Book excerpt: True beauty radiates from the inside out and this modern day handbook shows you how to create beautiful sacred spaces and simple rituals that will strengthen your connection to inner beauty. Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. - Kahlil Gibran To let our inner beauty shine out, we need to find time and space in our busy lives to polish our hearts and nourish our souls. When life is crazy we get carried away with making everyone else happy, meeting deadlines and cramming schedules. One of the best ways to re-connect with our best qualities,our intentions and dreams is to introduce sacred space and ritual into our lives. The Inner Beauty Guide shows you how to do this. With sections on creating your own sacred space and specific rituals to ease you in to the day, such as using crystals and water to energise the morning, a mindful sensory wake up practice and an Ayurvedic water blessing, as well as some sumptuous bathing rituals to release the tension at the end of the day. Combining ancient wisdom from many traditions with modern day mindfulness, this is your one-stop guide to beauty and wellbeing from the inside out..