Pilates on the Ball or Lung Cancer

Pilates on the Ball: A Comprehensive Book and DVD Workout

Author: Colleen Craig

PILATES / EXERCISE

Certified Pilates trainer Colleen Craig offers us a unique and exciting synthesis of the Pilates Method of body conditioning and the Swiss exercise ball, providing a new, low-impact way to get fit. Using the exercise ball, there is no need for the expensive equipment or studio time required in Pilates training.

Developed in the early twentieth century by accomplished boxer and gymnast Joseph Pilates, the Pilates Method--named by many lifestyle and fitness magazines as the hottest workout of the decade--aligns the body, builds long, lean muscles, and develops core abdominal strength. The exercise ball, used by Olympic coaches, dancers, and athletes to heighten body awareness and enhance performance, provides a perfect base for performing the graceful, strength-building Pilates movements.

Throughout her program Craig integrates the mind and body, offering breathing and relaxation techniques that accompany the ballwork. The personal stories and inspirational quotes included in the text illustrate how Pilates can improve your way of life. A handy exercise log makes it possible to track your workouts and monitor your individual progress. And, most important, step-by-step instructions and more than 300 photographs detail the Pilates principles and challenge all ability levels.

Intense enough to engage seasoned athletes yet gentle enough to alleviate chronic pain and help heal injuries, Pilates on the Ball builds strong, flexible bodies and healthy minds in an innovative way.

COLLEEN CRAIG is a Certified Pilates Trainer and writer. She lives in Toronto and teaches workshops throughout the world.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Introduction:
Heaven or Hell? Our Relationship to Physical Activity
--Ingrid's Story
--Movement and You
--Who Can Benefit?
--Movement with Meaning: The Intelligent Workout
--Mind/Body Connection

1. A Formidable Partnership 
Pilates and the Exercise Ball
--Coming Home
--What Is Pilates-Physiotherapy or Body Conditioning? 
--The Basic Principles of Pilates
--Why Pilates-based Ballwork?
--The Unique Power of the Ball
--Other Uses for the Ball
--Before You Start
--The Right Ball for You
--This Is Your Ride

2. Breathing and Breathers 
--Joseph Pilates's Story
--Back Breathing
--Breathing Patterns as Therapy
--The Breathing Exercises 
Breathing Observations · Back Breathing · Side Breathing
--Breathers--Cocoons of Readiness 
Breather One · Breather Two · Breather Three

3. The Postural Exercises
--Elsie's Story
--Postural Types
--What Is Ideal Posture? 
--Inside Out: The Postural Muscles
--The Postural Exercises 
Sitting · Bouncing · Spine Stretch Forward · The Saw · Round Back · BodySpheres: Seated Lateral Shift · Spine Twist · Mermaid

4. The Abdominal Exercises
--Edwin's Story
--"Life" and Lower Back Pain
--The Powerhouse and Lower BackPain
--Centering
--The Abdominal Exercises 
Navel-to-Spine · Little Abdominal Curls · Full Abdominal Curls · BodySpheres: Upper Abdominal Curl · The Waterfall · The Rollup · Leg Circles · Rolling Like a Ball · Single Leg Stretch · Double Leg Stretch · Obliques · The Rollover

5. The Extensions
--An Average Sunday: My Story
--Be Balanced, Be Sane
--Extension versus Flexion
--The Extension Exercises 
The Swan · Swan Dive · Shell on the Ball · More Extensions · Grasshopper

6. Pilates On the Ball Arm- and Footwork
--Jenny's Story
--Physical Fragility Is a Liability
--Inside Out-Benefits for Men and Women
--Resistance = Bone Workout
--Precision and Pace
--The Armwork 
Hug a Tree · Open Shoulders and Biceps Curls · Salute · Rowing · Flies and More Armwork
--The Footwork
Parallel Feet · Small Turnout · High Half Toe · BodySpheres: Leap Frog · Lower and Lift · Wide Squat

7. Restoration and Rebuilding
--Susan's Story
--Muscles Do Remember
--Pain Reduction 
--The Role of Abdominals in Back Care 
--Shoulder and Neck Problems
--The Ball as Therapeutic Partner
--The Rebuilding Exercises 
Hip Rolls · Hip Rolls with Balance · Shoulder Bridges · Hip Lift · Bend and Stretch · On the Side · Ball Balance · The Push-up · The Pike

