edited by Joseph L Baird
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable women of her day. From early childhood she experienced religious visions, and at the age of eight she entered a cloistered religious life in the Benedictine monastery of Disibondenberg. Eventually she not only became abbess of the community, but presided over the establishment of an important new convent near Bingen. All but forgotten for hundreds of years, Hildegard was rediscovered in the 1980s and since then her visionary writings have been widely read and studied. Even more surprisingly, music that she composed has been performed and recorded to great acclaim. She has come to be seen by some as a proto-feminist icon - a woman of great accomplishments who made her own way in a man's world and exerted extraordinary influence over some of the most powerful figures of her time. Much of Hildegard's correspondence has been preserved. It reveals that for more than 30 years this cloistered nun was an unflinching adviser and correspondent to all levels of church and society, from popes and kings to ordinary lay persons, from Jerusalem to England. With the 2004 publication of Volume III of Joseph Baird and Radd Ehrman's translation, the complete correspondence became available for the first time in English. For this new abridgement, Baird has selected 75 of the most interesting and revealing of the letters from Volumes I, II, and III. Freed from the organizational restraints of the Latin edition of the letters, he has arranged them in roughly chronological order and provided greatly expanded, accessibly written introductory notes that contextualize the letters and explain their significance. As a result, this fascinating collection serves as a kind of life in letters that makes an ideal introduction to this exceptional woman, her world, and her work. This book is the first to give a thorough and definitive illlumination of the personal life of Hildegard of Bingen as viewed through the defining lens of her personal correspondence: her early, hesitant bid for recognition of her spiritual gifts; her courageous, and ultimately futile, fight to retain the companionship of her close personal friend and the poignant outcome of that struggle; her vehement defiance of the male hierarchy in her bid to establish her own communities under her personal governance; her impudent challenge to contemporary conservatives views by the dress and customs she established in her community; her paean of praise for the power of music; and her adamant refusal, even at the advanced age of eighty, to give in to the demands of the male authorities even in the face of excommunication. REMAINDER MARK.
208pp, 8.25x5.5 ... Paperback
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Latha Hadady
The author of Asian Health Secrets, the highly acclaimed guide to herbal remedies and Asian health practices, has turned her considerable talents to a comprehensive program that will benefit women and men across a broad age spectrum. Personal Renewal is the culmination of Letha Hadady's many quests throughout the world for rejuvenation secrets, curative treatments, and restorative techniques that promote the health and integrity of the entire person. In Personal Renewal Letha Hadady provides a fount of knowledge for those interested in truly changing their lives: questionnaires for self-diagnosis, advice on designing personal health regimens, exercises to firm and strengthen the body and enhance sexuality, diet and herbal supplements, visualization techniques, and restorative treatments, as well as recipes for curative baths and self-massage procedures to enliven the skin and restore sexual energy.
320pp, 9x6 ... Paperback
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Fiona Hunter & Penny Hunking
Power Juices contains fifty widely varied recipes for delicious and nutritious juices you can make yourself, from the simple and easy to the exotic and complex, all illustrated with glorious full-colour photographs. Suggested recipes include such power-packed treats as a luscious apricot smoothie, which helps to maintain strong and healthy bones, and carrot, apple, and ginger juice, which is ideal for priming your body before strenuous exercise. Each recipe comes with clever, quick-reference symbols to indicate which sports the drink is most beneficial for. All in all, Power Juices offers delicious ways to boost energy levels and maintain optimum health and fitness.
128pp, 10.5x7.5, illus. ... Paperback
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Jane Plant
Prostate cancer, scientifically similar in many ways to breast cancer, is the second most common cancer (behind lung cancer) among men. And it is becoming ever more prevalent. In Professor Jane Plant's international bestseller on breast cancer, Your Life in Your Hands, she advocated, from personal experience, a way of life and non-dairy diet that helped her beat her breast cancer. In Prostate Cancer: Understand, Prevent and Overcome, Professor Plant brings her knowledge to bear on prostate cancer, including information on the science behind the disease and the reasons why her programme works, as well as case studies of men following her programme. This is a ground-breaking book for prostate cancer sufferers and their families.
