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Visionary Plant Consciousness: The Shamanic Teachings of the Plant World
by J. P. Harpignies23 leading experts reveal the ways that psychoactive plants allow nature’s “voice” to speak to humans and what this communication means for our future • Presents the specific “human-plant interconnection” revealed by visionary plants • Explores the relevance of plant-induced visions and shamanic teachings to humanity’s environmental crisis • With contributions from Terence McKenna, Andrew Weil, Wade Davis, Michael Pollan, Alex Grey, Jeremy Narby, Katsi Cook, John Mohawk, Kat Harrison, and others Visionary plants have long served indigenous peoples and their shamans as enhancers of perception, thinking, and healing. These plants can also be important guides to the reality of the natural world and how we can live harmoniously in it. In Visionary Plant Consciousness, editor J. P. Harpignies has gathered presentations from the Bioneers annual conference of environmental and social visionaries that explore how plant consciousness affects the human condition. Twenty-three leading ethnobotanists, anthropologists, medical researchers, and cultural and religious figures such as Terence McKenna, Andrew Weil, Wade Davis, Michael Pollan, Alex Grey, Jeremy Narby, Katsi Cook, John Mohawk, and Kat Harrison, among others, present their understandings of the nature of psychoactive plants and their significant connection to humans. What they reveal is that these plants may help us access the profound intelligence in nature--the “mind of nature”--that we must learn to understand in order to survive our ecologically destructive way of life.
Visions of Health: Understanding Iridology
by Dr Bernard JensenFor over one hundred years, researchers have studied the links between health and the patterns, colors, and textures of the iris. In the United States, Dr. Bernard Jensen brought the art of reading the iris into the twentieth century. In Visions of Health, Drs. Jensen and Bodeen describe the basics of iris analysis in easy-to-understand language with dozens of illustrations and color photos, as well as charts for reading your own eyes and those of friends. They believe that with this book in hand, you can recognize weaknesses in the iris and adjust your lifestyle to achieve optimum health.
Visions of the Crow (Dreams #1)
by Wanda John-Kehewin&“Your ancestors have called us to help you.&”&“I think y'all have the wrong number.&” Damon Quinn just wants to get through his senior year unscathed. His mom struggles with alcohol and is barely coping with the day-to-day. Marcus and his cronies at school are forever causing Damon trouble. The new girl, Journey, won't mind her own business. To make matters worse, now a mysterious crow is following him everywhere. After he is seized by a waking dream in the middle of a busy street, Damon is forced to confront his mom with some hard questions: Why haven't I met my dad? Where did we come from? Who am I? Damon must look within himself, mend the bond with his mother, and rely on new friends to find the answers he so desperately needs. Travelling through time and space, Damon will have to go back before he can move forward.
Visions of the Crow (Dreams #1)
by Wanda John-Kehewin&“Your ancestors have called us to help you.&”&“I think y'all have the wrong number.&” Damon Quinn just wants to get through his senior year unscathed. His mom struggles with alcohol and is barely coping with the day-to-day. Marcus and his cronies at school are forever causing Damon trouble. The new girl, Journey, won't mind her own business. To make matters worse, now a mysterious crow is following him everywhere. After he is seized by a waking dream in the middle of a busy street, Damon is forced to confront his mom with some hard questions: Why haven't I met my dad? Where did we come from? Who am I? Damon must look within himself, mend the bond with his mother, and rely on new friends to find the answers he so desperately needs. Travelling through time and space, Damon will have to go back before he can move forward.
