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Spark Change: 108 Provocative Questions for Spiritual Evolution
Attain greater self-awareness and courage to reach for your highest potential through a process of engaged, incisive questioning.
It's been said that finding the right question is as important as finding its answer. As author Jennie Lee writes, "Quality questions lead to quality answers. Questions promote deeper thought, connection, and authenticity." In Spark Change , Lee shows you how to identify your most important personal questions and explore how they might redefine the trajectory of your life.
Here, Lee guides you through 108 inspiring prompts designed to deepen your awareness of your innermost needs and initiate powerful shifts throughout your life. Whether it's examining the attitudes that hold you back or investigating your true purpose, these guided inquiries are meant to cultivate gratitude for your gifts, peace with the present moment, and resilience in the face of life's challenges.
For the last two decades, Lee has used conscious inquiry practices to encourage self-reflection in her yoga therapy practice. Inspired by the source teachings of classical yoga as well as Lee's own inner journey, these prompts delve into some of the most enduring questions of psychology, self-improvement, and the spiritual path. With Lee's piercing insight and constant guidance, Spark Change provides 108 prime opportunities to stop, ponder, and listen to the call of your most essential self.
It's been said that finding the right question is as important as finding its answer. As author Jennie Lee writes, "Quality questions lead to quality answers. Questions promote deeper thought, connection, and authenticity." In Spark Change , Lee shows you how to identify your most important personal questions and explore how they might redefine the trajectory of your life.
Here, Lee guides you through 108 inspiring prompts designed to deepen your awareness of your innermost needs and initiate powerful shifts throughout your life. Whether it's examining the attitudes that hold you back or investigating your true purpose, these guided inquiries are meant to cultivate gratitude for your gifts, peace with the present moment, and resilience in the face of life's challenges.
For the last two decades, Lee has used conscious inquiry practices to encourage self-reflection in her yoga therapy practice. Inspired by the source teachings of classical yoga as well as Lee's own inner journey, these prompts delve into some of the most enduring questions of psychology, self-improvement, and the spiritual path. With Lee's piercing insight and constant guidance, Spark Change provides 108 prime opportunities to stop, ponder, and listen to the call of your most essential self.
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184 pages, Hardcover
Published September 8, 2020
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About the author
Jennie Lee
47 books36 followersNautilus Award winning author of 3 books: Spark Change: 108 Provocative Questions for Spiritual Evolution; Breathing Love: Meditation in Action; and True Yoga: Practicing with the Yoga Sutras for Happiness & Spiritual Fulfillment. Jennie Lee is a recognized expert in the fields of Yoga Therapy and spiritual living. She is a certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) with 20 years of experience in yoga philosophy and meditation practice, and an educational background in spiritual psychology. She has coached hundreds of clients out of limited or negative thinking to freedom and fulfillment.
She finds joy in sharing with others how to integrate the teachings of classical yoga and meditation into everyday life for inner peace, a deeper sense of purpose and a connection to one's spiritual self. She counsels via phone or Zoom internationally.
SPARK CHANGE AWARDS:
2020 Nautilus Book Award Winner: Silver Gift & Specialty
2020 Best Book Award Winner: Spirituality: Inspirational (American Book Fest)
2020 Book of the Year Award Finalist: Spiritual / Inspirational (International Authors Network)
2020 Mind & Spirit Book Award for Spirituality & Enlightenment (CIBA Finalist)
BREATHING LOVE AWARDS:
2018 Best Book Award Winner: Self Help/Motivational (American Book Fest)
2018 Book of the Year Award Finalist: Spirituality/ Inspirational (International Authors Network)
2018 I & I Book Awards Semi-Finalist: Instructional and Insightful Non-fiction - Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs)
Top 10 Inspiring Books (Aspire Magazine Jan. 2018)
Top 10 Inspiring Books (Aspire Magazine Oct. 2020)
TRUE YOGA AWARDS:
2016 USA Best Book Award Finalist: Spirituality / Inspirational
Stanford University YogaX Yoga for Mental Health required reading
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May 7, 2020
I got a review copy of this book via NetGalley. I really loved the book. The book is a collection of 108 questions divided in 12 broad topics. Yes, there is a reason why there are 108 questions (108 is considered an important number in some philosophical and religious constructs).