308pp, 9x6 ... Hardback
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Rosemary Altea
Spiritual medium Rosemary, bestselling author of The Eagle and the Rose, offers stories gathered from her work as a spiritual medium and a healer, to illuminate our understanding of what happens when we die: Will our human personalities survive death intact? Do souls heal emotionally and spiritually after they die? She then goes beyond the landscape of death, presenting, exquisitely simple teaching stories that shine a light on human conduct. Grey Eagle, Rosemary's Apache spirit guide, is ever present as she explores how our loved ones in the spirit world stay involved in our lives after they pass over. With gentleness and love, he teaches Rosemary to question and seek what resonates with the heartbeat of her soul. His wisdom provokes us to think about the need to reduce fear and intolerance in our world, to take responsibility for our actions, and to intensify our search for the heartbeat of our souls. Remainder mark.
268pp, 9x6 ... Paperback
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Jacqueline Small
The author of Awakening in Time uses the archetypal myth of Psyche and Eros to show readers how to combine their psychological and spiritual searches. Just as the mythical Psyche had to learn a new set of life principles to free herself from the jealousies of Aphrodite and win the love of the goddess's son Eros, so do we need to use Psyche's lessons to combine the forces of our psyche and soul. The book's "Twelve Seed Thoughts for the Journey" and "Psyche's Four Tasks" give readers immensely practical personal exercises for creating a soul-based psychology. Jacquelyn Small shows how it is only when we learn to combine soul and psychology that we find the true path to a higher purpose and a better sense of self.
274pp, 9x6.25 ... Hardback
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James van Praagh
James Van Praagh has touched the lives of millions with his extraordinary ability to communicate with the world beyond. In Talking to Heaven, his acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller, he shared that gift and showed us how to break down the barrier between the earthly and heavenly realms to reach loved ones we have lost. Now, in Reaching to Heaven, he continues his uplifting and transcendent message and reveals how to chart a course for living as spiritual beings in a physical world that will sustain and fill us for decades to come. In this guide to inner peace and spiritual healing, the renowned medium shows us how we can greatly improve our feelings of self-esteem and self-worth by getting more deeply in touch with our emotional selves and the creative "god-like" nature we all possess. As in Talking to Heaven, Van Praagh shares moving stories of after-death communication. You'll be touched and inspired by true accounts that take us through the grieving process, show how to ease the pain and hurt of living in the material world, and attain new levels of self-awareness, self-acceptance, and personal freedom.
282pp, 7x4 ... Paperback
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Kelly Piper
Recovering from a serious virus, Kelly Piper found that combining yoga exercises with visualisations and affirmations aided her recovery. The idea for this program came to kelly from a student of hers who was living with AIDS. She designed a program for him to follow while he was hospitalised. He found that the asanas and visualisations helped him through his pain, both emotionally and physically. Though these exercises were specifically designed for the bedridden, anyone desiring a soft, relaxing program may benefit from these gentle, effective positions. Includes illustrated guide.
Cassette
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Manny Twofeathers
A casual account of intensely painful ceremonial rituals that provide pathways to the spiritual world of the Shoshoni and Lakota peoples. The usual picture of religious self-flagellation pales compared with what Twofeathers, a Native spiritual leader and craftsman, undergoes to achieve a higher understanding. Writing in a relaxed conversational prose, Twofeathers describes how, at urgings from the spirit world, he began to immerse himself in the yearly Sundance rituals held throughout the West. At first, his participation in the Shoshoni ritual merely required him to dance nearly continuously under a hot sun for four days, whthout food or water. Graduating to the Lakota ceremony, Twofeathers has his chest pierced with bones to which ropes are affixed, tying Twofeathers to a sacred tree; running backwards at full speed is the painful means of seaparating from the tree. But there's more. Twofeathers also has his back piereced to enable him to drag up to eight buffalo skulls four times around a sacred arbor. As a veteran of these practices, Twofeathers comes to regard himself as a healer (to the amazement of doctors, he dissolves his agonizing gallstones and somewhat alleviates his high blood pressure and diabetic problems through spiritual medicine), a seer, and a counselor, whose services are sought after within the Native American community. Paralleling his account of these rites is the tale of his success as a craftsman of ``medicine wheels'' and ``dream catchers,'' which are eagerly snapped up at craft fairs and New Age gatherings, and the saga of his unhappy family life, which is finally stabilized, thanks in large part to his flesh sacrifices. A modest and likeable narrator, Twofeathers avoids the self- righteous polemics sometimes found in this genre, and while the gorier sections are initially jolting, his aplomb in withstanding pain and coming back for more lends a certain normalcy to this ritual." - Kirkus Reviews
228pp, 8½x5½ ... Paperback
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Christopher Hobbs
Christopher Hobbs' explains the medicinal properties, its uses for depression, anxiet and insomnia, and the history of St John's Wort and helps you use it safely. A mood-enhancer since ancient times, St. John's wort is backed by years of clinical experience and new, exciting research. Before you take Prozac, Zoloft, or Paxil, take a little time to consider St. John's wort. You don't need a prescription for this herb. And as Hobbs reports, researchers say it works!