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who And What You See Before You Die
by David KesslerDavid Kessler, one of the most renowned experts on death and grief, takes on three uniquely shared experiences that challenge our ability to explain and fully understand the mystery of our final days. The first is "visions." As the dying lose sight of this world, some people appear to be looking into the world to come. The second shared experience is getting ready for a "trip." These trips may seem to us to be all about leaving, but for the dying, they may be about arriving. Finally, the third phenomenon is "crowded rooms." The dying often talk about seeing a room full of people, as they constantly repeat the word crowded. In truth, we never die alone. Just as loving hands greeted us when we were born, so will loving arms embrace us when we die. In the tapestry of life and death, we may begin to see connections to the past that we missed in life. While death may look like a loss to the living, the last hours of a dying person may be filled not with emptiness, but rather with fullness. In this fascinating book, David brings us stunning stories from the bedsides of the dying that will educate, enlighten, and comfort us all.
Visiting the Memory Café and other Dementia Care Activities: Evidence-based Interventions for Care Homes
by David Owen Leon Smith Caroline Baker Ann Marie Harmer Claire Peart Deena Heaney Holly Rance Jason Corrigan-Charlesworth Phil HarperActivity and engagement are vital to our well-being throughout our lives and this continues to be just as true of people living with dementia. The activities presented in this book have been designed to provide meaningful engagement for residents, while respecting each individual resident's readiness to engage and participate. This approach to person-centred care has proven to be extremely effective: activities such as Namaste Care and Memory Cafés have engaged residents who had previously not responded to interventions, demonstrably showing an increase in their levels of well-being. Supported by case studies, each chapter will also recommend the best way to implement the ideas discussed in the care home environment and beyond.
Visitors at the End of Life: Finding Meaning and Purpose in Near-Death Phenomena
by Allan KellehearAbout 30 percent of hospice patients report a “visitation” by someone who is not there, a phenomenon known in end-of-life care as a deathbed vision. These visions can be of dead friends or family members and occur on average three days before death. Strikingly, individuals from wildly diverse geographic regions and religions—from New York to Japan to Moldova to Papua New Guinea—report similar visions. Appearances of our dead during serious illness, crises, or bereavement are as old as the historical record. But in recent years, we have tended to explain them in either the fantastical terms of the supernatural or the reductive terms of neuroscience.This book is about how, when, and why our dead visit us. Allan Kellehear—a medical sociologist and expert on death, dying, and palliative care—has gathered data and conducted studies on these experiences across cultures. He also draws on the long-neglected work of early anthropologists who developed cultural explanations about why the dead visit. Deathbed visions conform to the rituals that underpin basic social relations and expectations—customs of greeting, support, exchange, gift-giving, and vigils—because the dead must communicate with us in a social language that we recognize. Kellehear emphasizes the personal consequences for those who encounter these visions, revealing their significance for how the dying person makes meaning of their experiences. Providing vital understanding of a widespread yet mysterious phenomenon, Visitors at the End of Life offers insights for palliative care professionals, researchers, and the bereaved.
Visits From The Afterlife: The truth about ghosts, spirits, hauntings and reunions with lost loved ones
by Sylvia Browne Lindsay HarrisonIn Visits from the Afterlife, Sylvia describes her personal encounters with ghosts and explains their appearances. In visiting haunted homes, ships and other locations, she comes face to face with troubled spirits who are still unaware of their own fate. Discover: Why some homes are haunted and what to do about it; What the difference is between spirits and ghosts; The meaning of our nightmares and visions; What psychic attacks are and why they should concern us; Sylvia's personal experiences with hauntings involving celebrities; What it feels like to be a ghost. Sylvia Browne takes readers on a journey through the afterlife and provides an unprecedented look at how the spirit world influences our daily lives.
Visual Alchemy: A Witch's Guide to Sigils, Art & Magic (Sigil Witchery)
by Laura Tempest ZakroffDiscover the Power Where Art and Magic MeetA follow-up to the bestseller Sigil Witchery, Visual Alchemy takes a deeper look at the extraordinary connection between art and magic. Laura Tempest Zakroff expands on her signature sigil witchery method, an accessible and intuitive approach to crafting effective sigils. She covers numerous topics, including how to connect to the artist within, draw inspiration to you, and easily incorporate art into your ritual practice. Visual Alchemy presents art magic in two parts: create and collaborate. You'll start with techniques for optimizing your creativity, such as crafting a personal symbolic language and solving problems with design concepts. You'll then explore magic that connects you with others, from sharing sigils to making public art. Featuring more than fifty shared magic sigils, this book empowers you to put aside fear and unleash the full potential of your imagination.
