Health Exercise

Veteran science journalist Caroline Williams explores the cutting-edge research behind brain health and physical activity, interviewing scientists from around the world to completely reframe our relationship to movement. Along the way she reveals easy tricks that we could all use to improve our memory, maximize our creativity, strengthen our emotional literacy and more. A welcome counterpoint to the current mindfulness craze, Move offers a more stimulating and productive way of freeing our caged minds to live our best life.

Unlock the secrets to achieving the body of your dreams with The Brain-Body Connection, a groundbreaking book by neuroscientist Dr. Farhan Khawaja, PhD. This transformative guide dives deep into the science behind physical transformation, offering listeners a fun and comprehensive approach to fitness and weight loss that goes beyond traditional methods. In The Brain-Body Connection, Dr. Farhan introduces a revolutionary concept called Nero-Muscular Recomposition (NMR). This is a new, science based method that bridges the gap between mind and body to enable sustainable physical transformation.

Skill in Action asks you to explore the deeply transformational practice of yoga as a way to become an agent of social change and work toward a just world. Through yoga practices and philosophy, this book explores liberation for ourselves and others, while asking us to engage in our own agency - whether that manifests as activism, volunteer work, or changing our relationships with others and ourselves.

Do you long to connect more deeply with other human beings? Do you wonder if you're living up to your human potential to make these deep connections happen - and perhaps missing out on this most compelling aspect of a vital life? In this groundbreaking new book, best-selling author Stephen Cope invites us to explore the most important questions in this domain: What is the nature of human connection? Why, precisely, is a capacity to connect deeply so important to the development of our minds, bodies, and spirits?

Coach Mike Chadwick is ready to help. This former Paratrooper tore up the British Army’s century-old approach to physical development and sent success rates soaring, before becoming one of the foremost coaches to the elite. In The Red On Revolution, Coach Mike exposes countless fitness industry myths and coaches you, personally, to succeed. Coach Mike doesn’t care about your past achievements, but he cares greatly about where you are now and your pathway to success.

Feeling burned out, unmotivated, or stuck? The Ayurvedic Self-Care Handbook is here to help. This authoritative guide to ancient healing offers more than 100 daily and seasonal Ayurvedic rituals - each taking 10 minutes or less - to reconnect you with nature’s rhythms, and to unlock better health

“The MOTTO Effect is an eye-opener for all those who are concerned about staying healthy and their wellbeing.” – Reader’s Favorite Award Prestigious Nautilus Award-winning book! After the birth of her first child, Meena was struck down with severe ill health symptoms that disrupted her life, leaving her exhausted, confused and frustrated as to what was wrong with her. Doctors finally confirmed that she had the Autoimmune disease; Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and gave her the harrowing prognosis of her being stuck with the condition for the rest of her life. Meena refused to accept this...

In God's Battle Plan for the Mind, pastor David Saxton seeks to convince God's people of the absolute necessity for personal meditation and motivate them to begin this work themselves. But he has not done this alone. Rather, he has labored through numerous Puritan works in order to bring together the best of their insights on meditation. Standing on the shoulders of these giants, Saxton teaches us how to meditate on divine truth and gives valuable guidance about how to rightly pattern our thinking throughout the day.

While Parkinson’s Disease can be debilitating, there is plenty of compelling data to show that exercise is one of the best ways of managing PD symptoms. Studies show that regular exercise can improve gait, grip, balance, stability, strength, and motor control in the PD client. In addition, this improvement in movement and mobility helps to reduce falls, injuries, and various other complications of the disease in the PD client.

Revised and updated, Teaching Yoga by yoga expert Mark Stephens is one of the most popular resources for new and experienced teachers, and has been a trusted guide since its publication in 2010. This classic resource covers fundamental topics of yoga history and philosophy, as well as each of the 11 major styles of contemporary yoga. There is also practical advice for every stage of the teaching process, including tools for teaching 108 yoga poses (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama), and meditation.

What if we can make ourselves, our communities, and our planet healthier all at the same time by moving our bodies more? Movement Matters is a collection of essays in which biomechanist Katy Bowman continues her groundbreaking investigation of the mechanics of our sedentary culture and the profound potential of human movement. Here she widens her message and invites us to consider our personal relationship with sedentarism, privilege, and nature.

Since the first whiff of information came from Japan that there might still be traditional Japanese Reiki practitioners in Japan, we became intrigued with the system of Reiki's Japanese past. We travelled to Japan (with our two year old in tow) to see if we could find out anything else about it. In Japan we met with teachers who taught a mixture of both traditional styles of Reiki and its more modern versions.

Have you been going to the gym for months now, but don’t look any different? Do you feel like, for the time invested, you should be bigger or more muscular than you currently are? If you’ve ever felt like you’re missing a piece of the puzzle, know this: Building muscle isn’t as complicated as the fitness industry wants you to believe. You already know what to do. You just lack the confidence to do it.

Five years in the making, The Science of Yoga draws on more than a century of painstaking research to present the first impartial evaluation of a practice thousands of years old. It celebrates what’s real and shows what’s illusory, describes what’s uplifting and beneficial and what’s flaky and dangerous—and why. Broad illuminates how yoga can lift moods and inspire creativity. He exposes moves that can cripple and kill. As science often does, this groundbreaking book also reveals mysteries.

Do you often find yourself stressed out and feeling anxious without ever wondering how you got to this point or how to manage these high levels of stress? Well look no further, this audiobook on Nidra guided meditation will help you find your center point and balance in your life through a series of guided meditations and affirmations to bring positivity and light into your life. Yoga Nidra is a sleep-like state that Yogis have reported to experience while meditating.

Yoga for Witches explores a new kind of journey, connecting two powerful spiritual disciplines, with enchanting effects! Witchcraft and yoga share many similarities that are, for the first time, explored in combination, in this groundbreaking new title from Sarah Robinson, certified yoga instructor and experienced witch. Yoga for Witches shares exercises, poses and the knowledge you need to connect to your own special magic and inner power.

Sticking to a weight loss and fitness program is everything but easy. There are days when you’ll wake up with no motivation to go to the gym or do your reps. The bed will feel so comfy, the TV will whisper to you to just stay home and spend a few hours watching your favorite show. These affirmations will spur you into action on the days you want to quit. They will drive you out of bed for your morning run when all you want is to snuggle and sleep in. They will empower you not to be a quitter and to never, ever quit on yourself.

Move Your DNA explains the science behind our need for natural movement - right down to the cellular level. It examines the differences between the movements in a typical hunter-gatherer's life and the movements in our own. It shows the many problems with using exercise like movement vitamins instead of addressing the deeper issue of a poor movement diet.

You aren’t stuck with the body you have. You can make it better, even if you’ve mishandled it, and it’s far simpler than many people believe. Because here’s the truth: Every day, your body’s biology is changing. It’s getting stronger or weaker, younger or older, healthier or sicker, and the driving factor behind these changes isn’t your genes, environment, or even your age—it’s your lifestyle.

Travis Macy has summited glacial peaks in the French Alps, rappelled into limestone caves in China, and raced through parched deserts in Utah. In 2013 he famously won the Leadman Series, a combination of nearly 300 miles of high-altitude trail running and mountain biking over the course of five epic endurance races. Macy achieved all of these victories without elite professional training or even exceptional strength, speed, or flexibility.