176pp, 8½x5½ ... Paperback
David & Steve Gordon
In this eagerly awaited follow-up to their best-seller ‘Sacred Earth Drums’, the Gordons take you deeper into their musical shamanic journey to the heart of rhythm. Enter an ancient landscape where Native American flute and Incan panpipe melodies soar over tribal drums from around the world, guitars, keyboard orchestrations and sounds of nature (including wolf, eagle, coyote and humpback whale). Feel the compelling beat of Mother Earth - move your body and join the dance for the reverence of life.
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The linking of spirituality and sexuality is as old as the human race itself. Evidence from many different cultures suggests that we have always found in the visual expression of sex a means of symbolizing the great conflicting forces of the universe. From creation myths to explanations of the heavens, from the delicate rendering of the Taoist artists of the sexual act as a symbol of cosmic balance to the brutal assertions of male power in Celtic statuary, this engaging book leads us through a multiplicity of beliefs and religions to a better understanding of the world's greatest mysteries.
80pp, 5x5, illus. ... Hardback
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Cheong Cheng Leong & Mark Wiley
This is a comprehensive guide to the awesome martial art Phoenix-Eye Fist Kung-Fu. Contains hundreds of illustrative black and white photographs, includes the basic stances of the empty-hand version of the art, and provides an overview of the weapons used. Includes a complete list of the solo and two-person empty-hand and weapon forms within the system, including the history of Phoenix-Eye Fist Kung-Fu, one of the most powerful and complicated martial arts in the world. Now Cheong Leong, the Pheonix-Eye Fist Kung-Fu master, offers the most comprehensive book ever to cover this martial art.
192pp, 9x6, illus. ... Paperback
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Patricia Cleghorn
Each of us can benefit from enhancing our self-esteem whether we often experience self-doubt or are outwardly confident. This easy-to-understand book will give you the guidance and inspiration you need to make the changes you want in your life. Refreshing and motivating, this book shows you how to make the most of your innate qualities and abilities. Practical personal focus exercises and examples offer you guidance on building your self-esteem and learning to relax and feel more in control of your life. You will learn how to recognise your true worth as an individual and listen to your personal intuition. With clear goals in mind and the confidence to achieve them, you will be firmly on the path to a happier, more fulfilled life.
192pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback
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Deepak Chopra
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success was a phenomenally successful book - more than 1,600,000 copies were sold - and as copies were passed between friends and loved ones, it touched millions more lives. Its author, Deepak Chopra, received thousands of letters from readers, many of whom expressed the desire to convey those same principles to their children, along with questions about how to do so. This book, The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents, is Dr. Chopra's answer to those letters and to parents around the world who wish to raise children with values that satisfy spiritual needs as well as create the experience of abundance. After a general discussion of parenting and the gift of spirit, this book explores specific ways to practice the Seven Spiritual Laws as a family, how to convey these laws to children depending on their ages, and how to embody them in age-specific activities each day, beginning on Sundays with the Law of Pure Potentiality. The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents moves us beyond private triumphs and failures to experience the spiritual nature of communion with family, to share with those closest to us the infinite riches of innocence and love.