Visual Anatomy & Physiology Lab Manual, Cat Version
by Stephen SarikasVisual Anatomy & Physiology Lab Manual (Stephen Sarikas) brings all of the strengths of the revolutionary Visual Anatomy & Physiology textbook (Martini/Ober/Nath/Bartholomew/Petti) to the lab. <P><P>The 2nd Edition builds upon the visual approach and modular organization with new features to better prepare you for lab, maximize your learning, and reinforce important concepts. With an emphasis on clear, easy to follow figures (from the Martini Visual A&P text),frequent practice, and helping you make connections, the manual provides you with the powerful tools you need to excel.
Visual Phenomenology
by Michael MadaryIn this book, Michael Madary examines visual experience, drawing on both phenomenological and empirical methods of investigation. He finds that these two approaches -- careful, philosophical description of experience and the science of vision -- independently converge on the same result: Visual perception is an ongoing process of anticipation and fulfillment. Madary first makes the case for the descriptive premise, arguing that the phenomenology of vision is best described as on ongoing process of anticipation and fulfillment. He discusses visual experience as being perspectival, temporal, and indeterminate; considers the possibility of surprise when appearances do not change as we expect; and considers the content of visual anticipation. Madary then makes the case for the empirical premise, showing that there are strong empirical reasons to model vision using the general form of anticipation and fulfillment. He presents a range of evidence from perceptual psychology and neuroscience, and reinterprets evidence for the two-visual-systems hypothesis. Finally, he considers the relationship between visual perception and social cognition. An appendix discusses Husserlian phenomenology as it relates to the argument of the book.Madary argues that the fact that there is a convergence of historically distinct methodologies itself is an argument that supports his findings. With Visual Phenomenology, he creates an exchange between the humanities and the sciences that takes both methods of investigation seriously.
Visual Phenomenology
by Michael MadaryPhenomenological and empirical methods of investigating visual experience converge to support the thesis that visual perception is an ongoing process of anticipation and fulfillment. In this book, Michael Madary examines visual experience, drawing on both phenomenological and empirical methods of investigation. He finds that these two approaches—careful, philosophical description of experience and the science of vision—independently converge on the same result: Visual perception is an ongoing process of anticipation and fulfillment.Madary first makes the case for the descriptive premise, arguing that the phenomenology of vision is best described as on ongoing process of anticipation and fulfillment. He discusses visual experience as being perspectival, temporal, and indeterminate; considers the possibility of surprise when appearances do not change as we expect; and considers the content of visual anticipation. Madary then makes the case for the empirical premise, showing that there are strong empirical reasons to model vision using the general form of anticipation and fulfillment. He presents a range of evidence from perceptual psychology and neuroscience, and reinterprets evidence for the two-visual-systems hypothesis. Finally, he considers the relationship between visual perception and social cognition. An appendix discusses Husserlian phenomenology as it relates to the argument of the book.Madary argues that the fact that there is a convergence of historically distinct methodologies itself is an argument that supports his findings. With Visual Phenomenology, he creates an exchange between the humanities and the sciences that takes both methods of investigation seriously.