What I really liked about this book:
1} Jennie has really considered our lives from various angles and has come up with a comprehensive set of questions that we need to think about if we really want to drive lasting change in our lives.
2} I am right now in the middle of sparking change in my personal life and so attempted to answer all the different questions that Jennie has listed. Already answered 75 of them and there is so much more clarity now in what I want to achieve, why I want to achieve it, how do i feel about it. I personally feel that this simple activity of thinking about and reflecting on the questions can serve as a significant tool in our personal transformation journey.
What would I have done differently:
1} I would have probably included a few more why questions at the end of a lot of questions that she already has. This forces us to dive a bit more deeper to uncover the deeper need that usually just lurks in the background and when brought out in the light, has the potential to spark transformational change..
2} In the physical copy of the book, I would create some space for people to answer each question. This might encourage people to actually respond to the questions.
If you are in the process of reinventing yourself, this is a book you should not only read but also sit down and answer the questions that Jennie raises.
What I really liked about this book:
1} Jennie has really considered our lives from various angles and has come up with a comprehensive set of questions that we need to think about if we really want to drive lasting change in our lives.
2} I am right now in the middle of sparking change in my personal life and so attempted to answer all the different questions that Jennie has listed. Already answered 75 of them and there is so much more clarity now in what I want to achieve, why I want to achieve it, how do i feel about it. I personally feel that this simple activity of thinking about and reflecting on the questions can serve as a significant tool in our personal transformation journey.
What would I have done differently:
1} I would have probably included a few more why questions at the end of a lot of questions that she already has. This forces us to dive a bit more deeper to uncover the deeper need that usually just lurks in the background and when brought out in the light, has the potential to spark transformational change..
2} In the physical copy of the book, I would create some space for people to answer each question. This might encourage people to actually respond to the questions.
If you are in the process of reinventing yourself, this is a book you should not only read but also sit down and answer the questions that Jennie raises.
September 8, 2020
In Spark Change, yoga therapist Jennie Lee provides nine questions in each of twelve themed chapters to help you identify shifts that can change your life profoundly. Themes include change, values, beliefs, willingness, lessons, accountability, acceptance, inspiration, knowing, love, purpose, and mastery. Each chapter opens with a discussion of that theme, and each question is accompanied by discussion of its significance and advice for how to work with that question. I appreciated that each of the questions is listed in the Table of Contents.
If you’ve done a lot of personal growth work, then most of this material will be familiar. If you haven’t spent much time contemplating how to live in alignment with your values, then this is a fine place to start.
This is best read slowly, with plenty of time to work through the suggested inquiries and exercises. The author suggests working through each chapter in the provided order to maximize personal evolution, but you could also skip around and focus on whichever theme appeals most. This is a book you can return to often, because your answers to many of these questions will change over time.
My only real objection to this book is that the author was a bit pushy with her own spiritual beliefs. Since I was expecting a book of questions, I would have preferred not to read the author’s own beliefs about Source, divine nature, soul perception, and a loving Maker stated as though they are unquestionable facts. I strongly disagree with her assessment that, “all of the illness, poverty, and disadvantage that we suffer are due to a transgression of divine law in this or a past life.”
I recommend this book for anyone interested in living more intentionally who will not be too annoyed by the author expressing her own beliefs.
I was provided an unproofed ARC through NetGalley that I volunteered to review.
If you’ve done a lot of personal growth work, then most of this material will be familiar. If you haven’t spent much time contemplating how to live in alignment with your values, then this is a fine place to start.
This is best read slowly, with plenty of time to work through the suggested inquiries and exercises. The author suggests working through each chapter in the provided order to maximize personal evolution, but you could also skip around and focus on whichever theme appeals most. This is a book you can return to often, because your answers to many of these questions will change over time.
