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The popular guide-over 80,000 copies sold of the first edition-now revised and enhanced with an audio CD of guided meditations According to Time magazine, over 15 million Americans now practice meditation regularly. It's a great way to reduce stress, increase energy, and enjoy better health. This fun and easy guide has long been a favorite with meditation newcomers. And now it's even better. For this new edition, author Stephan Bodian has added an audio CD with more than 70 minutes of guided meditations that are keyed to topics in ... read more

Discover easy ways to live a natural, healthy life without going broke! Take back control of your health today. This book will help you feel better, live healthier and create a chemical-free home for you and your loved ones. Youll learn: * 14 key reasons why you should go organic * How to tell genuine organic products * Top 10 tips for healthy, organic living * 7 tips to choosing the safest food for your family * How to clean your home using natural products and save money * Secrets to natural beauty without chemicals * 8 easy step... read more

'A Journey to Peace Through Yoga' tells the story of Lynnette Dickinson and her journey through near bankruptcy, relationship breakdown, house fire, migration to the UK, teaching in an inner-city school in Bristol, her father's death and finally her descent into MS and a wheelchair.

Safe and effective complementary treatments for helping kids manage ADD.

"No matter how sophisticated or wealthy or broke or enlightened you are, how you eat tells all."After three decades of studying, teaching and writing about our compulsions with food, bestselling author Geneen Roth adds a powerful new dimension to her work in "Women Food and God." She begins with her most basic concept: The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of your feelings about love, fear, anger, meaning, transformation and, yes, even God. A timeless... read more

An A-Z of Plants that describes more than 170 common plants found in Australia and New Zealand, their healing properties and how to make use of them, as well as warnings about when not to use them and possible side effects. Lists more than 135 common illnesses, together with herbs that can be used to treat them and recommended dosages There is also advice on how to cultivate and harvest herbs and how to prepare herbal remedies.

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Awakening is written in a warm, gentle, easy-to-read, easy-to-follow manner. The author mixes the text with humorous stories about his Masters and drawn from his own life. This is a book on meditation that takes people beyond where most other such books have taken them. Even an experienced meditator will be given the skills to go to a quite profound understanding of Authentic Meditation … to a place of serenity and stillness of being we all crave.

The spiritual power of yoga

Quantum Wellness is the idea that you can achieve a significant increase in the health of mind, body and spirit through small focused steps, which will, in turn, yield extraordinary changes in your life. None of us makes perfect choices all the time so, in this "New York Times" bestseller, Kathy Freston shows how small steps regarding how to eat, how to work, how to live in our imperfect bodies and how to stay positive can add up to significant breakthroughs in overall well-being. To do this, Freston advocates setting manageable go... read more

Meditation is ideal for relieving the stress caused by modern living, improving concentration and helping you reach more profound levels of consciousness. "Working with Meditation" teaches you everything you need to know about how to use meditation to improve your life, including step-by-step practical instructions for beginners to meditation and exercises, showing you how to combine meditation with other approaches including yoga, chi kung, mandalas and labyrinths.

Many people have found homoeopathic remedies to be safe and effective and want to know more, keen to take responsibility and participate in their own healing. This book provides the information required, explaining how homoeopathic remedies work, which treatments work for which ailments and when professional advice must be sought.

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This practical guide for beginners offers visualizations and exercises to promote a sense of serenity and wellbeing. The book includes techniques to release tension and achieve deep relaxation and outlines various ways to stimulate universal energy to heal yourself and others. "How to Meditate" also offer advice on creating a personal sanctuary in your own home and explanations of how mantras and affirmations can help you develop a positive outlook. Chapters such as 'Working with the Chakras' and 'Music for Meditation' explore the ... read more

A comprehensive guide to what's what and what works in complementary medicine, this expert guide cuts through the jargon and gives you the facts about the alternatives. Whether you are interested in maintaining your general well being or relieving the symptoms of a specific complaint, this book outlines all of the therapies available to you from acupuncture through healing foods to yoga and massage and tells you what each treatment is most effective for, how to go about finding a practitioner and what to expect from a consultation.

Traditionally Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) has been prescribed to reduce the symptoms of menopause, but there is still much disagreement and conflicting evidence about the uses and safety of HRT. Many women are now interested in alternatives because of concerns about the side-effects and the longer-term problems associated with HRT. As a result, complementary therapies, along with dietary changes, are becoming more popular as ways to reduce menopausal symptoms. Written by leading menopause and HRT specialist, Dr Nick Panay, "H... read more

Granny always has just the thing for a nasty cold or a grazed knee. Her pantry is not only packed with tasty treats for hungry grandchildren, but also just the right ingredient to soothe an angry rash or calm an upset tummy. Expensive medicines can do the trick, but often we use them once or twice and then they stay at the back of a cupboard, gathering dust. Granny's Natural Remedies is a treasure trove of effective alternative treatments for everything from bee stings to burns and headaches to hiccups, using only the contents of t... read more

The impact of nutritional medicine has had a dramatic and controversial--but documented--impact on the lives of Dr.Strand's patients and can now change readers' lives too. When Dr. Ray Strand found himself in a losing battle, unable to successfully treat his wife who had suffered chronically with pain and fatigue, he agreed to try the regimen of nutritional supplements that a neighbor suggested. Much to his surprise, his wife's condition began to improve almost immediately. That amazing turn of events led him to dedicate himself t... read more

Everything there is to know about massage and aromatherapy for the home user. Contributors to this all-Australian volume include remedial massage therapist and exercise physiologist Shelley Keating; remedial massage and sport therapist Stephen Bayliss; aromatherapist Ela Bayliss; and Pamela Allardice.