Visual and Non-Visual Effects of Light: Working Environment and Well-Being (Occupational Safety, Health, and Ergonomics)
by Agnieszka Wolska Dariusz Sawicki Malgorzata Tafil-KlaweThe introduction of artificial lighting extends the time of wakefulness after dark and enables work at night, thus disturbing the human circadian rhythm. The understanding of the physiological mechanisms of visual and non-visual systems may be important for the development and use of proper light infrastructure and light interventions for different workplace settings, especially for shift work conditions. Visual and Non-Visual Effects of Light: Working Environment and Well-Being presents the impact of lighting in the working environment on human health, well-being and visual performance. The physiological explanation of the visual and non-visual effects of light on humans which discusses the biological bases of image and non-image forming vision at the cellular level may be of particular interest to any professional in the field of medicine, physiology, and biology. It is one of the intentions of this book to put forward some recommendations and examples of lighting design which take into account both the visual and non-visual effects of light on humans. These may be of particular interest to any professional in the field of lighting, occupational safety and health, and interior design. "What effects on health can a light ‘overdose’ or light deficiency have? What is bad light? The authors of the monograph provide answers to these questions. Just as for a physicist, the dual nature of light comprises an electromagnetic wave and a photon, the duality of light for a physician comprises visual and non-visual effects." --------------------------------------------------------Prof Jacek Przybylski, Medical University of Warsaw "This is a unique publication in the field of lighting technology. The authors have skillfully combined both the technical and biomedical aspects involved, which is unprecedented in the literature available. As a result, an important study has been created for many professional groups, with a significant impact on the assessment of risks associated with LED sources." --------------------------------------------Prof Andrzej Zając, Military University of Technology, Warsaw
Visualización: Aprendizaje de técnicas y desarrollo de la visualización.
by Mellisa StoneEste libro ha sido escrito basado en nuestras experiencias personales utilizando técnicas de visualización. Muchas personas te dirán que han intentado esto, que no les ha funcionado. Sin embargo, te daremos los pasos para que puedas usarla correctamente y sin problemas. Muchos amamos la idea de ser capaces de meditar, ser conscientes, disminuir nuestros niveles de estrés y ser personas positivas y felices. Esto puede ser difícil en la vida real cuando vamos tan rápido, haciendo y pensando un millón de cosas a la vez. ¿Quieres ser el mejor? Para ser el mejor tu tienes que entrenar tanto físca como mentalmente a máxima capacidad. La visualización es comúnmente considerada una actividad que no se puede cuantificar, lo que dificulta saber si estás mejorarando o si haces una diferencia. La visualización aumentará sus posibilidades de éxito mucho más que cualquier otra cosa otra actividad Saque la creatividad en su cabeza con este proceso creativo y pongala donde más la necesita; en investigación creativa y conocimiento, proyectos, cultura creativa y ganar dinero para usted y su familia.
Visualización: Cambie su vida en cuatro semanas utilizando la ley de atracción
by Genevieve ArmitageEsta colección de artículos de conferencias revisados por expertos brinda un alcance completo sobre el estudio avanzado de los enfoques topológicos en el análisis de datos y la visualización. Comprende un rango completo de nuevos algoritmos y perspectivas, incluidos el cálculo rápido homologo, el análisis comparativo de técnicas de simplificación, así como también las claves para la aplicación en materiales y en la ciencia médica. Para tener efecto, la visualización requiere precisión y belleza. Este libro es una fuente de ilustraciones matemáticas realizadas por matemáticos y artistas. Ofrece ejemplos en diversos campos matemáticos básicos, incluidos la teoría poliedral, la teoría de grupos, la solución de ecuaciones polinomicas, los sistemas dinámicos y la topología diferencial. Asimismo, contiene una encuesta sobre el estado del arte, así como también un estudio original inédito, realizado por expertos, y abarca tanto la teoría como su aplicación. Además, recoge conceptos claves e ideas innovadoras, y sirve para obtener una perspectiva general sobre la actualidad de esta materia. No espere más tiempo para descubrir la llave hacia una nueva y mejor vida.
