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Book Description for "Fundamentals of Structural Engineering: Principles, Practices, and Innovations" Master the Core Concepts and Cutting-Edge Innovations in Structural Engineering! Are you eager to understand the fundamentals of Structural Engineering and explore how modern techniques and innovations are revolutionizing the field? "Fundamentals of Structural Engineering: Principles, Practices, and Innovations" is your essential guide to mastering the art and science of designing safe, resilient, and sustainable structures. What You Will Learn: Core Principles and Techniques: Deep dive ...

Medical billing and coding are important parts of the American healthcare system, which ensure that healthcare providers are compensated promptly for the medical and clinical services they offer to patients. Billing can be more accurate and efficient with the use of codes. The process and diagnosis are used to evaluate the efficacy of a medical procedure or to monitor the spread of diseases. Medical billing and coding are also much more than just codes and technical language. It is also about working with people and learning how to interact with different types of people and businesses. In ...

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In simple and straightforward language, Bhante Gunaratana shares the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and how we can use these principles to improve our daily lives, deepen our mindfulness, and move closer to our spiritual goals. Based on the classic Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most succinct yet rich explanations of meditation, Bhante's presentation is nonetheless thoroughly modern.

From elementary schools to psychotherapy offices, mindfulness meditation is an increasingly mainstream practice. At the same time, trauma remains a fact of life. Drawing on a decade of research and clinical experience, psychotherapist and educator David Treleaven shows that mindfulness meditation - practiced without an awareness of trauma - can exacerbate symptoms of traumatic stress. This raises a crucial question: How can we minimize the potential dangers of mindfulness for survivors while leveraging its powerful benefits?

Folk magic conjurer and root worker Orion Foxwood invites you to take a walk through his native Appalachia, through moonlit orchards and rural farms, to the dark of the crossroads.

Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might be hard to see what they all have in common. In Buddhism, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and American Buddhist nun Thubten Chodron map out with clarity the convergences and the divergences between the two major strains of Buddhism - the Sanskrit traditions of Tibet and East Asia and the Pali traditions of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.

As powerful centers of subtle energy, the chakras have fascinated humanity for thousands of years. Llewellyn's Complete Book of Chakras is a unique and empowering resource that provides comprehensive insights into these foundational sources of vitality and strength. Discover what chakras and chakra systems are, how to work with them for personal growth and healing, and the ways our understanding of chakras has transformed throughout time and across cultures.

"All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind...” in the quest for understanding one’s own mind, body, and soul, and to attain liberation, each man seeks spirituality as per his own means and understanding. Yoga, with its origin dating back to ancient India, has always been considered a pathway of achieving moksha. This edition combines the four paths of yoga as expounded by Swami Vivekananda in the nineteenth century.

Introducing a new translation of Laozi’s classic work that makes the intimidating approachable and the complex comprehensible. Translated by best-selling author Ken Liu and read by acclaimed actor B.D. Wong, this new take on the Dao De Jing speaks directly to the sensibilities of a modern audience. Liu dispenses with footnotes and the granular details of academic debate in favor of presenting Laozi’s invaluable writing as clearly and colorfully as possible.

This anonymous fourteenth-century text is the glory of English mysticism, and one of the most practical and useful guides to finding union with God ever written. Carmen Acevedo Butcher’s new translation is the first to bring the text into a modern English idiom - while remaining strictly faithful to the meaning of the original Middle English. The Cloud of Unknowingconsists of a series of letters written by a monk to his student or disciple, instructing him (or her) in the way of Divine union.

Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend their self-imposed expectations in order to reconnect with a state of innocence from which the surprising becomes inevitable. Over the years, he has learned that being an artist isn’t about your specific output, it’s about your relationship to the world.

Drawing on his decades of experience working with small-business owners, Michael Gerber adds to his mega-selling E-Myth series with The E-Myth Attorney, a one-of-a-kind system for transforming an attorney’s practice into a business positioned for long-term growth.

Navigating the intricate world of psychiatric medications can be overwhelming. "Pharmacology Mnemonics for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner" offers a groundbreaking tool to simplify and enhance the learning of psychiatric pharmacology through effective mnemonics. This essential guide systematically unfolds the complexities of psychiatric medications across eight detailed chapters, each focused on a different class of medications or clinical considerations: Chapter 1: Basics of Psychiatric Medications - Get to grips with brain chemistry, drug classifications, and pharmacokinetics using ...

Unlock Your Project Management Potential with the PMP Exam Prep Simplified Are you ready to elevate your project management skills and ace the PMP exam on your first attempt? If the answer is "YES", then "PMP Exam Prep Simplified" is the perfect resource for you! This comprehensive guide is designed not only as a study aid but as a transformative tool to master and apply project management principles effectively in your professional life.If you're struggling to stay ahead in your project management career, our book bridges the gap between theory and practice, helping you not only pass the ...

In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement - the impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use," he said, "even spirituality."

This isn’t your grandmother’s book on meditation. It’s about integrating that “spiritual practice” thing into a life that includes beer, sex, and a boss who doesn’t understand you. It’s about making a difference in yourself and making a difference in your world - whether you’ve got everything figured out yet or not.

Are you tired of feeling weighed down by the burdens of life? Do you long to find inner peace, but don't know where to start? Look no further than "Zen and the Art of Letting Go," the ultimate guide to finding joy and tranquility through the power of Zen philosophy. In this transformative eBook, you'll discover the art of letting go, a practice that has been embraced by Zen masters for centuries. Through a series of easy-to-follow chapters, you'll learn to release what no longer serves you and cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and gratitude in its place. Chapter 1 sets the stage for the ...

In this audiobook authored immediately before his death, anthropologist and shaman Carlos Castaneda gives us his most autobiographical and intimately revealing work ever, the fruit of a lifetime of experience and perhaps the most moving volume in his oeuvre.

"I remained, lost in oblivion; My face I reclined on the Beloved. All ceased and I abandoned myself, Leaving my cares forgotten among the lillies." Thus writes 16th century Spanish poet and mystic, St. John of the Cross. In this, his third work, the author reflects on the nature of a personal union with Christ, found in the abandonment of self.