To Be and How To Be - Transforming Your Life Through Sacred Theatre by Director and Teacher Peggy Nash Rubin is Released in U.S. Bookstores and on Internet Bookseller Web Sites by Quest Books, June 1, 2010
New York, NY (1888PressRelease) May 30, 2010 - SacredTheatre.org
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"A star is born, and that star is you!" exclaims Peggy Nash Rubin, Director of the Centre for Sacred Theatre in Ashland, Oregon, about the subject of her highly-praised book To Be and How To Be - Transforming Your Life Through Sacred Theatre (ISBN 978-0-8356-0853-4 • $16.95 pb • 6x9 • 247 pages) in release at U.S. bookstores and on Internet bookseller web sites, June 1, 2010 from Quest Books of Wheaton, IL, the publishing arm of the Theosophical Society of America.
Psychologists, book critics, drama professionals, and students laud Rubin for her dynamic and creative visioning methods which allow us to perceive our lives as a grand and ever-changing play. "Peggy Rubin is a master of theater and the art of becoming. Her book-- a masterpiece in every way-- will hold you spellbound as you discover the drama of your soul and the purpose of your life," writes Joan Borysenko, PhD, author of Your Soul's Compass and A Woman's Journey to God.
To Be And How To Be is considered an excellent primer for professionals who work with wellness and transformation, readers focused on self-growth, and anyone interested in the power of story, especially their own story. Exercises such as Explore Who You Really Are and meditations from Buddhist greats like Thich Nhat Hanh enable readers to view their lives with greater clarity and to become champions of their own destiny.
Author Rubin, internationally known for her innovative and inventive approach to personal transformation, has taught workshops for many years on the subject of her book. Her professional theater career includes work in New York and Los Angeles. For 14 years, she served as actor, and education and public relations director, for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Since 1986 she has participated in Jean Houston's world-wide multicultural workshops as Houston's principal associate as well as with Houston's U.S. based Mystery School and Human Capacities Program workshops. Rubin holds a BA from the University of Texas, Austin, in Theater.
Quest Books is dedicated to works compatible with the mission of its parent organization The Theosophical Society, works that "promote fellowship among all peoples of the world and encourage the study of religion, philosophy, and science, so that we may better understand ourselves and our place in the Universe. The Society stands for complete freedom of individual search and belief." Since 1965, Quest has sold over 4 million books by leading cultural thinkers on increasingly popular subjects such as transpersonal psychology, comparative religion, deep ecology, spiritual growth, the development of creativity, and alternative health practices.
For further information please see the author's web site at sacredtheatre.org, or contact Xochi Adame, publicist for Quest Books at (630)665-0130 x.358. To learn more about the Theosophical Society, see theosophical.org.