90 mins. ... Cassette
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Daisy Cole
Using the revolutionary Flowmotion system (strobe-like, wide-format photographs capture entire movement sequences) of displaying movement on the page, this book offers an easy-to-follow guide on how to connect with your body's inner energy paths for natural healing. Promote relaxation and healing while alleviating tensions with shiatsu. Bring health, comfort and relaxation with shiatsu, the ancient healing art. Shiatsu literally translates into 'finger pressure'. It's a safe and supportive series of techniques that relies on a caring sense of touch. By using hands, elbows, knees and feet, we can easily move, support and change the energy or chi that runs through our bodies and affects how we feel. By following these flowing colour photographs and the guidelines on basic techniques and dos and don'ts, you'll soon develop new skills and be able to apply them safely and effectively. Use this wonderful hands-on therapy to heal and relieve the stresses of modern life.
128pp, 6x8.25, illus. ... Paperback
Mike Rowland & The Sylvan String Orchestra
Take flight in this magical gentle album and enter a world of colours and lights, serenity and grace as you listen and relax. This best selling ambient album, used in hospitals as well as in prisons, touches the heart and uplifts the stressed mind setting it free.
List price £8.95 -- You save £5.97 ... 67%
Robert S Ivker
More than one out of three people suffer from at least one of four most common respiratory diseases: sinusitis, allergies, bronchitis and asthma. In this bestselling self-care guide, Robert Ivker offers readers the most current medical advice for the holistic healing and prevention of these common respiratory conditions. REMAINDER MARK.
240pp ... Paperback
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Sandra Cabot
Dr. Sandra Cabot is a medical doctor who has been treating menopausal women for twenty years. In this book, she discusses both the short-term symptoms and long-term consequences of menopause. She outlines the full range of options, both conventional and alternatives, that are available to women today: hormone replacement therapy, dietary and lifestyle strategies, the use of herbs and nutritional supplements, and a plan to slow down the aging process.From what causes hot flashes to how to prevent osteoporosis, Smart Medicine for Menopause answers your question, and puts you in control of your life and your health. There is even a chapter on "male menopause." Remainder mark.
208pp, 7x4 ... Paperback
Taisha Abelar
The true story of a woman's initiation into a reality beyond the boundaries of the normal everyday world. Some 20 years ago Carlos Castaneda electrified millions of readers by describing his initiation, under the tutelage of the Yaqui Indian Don Juan, into an alternate reality. Now Taisha Abelar, who was taught by the female members of Don Juan's group, recounts her own "crossing" in this arresting book. While travelling in Mexico, Abelar becomes involved with a group of sorcerers and began a rigorous physical and mental training designed to enable her to breach the limits of ordinary perception. This book details that process, giving us a highly practical sense of the responsibilities and perils that face a woman sorcerer. REMAINDER MARK.
270pp ... Paperback
Publoshed price £9.99 -- You save £5.00 ... 50%
Irene Lamberti
Movement is spirit in action. Embodied prayer - prayer that combines a meditative mind-set with physical motions - is practiced in spiritual traditions from all over the world: from praying with clasped hands and bowed head, to prostrations and kneeling, to davening, whirling, sitting in meditation, and stretching in yoga. The body has always been involved in expressions of worship, gratitude, celebration, and blessing. With photographs illustrating easy-to-follow, step-by-step movements, Spirit in Action introduces an exciting new kind of mind-body practice - moving meditations that give added physical power to our prayers for guidance, healing, and insight. Seekers of all religious backgrounds and traditions will enjoy and benefit from these energy-enhancing rituals. The author draws upon ancient, universal principles of sacred dance to create exercises that promote self-awareness, connect us to that which we consider divine, and cultivate compassion and a heightened consciousness that carries into daily activities. Spirit in Action will help you: thaw out frozen emotions; eliminate fear and negativity; create a flexible, joyful body and mind; direct your brain with focused, positive intentions; translate inner strength into spiritual action.
288pp, 8.75x7.5, illus. ... Paperback
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Vimla Lalvani
This collection of yoga workouts is designed to combat the ageing process. It involves simple exercises which combine modern dance with classic yoga to help you look and feel longer. The workouts tackle everything from toning the muscles, to dealing with stress through relaxation and meditation.
