Melissa Alvarez - The Simplicity of Cozy: Hygge, Lagom & the Energy of Everyday Pleasures

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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The Simplicity of Cozy: Hygge, Lagom & the Energy of Everyday Pleasures 2018 by Melissa Alvarez.

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Contents

: Hygge and More Cozy Cultural Ideals

: Create Coziness for Deeper Meaning

: Making Cozy Personal

: Embrace the Moments of Your Life

: Become More Mindful

: Spend Time in the Natural World

: Emotional Coziness

: Improve Your Spiritual Wellness

Try It Now Exercises

Chapter One

Connect with Your Core
Spiritual Self through Coziness

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Make a Moving
Toward Cozy Project

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my husband, Jorge,
who brings so much coziness, warmth, and love to my life.
Ill love you forever and always.

Acknowledgments

Every book has a team of people behind it that gets it out into the hands of readers like you. I want to thank my team at Llewellyn for the hard work that happens from the time I submit my idea to my acquisitions editor, Angela Wix, who presents it to the board for approval, until I hold the book in my hands. This includes everyone in the legal, editorial, production, design, publicity, marketing, and sales departments. Every book is a team effort, and I appreciate each and every one of you.

I wouldnt be able to write without the support I have here at home. As always, thanks go out to my husband and kids, for understanding that earplugs are sometimes my best friends and that quick, easy-to-make dinners will suffice when deadlines are fast approaching.

To my parents, for their belief in me and checking to see how the book is coming along.

I have to give a very special thanks to my readers for your support. I write to teach others as we walk this pathway together and your feedback, questions, and correspondence is what keeps me writing more. Thank you!

Disclaimer

Please note that the information in this book is not meant to diagnose, treat, prescribe, or substitute consultation with a licensed medical or psychological professional. Both the author and the publisher recommend that, if you require medical care, you consult a medical practitioner before attempting the techniques outlined in this book.

Introduction

Life is a journey of lessons that ultimately leads to the growth of your soul. On this path, we all have different roles to carry out and lessons to learn. In this lifetime, on my path, one of my roles is to be a teacher of all things spiritualto help others learn to connect to the intrinsic part of their essence that makes them who they are in spirit and to help them see and understand more than what can be seen with the eyes.

Ive worked with vibrational energy, the frequency of being, for a long time, even before it was called frequency . Ive taught others to experience energy connections in everything they do, how to understand and feel their own frequency, and how to raise their frequency and connect it with the frequency of others, of animals, of places, and of situations. The Simplicity of Cozy was born because of the frequency connection with the day-to-day situations that we find ourselves inthe idea that we can connect to the energy of even the simplest moments in our lives and allow that energy to affect us so we move forward and grow in positive and empowering ways. The book is designed to allow you to create tremendous positivity for yourself by becoming more aware of your ability to implement a sense of coziness to all you do, including the way you think and your approach to your spiritual path.

The Simplicity of Cozy is about feeling coziness while recognizing your soul essence through the connection you make to the divine and to universal consciousness. It is meant to be a resource you can turn to time and time again, especially when you feel off-kilter. It is my hope that The Simplicity of Cozy will help guide you back on track during times of unbalance and that my words can enlighten you and bring you the focus needed to embrace the simple, cozy, everyday moments of your life. The increased awareness that a cozy feeling brings can help you rise above problems, if only for a moment, to appreciate the positive in your life. You can become a beacon of light not only within yourself but also to those around you.

Coziness is a way of life for many people around the world. It is a frequency connection at a very personal level that can bring about miraculous transformations at your core spiritual essence. When you make a shift in your energy to one of awareness of the little things, of a simple life where you are more connected to the moments that your essential self needs for growth, it leads to more joy and happiness. All parts of your general lifestyle are a part of and affect the coziness you experience on a daily basis. Its time to make a new and warm frequency connection within your lifestyle. Living the cozy life is a gift you give to yourself.