8. The Simplest of Pleasures: Stretching
--Jeff's Story 
--The Benefits of Stretching
--The Ins and Outs of Safe Stretches
--The Stretching Exercises
Frog Stretch · Hamstring Stretch · Hip Stretch · Neck Stretch · The Shell · Side Stretches · Psoas Stretch · Shoulder Stretches · The Arch · The Squat

9. Stress Management and Cardiovascular Exercises 
--Roseanne's Story
--Stress
--A Visit to a Relaxation Clinic and Other Stress Releasers
--The Cardiovascular Exercises 
Bouncing Plus · Bouncing with Arms · Foot Taps · Foot Kicks · Moving around the Ball
--De-stressing on the Ball: Relaxation 
Poses 1, 2, and 3

10. Pilates on the Ball For Life 
 --Journeys versus Arrivals: Lucy's Story 
 --Honor Your Own Pace 
 --Accept Yourself as You Are Today
 --Three Workouts 
 --Workout 1: Restorative Ball 
 --Workout 2: Basic Ball 
 --Workout 3: Intermediate Ball

Resources

Ball, Video, and DVD Ordering Information

Acknowledgments

Exercise Log

Pilates on the Ball DVD Directory

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Lung Cancer: Myths, Facts, Choices--and Hope

Author: Claudia I Henschk

Winner of the 2003 American Society of Journalists and Authors' June Roth Memorial Award for Health and Medical Books. An authoritative book with new lifesaving strategies for those at risk and those already diagnosed. Lung cancer kills more women than does breast cancer, more men than prostate cancer. That's because lung cancer is usually found too late. Claudia Henschke's groundbreaking research on early diagnosis made headlines worldwide. Now, for the first time, she offers specific recommendations based on her latest findings: who needs to be checked, where to be tested, and what to expect. Dr. Henschke and co-author Peggy McCarthy, a leading patient advocate, provide up-to-the-minute information on treatment, with inspiring quotes from survivors. The book describes how the lungs work and how cancer develops. Questionnaires pinpoint risk factors (including past as well as current smoking) and the sometimes surprising symptoms, like back pain or swollen fingertips, that can signal a problem. Henschke and McCarthy explain how to remain healthy, active, and pain-free during and after treatment. They also address emotional and practical concerns, such as coping with guilt and dealing with insurance. 15 b/w illustrations.

Pearl Moore

A must read for anyone with lung cancer or who may develop lung cancer....as practical and up to date [info] as you can find.

LaSalle D. Leffall

Well-written, informative, and compelling.

Harvey I. Pass

This unique reference text is must reading for those confronted with—or worried about—a lung cancer diagnosis.

P. Jo An Loren

Innovative educational programs for healthcare professionals and consumers.

Publishers Weekly

The sheer volume of information presented here is the strength of this comprehensive manual on lung cancer. Writing with freelancer Wernick, Henschke, chief of the division of chest imaging at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, provides a medical perspective on the disease, while McCarthy, founder of the Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education (ALCASE) offers support for those afflicted as well as their caregivers. From the outset, McCarthy makes clear that the tendency of family members as well as some health-care professionals to blame smokers (nonsmokers are also diagnosed with lung cancer) when they contract lung cancer not only leads to guilt, but may actually discourage some people from seeking adequate treatment. The authors describe the many forms of lung cancer and their treatments, which include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and alternative therapies. They explain how to apply for clinical trials as well as the benefits and risks of participating. Since earlier detection improves the chances of a cure, the authors recommends the still controversial CT scans for those at high risk for lung cancer (i.e., former or current smokers). This excellent resource details how patients can learn to cope with the physical problems resulting from some treatments, how to sustain themselves emotionally while fighting the disease and ways to navigate the health-care system. An excellent resource. B&w illus. (July) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Lung cancer kills more Americans each year than prostate, colon, and breast cancer combined. The five-year survival rate is an abysmally low 14 percent largely because the disease is symptomless at a stage when most curable. With new developments in CT scanning, early detection, and treatment can improve survival to 70 percent or better. Henschke (Cornell Medical Ctr.) and lung cancer patient advocate McCarthy have written a thorough guide to the basics of how lung cancer develops, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment options, and living well with lung cancer. They address the guilt and stigma felt by smokers (and ex-smokers) and suggest ways to deal with unsympathetic family members and even healthcare providers. Treatment modalities detailed here include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, with additional chapters on alternative therapies such as acupuncture for painand getting access to the latest treatment through clinical trials. Practical issues such as insurance and estate planning, hospice care, caregiver support, and other concerns are very well covered. For a similar book, see Lung Cancer: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Options. Recommended for patient education and consumer health collections. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 3/15/02.] Anne C. Tomlin, Auburn Memorial Hosp., NY Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Priscilla Dewey Houghton
A comprehensive, vitally important book that can save thousands of lives in educating people for early detection and treatment.

Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia or Cuerpos Sin Edad Mentes Sin Tiempo

Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

Author: Alison C Bested

It has been said that chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia (CFS/FM) are like the old Indian story of the blind men and the elephant. As the men felt various parts of the elephant, they described it as a snake, a brush, a tree, or a wall, depending on which part they had touched. Each thought of the elephant in terms of his own experience, mistaking part of the elephant for all of it. Likewise, everybody working with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia has a piece of the puzzle, but much work remains to be done before a complete picture emerges.

Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia is designed to educate patients suffering from CFS/FM about their illnesses and to teach them coping skills that will improve their quality of life. And while the good news is that people who suffer from CFS/FM aren't dying, the bad news is that it's going to take a lot of time and effort to get better since there is no one specific treatment that works for everyone.

Some of the issues covered are:

Understanding the symptoms and how diagnoses are made

Causes of CFS/FM and common psychological consequences, including anxiety and depression

The role of stress and how to manage it

The connection between the mind and the body in coping with CFS/FM

The potential of medications, nturition, and lifestyle changes

The role of complimentary medications and dietary supplements in pain management

The value and limitations of alternative and complementary therapies such as acupuncture, massage, homeopathy, and aromatherapy

Legal issues about how to deal with medical and legal problems that may arise if insurance benefits have been stopped

Table of Contents:

Introduction ix Chapter 1 Diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Alison Bested 3 Chapter 2 Investigations and Theories of Illness Alison Bested 31 Chapter 3 Pacing, Energy Conservation, and Sleep Hygiene Alison Bested 57 Chapter 4 Nutritional Support Alan C. Logan 99 Chapter 5 Dietary Supplements and Herbs Alan C. Logan 119 Chapter 6 Mind-Body Medicine Alan C. Logan 155 Chapter 7 Complementary Therapies Alan C. Logan 173 Chapter 8 Pharmaceutical Treatments Gabriella Chow Alison Bested 197 Chapter 9 Legal Support Russell Howe 223 Chapter 10 Building Your Team and Bringing It All Together Alison Bested 247 Appendix 259 Index 263

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Cuerpos Sin Edad, Mentes Sin Tiempo

Author: Deepak Chopra

Dr. Chopra's Ageless Body, Timeless Mind has been a phenomenal bestseller. As the U.S. readership for Spanish language titles continues to grow, this Spanish edition should follow the same success. Popular self-help guru Chopra shows readers how to apply a mind/body approach to aging.

Muscle Logic or Living with Bipolar Disorder

Muscle Logic: EDT Delivers Twice the Muscle in Half the Time

Author: Charles Staley

Trainers and Olympic athletes agree that Escalating Density Training (EDT) really works. Now everyone who works out can learn how to benefit from this superbly effective, time-efficient system.

Your muscles will get bigger when you force them to do more work in the same period of time. That's the breathtakingly simple concept behind Charles Staley's innovative training system, EDT.

Over 300 people participated in coach Staley's first-ever EDT Fat Loss Challenge, with spectacular results. This is because EDT is a program that adjusts to the individual. Here's how: EDT designates timeframes (called PR Zones) where as many repetitions as possible are completed. Every workout becomes more effective than the one that preceded it, making each session a personal record. More reps equal bigger muscles and improved health-a simple premise that delivers amazing results.