Visualización: una técnica simple y poderosa, y mejorará la felicidad y el estrés
by Mark KaranAlcanza tus sueños, metas, objetivos y tareas con facilidad, ¡y sin estrés ni preocupaciones! Este libro le permitirá crear los resultados que siempre ha deseado a través de algunas estrategias comprobadas para que tenga éxito en su vida. Los principios contenidos en este libro se pueden aplicar con éxito a todos los dominios de su vida, incluidas sus relaciones, vida financiera, carrera, pasiones y actividades profesionales. Este libro lo ayudará a obtener lo que desea de una manera fácil, placentera y relajante. Todo lo que tiene que hacer es entregarse al potente programa de visualización guiada y disfrutar de la música reconfortante y relajante en el fondo.
Visualization for Weight Loss: The Gabriel Method Guide To Using Your Mind To Transform Your Body
by Jon GabrielJoin best-selling author and international weight loss expert, Jon Gabriel, as he teaches you the visualization technique he used to shed 220 pounds without restrictive dieting or deprivation.Examining the importance of visualizing, Jon takes you through the latest research on the power of the mind in order to show why this technique is so effective for weight loss. With just a few minutes of visualization every day, you’ll learn how to: • Break free from negative beliefs and patterns around food • Reduce hunger and increase your metabolism • Overcome the stresses and emotional issues that can lead to weight gain • Rediscover the joy of movement • Create healthy habits for life • Eliminate junk food cravings and addictions • Improve your sleep and increase your energyAll of which lead to natural, enjoyable, and sustainable weight loss. Jon also teaches you how to create your own visualizations that apply to your unique life. And then he walks you through a 16-week transformational program that includes both visualizations and nutritional guidance.The big challenge, Jon discovered, is not finding the perfect diet or exercise routine; instead, it’s convincing your brain that it’s safe to let go of excess weight, which you can do with visualization. When that happens, it’s as if your body actually wants to be thin. And as Jon says, "There is nothing easier and more natural than losing weight when your body wants to be thin."
Visualização: Visualização Criativa para Melhorar o Progresso de Qualquer Coisa na Vida
by Achim DionisVocê pode realizar o que você quiser. Você pode alcançar seus sonhos. Visualize um objetivo com frequência suficiente e ele será seu. Você tem a capacidade inata para transformar sua vida. Você tem o poder para alcançar resultados incríveis. Esse audiolivro irá ajudá-lo a aproveitar o poder que já está dentro de você. Nossos sentimentos são moldados por várias coisas, com treinamento, nossas relações familiares, a mídia, o que nós lemos, o que nós assistimos, e nosso ambiente atual. Quando você imagina, você está se colocando nas circunstâncias que você escolhe. Sua percepção imaginativa pode impactar seus sentimentos. Por exemplo, digamos que você tem que falar em público em um evento que está chegando e que você está nervoso sobre isso, e, a partir de agora, você tem a convicção de que é um mau orador em público. Se você estiver pronto para tomar uma atitude e mudar sua vida para melhor, esse livro definitivamente irá guiá-lo na direção certa!
Visualizing Nutrition: Everyday Choices
by Mary B. Grosvenor Lori A. Smolin ChristophVisualizing Nutrition: Everyday Choices, WileyPLUS NextGen Card with Loose-leaf Set, 5th Edition delivers a comprehensive exploration of nutritional science, food's impact on society and culture, and the ways in which dietary choices affect health and well-being. The latest edition combines brand-new content on the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans with access to the recently launched WileyPLUS NextGen digital learning environment.
Visualizing Nutrition: Everyday Choices
by Mary B. Grosvenor Lori A. SmolinVisualizing Nutrition, 2nd Edition is intended for a one-term course in introductory Nutrition taught at both two- and four-year schools. This text offers students a valuable opportunity to identify and connect the central issues of nutritional science in a visual approach. The material provides students with the decision-making skills needed throughout their lifespan to navigate the myriad of choices they will face in promoting their good health and in preventing disease. As students apply the thought processes and decision-making skills learned throughout the course, they come to understand that there are not “good” foods and “bad” foods, but rather that each choice is only part of an overall healthy diet and that it is the sum of those choices that determines good nutrition. The new edition has been completely updated to include updated coverage and information on the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 and all of the MyPlate information. (www.choosemyplate.gov)
Visualizing Nutrition: Everyday Choices, Third Edition
by Mary B. Grosvenor Lori A. SmolinThis third edition of Visualizing Nutrition: Everyday Choices includes the most recent nutrition information and recommendations along with improved illustrations and critical thinking pedagogy.
