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08.02.2021

“Basic Meditation Hints: All the basic need to know to start your meditation session” by Cleta Arun

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"Basic Meditation Hints: All the basic need to know to start your meditation session" by Cleta Arun
"These dауѕ, mentions оf meditation аrе incredibly соmmоn—mіndfulnеѕѕ аnd brеаthіng аrе аll оvеr ѕосіаl media, аѕ wеll аѕ making арреаrаnсеѕ іn books and оn TV. Mеdіtаtіоn іѕ рорulаr bесаuѕе оf thе hеаlth bеnеfіtѕ аѕѕосіаtеd wіth the practices. Pluѕ, mеdіtаtіоn is роwеrful роrtаblе method fоr combating thе ѕtrеѕѕ thаt mоѕt оf uѕ fасе in оur еvеrуdау lives. Thе bіggеѕt bаrrіеr tо picking uр thе рrасtісе іѕ оftеn whеrе to ѕtаrt, hоw to do it аnd how tо get оur minds ԛuіеt еnоugh tо асtuаllу rеlаx. If this ѕоundѕ fаmіlіаr уоu’rе nоt alone. Thеrе аrе definitely rеаѕоnѕ why most of uѕ should be doing mоrе mindful brеаthіng аnd meditating (mе included!), but like most nеw thіngѕ,...>>
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08.02.2021

“Aikido and Words of Power: The Sacred Sounds of Kototama” by William Gleason

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"Aikido and Words of Power: The Sacred Sounds of Kototama" by William Gleason
"Aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei described the discipline as one spirit, four souls, three origins, and eight powers. One spirit and four souls are the five vowel dimensions of infinite space, the source of the sacred sounds of Kototama. Now, for the first time in English, William Gleason explains how to use the sounds of Kototama in the practice of aikido. Aikido is often approached as a purely physical discipline, but it is a truly profound spiritual vehicle for those who approach it with sincerity of purpose. The five vowels represent various dimensions and stages of awareness, whose different powers are revealed through aikido practice. Using more than 300 photographs, Gleason sensei presents physical routines that...>>
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08.02.2021

“A Magical Journey: The secret power of Aikido” by Olga Curado

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"A Magical Journey: The secret power of Aikido" by Olga Curado
"Aikido has secrets paths. This is a book about a magical journey guided by the secret powers of the martial art Aikido. It tells the story of an encounter, brought about by a mysterious message delivered during a dream, eighteen years earlier. In rural Japan, where the sacred mountains tower over the Pacific Ocean, on the Kii peninsula, the student receives from the master the answers to questions about the meaning of her own life. She learns how to search in her soul for the answers that connect her to other individuals as human beings. The blows and the practices of Aikido training are revealed here in this book as teachings, also mysteriously transmitted, to be used on...>>
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07.02.2021

“Bedeviled: A Shadow History of Demons in Science” by Jimena Canales

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"Bedeviled: A Shadow History of Demons in Science" by Jimena Canales
"Science may be known for banishing the demons of superstition from the modern world. Yet just as the demon-haunted world was being exorcized by the enlightening power of reason, a new kind of demon mischievously materialized in the scientific imagination itself. Scientists began to employ hypothetical beings to perform certain roles in thought experiments—experiments that can only be done in the imagination—and these impish assistants helped scientists achieve major breakthroughs that pushed forward the frontiers of science and technology. Spanning four centuries of discovery—from René Descartes, whose demon could hijack sensorial reality, to James Clerk Maxwell, whose molecular-sized demon deftly broke the second law of thermodynamics, to Darwin, Einstein, Feynman, and beyond—Jimena Canales tells a...>>
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