In this book Staley provides:

· Beginner, intermediate, and advanced programs for athletes interested in maximum
performance at any level

· A 2-hour-per-week program for serious recreational bodybuilders

· Simple, effective ways to apply EDT to develop power, speed, and endurance

· Techniques that cut recovery time to train more intensely and frequently to reach
goals faster

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Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Collaborative Care Approach for Individuals and Families

Author: Michael Otto

Living with bipolar disorder is a challenge, and this book is designed to help patients and their families develop the skills they need to be a good consumer of treatment and to become an expert partner in the management of bipolar disorder. Drawing on research documenting the strength of combining drug treatments with behavioral interventions for fighting bipolar disorder, this book takes a skill-based, family-and-friends approach to managing the ups and downs commonly experienced with the disorder. With Living With Bipolar Disorder, sufferers can learn how to better recognize mood shifts before they happen, minimize their impact, and move on with their lives.
Written by the authors of Managing Bipolar Disorder: A Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Program, this book teaches individuals with bipolar disorder how to work together with their family and friends to take charge of their illness and get the most out of professional treatment. The authors stress the importance of an active partnership in treatment, while providing information and strategies to help patients and their families enhance their independence and their management of bipolar disorder. In addition to the strategies directed to individuals suffering from bipolar disorder, this book also provides information and instructions for friends and family members so they'll have the tools to help their loved ones take control of their illness. Family members will learn how to recognize potential problems, provide encouragement, practice new coping skills, and understand what the patient is going through. The book also provides worksheets and forms to help the patient reinforce skills and practices learned in therapy.It includes information about the details of living with bipolar disorder, gives advice on the best ways to avoid relapses, and teaches how to anticipate problems.
Here then is a wealth of information on bipolar disorder along with effective strategies to reduce the likelihood of episodes of depression or mania and maximize the enjoyment of life.

The Power of Experience or Parenting a Bipolar Child

The Power of Experience: Great Writers Over 50 on the Quest for a Lifetime of Meaning

Author: Jeremy Janes

What is the value of a life deeply lived? Can fragments from the past help you navigate the future? What good is wisdom in a world bewitched by ephemera?

 

Some of our best writers over 50 tackle these and other questions in this honest, hard-hitting collection about the search for meaning in the second half of life. In moving works of self-discovery, they illuminate the fine art of growing up and the power of experience to transform your life.

 

Amy Tan, for example, opens the door on her turbulent relationship with her mother, fueled by her realization that she “would never meet my mother’s standards of beauty.”

Robert Stone examines the web of relationships maintained by an ordinary man—and how an extraordinary occurrence forces him to understand, at last, what it means to become an adult. Richard Russo uses a nude beach as the perfect setting to bare the rifts in a troubled marriage—and its ever-present capacity to be healed by “a sudden and powerful resurgence of affection and trust.”

 

Our compulsion to recapture what Russo terms our “old, younger selves” emerges forcefully in verse as well. Maxine Hong Kingston undergoes a mid-career change of heart that has her mocking her muse (“I have misplaced two mindfulness belts, just when I’m learning not to lose glasses and keys so often”). And Billy Collins antically contemplates a few places in which he really wouldn’t mind being caught dead.

 

“As we stand on the mountaintop of midlife and look back at the path we’ve taken,” writes Gail Sheehy in her introduction, “the stories we tell ourselves must change.” This one-of-a-kind anthology is an invitation to re-imagine those stories—and to unearth parts of ourselves that have lain dormant far too long. Reading this book, Sheehy adds, will inspire you “to turn over your own fields of memory. If we do the same spade-work, we may be able to reframe a crucial recollection and use it as a signpost for the rest of our journey.”

 

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Parenting a Bipolar Child: What to Do and Why

Author: Gianni Faedda

When a child or adolescent is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it's hard for his or her parents to know exactly what to do. What constitutes an effective therapeutic approach to help their bipolar child navigate childhood and adolescence? In this book, a psychiatrist and a psychologist, both specializing in mood disorders, offer a comprehensive overview of the available treatment options and most effective parenting strategies for dealing with this serious condition.

