Phoenix, AZ -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/12/2016 -- Best-selling authors, internationally-acclaimed seminar leaders and top-rated internet radio show hosts Ariel & Shya Kane are honored to announce that their latest book Practical Enlightenment has won the 2016 New York Book Festival in the Spiritual/Religious category.

The New York Book Festival celebrates books that deserve greater recognition from the world's publishing capital. Winners are determined by a select panel of judges who assess submissions based on the story-telling ability of the authors and the potential of the work to win wider acclaim. Affiliated with the London and Hollywood Book Festivals, the organization has been honoring excellence in publishing since 1999.

Practical Enlightenment debunks the myth that enlightenment takes years of hard work to achieve and offers a practical, effortless approach for living an enlightened life - right here, right now. Practical Enlightenment is currently available on Amazon.com in print, audiobook and Kindle formats. It is also published and available in German and Spanish.

The New York Book Festival win is the latest in a series of accolades for Practical Enlightenment – it was previously awarded the Gold Mom's Choice Award, won the 2016 Northeast Book Festival and was named a finalist for the Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award.

Each week, Ariel & Shya Kane share the principles and wisdom from their award-winning book on their internet radio show Being Here, one of the top-rated shows on the 7th Wave Channel of the VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network, the largest producer of live internet talk radio in the world.

The Kanes will discuss one of the key themes of Practical Enlightenment in an upcoming episode of Being Here entitled, "Integrity and The 'Little' Things." Listeners will discover how being honest with yourself can restore your integrity and well-being – in an instant. The episode airs Wednesday, July 13th at 9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET on VoiceAmerica's 7th Wave Channel.

For more info or to listen live, tune into Being Here.

Legacy hosts on the VoiceAmerica Network, Ariel & Shya Kane have hosted Being Here for over 9 years, recording over 400 episodes, all of which are archived and available to stream or download. It continues to be one of the top-rated shows on VoiceAmerica's 7th Wave Channel.

The Kanes also lead highly-acclaimed transformational seminars in New York, Germany, England and Costa Rica. Their work has been featured in USA Today, The Huffington Post, on CBS, ABC and Fox News as well as Sirius XM, NPR and more. Through the Kanes' approach, millions around the world are experiencing a profound shift in the quality of their lives and have discovered how to be productive, effective and satisfied on a day-to-day basis.

For additional information on the Kanes' books, seminars, Internet radio show Being Here, blog, email newsletter and more, visit: www.transformationmadeeasy.com

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