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Modern life dictates a very high level of stress and bustling through your day. On a good day, you could be so busy that you forget to eat one or more meals, let alone making your personal health a priority. Starting by practicing yoga for even half an hour at the end of a day filled with stress can be an ideal way to melt away the stress and tension of the day, to bring you back to tranquility, and can even help you to get better sleep so you’re more able to face the next day. This is me talking to you, the listener.

Are you overwhelmed by constant stress and anxiety? Do you crumble under the weight of depression or are you plagued by unpredictable digestive issues? If you've nodded "yes," take heart. You're not alone. Yet, what if I told you there’s a potent, natural way to take control of these conditions? A method free from gut-wrenching side effects of medications. A way that goes to the root of the problem and doesn't just treat the symptoms?

These guided meditations by Soul Whisper Sanctuary are designed to help you gain more self-love, emotional healing, happiness, and peaceful feelings through the practice of mindfulness and quiet reflection. Relaxation techniques and positive affirmation scripts composed with calming music and inspiring imagery soothe away anxiety and panic attacks, ease trauma and fears, release stress and worry, induce deep sleep, lift depression, and promote self-care. Give yourself the gift of a daily emotional vacation and let yourself love yourself well.

Among primers on meditation, this audiobook is exceptional in how it guides listeners who treasure inner growth and are looking for reliable direction on how to achieve it in an authentic and sustainable way. The author, a student of the Indian yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, distills the teachings of many other spiritual traditions and religions, including Christianity, into an interfaith perspective that will appeal to all seekers of the divine.

If you want to learn about Ayurveda and Yoga Sutras, then pay attention...Two manuscripts in one audiobook: Ayurveda: Unlocking the Secrets of Hindu Healing Through the Ayurveda Diet, Yoga, Aromatherapy, and Meditation and Yoga Sutras: An Essential Guide to Understanding the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Learn about Ayurveda medicine, lifestyle and diet. Learn the origins of yoga and the different schools of thought, discover the kleshas that hold you back from being your best self, and much more.

This book is intended as an exploration of self-guided or auto-guided meditation. It aims to enrich everyone's inner journey. Throughout the book, I share my own journey and the benefits I have personally experienced through meditation. I also present serious scientific research and their impressive results. The content is organized into several chapters, each addressing different aspects of meditation

Chakra Awakening explains how your energy flows through seven energy centers called chakras and teaches you how to fix any blockages or imbalances, effectively healing and cleansing your mind and body. You’ll discover knowledge that’s normally kept secret. How much did you learn about your pineal gland or kundalini at school? Well, now is the time to learn the truth! This is a step-by-step chakra awakening tutorial that will clearly guide you by opening up your chakras.

Yoga is a spiritual discipline based on an extremely subtle science which focuses on bringing harmony between mind and body. It is the art and science of healthy living. The word "yoga" derives from the Sanskrit root "yuj", meaning to join or to yoke or unite. Yoga is a systematic practice of physical exercise, breath control, relaxation, diet control, positive thinking, and meditation to develop harmony in the body, mind, and environment.

Are you one of the millions of lower-back-pain sufferers who is desperate for relief? Have you ever been stopped in your tracks by pain so excruciating you were afraid to move? Have you spent countless hours seeing medical professionals? Now, with 7 stretches done in just minutes a day, you can relieve your back pain and keep it from coming back. These exercises and tips will teach you how to fight back pain anywhere, using your own muscles.

When your lover kisses your throat or the skin behind your ear, this pair of nerves helps you feel it. If a doctor tickles certain spots in your throat with a cotton swab, it causes you to gag. When you eat, it helps food move through your digestive tract. Why should you care, though, about the vagus nerve? After all, it doesn’t sound as exciting as Vegas. If you have certain illnesses or symptoms, a poorly functioning vagus nerve could be the culprit; that’s particularly true of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

Yoga Nidra allows you to experience a deeply relaxed daydream state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. This meditation will guide you through eight steps: intention setting, sound, body, breath and thought awareness, creative visualization, gratitude, and surrender. Your entire body, mind, and nervous system will gently get guided to a coherent state of deep relaxation, as your brain-wave activity will lower to alpha, delta, or theta brain frequencies, triggering the relaxation response and the functioning of your nervous and endocrine system.

Mornings set the whole day's beat: it is up to you to seize the opportunity of living a more relaxed and enjoyable life. This series of exercises are designed to take part in your personal morning routine, one or more at a time, as healthy habits to shape your way to success. Increase your self-esteem, become more relaxed and playful, learn mindfulness and improve your visualization skills through a journey of the senses, gain focus and presence through your whole day with proven and efficient techniques that will lead you to a more enlightened life.

"Conquer the ACSM-CPT Exam: Your Guide to a Career as an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer" is a comprehensive resource designed to help aspiring personal trainers achieve their certification and excel in their careers. This guide covers all essential topics, including exercise science, client assessment, program design, behavior modification, nutrition, and professional ethics. Detailed chapters provide in-depth knowledge and practical applications, preparing readers for real-world scenarios. The book emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and ...

As a college freshman business major suffering from a variety of anxiety-related maladies, Brian Leaf stumbled into an elective: Yoga. It was 1989. All his classmates were female. And men did not yet generally “cry, hug, or do yoga”. But yoga soothed and calmed Leaf as nothing else had. As his hilarious and wise tale shows, Leaf embarked on a quest for health and happiness - visiting yoga studios around the country and consulting Ayurvedic physicians, swamis, and even (accidentally) a prostitute.

Help yoga students to access a deep state of relaxation with this guided meditation handbook. Offering yoga teachers scripts for guided meditations, students can learn how to cultivate positive emotions and let go of negative ones. Including practical information on how to set the scene for meditation in a yoga class, using music, lighting and props, the book also advises on how to introduce a meditation practice to yoga students. It explores the benefits of meditation for people from all walks of life, including sleep-deprived parents and those suffering from post-traumatic stress.

Do you want to feel more relaxed, have closer relationships, more easily achieve your goals, and just enjoy your life a whole lot more? Then mindfulness and mindfulness meditations are the simplest, most effective places to start. Mindfulness is now practiced by thousands of people all over the world and has been proven to help one achieve higher levels of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

Craving a simple practice to combat your racing thoughts and sleepless nights? Yoga Nidra is the magic elixir taking the Yoga world by storm. Exploring the depths of your consciousness has never been more relaxing. With the ancient practice of Nidra, you can wander within and come to find solace within yourself. If you’re simply looking for a means of balancing the fast-paced ways of contemporary Western society, the Eastern roots of Nidra will offer you a quiet space available at any time.

From inner tension to relaxation! Through the social change in which the professional and personal pressure to succeed, excessive stress and rising unhappiness lead more and more to emotional and physical problems, the human desire for fast and uncomplicated relief has risen tremendously. Right here, the Jacobson relaxation training applies. The progressive relaxation of the muscles helps to detect physical tension and to solve these with selective exercises. The Jacobson training is considered to be one of the easiest and most effective relaxation exercises overall.

Meditation can clear the mind, relax the body, and improve your mood all with just one session. But, many avoid the practice simply because they do not know how to meditate. This session solves this issue by providing a simple meditation that can be done by anyone, even those who have never meditated before. This audiobook mixes the most effective meditation practices and boils them down to simple techniques that will help you reap the benefits of meditation without needing to be an expert at meditating.

Spilt Milk Yoga is a companion guide for mothers who want to experience the happiness, peace, and purpose available in each moment, and who want to be more present and connected to themselves and their children.