Health Exercise

Primal Endurance shakes up the status quo and challenges the overly stressful, ineffective conventional approach to endurance training. While marathons and triathlons are wildly popular and bring much gratification and camaraderie to the participants, the majority of athletes are too slow, continually tired, and carry too much body fat respective to the time they devote to training. The prevailing "chronic cardio" approach promotes carbohydrate dependency, overly stressful lifestyle patterns, and ultimately burnout.

Liz Koch seeks to dissolve the objectification of “body” in order to reconceptualize human beings as biologically intelligent, self-organizing, and self-healing. Specifically addressing educators and therapists, she delves into the conceptual framework of core by decolonizing the popular mechanistic thinking of psoas as muscle, inviting the listener on a journey toward reengaging with life’s creative processes. The book illuminates the limitations of the predominant paradigm of body and actively explores psoas as a vital, intelligent messenger that links us to an expansive network of profound possibilities.

La santé passe par nos intestins. Si cette affirmation n'est aujourd'hui plus à démontrer, les perspectives offertes par ce nouveau constat sont immenses. Et si nos intestins, comme nous surmenés, demandaient un peu de repos. Ralentir... pour mieux repartir et retrouver forme et vitalité. Alimentation industrielle, stress et sédentarité : voici le trio infernal qui contribue à l'encrassement des intestins, fait le nid des maladies dites de civilisation (obésité, diabète, problèmes cardio-vasculaires...) et porte atteinte à la vitalité.

Avoid, manage, and even reverse diabetes and prediabetes just by changing when - not what - you eat with this authoritative guide from the author of The Circadian Code.

Wing Chun is the most popular form of Chinese kung fu in the world today, with more than four million practitioners. This guide will fascinate and educate anyone interested in the martial arts, from beginner to master. The art as it is presently understood has been handed down from teacher to student for more than 300 years. Until now, no one has ever stepped back and taken a critical look at why this art's techniques are presented and performed the way they are.

Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga is a book for survivors, clinicians, and yoga instructors who are interested in mind/body healing. It introduces trauma-sensitive yoga, a modified approach to yoga developed in collaboration between yoga teachers and clinicians at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, led by yoga teacher David Emerson, along with medical doctor Bessel van der Kolk.

Combining a wealth of practical exercises with an actionable, authentic, and heartfelt blueprint for inspiring personal change, this Dialectal Behavior Therapy workbook for adults seeks to shine an illuminating light on the topic of DBT, empowering listeners everywhere to overcome whatever struggles they’re facing. Drawing on the author’s extensive personal experiences dealing with anxiety and OCD, you’ll find the best methods for managing feelings of stress and worry - along with a safe, honest, and open place to explore your anxiety and work towards creating positive change.

A powerful visualization meditation designed to help you release repressed anger in a positive, safe manner.

The scientific evidence behind why maintaining a lifestyle more like that of our ancestors will restore our health and well-being. In Go Wild, Harvard Medical School Professor John Ratey, MD, and journalist Richard Manning reveal that although civilization has rapidly evolved, our bodies have not kept pace.

Fitness may be the most failed human endeavor, and exercise science has missed some obvious principles that, when enacted, will turn you into the superhuman that you've always wanted to be. Authors Dr. John Jaquish and Henry Alkire explore the science that supports this argument and present a superior strength-training approach.

This Massage Therapy audiobook takes you through various parts of the anatomy and systems of the body to give important knowledge about why massage is used and in what ways it is beneficial to the body, including which techniques to use for specific ailments. It also details best practices, how to recognize the symptoms of various conditions, and how to treat specific clients.

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.

High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of disability or death due to stroke, heart attack, heart failure and kidney failure. After improving for a period of several years, the tables seem to have turned again. Now, even with the awareness and risks involved with this silent killer, high blood pressure continues to claim more lives and has become a serious problem. Nutrition and exercise are the keys to healthier living and Dr. Colbert explains how to make them work.

Have you ever thought why every workout you have ever done stopped at the neck? Or wondered why traditional yoga calms the mind, tones the body but forgets the face? Are you looking for a natural way to look and feel younger and healthier? Danielle Collins, TV's face yoga expert, believes we should all have the opportunity to look and feel the very best we can for our age and to care for our face, body, and mind using natural and holistic techniques. Her method requires just five minutes a day and could not be easier to get started.

It's time to turn back the clock! In 20 Years Younger, Bob Greene offers listeners a practical, science-based plan for looking and feeling their best as they age. The cutting-edge program details easy and effective steps we can all take to rebuild the foundation of youth and enjoy better health, improved energy, and a positive outlook on life. The four cornerstones of the program are: an exercise regimen for fighting muscle and bone loss, a longevity-focused diet, sleep rejuvenation, and wrinkle-fighting skin care.

Keeping the body in shape becomes a necessity in these modern times. Vigorous exercises are not only performed for aesthetic purposes, but also for the physical health. If a person has a well-maintained figure, he has few health risks. It is not actually difficult to find time for weekly exercises. A good mindset is the key to reaching your goal successfully. Among the existing forms of psychomotor movements, yoga is the simplest and most efficient.

Born into the minor aristocracy (as Eugenia Peterson), Devi grew up in the midst of one of the most turbulent times in human history. Forced to flee the Russian Revolution as a teenager, she joined a famous Berlin cabaret troupe, dove into the vibrant prewar spiritualist movement, and, at a time when it was nearly unthinkable for a young European woman to travel alone, followed the charismatic theosophical leader Jiddu Krishnamurti to India.

Et si un grand bain d'eau glacée avait le pouvoir de nous rendre plus serein, moins fatigué, plus motivé, en meilleure santé ? On imagine souvent que la nage en eau froide est l'apanage de quelques "givrés" et autres habitués d'Europe du Nord. Pourtant, cette activité sportive simple et naturelle est pratiquée dans le monde entier. Mieux : selon les dernières nouvelles de la science, elle serait à l'origine d'un cercle extrêmement vertueux, pour le corps comme pour l'esprit.

Have you begun to notice any of the following? A lack of energy? A lack of concentration? A lack of muscle and a surplus of fat? A decrease in your sex drive? You shouldn't be surprised as these are all common symptoms of low testosterone and with every passing year your testosterone levels drop significantly. Mix in poor dietary choices, poor sleep, no exercise and stress and what you have is a recipe for hormonal disaster.

To perform better in any situation - in your career, hobbies, relationships, or in any facet of your life - it is critical to develop psychological skills, which, just like physical abilities, can be taught, learned, and practiced. Both as individuals and as groups, we can tone these psychological skills and use them to heighten awareness, foster talents and technical abilities, and reach peak performance. Mental preparedness and psychological awareness are the keys to thriving in any environment.