Audiobook Coming Spring 2021!

My motivation for writing Meditation Illuminated was to bring others the simple explanations I longed for when I first started meditating in the mid-1980s. Since the book contains 21 different guided meditations, I’m excited to announce that plans are in the works for the audiobook version. Whether you listen to the book, or read it in paperback or Kindle, my hope is to offer you accessible ideas and practices that can help transform your life—so that you can find clarity, inspiration, and peace on your path. For occasional updates, including news of the audiobook, please sign up for my mailing list.

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Meditation Illuminated: Simple Ways to Manage Your Busy Mind

This book is designed to teach you how to meditate. With straightforward language, illustrative stories and ancient wisdom—plus instructions for 21 varied meditations— Meditation Illuminated presents simple techniques that are easy to practice. Now you can discover meditationʼs many benefits, including reduced stress, increased focus, and enhanced well-being.

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What People Are Saying

“Joy Rains has a gift. A gift for explaining abstract concepts like meditation through clever analogies and metaphors. FOR THE FIRST TIME in my hectic, harried life I actually UNDERSTAND how meditation is supposed to work and WHY I should give it a TRY! This book is fabulously basic yet beautifully profound. I was skeptical that I could learn something like meditation by reading about it. I thought surely I’d need a guru, a sage, to meet with me in person and show me the way. WRONG! Joy IS that person, one of the most sought-after meditation coaches in the nation’s capital… now available to YOU and ME! Read Meditation Illuminated and let her guide you –with wisdom and humor– toward a less cluttered, chaotic mind.”

Elisabeth Leamy Correspondent for The Dr. Oz Show

“With a calming tone and clear explanations, Meditation Illuminated introduces beginners to meditation in a way that is completely accessible, even for those with the busiest of minds.”

Washington Parent Magazine

“It’s a beautiful book that feels good in the hand. . . Not a word is wasted, yet the writing throughout is graceful and generous. . . The simple language, short sentences, and easy flow of the writing will calm even the most hurried reader. . . ”

Midwest Book Review, May 2014
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Ignite Your Sales Power! Mindfulness Skills for Sales Professionals

This book is designed to teach you how to apply mindful sales skills—so you can navigate a path to the sale, realize your potential, identify customers’ needs and challenges, establish a loyal customer base, and stay motivated. With its straightforward language, simple concepts, and clear instructions, you can discover how to ignite your sales power today!

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What People Are Saying

“This book takes my breath away. Every paragraph has either wisdom or new and useful information, or actionable items. Joy Rains has written a masterpiece. Oh, and on top of all this, she writes in an appealing, personal, easily accessible style.”

Mitzi Perdue (Mrs. Frank Perdue)Author of How To Make Your Family Business Last

“Ignite Your Sales Power tells it like it truly is. Cultivating mindfulness will make you more sensitive to customers, more empathetic to their needs, and better able to respond to their concerns. They will like, trust, and choose to do business with you.”

Orvel Ray WilsonCo-author of 6 Guerrilla Marketing books, including Guerrilla Selling

“Listen to Joy carefully. Her depth of expertise in meditation and how it can impact your results can be a vital force in growing your business or career.”

Mark LeBlancPresident, Small Business Success, and Author of Build Your Consulting Practice and Never Be The Same