Visually Impaired Seniors as Senior Companions: A Reference Guide for Program Development
by Alberta L. OrrThe guide provides a framework for the reader to understand the core issues related to aging and vision loss, as well as the needs and capabilities of older visually impaired persons.
Vital Breath of the Dao
by Zhongxian Wu Master Zhongxian WuImmersing the reader in Daoist philosophy and its impact on life, this new edition of Vital Breath of the Dao by Master Zhongxian Wu is a fully illustrated guide to qigong, a way of physical and spiritual cultivation, and a way of life. The book includes the historical background, practical application, underlying principles and techniques of Daoist cultivation practices to bolster health and intensify spiritual connection to universal energy. Lineage holder Master Zhongxian Wu uses storytelling and a wealth of practical examples to introduce powerful qigong and internal alchemy methods and offers previously unseen personal stories to deepen his explanation of Daoist philosophy.
Vital Conversations: Improving Communication Between Doctors and Patients
by Dennis Rosen&“Engaging . . . provides patients tools they can use to improve dialogue with their doctors and, ultimately, improve their ultimate medical outcomes.&”—The Times of Israel The health-care system in the United States is by far the most expensive in the world, yet its outcomes are decidedly mediocre in comparison with those of other countries. Poor communication between doctors and patients, Dennis Rosen argues, is at the heart of this disparity, a pervasive problem that damages the well-being of the patient and the integrity of the health-care system and society. Drawing upon research in biomedicine, sociology, and anthropology and integrating personal stories from his medical practice in three different countries (and as a patient), Rosen shows how important good communication between physicians and patients is to high-quality—and less-expensive—care. Without it, treatment adherence and preventive services decline, and the rates of medical complications, hospital readmissions, and unnecessary testing and procedures rise. Rosen illustrates the consequences of these problems from both the caregiver and patient perspectives and explores the socioeconomic and cultural factors that cause important information to be literally lost in translation. He concludes with a prescriptive chapter aimed at building the cultural competencies and communication skills necessary for higher-quality, less-expensive care, making it more satisfying for all involved. &“An excellent source of ideas on how to enhance treatment.&”—Joseph Shrand, Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School &“[Dr. Rosen] delivers much of his advice through anecdotes that take readers on a journey through a career filled with both positive and negative instances of doctor-patient communication.&”—Health Affairs
Vital Healing: Energy, Mind and Spirit in Traditional Medicines of India, Tibet and the Middle East - Middle Asia
by Donald Mccown Marc MicozziThe traditional medicines of Middle Asia are rich and varied - from the Unani and Siddha medicines of southern India, to the Sufi healing practices of the Middle East. For the first time, Dr. Marc S. Micozzi draws together the ancient healing wisdom of traditional Indian, Tibetan, and Middle Eastern medicines. He sets forth the compelling idea that vital energy, expressed as 'prana' in the Indian practice of Ayur Veda and 'qi' in traditional Chinese medicine, is a unifying concept that underpins and connects all of these traditions. Describing the origins, health promotion strategies, diagnostic techniques, and modern-day uses of each approach, he also draws parallels to and finds correlations with mainstream Western concepts, and demonstrates how these CAM therapies fit within the context of their own cultures and ours. This groundbreaking book will be of interest to practitioners of all Middle Eastern and Asian medical traditions, complementary and alternative health practitioners, and anyone else with an interest in Middle Eastern and Asian approaches to health and wellbeing.