Healing Practices

In a culture that constantly tells us to do more of everything but simultaneously pressures us to do nothing, Permission to Rest is a passionate cry for a more regulated, resourced, and rested life. Wellness expert Ashley Neese combines personal essays, contemplative questions, scientific research, and somatic practices to help us disrupt the state of urgency, reflect inward, and relax deeply. Neese examines common beliefs around rest and offers support and guidance to challenge the shame, guilt, and discomfort that often arise when we attempt to slow down.

In addition to his years of training with the Kahili family, Dr. King spent seven years in West Africa being trained in African shamanic traditions. Today he teaches people how to use shamanic healing techniques and uses his knowledge to help others discover their own creative power. Dr. Serge King shares the history of the Hawaiian Kahunas, an in-depth description of the mind-body connection, and the healing methods used to improve the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of human life.

This is the incredible story of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra and the remarkable interplay between music and medicine. You may have read about the Longwood Symphony Orchestra (LSO) in the paper or heard them on your favorite radio station. But the LSO is not just any orchestra. It began in 1982 with a group of talented Boston-area physicians, medical students, and health-care professionals and has since flourished under the leadership of violinist Dr. Lisa Wong.

Life's hectic pace often leaves us feeling overwhelmed and disconnected from ourselves. This book is your sanctuary—a collection of gentle and empowering mindfulness practices that will guide you back to a place of tranquility and centeredness. Through these guided meditations, you'll learn to embrace the present moment, find solace in stillness, and cultivate a deeper understanding of your own inner landscape.

Chakra Healing Guided Meditations empowers listeners to take control of their chakra health, enhancing their intuition, creativity, communication, and spiritual connection. Delve into these transformative meditations, unlock your potential, and experience a higher state of consciousness.

The Essence of Spiritual Luxury: Transform Your Life Through Inner Abundance Discover the art of living luxuriously from the inside out-where true wealth comes from within. Are you tired of chasing external success while feeling empty inside? Do you long for a deeper sense of fulfillment that material possessions alone can't provide? "The Essence of Spiritual Luxury" offers a transformative approach to living abundantly by aligning your outer world with your inner values. In this profound guide, you'll discover: How to cultivate a sense of sacred worth that attracts prosperity into your ...

Considering addiction through a trauma-informed lens, The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps offers an accessible, lyrical, and practical guide to Twelve-Step recovery that elevates a somatic approach rooted in healing, relationship, and Earth connection. Somatic and spiritual counselor, educator, and writer Nina Pick shows how addiction is rooted in survival strategies that protect us from overwhelmingly painful experiences.

In a world teeming with chaos and distraction, Meditation, Mindfulness, and a Monk's Guide to Self-Care serves as a sanctuary of wisdom and tranquility. Guided by Thích An Tịnh, a monk whose life is deeply rooted in reflection and compassion, this book offers a gentle yet profound roadmap to living with mindfulness, balance, and purpose. Through evocative storytelling and heartfelt insights, the author reveals how small acts of kindness and mindfulness can transform not only our inner world but also the communities around us. From tender moments shared on a dusty roadside to profound ...

Women have been shamans since time immemorial, not only because women have innate intuitive gifts, but also because the female body is wired to more easily experience altered states, such as during the process of birth. Whether female or male, the altered states produced by psychedelics and ecstatic trance expand our minds to tap into and enhance our feminine states of consciousness as well as reconnect us to the web of life.

A mysterious and powerful plant medicine with curative powers that is drunk as a tea during a sacred ceremony, Ayahuasca has been known to change people’s lives dramatically. But what was once a healing experience practiced only by Indigenous South Americans—and sought out by the adventurous few—has, in the past fifty years, become increasingly popular around the world. Hachumak, a Peruvian medicine man, has been practicing traditional healing arts in his country for more than twenty years.

In a time where burnout dominates discussions surrounding clinician well-being, a groundbreaking new book stands ready to shift the narrative. Moral Injury: Healing the Healers, by Jennie Byrne, MD, PhD, illuminates the often-overlooked concept of moral injury, offering a fresh perspective on the challenges facing healthcare professionals today. Dr. Byrne asserts that the issue lies not in individuals' resilience but in the systemic factors perpetuating moral injury within healthcare systems. Drawing parallels between healthcare and other workplaces, the book highlights the damaging ...

Discover the Sacred Season of Manifestation Autumn-A Guide to Completion, Gratitude, and Spiritual Harvest Are you ready to embrace the season of completion, reflect on your journey, and receive the true abundance your soul has cultivated? Harvest of the Heart: Navigating the Fall Seasons of Manifestation is your companion for the transformative autumn of your manifestation cycle-a time to gather, discern, and integrate the fruits of your intentions. In this deeply reflective and practical guide, Ammanuel Santa Anna invites you to: Recognize the Signs of Manifestation Autumn: Learn how to ...

"Seeking Clarity: Ho’oponopono Decoded" is a masterful exploration of the ancient Hawaiian practice of Ho'oponopono, replete with wisdom and clarity that will captivate both newcomers and seasoned practitioners. This compelling guide delves deep into the nuances of this timeless tradition, offering readers a profound path to inner harmony and self-discovery. From the very first page, the book demystifies Ho'oponopono, breaking down its intricate principles into understandable and practical steps. Each chapter builds upon the last, revealing essential keys to mastering this healing ...

The greatest teachings about energy healing, karma, and witchcraft are right at your fingertips. You–and only you–can take the first step in a new direction!

Every one of us experiences periods of pain and loss in our life—dark nights of the soul. This is a groundless territory where one feels directionless and devoid of tools, with no sense of how to take the next step. In ancient times, elders guided their communities through life's initiations and challenges, paths we must all take to transform and grow. In Walking through Darkness, legendary shamanic experts Sandra Ingerman and Llyn Roberts help us forge a pathway through the dark—as we embrace nature as our guide and healer.

Drawing on the mind-body techniques of somatic therapy, The Healing Sexual Trauma Guided Journal offers insightful writing prompts to help you explore your emotions, overcome internalized shame, and heal your traumatized nervous system.

Thousands of people have had incredible metaphysical experiences in Sedona, including direct contact with spirits, visions and manifestations. Sedona lies on ley lines connecting to Stonehenge and other spiritual power places in the world, and is surrounded by four powerful energy centers, or vortexes, all within a few miles of each other. You will learn how the vortexes are charged and how they can affect you. You will hear first-hand testimonials from people who have explored the vortexes, and remarkable stories describing their profound, life-changing encounters.

Everyone has bad days. But the difference between the person who breezes through the bumps in the road and the person who smashes into them and takes a tumble is a certain mindset and an ability to take control over their thoughts and emotions. And these are not things that are beyond the average person to do. Through mindfulness practices this guide will show you, you can develop this mindset and ability and see a massive improvement in the quality of your life.

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is an attachment-focused treatment for children and adolescents who have experienced abuse and neglect and are now living in stable foster and adoptive families. Here, Daniel Hughes and Kim S. Golding provide a practical accompaniment to their highly successful DDP text coauthored with Julie Hudson, Healing Relational Trauma with Attachment-Focused Interventions.

Featuring a cross-cultural introduction to psychopomps, this book brings light to times of uncertainty and fear that often accompany the process of dying or its living corollary—the dark that comes from shame and the shadow parts of the self. Psychopomps & the Soul offers ancient wisdom to bring ease to modern distress around grief and inner darkness. Whether you experience loss through physical death or psychological soul death caused by living inauthentically, psychopomps can provide a full toolkit for navigating unfamiliar liminal space back to peace and wholeness.