This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide.
Avinash Jalani was born in India and now is settled in Australia with his lovely wife and his son. He is an enthusiastic hiker, bush-walker and believes in soul-healing through meditation practice. He has been writing poems from early childhood in form of words then sentences. These poems were his refuge into self and strengthen his inner voice.
Little Meditations is a collection of poems written in the moment, by Avinash Jalani, who is on a journey to rediscover the connection with this universe through collective love and soul-healing. These poems resonated from him during moments of self-reflection, struggle and stillness experienced in day-to-day living, which led to sharing this book with you which goes through phases from being social animal (human in other words) to spirituality, eventually to be at home in love. This is a humble attempt to make us realise that we are a gift of this universe and here to sing our song. Reminds us to breathe at this moment in surrender. Melt your longings and allow life to shine through. You are not alone and healing starts with self.
Reviewed by K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite
Little Meditations is a work of inspirational poetry by author Avinash Jalani. Part spiritual and part meditative, this mid-length collection of poetic works is intended to inspire healing and mental well being by exploring various forms of self expression. The collection chronicles the author’s own journey of exploration, channeling different emotional moments in his life to illustrate the futility of resisting those feelings. By letting go and allowing them to wash over you, just as the poems do, the author attempts to offer a reminder that our existence in the universe is unique, to be celebrated and cherished.
Because poetry is such an insular and isolated form of writing, it’s rare to find poems which can successfully mix the self help and meditative genres with deeply personal explorations of feelings, but Little Meditations manages this tricky balance very well. Avinash Jalani makes a clear attempt to explore every facet of human emotion during the pages of his work, travelling from times of great stress and sadness to concepts of relief, loss, extreme happiness and slow, silent calm. I felt his expressions and use of text conveyed these emotions very well, and I could see clearly how they could be applied to someone else trying to work their way through similar moments. In reading about Jalani’s own self reflection, there is clear opportunity to do the same for oneself, and the overall message is one of harmony and calm which I took to be very comforting. Little Meditations was an enjoyable read.
