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Acts of Power: Daily Teachings for Inspired Living
by Lynn V. AndrewsActs of Power, compiled from Lynn Andrews&’s extensive publication history, is a brilliant daily companion offering 365 days of wisdom and inspiration. These short daily teachings will assist you in being present with your desires, nurture your spiritual growth, and encourage you to remain grounded every day of the year.Lynn Andrews&’s new book Acts of Power is an intensely personal document that has assumed a special individual significance for contemporary readers, providing them with 365 daily inspirations that offer pivotal insights for living a joyful life. Andrews has distilled twenty-one books into this daily companion edition to support and inspire you in a small, easy-to-follow, yet very important and powerful tool for living well. Transcending the borders of age and background, Acts of Power&’s spectrum of experience, thought, and wisdom invites direct identification and a sense of recognition, a sharing of concerns and solutions.
Actually, I Can: Growing Up with Type 1 Diabetes, a Story of Unexpected Empowerment
by Morgan J. PanzirerMorgan was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 6 years old -- but that didn't stop her! In this informative memoir, she looks back at her life and shares her experiences to help others who've been diagnosed, and their families, to understand everything from the gadgets to the legislation, the joy and the frustrations. Morgan has dedicated her life to the advocacy and education of her disease.
Acuario
by Chiara Bertrand Doris Saltarini¿Quiere saber qué le deparan el 2017 y el 2018? Este libro contiene las previsiones llevadas a cabo por Doris Saltarini y Chiara Bertrand, a través de las cuales podrá descubrir las grandes líneas de su destino en todos los terrenos (vida sentimental, profesión, dinero, salud...). Además, se incluye un capítulo en el que podrá conocer el nombre de personajes famosos con su mismo signo del zodiaco. Esta obra, indispensable para todos los aficionados a la astrología, le explicará las características generales de Acuario, la influencia de los planetas en su personalidad, el papel de las casas y del ascendente. Encontrará, asimismo, valiosas indicaciones sobre el modo de construir una ficha astrológica personal, las profesiones que más le convienen y sus relaciones con los demás signos.
Acupoint and Trigger Point Therapy for Babies and Children: A Parent's Healing Touch
by Donna FinandoTechniques that allow parents to be active agents in providing relief and healing when illness occurs in their children • Reveals the importance of touch in both childhood development and healing • Details acupoint and trigger point therapy techniques for most common childhood ailments, including asthma • Identifies when to seek professional help vs. situations that can be handled at home Touch is critical to the development of babies and children. It establishes both their sense of self and their connectedness to the rest of the world. Donna Finando shows that touch is also key to restoring health when illness occurs. As a mother and grandmother, she has experienced the frustration and helplessness of watching a sick child suffer. As an acupuncturist and massage practitioner, she has found there are many simple ways parents can provide relief and even healing for many common ailments that afflict children by using touch therapy.Trigger point therapy releases restricted muscles while acupressure allows energy to flow freely, activating the body’s remarkable healing abilities. Colds, sore throats, ear infections, constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, and even asthma are some of the common conditions that can be relieved by touch therapy. Finando presents an in-depth explanation of each condition, providing information on causative factors, dietary and behavior recommendations, point techniques that can offer relief, and when to seek medical help. The gentle techniques that form this healing practice also extend to other parent-child interactions, offering a comprehensive model for the care and nurturing of children.