In addition to a thorough explanation of the often necessary medical treatments for bipolar disorder, the book also details the importance of emotional regulation in bipolar children. Techniques for dealing with displays of rage, anger, and irritability in children are covered. The book also addresses sleep deprivation, one of the most common symptoms of childhood bipolar disorder, and the issues young people with bipolar disorder face in school. Subjects of particular interest to parents of older children and adolescents are covered, such as substance abuse, eating disorders, violence, and suicide. All of this information is complemented by advice on parental self-care and integrating the care of the bipolar child with the needs of the rest of the family.

Library Journal

Formerly known as manic-depressive illness, bipolar disorder (BPD) has become a headliner for pharmaceutical houses, psychiatric research and publications, and, now, books for the general public. But only in the last decade has the disorder been studied and treated extensively in the child and adolescent population, where it may account for as many as a third of those diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and half of all those diagnosed with depression. Well-informed parents, psychiatrists and pediatricians, and teachers and school administrators are indispensable to monitoring the disorder, hence the need for good books like these. The first author listed for each book, Demitri F. Papolos (psychiatry, Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, NY; codirector, Prog. in Behavioral Genetics) and Faedda, are New York psychiatrists; their coauthors, Janice Papolos and Austin, are a writer and a child psychologist, respectively. Somewhat more technical, The Bipolar Child includes a substantial chapter on genetics. Parenting a Bipolar Child primarily addresses families of patients and states correctly that psychotherapy is crucial to the success of overall treatment. These two books are highly recommended for general libraries and health collections, along with two more that are broader in scope: Dwight L. Evans and Linda Wasmer Andrews's If Your Adolescent Has Depression or Bipolar Disorder and and Glen R. Elliot's Medicating Young Minds. E. James Lieberman, George Washington Univ. Sch. of Medicine, Washington, DC Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Joys Way or Seven Steps to Stop a Heart Attack

Joy's Way: A Map for the Transformational Journey

Author: W Brugh Joy

In 1974 Dr. W. Brugh Joy was a distinguished and respected member of the Los Angeles medical community. In that year he contracted a life-threatening disease that culminated in an illuminating meditation, which caused him to give up his medical practice abruptly. Six weeks later he discovered that his illness was totally cured . This experience pushed him to further his explorations into realms of healing involving body energies, the chakra system, meditation, and higher levels of consciousness.

In part, Joy's Way is the story of an extraordinary personal transformation. More significantly, it is a book that shows vividly the process of individual and group transformation and that rattles and reforms the reader's concept's of the nature of reality. It expands our vision of our own unrealized potential to be conscious beings who are alert to multiple realities, and introduces us to the seemingly miraculous abilities associated with energy fields radiating from the human body.

Joy's Way contains fascinating and beautiful insights into the awakening process, into teachers (inner and outer), psi phenomena, the holographic aspects of consciousnesses, observer and witness states, dream analysis, the Tarot and I Ching, visualization, the chakras, meditation and healing, transformational psychology, and the transformation of humanity. In addition, this book clearly describes exercises and techniques that show readers how to feel the radiating body-energy fields and how to transfer this energy to another person.

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Seven Steps to Stop a Heart Attack

Author: Bob Arnot

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200 Best Lactose Free Recipes or Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution

200 Best Lactose-Free Recipes: From Appetizers and Soups to Main Courses and Desserts

Author: Jan Main

Tasty, healthy food those who suffer from lactose-intolerance.

For the lactose-intolerant, it can be a rare event to enjoy a delicious meal without the telltale symptoms of gastrointestinal upset soon following. Sufferers quickly learn to avoid many foods and give up their favorite dishes.

200 Best Lactose-Free Recipes is a collection of tasty recipes for alternatives to dishes that usually contain substantial amounts of milk, butter, and cheese. Just as tasty and delicious as the originals, all the dishes use substitutions that eliminate or substantially reduce lactose levels while also providing additional health benefits.

