Complementary Medicine

At age sixteen Sophie Strand—bright, agile, fearless—is suddenly beset by unexplained, debilitating illness while on a family trip abroad. Her once vibrant life becomes a tangled miasma of medication, specialists, anaphylaxis, and seemingly never-ending attempts to explain what has gone so terribly wrong. And, for many years thereafter, Sophie's life becomes subsumed with ideas not of "health," but of explanation, and the narrative of how and why she became sick. But slowly, she comes to another, more fundamental understanding of what has happened to her body.

Taoist Esoteric Yoga is an ancient system of physical, psychological and spiritual development encompassing meditative and internal energy practices. This book reveals the Taoist secret of circulating Chi, the generative life force, through the acupuncture meridians of the body.

Reclaim your peace. Protecting My Peace: Embracing Inner Beauty and Ancestral Power focuses on transforming self-perception, recreating ancestral traditions, and channeling the spiritual power of the African feminine divine. Delve into transformative self-care practices. Find strategies to connect with ancestral roots, embrace spirituality, and foster personal growth. Prioritize your mental, emotional, and physical health with practical advice on African American home remedies, how to be healthy, and overcoming trauma.

Secrets of Divine Love is the #1 international bestselling book on Islam that draws upon spiritual secrets of the Qur’an, ancient mystical poetry, and stories from the world’s greatest prophets and spiritual masters to help you reignite your faith, overcome your doubts, and deepen your connection with God. Through the use of scientific evidence, practical exercises, and guided meditations, you will develop the tools and awareness needed to discern and overcome your negative inner critic that prevents you from experiencing God’s all-encompassing love.

Many books believe they know how you should live. But each book disagrees with the next. In How to Live, each chapter believes it knows how you should live. And each chapter disagrees with the next.

Are you tired of lying awake at night, tossing and turning, unable to quiet your racing mind? Do you long for a peaceful, restful night's sleep that leaves you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated? Look no further than this enchanting collection of bedtime stories and guided meditations, designed specifically for stressed-out adults like you. This book is your key to unlocking the tranquil, restorative sleep you've been dreaming of.

Combining Eastern and Western trauma physiology, clinician-educators Alaine Duncan and Kathy Kain introduce a new map for acupuncturists, medical practitioners, mental health providers, and body-oriented clinicians to help restore balance in their patients. Using concepts from acupuncture and Asian medicine (AAM), alongside descriptions of the threat response from Western bio-behavioral science, they describe common physical symptoms, emotional presentations, and paths for healing for five survivor "types" detailed by the authors and correlated to the five elements of AAM.

Introducing The Natural Medicine Guidebook. This beginners guide will show you how to source, grow, and make your own herbal remedies, including teas, essential oils, and infusions. There are so many natural remedies available to us that can help treat and cure many illnesses. The information is often hard to find, but once you do, you will have much more control over what you put in your body. These were the motivating factors that made me decide to create this book. Consider it your bible for natural remedies.

We’ve been sold a lie: The world tells us that pain is inevitable, that our bodies must break down as we age, and that there’s nothing we can do about it. Here’s the shocking truth: The vast majority of the pain that plagues our aging bodies is self-inflicted. It’s caused by the way we use our bodies every day - the way we sit, the way we stand, the way we walk and run. But with simple exercises, anybody can learn to heal their chronic musculoskeletal pain, and prevent future pain, injury, and joint problems from developing.

Let the sounds of ocean and white noise help you drift into peace and calm, whether you're sleeping, studying, relaxing, meditating, or anything else! It's been proven that having one's focus dominated by stress can drastically reduce the benefit that one gets from the sleep and relaxation time they get in their day.

Even as millions of Americans suspect they're suffering from a gastrointestinal disorder, they may spend years in pain before they figure out just what's going on with their gut. And while irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is commonly diagnosed, SIBO, a disorder with basically all the same symptoms, is not.

¿Sabes que tienen en común los hábitos positivos para llevar una vida sana? Que combaten directamente la inflamación, son los bomberos que van apagando el fuego de enfermedades como la tensión arterial alta, el sobrepeso, el insomnio... Muchos de los males que padecemos son inflamatorios por naturaleza y también el envejecimiento está muy marcado por este proceso. En este interesante audiolibro, su autora, nutricionista holística, nos propone un plan de acción de 30 días para revertir el envejecimiento y evitar que nuestro cuerpo "prenda en llamas".

Starving to Heal in Siberia is both a moving and insightful memoir of recovery from devastating chronic illness and a practical guide to the science and psychology behind safely dry fasting.

Are you often bombarded with feelings of guilt, stress, anxiety, or exposed to noisy, polluted environments? These disharmonious frequencies pull our systems out of tune and we can start suffering from illness in mind and body. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers noise pollution the second most dangerous environmental threat to human health, behind air pollution.

Does your body feel heavy and blocked? Discover how to awaken your cells and become more attuned to your inner spirit. Are you looking to overcome anxiety and your reactions to negative triggers? Do you want to conquer chronic pain? Struggling to defeat your sleeping problems? As a certified athletic therapist and the founder of fluid isometrics and block therapy, Deanna Hansen has helped thousands draw on transformational benefits through her innovative system.

The Five Spirits are the Taoist map of the human psyche. The system provides a view of the nervous system and forms the basis of Chinese medical psychology. It also describes precise and efficient technology for spiritual transformation.

Herbalist Maria Noël Groves shows you how to read your body’s signals and support your own wellness with herbal remedies and other natural treatments. You’ll learn how each of your major body systems—respiratory, digestive, immune, nervous, memory, reproductive, circulatory, and more—optimally function, and you’ll discover how to use natural remedies to nourish and repair problem areas, restore lost vitality, support your body as a whole, and prevent future problems.

These three sutras are the most important texts for the Chan (Chinese) and Zen (Japanese) Buddhist traditions, though they are very different in character and provenance. The Diamond Sutra (Vajracheddikā Prajña Pārāmitā Sutra in Sanskrit) has the distinction of being 'the earliest complete survival of a dated (11 May 868) printed book’. It was found in the Dunhuang Caves in China in 1900. The title, Diamond Cutter, outlines its purpose, which is to cut through ignorance to attain to perfect wisdom or ultimate reality.

Do you often find yourself worrying about the present or the future? Do you feel like you’re walking with a dark cloud over your head all the time? Do you sometimes try to think positive, only to find yourself back in the negativity zone? The truth is...everybody should be able to live a normal happy life free of negative thoughts and all of its associated issues. The solution is coding your brain and help it change its perspective on every aspect of life. This can be done through self-talk.

In The Beginner's Guide to Shamanic Journeying, Sandra Ingerman shares the core teachings of this transformative practice, including the original role of the shaman in indigenous societies, how to meet and work with your power animal and other spirit teachers, and the keys to successful journeying in our modern culture.