128pp, 10x7½, illus. ... Paperback
Alix Needham
Stress-management pioneer Alix Needham shares a proven program for managing, controlling, and overcoming the negative effects of stress on self-image and relationships, and improving resistance to stress-related illnesses. The book teaches how to identify stress and its causes, concisely explains what happens physiologically during periods of stress, and shares techniques to turn stress into a positive force in your life, with: questionnaires to help understand stress; breathing exercises; instructions for keeping and using a stress diary; suggestions about diet and lifestyle; and help setting realistic life goals. The Stress Management Kit includes two essential tools to help readers successfully implement the techniques: an audio CD in which Alix Needham leads readers in guided relaxation meditations and Stressdots®, small adhesive discs that, when stuck to the wrist, change colour to reflect stress levels. Stressdots® are invaluable in helping monitor causes of stress.
Book, CD, Stress Dots ... Boxed Set
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Simon Frost
Using the revolutionary Flowmotion system (strobe-like, wide-format photographs capture entire movement sequences) of displaying movement on the page, this book provides a clear and easy-to-follow flexibility programme. With background information and extensive visual guides to each stretch movement, Stretching is the perfect way to release your natural flexibility and grace. Stretching provides a complete resource guide for those who want to use stretching to enhance their physical well-being. The book's four chapters guide the reader through the whole stretching routine. The first two chapters present a general stretch health routine (including stretches designed for before and after exercise) that can be used for a complete body workout to improve flexibility. The third chapter uses focused stretches to build spinal strength and health. And the final part of the book provides a dynamic whole-body stretch workout designed to be performed without stopping.
Published price £9.99 -- You save £5.00 ... 50%
Jean Marie Stine
A breakthrough guide to liberating the brain's untapped power to achieve remarkable success. This revealing book provides the secret to achieving the astounding: maximizing the brain's total capacities. Most people, in fact, use a mere ten percent of their mental abilities. Jean Marie Stine, renowned for her nationwide seminars on "instant learning," draws on cutting-edge scientific research to present an unprecedented strategic program for liberating the vast untapped reservoir of brain power - and get it operating at its peak. Super Brain Power is based on a revolutionary new understanding of "intelligence." As researchers have found - and as Stine makes clear without complex, technical details or jargon--the brain actually contains six distinct forms of intelligence: Visual, Verbal, Logical, Creative, Physical, and Emotional.. Separate and independent, each intelligence has its own mechanisms for problem solving, learning, and remembering. This book provides a comprehensive, integrated system to unleash the brain's six secret intelligences--and keep them all working together. Remainder mark.
320pp ... Paperback
Raymond Pawlett
This fully illustrated step-by-step guide takes you through each of the movements of the basic Tai Chi form. Also included are essential warm-up exercises, correct posture and stance, martial applications for each movement, and origins and principles.
112pp, 11x9, illus. ... Hardback
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Stewart McFarlane
Using carefully photographed sequences, this book breaks down the Cheng Man-Ch'ing form into its component moves (diagrams at the top of each page show the full sequence of movements). Together with the explanatory text this provides the perfect learning material for the beginning student.
160pp, 9.25x8, illus. ... Hardback
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Chungliang Al Huang
The peaceful, concentrated dance of Tai Ji stands in marked contrast to the fast and furious pace of our modern world. With easy-to-follow descriptions of basic Tai Ji (Tai Chi) movements and a detailed discussion of Tai Ji’s relationship to nature, space, and time, Chungliang Al Huang, one of the world's most revered and inspiring teachers of Tai Chi, provides an abundance of useful information on this ancient and beautiful art. Chungliang Al Huang describes Tai Ji as “a moving body meditation” that emphasizes proper breathing and body postures making for optimum health of both the body and the mind: “We call Tai Ji - the no-mind, no-control, no-purpose Dance of Nature.” Promoting strength, relaxation, and clarity, this book will teach you how to unify mind and body, and achieve a more healthful state of being.
80pp, 9.25x7.25, illus. ... Paperback
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Laurence G Boldt, Read by Shauna Zurbrugg
Do we really have to choose between material abundance and spritual integrity? On the contrary, says Laurence G Boldt: a deeper experience of abundance within will naturally lead to a more balanced and prosperous outer life. Drawing on ancient Taoist principles, Boldt offers ways to make practical changes in one's life that will lead to a truer and deeper sense of abundance. Principles such as learning to receive, trusting life, and recognizing the unity of all things are the inspiration for practical exercises designed to help you find a balance between societal demands and your own deepest needs and desires as you learn to create your own path to total abundance. Unabridged.
