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Balance your body, mind, and spirit and heal yourself with your own hands using this clear, step-by-step guide to the practice of the ancient Japanese healing art of Jin Shin - written by a trained expert with nearly three decades of experience.

What if you could easily and joyfully resolve the in-the-moment conflicts that often derail your eating and exercise goals? Much of what we’ve been taught about creating change in eating and exercise is simplistic, outdated, and for many, misguided. Sustainable-behavior-change researcher and lifestyle coach Michelle Segar has devoted decades to the study of how to achieve lasting changes in eating and exercise and other self-care behaviors. Segar explains the surprising reasons why our eating and exercise plans so often crash when they come up against real life.

The Luminous Self shares teachings and practices that can help us connect with our true Self and reclaim our inherent power and wisdom—essential for living with purpose and grace in our turbulent world. In this book, Tracee Stanley shares teachings and practices in each chapter—including meditation, yoga nidra, breath work, dreaming rituals, community care practices, journaling, and more—that can help us remember and honor our deepest Self. The book is a journey of inner exploration for anyone who desires to know themselves more deeply

With obesity rates soaring and fitness levels declining, superstar rapper 50 Cent offers an all-access pass to his premium plan for lifelong fitness. Through metabolic resistance training, 50 Cent’s six-week fitness plan breaks down the barriers between traditional weight training and cardio workouts, accelerating fat loss while building muscle. Coauthored with Jeff O’Connell, editor-in-chief at Bodybuilding.com, the book delivers a payoff that goes beyond six-pack abs and flab-free pecs.

Finally discovered a bodybuilding bible to build your body and mind in a more fun, seamless, effective, and organic way! It’s time to change your perspective on bodybuilding! It is not that arduous task that involves painful workout regimens and declining yourself of delicious meals, no! This audiobook offers you simple and easy steps to bodybuilding. And, trust me, bodybuilding is also not that practice that involves men who abuse drugs just because they want to look like a bouncer.

In Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?, physicist and award-winning journalist Alex Hutchinson tackles dozens of commonly held beliefs and looks at just what research science has - and has not - proven to be true. This myth-busting book covers the full spectrum of exercise science and offers the latest in research from around the globe, as well as plenty of practical tips on using proven science to improve fitness, reach weight loss goals, and achieve better competition results.

The AYP Plus Lessons Book is offered as a resource for off-line study, covering nearly 1,000 lessons and additions on practices and experiences. Until now, this large amount of instructional content has only been available through the AYP Plus online service.

Sixty Is a Good Start is filled with stories of later-life achievers and longevity-related research, all designed to change your mind. These, combined with Allison’s practical tips and ideas, will rekindle your sense of adventure as you take her Sixty-Day Dare and embark on this next phase of your life.

The paradigm of sexual health in the future will be based on mind, body, energy flow integration rather than on the mere use of pharmaceuticals, hormone replacement or steroidal compounds. Dr. Angelo Isom enlightens us on the fine points of male sexual health utilizing safe non invasive modalities such as eastern and western herbal compounds, cycling with seasonal rotation, testosterone diet and Chinese energetic sexual tantra practices. Many of the sexual esoteric guarded secrets kept away from the mainstream population privileged to only a few well informed individuals. The Sexual Warrior...

In The Roots of Pelvic Floor Yoga, author, seasoned nurse, and yoga instructor, Heather Dolson, will take you on a transformative journey exploring the intricate history of body shaming in women as Dolson weaves a narrative that transcends time and societal norms. This isn't just a book; it's a manifesto for reclaiming your body and embracing a newfound sense of self.

Little synthesizes years of integrated study in classical yoga, Sanskrit, Buddhist studies, somatic practices, anatomy, massage, and trauma healing, and offers a multifaceted and holistic perspective on yoga practice. He shares his struggles and joys as a yogi and chronicles the transformation of his understanding and practice along the way. Each chapter is a lesson, and he includes companion practices such as poses, reflections, meditations, and explorations to help you embody the teachings. Little weaves together poetic metaphor, clear instruction, compassion, and humor.

Much of the Western world was completely unaware of the profound impact of the breath on the body and mind until the 1970s. It was during this time that Swami Rama astonished physiologists by demonstrating perfect control over his heart rate and brain waves. It was something Western scientists didn’t believe humans could possibly achieve. In this audiobook, Swami Rama shares some of the basic breathing techniques practiced by Himalayan yogis so that you too can experience the profound effects of pranayama and breath control.

Age really is just a number… It’s time to keep falls and muscle weakness at bay with a much better number to revitalize your senior years: 60 gentle exercises! People always talk about what age brings with it… weakened muscles and bones, a strength that drains with every passing day, and a balance that fades away with the sands of time. But nobody talks about the biggest loss that hurts deeper than a flesh wound: The loss of your liberty. Your mundane – the everyday you hardly spend a minute thinking over in your youth – becomes a weight that drags your spirit down, keeping you ...

At 23, Andrew Forsthoefel headed out the back door of his home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, with a backpack, an audio recorder, his copies of Whitman and Rilke, and a sign that read "Walking to Listen". He had just graduated from Middlebury College and was ready to begin his adult life, but he didn't know how. So he decided to take a cross-country quest for guidance, one where everyone he met would be his guide. In the year that followed, he faced an Appalachian winter and a Mojave summer. He met beasts inside: fear, loneliness, doubt.

Injuries affect every athlete, from the elite Olympian to the weekend racer. In the moment, a traumatic crash, a torn muscle or a stress fracture can feel like the most devastating event possible. While some athletes are destroyed by the experience, others emerge from their recovery better, stronger and more confident than ever. The key to a swifter, stronger comeback is the use of mental skills: psychological tools that enable an athlete to take control of their recovery and ultimately use the experience to their advantage.

Sensuality is about more than just pleasure. Sensuality is an innate power that can help you to tune in to your body, mind, and spirit. To be sensual is to know yourself so intimately that you can move through life with confidence and clarity, deeply connected to the fire within. In this book, Henika Patel invites you on a journey of expansion to find your unapologetic, unashamed, fully expressed sensual spirit.

As more and more people in the West pursue yoga in its various forms, whether at traditional centers, in the high-powered atmosphere of sports clubs, or on their own, they begin to realize that far from being just another exercise routine, yoga is a discipline of the body and the mind. The 365 meditations included in this book offer a way to integrate the mindfulness that yoga teaches into everyday life.

Kundalini awakenings can have profound physical, emotional, and mental effects, making it difficult to cope with everyday life, yet these powerful awakenings can also allow you to release past trauma, see past the illusions of the false self, and awaken your spiritual heart, enabling you to recognize the divine self. In this step-by-step guide to the three-phase process of Kundalini awakening, Mary Shutan delivers practical information on how to deal with such a spiritual emergence in our modern world.

There's a growing army of women out there laughing, because they've turned their bodies into fat burning machines - without exercising most of the week, or eating like a rabbit. They've transformed their bodies - and are now in the best shape of their lives. The reality is that weight training incinerates body fat, develops lean, toned muscles, increases your strength, improves your mental health, strengthens your heart, lowers your risk of disease, strengthens bones, improves posture, boosts your confidence - the list goes on.

DO NOT DESPAIR. You are not alone in your plight to lose weight. It is truly one of the most difficult things to accomplish. But these stories, written by a certified nutrition counsellor, personal trainer, and lifestyle coach, will help you figure out what is holding you back. Learn to examine your actions, despite your best intentions.