Everyday Calm: Relaxing Rituals for Busy People (11 page)

Darrin Zeer,
a self-styled relaxation consultant, is also the author of
Office Yoga
and
Office Spa,
both from Chronicle Books. He travels around North America encouraging people to stay calm, enjoy their work, and be successful. He has appeared on CNN, in
Time
magazine, on NPR radio, on Web MD, and in hundreds of other media venues. Darrin spent seven years in Asia studying the Eastern arts of healing and meditation. He lives in Hawaii and California, where he writes and also consults for companies like 3M, Four Seasons Resort, and Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa. Darrin is involved in the Miracle of Love Intensive, a six-day spiritual program that is offered in many cities around the world. If you or your company would like to contact the author, please visit his Web site at
www.relaxationconsultants.com
.

Cindy Luu
is a New York City–based illustrator and graphic designer whose clients include Bloomingdale’s and Ann Taylor. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. This is her first book.

Special special thanks to Kalindi for being my inspiration! Thanks also to my wife, Monique; my parents, Louis and Carole; my editor, Lisa Campbell; my agent, Jeffrey Herman; my mentor, John Mapleback; and editor John Pine and publicist Debbie Matsumoto. Also to Damien, Lara, Scotti, Ginny, Blaze, Marcus, Siegmar, Kris, G’Angela, Hans, Deb, Christoph, Alison, Savanna, Faith, Robert, David, Dave K., Gina, and all my family and friends around the globe. I couldn’t have done it without you!

Text copyright © 2003 by
Darrin Zeer.
Illustrations copyright © 2003 by
Cindy Luu.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

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eISBN 978-0-8118-7844-9

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