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The New Parkinson's Disease Handbook: The essential guide for sufferers and carers
by Harvey SagarSome people with Parkinson's Disease find they can't speak very well while others lose the ability to write or control a knife and fork. Some get treated like children while others are ignored. Many manage their disease for years and continue to live extremely fruitful and fulfilling lives. But it's always there, in the back of one's mind. How long will I keep this up? Over 120,000 people in the UK have Parkinson's Disease, and this figure is rising. It can strike very early in life, as with the actor Michael J. Fox, or much later. It is a progressive, neurological disorder, treated mainly with drug therapy but also alleviated with physical therapy and diet. Although each person with Parkinson's is different, and the ability to perform movements may differ from one day to the next, Parkinson's has a dramatic effect on a person's quality of life and also affects those around the sufferers. This is a compassionate and helpful guide to the disease and its treatments. The good news is that Parkinson's can be controlled very effectively for many years with the right treatment and care. This definitive handbook allows you to ask all the right questions and to understand the disease so that the answer to the question above is, 'as long as possible'.
The New Super-Nutrition
by Richard PasswaterFrom the renowned biochemist who created a health revolution with his bestselling Supernutrition in 1975 comes The New Supernutrition. Totally revised and updated, The New Supernutrition focuses on the latest scientific discoveries and offers solutions to the nutrition problems of the nineties. Richard A. Passwater, PhD, is internatinally acclaimed as a leader in research on megavitamins, trace minerals, and other nutrients. In this life-enhancing, health-saving guide, he offers a program of supernutrition talored to your specific needs that can do many things.
Nourishing Wisdom: A Mind-Body Approach to Nutrition and Well-Being
by Marc David"Marc David eloquently describes the importance of addressing the emotional and spiritual aspects of our lives in order to truly nourish ourselves." --Dean Ornish, M.D. Combining the principles of nutritional awareness, personal growth, and body psychology, Nourishing Wisdom provides practical methods for redefining the role food plays in our lives. Line drawings.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
by Lurlene McdanielSometimes Carrie Blake feels she just can't stand life's problems or pain. At fifteen, she's had leukemia for three years, and although the disease is in remission, she's never sure when things might change. Her parents, whose bitter divoce has left Carrie feeling torn between them, don't seem to understand how much harder they make her daily life. When Carrie meets Keith Gardner at a cancer support group, everything seems brighter. Keith and his loving supportive family are wonderful to Carrie. Then Keith's illness worsens and he knows he can no longer fight off dying. Armed with love of family and friends, Keith chooses to participate in a hospice program, which allows him to remain at home instead of in the hospital. Carrie feels helpless as she watches Keith slip away. Will Keith's courage help Carrie to face her own uncertain future?
Nurturing the Unborn Child: A Nine-Month Program for Soothing, Stimulating, and Communicating with Your Baby
by Thomas Verny Pamela WeintraubPregnancy can be a tense time for a mother and her partner, but Dr. Thomas Verny and Pamela Weintraub have outlined ways for parents to communicate with their child in order to relieve stress and create a lasting bond. NURTURING THE UNBORN CHILD diagrams a nine-month program involving such exercises as massage, music and dance to stimulate the relationship between parents and child. Through these techniques parents can learn how to analyze their fears during pregnancy and create ways to alleviate them permanently. NURTURNING THE UNBORN CHILD is an essential guide to learning how to communicate with and stimulate your baby before it commences its journey to the outside world.
On the Day You Were Born
by Debra Frasier"For Mother Earth, born 4½ billion years ago and Baby Calla, born June 1, 1988 and You who told the monarch butterflies, who told the green turtles, who told the European eel, who told the busy garden warblers, While you waited in darkness, tiny knees curled to chin, the Earth and her creatures with the Sun and the Moon all moved in their places, each ready to greet you the very first moment of the very first day you arrived. ..."