My only real objection to this book is that the author was a bit pushy with her own spiritual beliefs. Since I was expecting a book of questions, I would have preferred not to read the author’s own beliefs about Source, divine nature, soul perception, and a loving Maker stated as though they are unquestionable facts. I strongly disagree with her assessment that, “all of the illness, poverty, and disadvantage that we suffer are due to a transgression of divine law in this or a past life.”
I recommend this book for anyone interested in living more intentionally who will not be too annoyed by the author expressing her own beliefs.
I was provided an unproofed ARC through NetGalley that I volunteered to review.
October 25, 2020
Spark Change has 108 very impactful questions that make you think. But, it would have been better if there were room to write journaling answers after each question.
I suppose you could use your own journal to write your thoughts, but in my opinion it would be much better to be able to write it in the book itself.
If we're looking for positives here, the good thing about this book is it does not give you answers, you have to search for your own answers through the questions the book asks you.
I suppose you could use your own journal to write your thoughts, but in my opinion it would be much better to be able to write it in the book itself.
If we're looking for positives here, the good thing about this book is it does not give you answers, you have to search for your own answers through the questions the book asks you.
September 30, 2022
Intuition, acceptance, accountability
My copy of this profound little book on introspection is laced with highlighted sentences. If you are a lifelong learner and are curious about creating change and personal growth —I can vouch for this one. I took it in slowly, sometimes journaling and sitting with a single question for days before moving on. Twelve themes are presented in the order Jennie Lee has seen people make profound change. If you do the work, negative or limiting beliefs can be revealed. Intuition, acceptance, accountability are all means that can shake up the obstacles holding one back. This one’s a keeper for me to return to.
My copy of this profound little book on introspection is laced with highlighted sentences. If you are a lifelong learner and are curious about creating change and personal growth —I can vouch for this one. I took it in slowly, sometimes journaling and sitting with a single question for days before moving on. Twelve themes are presented in the order Jennie Lee has seen people make profound change. If you do the work, negative or limiting beliefs can be revealed. Intuition, acceptance, accountability are all means that can shake up the obstacles holding one back. This one’s a keeper for me to return to.
November 11, 2020
This book is amazing. Not a book that you read in one sitting, but a book you digest one question at a time. I won this book in a contest, and it included a journal. I can see how journaling may be helpful, but I found the questions and summaries to be an excellent read before my meditation practice. I meditate, but I realize that meditation may be overwhelming for some. You definitely don’t need to meditate. All you need to do is read and apply as needed.
April 22, 2021
Found this one really intriguing, and thought-provoking, too. Many of these questions are ones I have already asked myself when I started my spiritual journey, but it never hurts to have a refresher at any point in our journey. As such, I believe this book will help a beginner on their spiritual journey, as well as the seasoned traveler who could still do with a refresh from time to time
August 2, 2020
This book takes the reader on a soul-searching adventure, where we open our mind to all that is possible. You'll love this author and all she writes.
October 12, 2020
Beautiful and profound, these questions spark serious self-inquiry.
November 5, 2020
Wonderful Questions to help you understand change and spark joy in your life.
May 17, 2021
Absolutely fantastic book. The questions here, if asked honestly and continually, will absolutely help you develop in a healthy and whole way. This is one that I will be returning to multiple times!
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April 10, 2022#13 我願意為什麼事情奉獻心力？
奉獻不是一般的承諾，不是來自義務、負罪感或自我要求；
奉獻是不同的，它充滿了愛，因為我們只會為所愛全心奉獻。
#49 我是否為了逃避責任，而正在怪東怪西？
每當你因為自己的存在狀態而歸咎他人時，就是在否認自己擁有力量。
#54 我要完成的功課是什麼？
走出自己的舒適圈，開始踏上成長之路，就能獲得自信。
奉獻不是一般的承諾，不是來自義務、負罪感或自我要求；
奉獻是不同的，它充滿了愛，因為我們只會為所愛全心奉獻。
#49 我是否為了逃避責任，而正在怪東怪西？
每當你因為自己的存在狀態而歸咎他人時，就是在否認自己擁有力量。
#54 我要完成的功課是什麼？
走出自己的舒適圈，開始踏上成長之路，就能獲得自信。
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