Acupressure Self-Care Handbook: Healing at Your Fingertips
by Roger DaletA guide to acupressure treatments for more than 150 common illnesses and conditions• Shares step-by-step treatment protocols for illnesses such as cold, flu, or digestive problems; chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, and thyroid disorders; and nervous system and emotional complaints such as depression, shingles, Bell&’s palsy, and stage fright • Includes detailed diagrams of the commonly known and prescribed acupressure points as well as important new acupoints discovered by contemporary Chinese medical researchers • Explains how acupressure stimulates the body&’s natural healing ability With the simple touch of your fingertips you can quickly and easily bring comfort and relief from pain and illness. In this illustrated guide to acupressure for self-care and care of your loved ones, Roger Dalet, M.D., shares step-by-step treatment protocols for more than 150 diseases and disorders—from illnesses such as cold, flu, or digestive upset to chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, thyroid disorders, and heart problems to nervous system and emotional complaints such as depression, shingles, and Bell&’s palsy. Exploring how acupressure works, the author explains how massaging specific healing points stimulates the body&’s own natural healing ability. Within each treatment protocol, he offers guidance on how acupressure can best help the situation—whether it is capable of completely curing a condition or whether it should be used to support other healing modalities. In addition to detailed diagrams of the commonly known and prescribed acupressure points, Dr. Dalet includes important new acupoints discovered by contemporary Chinese medical researchers that address ailments resulting from our more sedentary lifestyles and use of computers, such as obesity and eye strain. He also recommends the most effective options for stimulating the points, including devices for electrical stimulation. A valuable resource for any home, the acupressure treatments presented in this handbook can provide immediate relief for pain and injuries as well as be used preventively. Most important, they offer an effective method of self-care and a way to provide comfort and relief to ailing loved ones, especially the delicate immune systems of children.
Acupressure and Reflexology For Dummies
by Bobbi Dempsey Synthia AndrewsFeatures healing routines and illustrations to guide youEase your aches and find relief through the power of touchSearching for alternative treatments for pain? This friendly, do-it-yourself guide introduces you to the basics and benefits of acupressure and reflexology, showing you step by step how to nurture your emotional and physical well-being and that of someone else. You'll see how to target specific body parts to address your ailments and improve your emotional as well as your physical well-being.Understand basic healing principlesRelieve your specific aches and painsBoost your immune systemAddress age-related ailmentsFind professional help
Acupressure for Emotional Healing: A Self-Care Guide for Trauma, Stress & Common Emotional Imbalances
by Michael Reed Gach Beth Ann HenningIncreased stress and traumatic events in our lives have resulted in many millions of people who suffer from insomnia, nightmares, anxiety attacks, depression, and tension headaches. ACUPRESSURE FOR EMOTIONAL HEALING offers relief at your fingertips, quickly and safely, for a wide range of emotional problems. It explains how emotional distress becomes lodged in the body as muscular tension and blocked energy, and shows how acupressure can relieve not just the resulting physical symptoms, but also their emotional source--often without the need for extensive talk therapy or medication. Acupressure stimulates the same points used in acupuncture, but instead of needles, firm finger pressure is used on the surface of the skin. The pressure releases neurochemicals called endorphins that relieve pain. As in acupuncture, specific pressure points are connected with internal organs and energy pathways in the body (called meridians) that regulate the flow of electrical energy to all systems. Unlike acupuncture, acupressure can be used safely by anyone, with only the hands as equipment. ACUPRESSURE FOR EMOTIONAL HEALING offers a comprehensive A-Z guide to emotional ailments (from abandonment to worry and obsessive thinking), with fully-illustrated instruction on dozens of precise acupressure point locations and how to activate them, combined with yogic breathing, stretching, and movement routines. Case histories from the authors' practice further illuminate each condition and the path to emotional balance and healing. Most routines can be used independently for self-care and on-the-spot relief. There are also sections on how to use the techniques to help others, with appropriate safeguards.
Acupressure with Essential Oils: A Self-Care Guide to Enhance Your Health and Lift Your Spirit--Includes 24 Common Conditions
by Merina Ty-KiseraDiscover the healing power of essential oils paired with ancient acupressure techniques in this engaging guide to whole-body care Merina Ty-Kisera, an experienced healer and Five Element acupuncturist, introduces readers to her Aroma Acupressure method for selfcare—applying the healing properties of essential oils to pressure points that cue energetic changes to balance the body and mind. This guide empowers readers to reclaim their health with tips, routines, and strategies that support everything from relieving chronic tension, to coping with digestive ailments to treating cold and flu symptoms. Readers will rediscover an integrated sense of health and well-being.
