2020 GOLD WINNER
Religion / Spirituality of Other Traditions​​

​3 TERRAINS
9 SACRED LANDSCAPES
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CONFINEMENT
forest plateau tundra
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GESTATION
valley riverbank garden

EXPANSION
ocean mountaintop vastness
15th ANNUAL WINNER
Specialty Books
Each selection opens with an epigraph
​​from a diverse group of wise, ​resonant voices
 spanning three millennia.
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Let their words inspire and comfort you!
Each selection concludes with an affirmation or...

Say each one aloud to help anchor the message
​you are sending to your soul.
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Speak your spiritual evolution or growth into existence!

A MARVELOUS BOOK—A journey into selfhood and spirituality and all the challenging and beautiful minutiae our experiences in this plane have to offer.
AMANDLA STENBERG
Actress & Activist

GOOD BOOK ALERT! GOOD BOOK ALERT! The idea of aligning with the Divine hit me so much! It's a perfect time for this book, given what we're all going through now. Thank you, Karen, for helping us heal the world.
JENNY MCCARTHY
Host & Entertainer

THINGS FEEL as if they are falling apart for people around the world, which is why SACRED LANDSCAPES of the SOUL deserves a spot on any inspirational reading list. It offers a breath of spiritual fresh air to anyone looking for uplifting, soulful connections to the Divine no matter what religion they are coming from, focusing on a journey towards healing, peace, and resolution that provides many thought-provoking reflections in a time of exceptional turmoil.
MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

​LIKE THE MUSLIM CALL TO PRAYER 6 times a day, or the more obscure 5 dings a day spiritual practice, we need reminders that God is there. Brailsford's essays do just that and can be valuable reminds when read in small batches or one story at a time each day. What I found most compelling in SACRED LANDSCAPES of the SOUL were the first-person essays [or letters that appear in italics every few pages in the book. They appear to have been channelled.
TOM RAPSAS
Patheos

THIS HEALING, strengthening, empowering collection of wisdom is exactly what my spirit has hungered for. SACRED LANDSCAPES of the SOUL sits with my journal, ready for my morning inspiration and my evening reflection.
LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON
New York Times bestselling author of Shout; Speak and Chains, National Book Award finalists

CALLING IN MAELSTROMS of emotions and heartache, shadow and light, spiritual practitioner Karen Brailsford offers a banquet of meditations and images to awaken, calm, challenge and excite soul, mind, heart and body. Plentiful food for all the hungry—indeed starving—souls in our chaotic world today!
REV. MATTHEW FOX
Author of Original Blessing, Christian Mystics, The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times

​I WAS SURPRISED BY THIS BRAVE, BEAUTIFUL BOOK, which I will from now on keep by my side for comfort and inspiration. As a long time Buddhist, terms like "God" and "soul" are not so usual, but Karen's use of them in harmony with sayings of great mystics, West and East, gives them new life. And it is especially her eloquent affirmations of the divine as the life force and love force within oneself and every being that resonate with the buddha essence and the diamond clearlight of freedom that sustains our infinite lives. Enjoy this daring book of affirmations—once you get over worrying about feeling way better about yourself, you will find yourself happy at home in it!
PADMA SHRI DR. ROBERT THURMAN
Author & Translator
Professor Emeritus of Indo-Tibetan Buddhology, Columbia University
Co-Founder of Tibet House US, the Dalai Lama's Cultural Center in America
THE DALAI LAMA
GLOBAL VISION SUMMIT 2021
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​MY TALK: The Four Chambers of a Compassionate Heart
GUIDED MEDITATION: An Invitation to Accept Yourself

My heart's beating a bit stronger for having watched and heard Karen's videos.

​Beautiful words and meditation guidance.
​I loved every moment.

I knew Karen's message would speak directly to my own heart, and it did. Self-acceptance is difficult to accomplish, a lifelong pursuit. In my own journey, I now find myself returning to Karen's words and practicing the beating of my hand over my heart, something so easy, yet extremely calming and grounding.

​Karen is totally plugged in.
​I love the universal tone of her talk. ​
​Beautifully and naturally done!
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