One Animal Among Many: Gaia, Goats & Garlic
by David Waltner-ToewsOne Animal Among Many: Gaia, Goats, and Garlic examines the real-life experiences of creatures great and small. Best known for his witty columns in Harrowsmith, David Waltner-Toews explores the interconnectedness of all life with insight and humour. The collection looks at everything from sheep farming to herbal remedies and rabies.
Out of the Corner of My Eye: Living with Vision Loss in Later Life
by Nicolette Pernot RinggoldThe story of how one 87-year-old woman dealt with losing a great deal of vision and how she confronted its attendant frustrations.
Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
by Thich Nhat Hanh Arnold KotlerFrom the book: In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him, a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on the path to "mindfulness"--the process of keeping our consciousness alive to our present experience and reality The most profound satisfactions, the deepest feelings of joy and completeness lie as close at hand as our next aware breath and the smile we can form right now. Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh's experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the reader already is -- in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking in a park-- and shows how deep meditative presence is available now. Nhat Hanh provides exercises to increase our awareness of our own body and mind through conscious breathing, which can bring immediate joy and peace. Nhat Hanh also shows how to be aware of relationships with others and of the world around us, its beauty and also its pollution and injustices. The deceptively simple practices of Peace Is Every Step encourage the reader to work for peace in the world as he or she continues to work on sustaining inner peace by turning the "mindless" into the mindful.
La perfecta salud (Perfect Health)
by Deepak Chopra¿Cuál es su tipo físico?TIPO VATA 1. Mi temperamento es entusiástico y vivaz. 2. Soy delgado, y no engordo fácilmente. 3. Me es difícil dormirme o dormir por la noche entera. 4. Mi mente es muy activo, a veces desasosegado, pero también imaginativo. 5. Aprendo cosas rapidamente, pero también las olvido rapidamente.TIPO PITTA 1. En mis actividades, soy meticuloso y ordenado. 2. Aunque no siempre lo muestro, me pongo irritable o me enojo fácilmente. 3. Si pierdo el comer, o si como tarde, me pongo incómodo. 4. Me gustan comidas o bebidas muy fríos, como el helado. 5. Tengo un intelecto muy perspicáz y me expreso muy bien.TIPO KAPHA 1. Me engordezco más fácilmente que la mayoría de la gente, y bajo de peso con mas dificultad. 2. Tengo un temperamento tranquilo--no me perturbo fácilmente. 3. Necesito dormir ocho horas cada noche por lo menos, y usualmente más. 4. Tiempo frío o húmedo me molesta. 5. Tengo gran vigor y resistencia física, y un nivel estable de energía.Una vez que ha determinado su tipo físico con la prueba más detallada en la página 26, este libro le provee con un programa personalmente diseñado de dieta, reducción de presión, ejercício, y rutinas diarias. El libro está basada en el sistema de medicina cuerpo/mente de cinco mil años de edad que se llama Ayurveda. La Ayurveda provee la base para reestablecer el equilíbrio natural del cuerpo, para reforzar la connección entre el cuerpo y la mente, para usar el poder de la curación cuántica para trascender la enfermeza y la vejez--para lograr La perfecta salud.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Pigs Eat Wolves: Going into Partnership with Your Dark Side
by Charles BatesPigs Eat Wolves challenges us to accept, as part of our being, those characteristics which we would like to see only in others. We embody the naive and wishful thinking, the dutiful and plodding sense of responsibility taking, the cautious and fearful wondering, and the outrageous and unpredictably violent side of life. To see and accept within ourselves the full range of our humanity is all that is asked by this enlightening, entertaining, shocking, and delightful recasting of this classic tale.
Poisons in Your Food
by Ruth WinterThis classic Crown book is back with all of Ruth Winter's original, thorough research about dangerous foods and what consumers can do to protect themselves.
Pride Against Prejudice: Transforming Attitudes to Disability
by Jenny MorrisDrawing on her own and other experiences of disability, Jenny Morris, editor of Able Lives, confronts the nature of the prejudice against disabled people. Pride Against Prejudice challenges the reality of being different, covering current and historical debates on the quality of disabled people's lives; the way disability is represented within Western culture; institutionalisation and independence; feminist research and 'community care'; and the politics of the disability movement. For too long, non-disabled people have defined the experience of disability and had control over disabled people's lives. Pride Against Prejudice has grown out of the increasing collective organisation of disabled people and is part of an emerging disability culture. Jenny Morris argues her case with energy, authority and conviction.