Four Audio Cassettes
Published price £22.99 - You save £18.00 ... 78%
David Streeter
"The Tao Te Ching" has survived for thousands of years, and has been interpreted in countless ways. Now comes a beautiful expression of the teachings from Daivd Streeter of the Esalen Retreat in Big Sur California. Unique in it's approach, Streeter presents this Zen view of the "Tao" , carrying the spirit of Lao Tzu.
104pp, 8x5 ... Paperback
Third Force
Third Force brings together New Age icon William Aura on keyboards and rhythm guitar, Craig Dobbin, a classically trained pianist who has composed music for movies and TV (including many of the Discovery Channel soundtracks), and Dutch composer and percussionist, Alain Eskinasi. Released in June 1994, this all-instrumental album quickly ascended to #11 on Billboard's New Age chart and made the Top 10 on the Radio & Records NAC chart. Fusing hip hop, Afro-Cuban and Latin rhythms Third Force lets out all the stops to lift you into an experience of musical ecstasy.
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Glen Rothfeld & Deborah Romaine
Approximately two per cent of the population - over 1-million people in the UK - suffer from either an underactive or overactive thyroid. Glen Rothfeld provides the tools patients need to take charge of their own treatments by integrating conventional and alternative options for the recognition of, and management of thyroid problems. Thyroid Balance answers every question the thyroid patient might have, including how to: Recognize a thyroid condition; Find a good doctor; Know what tests help identify thyroid conditions and what the results mean; Determine if the adrenal gland is the real culprit; Distinguish between hypo, hyper, autoimmune, and subclinical conditions; Integrate conventional and alternative treatments; Determine what to do when treatment fails; Alleviate nutritional concerns; Control weight gain and loss; Manage a thyroid condition’s interaction with other problems; Understand and manage the thyroid’s impact on a woman’s cycle and fertility.
320pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback
Joyce A. Patenaude
Go-go-go. Work-work-work. Buy-buy-buy. Many of us are running to achieve what we've been led to believe will bring us happiness and fulfilment, that will tell us we are "enough". Patenaude identifies this trap and offers us an alternative, inviting readers to examine their beliefs, feelings, and messages, to discover the courage and the tools to stop "changing horses on the same merry-go-round." She shares case studies from her work as a psychotherapist to remind us that we are not alone in our insecurities and false beliefs. Her concept, which is precisely depicted as a well-defined Core Belief Blueprint, is that once that core belief is changed, one's life begins to change. Each chapter ends with a series of probing, thought-provoking questionnaires, and exercises that I very much enjoyed completing because of the insights gained and their immediate applicability.
296pp, 9x6 ... Hardback
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Alice Miller
Returning to the themes of her classic The Drama of the Gifted Child, the renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examines the consequences of cruelty to children and offers ways we can heal our early psychic wounds. In simple but powerful prose, the deeply moving The Drama of the Gifted Child showed how parents unconsciously form and deform the emotional lives of their children. Alice Miller's stories about the roots of suffering in childhood resonated with readers everywhere, and her book soon achieved cult status and became a bestseller. In The Truth Will Set You Free Miller returns to the intensely personal tone and themes of her best-loved work. Only by embracing the truth of our past histories can any of us hope to be free of pain in the present, she argues. Miller's vivid true stories reveal the perils of early-childhood mistreatment and the dangers of mindless obedience to parental will. Drawing on the latest research on brain development, she shows how spanking and humiliation produce dangerous levels of denial. This denial, necessary for the child's survival, leads to emotional blindness and finally to mental barriers that cut off awareness and the ability to learn new ways of acting. If this cycle repeats itself, the grown child will perpetrate the same abuse on later generations. Remainder mark.
224pp, 9x6 ... Hardback
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Juliana Larson
Water is a gentle healer and invigorator that provides significant mental, spiritual, and physical benefits to those who move within it. Larson lovingly uses her expertise and inspiring stories to demonstrate water's positive effects on body, mind, and soul. She demonstrates water fitness exercises for healing, strengthening and overall fitness, and gives additional breathing exercises, visualisations, meditations and affirmations. "Tremendous health benefits can be achieved through water fitness programs targeted at most aging-related challenges: hypertension, heart disease, arthritis and other joint problems, obesity, and deconditioning. Aquatic programs, such as Juliana's Water Dance, can help with individual fitness and improved daily living.: -Bruce Becker.
