28.02.2023

“American Indian Healing Arts: Herbs, Rituals, and Remedies for Every Season of Life” by E. Barrie Kavasch and Karen Baar

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"American Indian Healing Arts: Herbs, Rituals, and Remedies for Every Season of Life" by E. Barrie Kavasch and Karen Baar
"American Indian Healing Arts is a magical blend of plant lore, history, and living tradition that draws on a lifetime of study with native healers by herbalist and ethnobotanist E. Barrie Kavasch. Here are the time-honored tribal rituals performed to promote good health, heal illness, and bring mind and spirit into harmony with nature. Here also are dozens of safe, effective earth remedies—many of which are now being confirmed by modern research. Each chapter introduces a new stage in the life cycle, from the delightful Navajo First Smile Ceremony (welcoming a new baby) to the Apache Sunrise Ceremony (celebrating puberty) to the Seminole Old People's Dance. At the heart of the book are more than sixty easy-to-use...>>
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28.02.2023

“Feeling and Knowing: Making Minds Conscious” by Antonio Damasio

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"Feeling and Knowing: Making Minds Conscious" by Antonio Damasio
"In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the question of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent findings in neuroscience, psychology and artifical intelligence have given us the necessary tools to solve its mystery. In Feeling and Knowing, Damasio elucidates the myriad aspects of consciousness and presents his analysis and new insights in a way that is faithful to our own intuitive sense of the experience. In forty-eight brief chapters, Damasio helps us understand the relation between consciousness and the mind; why being conscious is not the same as either being awake or sensing; the central role of feeling; and why the brain is essential for the development of consciousness. He...>>
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27.02.2023

“Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Meditation: A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Techniques for Calming Your Mind and Spirit” by Shai Tubali

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"Llewellyn's Complete Book of Meditation: A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Techniques for Calming Your Mind and Spirit" by Shai Tubali
"Free Your Awareness and Awaken Your Energies with 35 Worldwide Meditation Techniques Enjoy a healthier and happier life with reduced stress, decreased pain, improved sleep, lengthened attention span, and fewer age-related memory problems. The key to these and other benefits? Meditation. Appropriate for practitioners of all skill levels, this new addition to Llewellyn's Complete Book Series features thirty-five fundamental meditation techniques from traditions around the globe, including one unique method of author Shai Tubali's own creation. These include: • Zazen (Classical Zen Meditation) • Qigong Standing Meditation • Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Body Scan • Taoist Inner Smile • Osho’s Mystic Rose • Japanese Forest Bathing • Sufi Whirling • Gurdjieff ’s “I Am” Meditation • Christian Prayer of the Heart • Islamic Dhikr • Hindu Aum Meditation • Sikh...>>
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26.02.2023

“The Power of Negative Thinking” by Dark Angel

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"The Power of Negative Thinking" by Dark Angel
"Have you tried to be positive all the time by turning a blind eye to harsh events and still find yourself struggling with anxiety and depression? Too much optimism can be harmful. Focusing only on the positive even when things are difficult is damaging as it discredits non positive emotions. This book provides information on how pessimism can provide us the ability to see reality as it is. Pessimism can force us to realistically consider the worst case scenario then prepare for it. This book successfully delivers stimulating ideas and practical techniques to adopt a healthy dose of pessimism and accept life on life terms. It enlists various methods to achieve contentment. It will enable the reader...>>
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