monitor, and Philadelphia Daily News. The author has appeared on CBS and Fox television stations and has been interviewed by other numerous radio stations throughout North America.
Permission to Play shows readers many ways to fit active, creative, and mind play in their days with the same convincing prose and beautiful artwork found in the first book of the series. The author has played all of her life both dabbling in the arts and trying new sports. This former collegiate alpine ski racer, Professional Ski Instructor of America (PSIA certified), and bike racer licensed under the United States Cycling Federation, speaks from experience of starting a new healthy habit and staying with it. Now a member of Wombats (Women on Mountain Bikes and Tea Society), the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA), and a ski Ambassador for the Steamboat Ski Resort tallying 100 days a year on the slopes, Ms. Long still reserves time for naps and play between her writing and book tour schedule.
The 2005 Permission to Play 12-Month Wall Calendar produced by Portal and adapted from the best-selling book sold out in 2004.
The third book in the series, Permission to Party, Taking Time to Celebrate and Enjoy Life is available at fine bookstores and gift shops nationwide including e-retailers such as: Amazon Books, Barnes & Noble, Booksamillion.com, Walmart, Target, and in gift direct mail catalogs as well as on line at: www.isabellacatalog.com, www.Femail Creations.com, www.paragon.com, Victorian Trading Company, and Stampington & Company.
A bibliophile herself, the author belongs to a reading club and has organized and led weekly writers' groups since 1998. She has taught at the Arts for the Soul Creative Symposiums and the Working Writers Workshop at the Colorado Mountain College. Ms. Long has planned nine more books in this series and is currently writing book four, Permission to Risk, Taking Time to Live Your Dreams. Excerpts from the books and the author's tour schedule can be viewed at: www.permissionbooks.com.
The author happily makes her home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado with her husband and daughter, writing, and skiing or cycling'weather permitting'almost every day.
This review is from: Permission to Nap: Taking Time to Restore Your Spirit (Paperback)
The craftmanship of the book is as impressive as the words and art contained. Napping promotes health and happiness and yet so many of us feel guilty to endulge. I know I do. This book not only explains why one should nap using some interesting supporting stories and history, but it puts you in the right mood to nap. This book is the kind you would find in an upscale spa or salon and makes for a very enjoyable break. I know I would have a cool friend if I saw this on his/her coffee table.
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I never knew napping could be so indulgent! I love it. And I love this book. No only does it give you permission to nap, it tells you how to do it with style. With wonderful tipbits of information on aromatherapy, colors, fabric textures and soothing beverages, Jill Murphy Long's book is a joy to read and even better to put into practice. I just love her chapter on creating a nap sanctuary. Everyone should have that special place to sink into, to unwind, to rest.
Thanks to "Permission to Nap," I now take naps everyday. When my toddler son naps, I nap. And when we both awake, we have newfound energy for some serious playtime. This book is a MUST for every women who tries to do it all, and every women who works, and every women who is raising children. This book is literally for EVERY women because, no matter how she occupies her time, every women needs a daily, calming retreat and a whole lot of pampering.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA delightful, gorgeous boudoir book, April 24, 2002
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The calming, comforting, relaxing words put together with caring thought in this wondrous, artistic book ultimately produce an invigoration for the soft, personally-enjoyable things of life. You've never before seen a beautiful little book quite like this one--with its fascinating writing, elegant pictures, tips on teas, secrets from the world of yoga, pointers on massage and shiatsu and aromatheapy, snippets of inspiring poems--and, most of all, delicious ways you can pamper yourself with naps and with preludes to naps. Do yourself a favor, and get Permission to Nap, just for yourself. Then you'll want to get another one for your mother, or for your grandmother, or for your daughter.
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