240pp, 9x6, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £10.99 -- You save £7.40 ... 67%
Martin Howard
In this handbook for locating the hidden sales messages that bombard us everyday, Martin Howard explains the new techniques that corporations are using to make subconscious approaches without your consent. It covers the five major zones where consumers are being confronted: in the retail shopping context, at major events and concerts, through information media, personal friendships, and your computer. Up until recently, there was a social contract that alerted consumers to advertising messages. They were clearly labeled, endorsements were obvious and certain areas were off-limits. That contract has been broken, and many corporations are resorting to underhanded methods to persuade. Our shopping centres, stadiums, telephones, friendships and editorials are all "fair game." Marketing messages have crossed into the social sphere. We Know What You Want points out dozens of examples of how these signals are being relayed and gives you the tools and techniques to decode these messages and make your own decisions.
192pp, 7.5x6 ... Paperback
Published price £8.99 -- You save £5.00 ... 56%
Stephen Cope
As one of the largest and most successful yoga-based retreat and education centres in the world, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Lenox, Massachusetts, attracts many of the leading teachers of yoga and Buddhist meditation to its annual retreat, East meets East: Yoga & Buddhism. In Will Yoga & Meditation Really Change My Life? Stephen Cope brings to the printed page the fascinating dialogue that he has fostered in these retreats. Cope asks participating teachers to share their Tales from the Path, stories of how the long-term practice of these ancient traditions has changed their lives. The result is an inspirational volume featuring 26 distinct voices telling their stories, how they became interested in these traditions, the teachers who inspired them, and how the practice of yoga and meditation has shaped their lives and perspectives. The contributors, many of whom are authors of well-known books on these topics, speak of their experiences as real people living in our complex world, complete with spouses, children, aging parents, financial demands, illnesses, injuries, and all of the ordinary aggravations of everyday life. Many of these teachers have studied and explored the practice of yoga or meditation over the course of 30 years and have been pivotal in creating retreat centers, styles of yoga, and teaching techniques that have contributed to the widespread popularity of these practices in mainstream culture.
336pp, 8.25x6 ... Hardback
Published price £14.99 -- You save £9.00 ... 60%
Chris Camozzi
"Windows Of My Soul," Chris Camozzi's debut release on Higher Octave, brings this virtuoso guitarist to the forefront of contemporary instrumental music with a collection of stunning compositions played straight from the heart. Already established as one of the most versatile and in-demand session guitarists in pop music, having spent the past five years touring and playing with Michael Bolton and Mariah Carey, Camozzi has now focused his mastery on his own tuneful and gracefully impassioned music. Initially inspired to take up guitar after seeing the Beatles on television when he was seven, Camozzi started performing publicly at the age of ten. Absorbing the influences of such role models as George Benson, Carlos Santana, Larry Carlton and Robben Ford, he perfected his technical skills by maintaining a tireless schedule that included doing session work with top producer Walter Afanasieff during the day, fronting his own Top 40 band at night and playing various casual gigs on the weekends. When the time arrived to record his own album, Chris was ready with original material that reflects both his limitless melodic imagination and his deepest emotions. Part of Camozzi's genius lies in his ability to bridge the worlds of jazz, pop, rock and New Age instruments. "It was a gift for me to be able to express the things I really care about," he says. "I hope it touches people." Through "Windows Of My Soul," Chris Camozzi has expressed himself in a dynamic musical language with a fresh, contemporary sound that is at once uncommonly intimate and universally appealing.
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Victor Chan & the Dalai Lama
'Do you hate the Chinese?' Victor Chan asked the Dalai Lama when they first met in India in 1972.... The Dalai Lama replied immediately 'no,' then stated that he had forgiven the Chinese and did not blame China's people. Drawing on Buddhist principles, this book loosely discusses His Holiness's ideas on forgiveness, though Chan presents them gently through stories, not didactically as a step-by-step how-to manual. Chan traveled with the Dalai Lama off and on for several years, spent time with him at home and conducted numerous interviews. Apart from the expected teachings on forgiveness, what comes through most clearly is the personality of the Dalai Lama himself: his humour, playfulness and joy. We learn that he had something of a temper as a young man and that he can't resist pulling men's beards. Somehow, the book's serious call to forgiveness becomes all the more engaging and possible because of the Dalai Lama's own lighthearted spirit.