Acupressure's Potent Points: A Guide to Self-Care for Common Ailments
by Michael Reed GachWith your hands you have potential to relieve everyday aches, pains and ailments without taking drugs, to improve your health, and to increase your vitality. Acupressure is an ancient healing art that uses the fingers to stimulate key points on the skin that, in turn, activate the body's natural self-healing processes. With this book, it is a skill you can learn now--and use in your own home. In Acupressure's Potent Points, Michael Reed Gach, founder and director of the Acupressure Institute of America, reveals simple techniques that enable you to relieve headaches, arthritis, colds and flu, insomnia, backaches, hiccups, leg pain, hot flashes, depression, and more--using the power and sensitivity of your own hands.This practical guide covers more than forty ailments and symptoms, from allergies to wrist pain, providing pressure-point maps and exercises to relieve pain and restore function. Acupressure complements conventional medical care, and enables you to take a vital role in becoming well and staying well. With this book you can turn your hands into healing tools--and start feeling good now.
Acupuncture Sema Easy
by M. MuthukumarThis book explains the basic features of Acupuncture Therapy and curing of certain ailments by applying Acupuncture Therapy.
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Made Easy)
by Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.A book that will benefit the acupucturist, acupuncture student, chiropractors and all those who have an interest in alternative medicine. This book has been referred to as a complete study program in acupuncture and oriental medicine. Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D. is internationally .recognized for his expertise and skills in the practice of oriental medicine. He has used and shared his techniques and approaches both in private practice and as an adviser to many professionals, stars, entertainers and well known personalities throughout the world. Dr. Kuhns descibes areas of anatomy and physiology; acupuncture meridians; acupuncture points; auricular points and much, much more. Most importantly, as always, doctor Kuhns writes in very easy-to-read terms and non-technical language-(Made Easy) so the person can adapt the information as quickly as possible. For those of you who choose to follow Dr. Kuhns techniques I think you will find that you will quickly develop your heath care skills to a much higher level.
Acupuncture and the Chakra Energy System
by John Amaro John R. Cross Nadia EllisAcupuncture and the chakra energy system have both become increasingly mainstream in the West, but rarely have the two approaches been joined into one practice. Acupuncture and the Chakra Energy System: Treating the Cause of Disease does just that. By comparing the traditional approaches of Chinese medicine and modern Western acupuncture with the chakra energy system of Ayurvedic philosophy, author John Cross offers clinically proven strategies for treating the causes of conditions, not just the symptoms. The book describes the seven major and twenty-one minor chakras in detail and explains how each is related to the body's aura, meridians, Key points, endocrine glands, autonomic nervous system, and varying symptomatology. Focusing on how to use the chakras in the treatment of chronic physical and emotional conditions--osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, low back pain with sciatica, insomnia, hypertension, depression, menopausal symptoms, and frozen shoulder, among others--Cross's clear, in-depth explanations make his techniques easy for anyone to follow. Including appendices on how to use the chakras with copper and zinc needles and biomagnets, as well as which types of patients respond to such treatments, Acupuncture and the Chakra Energy System is a well-rounded guide for acupuncturists and other practitioners as well as interested students.
Acupuncture: An Anatomical Approach, Second Edition
by Indra K. Reddy Houchi DungPracticed for more than 2,000 years, acupuncture was once restricted to the realm of alternative medicine. This book dispels these notions and brings this once backroom therapy into the forefront explaining it in terms that can be easily comprehended by all medical professionals. Presenting a scientific, anatomical approach to acupuncture, it discusses the basics of the nervous system, acupuncture points throughout the body, and measurement and quantification of pain. It reviews applications of acupuncture in clinical practice, from cases easy to treat to those more challenging, and concludes with theories on the future of acupuncture.
Acute Gynaecology and Early Pregnancy
by Davor Jurkovic Roy FarquharsonAcute gynaecological problems are among the most common reasons for women of reproductive age to seek medical help. Emergency outpatient visits now outnumber elective clinical appointments in gynaecology. With a growing number of patients, increasingly complex diagnostic algorithms and a wide range of management options, the participation and training of senior doctors in this field is vital to ensure women receive the best possible treatment. This book provides a thorough overview of acute gynaecology and early pregnancy and has been designed to reflect the syllabus of the RCOG's Advanced Training Skills Module (ATSM) in 'Early pregnancy and emergency gynaecology'. It covers the diagnosis and management of routine clinical problems, such as miscarriage and tubal pregnancy, as well as less frequently seen presentations, such as uncommon forms of ectopic pregnancy and trophoblastic disease. The use of drugs in early pregnancy and management organisational aspects of care are also addressed.
