Alternative Health

For too long, women have had to keep quiet about the menopause—its onset, its symptoms, its treatments—and what it means for us. Menopausing will build an empowered, supportive community to break this terrible silence once and for all. By exploring and explaining the science, debunking damaging myths, and smashing the taboos around the perimenopause and menopause, this book will equip women to make the most informed decisions about their health…and their lives.

Cultivating herbs for medical use is an ancient and powerful practice—ginger to boost your immune system, basil to ease your morning sickness, garlic to soothe your child’s cough—all these are there in your own kitchen closet. Plus, you can have 71 more science-backed ailments and their remedies in your backyard at your fingertips. But that’s just the beginning…your body’s natural wisdom is just waiting to be unlocked. But our modern, harsh chemicals can block that potential from ever being realized.

A first-of-its-kind guide that outlines and explains the health-promoting properties of lymphatic massage, featuring five-minute self-massage sequences anyone can do at home.

Even as millions of Americans suspect they're suffering from a gastrointestinal disorder, they may spend years in pain before they figure out just what's going on with their gut. And while irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is commonly diagnosed, SIBO, a disorder with basically all the same symptoms, is not.

La vie est synonyme de changement permanent. Et de fait, il nous est quasiment impossible de tout planifier. Il arrive qu'on perde un emploi. Qu'un proche nous quitte. Que nos relations prennent fin. Parfois, la santé nous joue des tours. Le stress monte alors en nous comme un razde-marée. Vous vous sentez parfois envahi par le stress ? Vous le sentiment d'être dépassé par les évènements ? Vous avez des difficultés à trouver le sommeil ? En vérité, notre esprit est programmé pour nous guérir. Mais seulement si nous avons les bons outils.

While serving with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Thomas Cowan encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price - two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the way medicine was - and continues to be - practiced in the United States, Cowan returned from Swaziland, went to medical school, and established a practice.

An exciting and comprehensive handbook, Reiki for Life contains everything listeners need to know about the healing art of Reiki, including basic routines, details about the power and potential of each level, special techniques for enhancing Reiki practice, and helpful direction on the use of Reiki toward spiritual growth.

Breath Perception is your companion to understanding the power of breath and using it as a tool to improve your physical and mental health. Partly because we take breath for granted and do not work with it, we are somewhat unaware of the potential it holds to reduce stress, change metabolism, and increase our supply of energy. Breath Perception presents 261 simple exercises - one for every Monday through Friday - for using breath to attain greater well-being.

Pushing back against a consumerist, pleasure-centric somatics industry that privileges product over process, Abigail Rose Clarke reminds us that truly meaningful embodiment practice nurtures our relationships among self, nature, and community.

Many books believe they know how you should live. But each book disagrees with the next. In How to Live, each chapter believes it knows how you should live. And each chapter disagrees with the next.

Mindfulness is the biggest breakthrough in treatment for alcohol problems of the 21st century. It changes lives. Yet, outside of formal treatment, the use of mindfulness for alcohol recovery is little understood. I have written this book to put that right and make mindful treatment available to anyone in an easy-to-use format, suitable for you to learn at home.

Everyone wants to live a life full of meaning, purpose, and success. Yet, you clutter your mind with limiting thoughts of can't do this, can't do that, it's too high, too far, too great to achieve. Divided into two sections, "Subliminal Affirmations" and "Laws of Attraction Guide", this audiobook will show that your subconscious is the most powerful tool to help alter your life in a positive manner.

In our modern-day world, it can often prove difficult to step back and recenter ourselves. This alpha wave composition is packed full of many binaural beats designed with pleasant sound waves to enable our mind to release stress and find a moment of true relaxation and focus. For a solid eight-plus hours, the sound waves produce a gentle, pleasant, and very calming sensation that listeners will want to repeat over and over while sleeping, studying, and working.

The fascinating story of pioneer nutritionist and prophet Dr. Hazel Parcells (1889-1996), told in her own words at age 106.

Dr. Parcells shares her wisdom about how to live a vibrantly healthy life using principles of self-healing she developed and practiced for more than 60 years.

Many of us spend the majority of our days indoors, trapped in our own heads, addicted to our screens and online connections, and feeling more and more disconnected to our own bodies - and the planet - than ever before. Intuitively, we know that even a five-minute walk outdoors can calm us and awaken our senses. In The Earth Prescription, holistic physician Laura Koniver, MD, offers the ideal antidote to the toxicity of a life isolated from nature-grounding, or directly touching the earth to heal your body and rejuvenate your sense of total well-being.

Notre monde moderne est submergé par le stress engagés dans une véritable course contre la montre, nous ne cessons de remplir un emploi du temps déjà surchargé, incapables de nous séparer de nos chers appareils électroniques, et c'est sans compter les facteurs de stress environnementaux auxquels nous sommes soumis en permanence. La science a révélé que notre capacité à faire face au stress est pourtant essentielle à notre bien-être. Il nous faut donc apprendre à relaxer, et c'est exactement ce que nous vous proposons de faire avec ce magnifique programme.

Everyday life is so frantic and full of troubles that we have largely forgotten how to live a joyful existence. We try so hard to be happy that we often end up missing the most important parts of our lives. In Mindfulness, Oxford professor Mark Williams and award-winning journalist Danny Penman reveal the secrets to living a happier and less anxious, stressful, and exhausting life.

This new volume of meditations offers clients ongoing wisdom and guidance about relationship issues. An excellent enhancement to therapy, daily thoughts provide clients with ongoing insights into issues such as surrendering, the damaging effects of manipulation, and healthy communication. More Language of Letting Go shares unsentimental, direct help for clients recovering from chemical dependency, healing from relationships and family issues, and exploring personal growth.

As a child growing up in a family of cantadoras (keepers of the old stories) Clarissa Pinkola Estes learned first hand how a story told at bedtime can soothe away the troubles of the day and prepare the way for another night's dreams to follow. Now a beloved cantadora herself, Estes shares this treasured family tradition with you on Bedtime Stories, her own special collection of tales to relax and ease you to sleep.

If you’ve ever had a friend, relative, or colleague with cancer, this is the book for you. Wondering what to say, how to help, and/or what to know about your friend with cancer? Now, for the first time, your questions will be answered in this supportive and instructional guide on how to be there for your loved one in his or her time of need.