266pp, 8.5x6 ... Hardback
Published price £19.99 -- You save £15.00 ... 70%
Merrill Berger & Stephen Segaller
The Wisdom of the Dream takes you on a journey in Jung's
footsteps through Switzerland, the United States, and Africa and records the memories of his students, patients, and followers. Through these testimonies, psychoanalyst Merrill Berger and renowned writer and producer Stephen Segaller portray a man of genius and humility whose devotion to understanding and curing psychological pain affected everyone around him. The Wisdom of the Dream offers the reader an encounter with Jung's thought, an experience that may awaken a deeply rewarding, individual search for meaning. Remainder mark.
256pp, 8.75x5.75 ... Paperback
Published price £12.99 -- You save £8.00 ... 62%
Allison Price
In this invaluable guide, Allison Price offers an exciting format for resolving blocks. Through a series of journal writing exercises, you can learn to examine your life in the context of an effective self-change programme. Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. Allison Price has pioneered a simple, effective lens through which to view your life. This method of self-therapy revolves around being courageous enough to tell the truth and open enough to hear the truth you have told. If that is the case, according to Price, you are completely capable of transcending the most limiting of your own normal neuroses. Different exercises focus on relationships with friends and family, dreamwork, facing fears and working with boundaries. The final third of the book illustrates how we can work with insights uncovered through the writing process and turn them into positive action.
160pp, 9x6 ... Paperback
Liz Lark
Using the revolutionary Flowmotion system (strobe-like, wide-format photographs capture entire movement sequences) of displaying movement on the page, this is the ultimate guide to the ancient mental, physical and spiritual enhancement regime, yoga. Yoga is a clear easy-to-follow guide to a host of core yoga movements. Nurture yourself by practising yoga to feel better, look great and become blissfully relaxed. With each posture this book shows you every detail of the body movement from beginning to end. You'll even learn when to inhale and exhale. Whether it's increased vitality, a better sense of clarity and focus or greater well-being, you'll find that yoga has many wonderful benefits. Liz Lark leads you through a series of graded exercises or 'asanas', from introductory to advanced. Some will 'wake you up', others will help you stand and sit correctly, some will help you to relax, and all will leave you refreshed at the end of the workout.
Published price £9.99 -- You save £7.00 ... 70%
Stella Weller
Yoga prevents or delays the onset of disorders such as arthritis, backache, high blood pressure, menopause problems, and osteoporosis. It includes safe, simple and non-strenuous exercises and includes breathing, relaxation and meditative techniques you can easily incorporate into daily schedules to combat stress, fatigue and insomnia. The set comprises an intoductory book and cards. Both illustrated, and with step-by-step instructions, the aim is to have the cards as handy visual aids to the text. Spread them out around you, where they're easy to read, and you'll wonder how anyone ever learned from yoga books alone!
Boxed Set
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Philip Martin
Drawing on his own struggle, Philip Martin reveals another path people can travel to get through depression – one that not only eases the pain, but mends the spirit. Extremely accessible to people with little or no Zen experience as well as to longtime students of Buddhism,The Zen Path Through Depression shows how the insights and exercises of Zen offer relief for those suffering from depression.
This groundbreaking guide shows how to cope and heal, and even how to see the experience as an opportunity for spiritual growth and learning. Leading readers step-by-step through a recovery process that uses walking meditation and other meditative ways of enhancing awareness, koans, and other Zen teachings, Martin offers true help and spiritual guidance on the path to healing and contentment. "A wonderful, strong breath directly into the heart. Martin lays a very healing foundation for addressing suffering with love and awareness. For those lost in unhappiness, The Zen Path Through Depression, offers the possibility of joy. Happiness comes from getting what you want, joy from being who you truly are." - Stephen Levine. REMAINDER MARK.
160pp, 8x5.25 ... Paperback