Acute Pain Management
by Raymond S. Sinatra Henry Mcquay Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola Brian Ginsberg Eugene R. ViscusiThis textbook is written as a comprehensive overview of acute pain management. It is designed to guide clinicians through an impressive array of different options available to them and to patients. There has been a flurry of interest in the extent to which acute pain can become chronic pain, and how we might reduce the incidence of such chronicity. This overview covers a wide range of treatments for pain management, including the anatomy of pain pathways, the pathophysiology of severe pain, pain assessment, therapeutic guidelines, analgesic options, organization of pain services, and the role of anesthesiologists, surgeons, pharmacists, and nurses in providing optimal care. It also discusses the use of patient-controlled analgesia and how this may or may not be effective and useful.
Acute Pain Management: A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition
by Pamela Macintyre Stephan SchugHighly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2015Comprehensive acute pain management no longer means only caring for patients with pain resulting from postoperative and trauma-related causes-it now includes managing patients with acute pain arising from a wide variety of conditions. Acute Pain Management: A Practical Guide provides health professional
Adam and Eve After the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
by Mary EberstadtThough the birth control pill is taken for granted as a fact of life, no single event since Eve took the apple has been as consequential for relations between the sexes as the arrival of modern contraception. Indeed, there would have been no sexual revolution without it. Eberstadt digs below the surface and gathers a great deal of evidence that challenges the sanguine assessment of modern contraception.
Adam's Peak
by Heather BurtRunner-up for the 2008 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize On a stifling August day, six-year-old Clare Fraser and seven-year-old Rudy Vantwest make eye contact from opposite sides of their street. For an instant they are connected, then each turns away Clare to the shelter of the garden sprinkler, Rudy to the excitement of his brother’s impending birth. Twenty-five years later, Clare and Rudy, strangers living continents apart, fixtures of each others memories and imaginations, are connected again. Overturning the guarded, insular lives they both lead, two events one an accident, the other an act of terror transform them both and bind the Vantwest and Fraser families irrevocably. Adam’s Peak weaves back and forth between a Montreal suburb and a Colombo private school, between a Ceylon tea estate at the end of the Second World War and a small Scottish town in the early 1960s, its characters struggling desperately to come to terms with themselves and with their powerful connections to the people and places they have tried to escape.
Adapted Aquatics Programming: A Professional Guide
by Monica Lepore G. William Gayle Shawn StevensThis text for aquatics instructors covers the various philosophies and issues relating to adapted aquatics programs; offers detailed information on skills and resources for adapted aquatics personnel; and discusses program enhancement, including model programs and how to modify fitness activities for participants with disabilities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Adapting Yoga for People Living with Cancer
by Jude MillsThis practical guidebook explains how to adapt physical poses and breathing exercises for people with cancer. Offering guidance on meditation and relaxation techniques as well as providing an essential overview of living with cancer, treatments and side effects, the book emphasises the importance of physical space and demonstrates the personal and professional skills required to hold a place of safety for those who experience life-threatening illnesses.Covering key topics such as scope of practice, boundaries and appropriate language, Adapting Yoga for People Living with Cancer is an essential guide for yoga teachers looking to hold cancer-inclusive classes.
Adaptive Decision Making and Intellectual Styles (SpringerBriefs in Psychology #13)
by Salvatore Ammirato Francesco Sofo Cinzia Colapinto Michelle SofoThis exciting publication provides the reader with a theoretical and practical approach to adaptive decision making, based on an appreciation of cognitive styles, in a cross-cultural context. The aim of this Brief is to describe the role of thinking-through different options as part of the decision-making process. Since cognitive style influences decision behavior, the book will first examine thinking styles, which involve both cognitive and emotive elements, as habits or preferences that shape and empower one's cognition and emotion. The information contained in this Brief will be a useful resource to both researchers studying decision making as well as to instructors in the higher education sector and to human resource development practitioners, especially those working in international, multi-cultural companies.
Adaptive Interaction and Dementia: How to Communicate without Speech
by Suzanne Scott Dr Maggie Ellis Professor Arlene AstellThis guide to Adaptive Interaction explains how to assess the communication repertoires of people with dementia who can no longer speak, and offers practical interventions for those who wish to interact with them. Outlining the challenges faced by people living with advanced dementia, this book shows how to relieve the strain on relationships between them, their families, and professional caregivers through better, person-centred communication. It includes communication assessment tools and guidance on how to build on the communication repertoire of the individual with dementia using nonverbal means including imitation, facial expressions, sounds, movement, eye gaze and touch. With accessible evidence and case studies based on the authors' research, Adaptive Interaction can be used as the basis for developing interactions without words with people living with dementia.