Reiki: The Healing Touch, First and Second Degree Manual
by William Lee Rand<p>The knowledge that an unseen energy flows through all living things and directly affects the quality of health has been part of the wisdom of many cultures since ancient times. The existence of this "life energy" has been verified by recent scientific experiments, and medical doctors are considering the role it plays in the functioning of the immune system and the healing process. <p>Reiki, a technique for stress reduction that also promotes healing, allows everyone to tap into an unlimited supply of "life energy." Reiki was discovered by Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese Buddhist, early in the 20th Century. Reiki is easy to learn. It has been successfully taught to thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds. A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radience that flows through you and surrounds you. It creates many beneficial effects including relaxation and feelings of peace, security and well being. Many have reported miraculous results. Hospitals and doctors' offices are beginning to include it as part of their therapy, and this new edition describes several successful approaches now being used across the US to integrate Reiki into patient care. <p>This revised and expanded edition includes important new information on the theory and practice of Reiki, including the Japanese Reiki Techniques taught by Dr. Usui as well as the Hayashi healing guide. Also included are pictures of the Usui Memorial in Tokyo, and of Mt. Kurama where Reiki was rediscovered. <p>This book is a must for anyone wanting the latest information on Reiki. Its referenced history of Reiki contains the most detailed and verfiable information currently available. Written with inspiration, clarity and vitality, it captures the essence of Reiki and is an excellent introduction to the subject as well as a user-friendly manual for the experienced practitioner.</p>
Ryan White: My Own Story
by Ann Marie Cunningham Ryan WhiteAt 13, all-American kid and honors student Ryan White learned he had a deadly disease with no cure. AIDS. He had contracted it through the blood products he received for his hemophilia. His home town of Kokomo, Indiana, responded-not with compassion, but with fear and hate. When Ryan White was told he couldn't return to school, he decided to fight back. He went to court and won. But that was only the beginning of his fight to educate the public about AIDS. This young teenager dared to speak out when others kept silent. And the whole world listened. This is Ryan's courageous story. With candor straight from the heart, he tells how he felt, how he fought for his beliefs, and how he lived. Throughout, his dignity and strength in the face of death are inspiring. You will never forget this heroic young man.
Salud perfecta: EDICION REVISADA Y ACTUALIZADA (Millenium Ser.)
by Deepak ChopraLa guía completa para tener una salud perfecta, basada en el equilibrio cuerpo-mente. Este libro, escrito por el doctor Deepak Chopra hace más de una década, constituyó la primera guía práctica para aprovechar el poder curativo de la mente. En esta edición corregida y actualizada, pone de manifiesto que los grandes avances científicos corroboran la validez de una medicina de cinco mil años de antigüedad procedente de India y conocida como ayurveda, y explica cómo aplicarla a la vida cotidiana. Salud perfecta constituye un programa de salud integral que se ajusta, paso a paso, a las necesidades individuales. Un plan diseñado para restablecer el equilibro básico entre el cuerpo y la naturaleza, fortalecer la conexión mente-cuerpo y superar las barreras comunes de la enfermedad y el envejecimiento. En resumen, para alcanzar la salud perfecta.
The Satir Model
by John BanmenA pioneer in family therapy, Virginia Satir was internationally acclaimed as a therapist, lecturer, trainer, and author. After helping start the prestigious Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, she continued developing her approach to counseling individuals and families. She was perhaps best known for her work in self-esteem.<P> This book represents the evolution of Satir's ideas over the last twenty years. In clear, plain terms, it details her theoretical position, her strategy in therapy, and how she tailored her interventions to address people's particular issues. Its authoritative text is cogent, comprehensive, and warmly inviting.
