In preparing our new book, Living in Balance, for its release in January of 1998 we have been deeply touched by the sincere and enthusiastic endorsements that we have received. The following comments are written mostly by colleagues who have both read the book and who know our work in the world. We offer these notes to you to provide a glimpse of how our work is regarded by many respected leaders in the field. We hope these comments will help you to deepen your understanding of the spirit of our life — work and the insights that we have recorded in our book, Living in Balance.

His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
You are presently engaged in work that has great prospects for bringing the "inner sciences" to a very wide section of people who may not under ordinary circumstances come into contact with the inner sciences. I am very pleased about the work that you are doing and send you blessings and prayers for your success.

Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
Author of "Minding the Body, Mending the Mind," and "A Woman's Book of Life." Cofounder and former director of the Mind/Body Clinic, New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Living in Balance is the wisest, most practical and inspiring book that I have read in years. Joel and Michelle Levey are consummate teachers because they live the teachings, humbly and compassionately laying out a roadmap that anyone motivated to lead a happier, more balanced life can follow. The simple exercises and questions they ask were like light bulbs that helped me see my own life more clearly. This is one book that really does have the power to help you change your life."

Caroline M. Myss, Ph.D.
Author of "Why People Don't Heal and How They Can" and "Anatomy of the Spirit."

Joel and Michelle have constructed a text of sheer brilliance. Every page offers new insights and truth. No reader could be disappointed by this book! 

Thomas J. Hurley
Director of Education, Institute of Noetic Sciences

Living in balance — the holy grail of our time. Both a possibility towards which we are always working and an experience available each moment. At its heart is trust in our basic goodness and our essential capacity to create whole and fulfilling lives, leaving nothing out, even in an increasingly complex, challenging world. What I love about this book is the respect and wonder accorded that process — and the practical guidance provided on how to find ones own path toward balance, harmony, grace, and happiness. Two wise friends have gifted us with a treasure —listen!

Margaret J. Wheatley
Author of "Leadership & the New Science" and coauthor, "A Simpler Way."

This book is an absolute treasure, filled with an abundance of insights and practices that lead the reader into depths of peace. But with all these riches, I was most affected by the love, compassion, and wisdom Joel and Michelle present in every page. Their embrace of the reader is the best testimony that these practices lead to lives of wholeness and harmony.

Sylvia Boorstein
Author of "It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness, "Don't Just Do Something, Sit There," and "That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist."

Michelle and Joel Levey have done such a graceful, personal and inviting presentation of the profound necessity to devote/dedicate oneself to as full a practice of living in balance as one can, without at all trivializing it and making it less profound than it is, but making it sound like everybody can do it — like it's just normal — which is what it is!

Larry Dossey, MD
Author of "Be Careful What You Pray For," "Prayer is Good Medicine," and "Healing Words." Executive Editor, Alternative Therapies 

Living in Balance invites us to return to the inner source of serenity and wisdom within. Never before have we so urgently needed the clear, compassionate teachings that are so lovingly described in this book.

Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.
Cultural Anthropologist. Author of "The Four Fold Way" and "Signs of Life"

Rarely do we find a book that satisfies both practical and inspirational needs — Living in Balance does! This is a compelling and excellent resource for restoring balance within one's nature and life.

Judith Handelsman, M.A.
Author of "Growing Myself: A Spiritual Journey Through Gardening." Gardening columnist Vogue Magazine. Gardening correspondent/editor NBC ALL-NEWS Network Radio. Host/writer for "Inner Gardens" cable TV series.

I wish I had read a book like Living in Balance when I began to work on myself as a young girl. Reading it now enriches my efforts to live life with awareness, understanding, and peace. We all need support to live mindfully and to cultivate lovingkindness so we can help ourselves, each other, and the natural world. Living in Balance contributes a body of practical wisdom-knowledge that is sorely needed in our present time.

Rabbi Ted Falcon, Ph.D.
Bet Alef Meditational Synagogue

I am at stolen moments rolling into your book, feeling supported gently as you describe the nature of my experience. There is such an elegant simplicity and welcome directness about your work. There are sentences that leap up to remind me of the deeper/higher levels, and they are so reassuring. You have created a treasure with which people can journey, through which they can receive help remembering what they already know.