Adaptive Tai Chi: An Accessible Practice for Empowering Body and Mind
by Zibin GuoA simple and inclusive Tai Chi program, completely modifiable with helpful illustrations, that empowers people of all physical abilities to experience the transformative qualities of this art. Includes sequences for standing/moving, stationary standing, seated, and wheelchair.In Tai Chi Chuan, the traditional Chinese martial and healing art, we learn to overcome challenges by empowering the mind and transforming the body. Adaptive Tai Chi offers an innovative approach that speaks to this powerful idea and makes Tai Chi accessible and beneficial to people with a range of physical conditions or ambulatory impairment.The slow, circular, flowing, and graceful movements of Tai Chi require little space and no equipment, making it an ideal practice for people with different physical abilities (it&’s been included in the Paralympics since 2008). Adaptive Tai Chi introduces readers to the culture, philosophy, and physiology of Tai Chi—and gives readers four completely illustrated practices, each modified for different physical abilities, including conventional standing/moving, stationary standing, seated, and wheelchair sequences.Along with the complete illustrated adaptive Tai Chi sequences, Guo includes notes and philosophical insights into each practice. The complete program offered in Adaptive Tai Chi allows everyone to access the profound benefits of Tai Chi practice.
Adaptive Training: Building a Body That's Fit for Function
by Adam SinickiEvolutionary Lifestyle Fitness Strategies“Definitely one of the most holistic fitness and training personalities of the modern era.” ─Amazon review #1 New Release in Physical Education and Stretching Exercise & FitnessAdaptive Training explores an alternate perspective on health and fitness focusing on how we are a product of the environment. So change your surroundings to maximize your health and fitness beyond the gym.Explore your amazingly adaptable body. Tight hip flexors, rounded shoulders and a hunched back are all products of our daily lifestyles. We are adaptoids; our bodies are designed to adapt to our surroundings, and understanding this is the key to unlocking perfect performance. Adaptive Training takes you through the fundamentals of understanding adaptive training while providing a detailed physical fitness program to help you build an environment that facilitates a healthy and empowering new lifestyle fitness journey with new lifestyle fitness equipment.Unlock your true potential. The best way to learn a language is through immersion, and the same is true for developing and maintaining a new lifestyle fitness. A few hours a week training at the gym or elsewhere is great, but what if your environment outside of the gym is also challenging your body? You will see results that are only possible through the innovative fitness method called “Adam” which stands for Adaptive Immersion Training. Change your environment with intent, and your body will adapt with amazing results.Inside, you’ll learn:How the environment shapes your body to be adaptiveHow and why you should divide training throughout the dayThe missing fundamentals of human movement and lifestyle fitness equipmentIf you are a fan of Adam Sinicki's Functional Training and Beyond or liked Tactical Barbell, Built from Broken, The Comfort Crisis, or What Doesn’t Kill You, you’ll love Adaptive Training.
Adaptive and Maladaptive Aspects of Developmental Stress (Current Topics in Neurotoxicity #3)
by Giovanni Laviola Simone MacrìSince the very early stages of life, we all experience some form of stress. Stressors can be mild to severe and can range from unsuccessfully longing for maternal milk in infancy, to recklessly wiggling on a motorbike to be on time to watch the NBA finals on TV, to breaking up a relationship. All those events that we call "stress" have the capability of perturbing a given state of psychological and physiological equilibrium and moving it to a different level. The transition from crawling to walking has to be considered a form of stress as much as losing a job. It is through a continuous cross-talk between environmental stressors and individual adaptations that we build our personalities and our ways to cope with daily hassles. External challenges should not necessarily be regarded as "bad", but instead seen as constructive forces forming our ability to navigate a changing world. What is stress good for? What is stress bad for? When and why do we need to be "stressed"? Should we worry about stress? When does stress equate to "normality"? When does it turn into pathology? We hope with this book to provide some answers to these fundamental questions.