Searching for Dragons: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book Two (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles #2)
by Patricia C. WredeCimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper, is back--but where is Kazul the dragon? That's what Cimorene is determined to find out! This updated edition features a new introduction by the author and fantastic new packaging.
Self Defense: The Womanly Art Of Self-care, Intuition And Choice
by Debbie LeungSelf Defense: The Womanly Art of Self-Care Intuition and Choice by Debbie Leung
Separate Reality: Conversations With Don Juan
by Carlos Castaneda"A man of knowledge is free...he has no honor, no dignity, no family, no home, no country, but only life to be lived." --don JuanIn 1961 a young anthropologist subjected himself to an extraordinary apprenticeship to bring back a fascinating glimpse of a Yaqui Indian's world of "non-ordinary reality" and the difficult and dangerous road a man must travel to become "a man of knowledge." Yet on the bring of that world, challenging to all that we believe, he drew back. Then in 1968, Carlos Castaneda returned to Mexico, to don Juan and his hallucinogenic drugs, and to a world of experience no man from our Western civilization had ever entered before.
Shakti Woman: Feeling Our Fire, Healing Our World
by Vicki NobleFrom the author of the classic Motherpeace – an inspiring and practical guide for awakening women's shamanic healing powers to heal ourselves and our planet.
Smoking: The Artificial Passion
by David KroghSmoking is full of intriguing paradoxes. How can the same cigarette be relaxing now and a quick pick-me-up later? Why do smokers call on the same substance to help them concentrate one moment and tune out the next? And, the most sobering paradox of all: in the face of overwhelming medical evidence, what compels millions of people (including one out of every four Americans) to ignore the harmful consequences and continue smoking? Author David Krogh provides some fascinating and surprising answers in this unusual probe of the deep roots of smoking. As Krogh demonstrates, smoking is a complex, subtle, multifaceted habit. Drawing on the vast body of literature on the subject, he offers a lively and informative explanation of what scientists and doctors know- about the passion for tobacco--how it affects the body, how it is influenced by genetics, personality, and societal forces, and what it can tell us about other, more notorious forms of addiction. Neither a gloomy medical lecture nor another trendy how-to-quit guide (although some tips can be found in the appendix), SMOKING: The Artificial Passion is witty, feisty, and provocative. For smokers, ex- smokers, smokers trying to quit, nonsmokers, or anyone captivated by the quirkiness of human behavior, it offers a better understanding of the motivations behind smoking and, in a broader context, drug use of any kind. The artificial passion--this metaphor for smoking and other forms of tobacco addiction comes from John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States. While a young man, Adams successfully freed himself from the habits of smoking and chewing tobacco. Referring to that effort, he once wrote, "I have often wished that every individual. . . afflicted with this artificial passion could force it upon himself to try but for three months the experiment which I made, sure that it would turn every acre of tobacco land into a wheat field, and add five years to the average of human life."
Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self
by Sandra Ingerman Michael HarnerWith warmth and compassion, Sandra Ingerman describes the dramatic results of combining soul retrieval with contemporary psychological concepts in this visionary work that revives the ancient shamanic tradition of soul retrieval for healing emotional and physical illness. This revised and updated edition includes a new afterword by the author.
Soul Retrieval
by Sandra IngermanWith warmth and compassion, Sandra Ingerman describes the dramatic results of combining soul retrieval with contemporary psychological concepts in this visionary work that revives the ancient shamanic tradition of soul retrieval for healing emotional and physical illness. This revised and updated edition includes a new afterword by the author.
Subtle Aromatherapy
by Patricia DavisAlthough the use of essential oils to help physical, mental and emotional problems has been thoroughly investigated and described over the past few decades, this is the first book devoted solely to their use on a subtle or spiritual level.Written by the author of the best-selling aromatherapy book of all time, Aromatherapy An A-Z, it examines the applications of aromatherapy in personal and spiritual growth, meditation and healing.Topics covered include Vibrational Healing, The Role of the Healer, Methods of Use, Chakra Energy, Essential Oils and Crystals, Meditation etc., etc., with detailed notes on the subtle properties of the individual oils.