The recipes include "cream" soups, salmon "mousse," "cheesecake" and even "ice cream," to name just a few of the delights waiting to be rediscovered and enjoyed again. The book features tempting dishes such as:

Cream of Butternut Squash Soup

Caesar Salad with Creamy Garlic Dressing

Florentine Lasagna

Lemon Cheesecake

Fudge Pudding

Each recipe has a full nutrient analysis as well as tips on non-dairy sources of calcium to help maintain dietary balance.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments


Introduction

• Lactose Intolerance Defined


• Diagnosing Lactose Intolerance


• The Importance of Milk and Milk Products


• Surprising Soya Beans


• Getting Enough Calcium

Dips, Spreads and Other Nibbles

• 22 recipes

Breakfast, Brunch and Lunch

• 11 recipes

Soups

• 14 recipes

Salads

• 13 recipes

Pasta and Pizza

• 16 recipes

Main Courses

• 20 recipes

Side Dishes

• 14 recipes

Breads

• 29 recipes

Desserts

• 27 recipes

Sauces, Spreads and Toppings

• 21 recipes

Smoothies and Other Beverages

• 8 recipes

Appendix I: Celebration Menus

Appendix II: Nutrient Analysis

Index

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Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution

Author: Robert C Atkins MD

Weight Loss, Weight Maintenance, Good Health and Disease Prevention Through the Atkins Nutritional Approach™

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution has helped millions lose weight and get healthy. Now the world's #1 diet and complementary medicine expert has updated his proven program for a new century -- offering essential new information based on scientifically supported controlled carbohydrate principles. The updated New Diet Revolution includes:

• All you need to know to achieve permanent weight loss and a lifetime of well-being
• Brand-new case studies
• The very latest scientific research!

With Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, you can eat the delicious meals you love and kick-start your metabolism so that you burn fat for energy. You can reduce the risk factors associated with certain major health problems, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Atkins will help you re-energize your life by rebalancing your nutrition so that you look good, feel good, lose weight and keep it off. A carbohydrate counter is included.

Read by Eric Conger.

Publishers Weekly

Twenty years after publication of his bestselling Diet Revolution, Dr. Atkins is back and ready to raise a new ruckus. Once again, he contends that weight gain has little to do with fat intake; indeed, he will demonstrate ``how much fat you can burn off, while eating liberally, even luxuriously. He encourages dieters to revel in traditional sources of protein like red meat, and to eat eggs and bacon for breakfast. Rapid weight loss, he promises, will be achieved through his 14-day ``induction'' diet, in which almost all carbohydrates are virtually banned from the table, forcing the body to go into a fat-burning metabolic state called ketosis. He still urges broad-based vitamin supplements to take up any nutritional slack. So what's changed in 20 years? Atkins says he now is more interested in "complete wellness'' than in dropping pounds quickly; he stresses that the "induction'' is not to be considered a lifetime regimen unless, of course, the dieter has particularly stubborn "metabolic resistance.'' Readers of his last book may notice some defensiveness--two decades of criticism clearly have taken their toll. Nonetheless, there is enough of the old Atkins to make this the most arrogant diet book to appear in a long while. "I hope to amaze you ,'' he writes, "as I amazed millions of dieters in the past .'' And that's when he's in his modest mode.

Library Journal

Atkins updates his 20-year-old best seller, Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution with a holistic approach to health and well-being. He repeats his controversial, questionably valid premise that the elimination of carbohydrates from the diet will result in weight loss, good health, and euphoria. Contrary to current thinking, Atkins promotes a diet of protein and fat in four stages: induction, ongoing weight loss, pre-maintenance, and maintenance. Case histories document his achievements. However, his verbose text, bloated by rhetoric and generalizations, may overwhelm lay readers, who may not be able to distinguish between fact and speculation. Useful appendixes include menus, recipes, and a carbohydrate gram counter..-- Marilyn Rosenthal, Nassau Community College Library, Garden City, NY

Kirkus Reviews

"Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution", published two decades ago, sold millions of copies but was denounced by medical authorities for its unsound high-calorie, low-carbohydrate regimen. Now it's back, slightly modified, and billed even more contrariwise as a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. Atkins blames carbohydrates for most cases of overweight—as well as for much fatigue, mental fog, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. A high-fat diet, he says, is harmful only when added to a high- carbohydrate diet. At times, he backs off and hedges, admitting, for example, that refined flour and sugar, not all carbohydrates, are the culprits, and even that the desserts he promotes should be limited to special occasions. Still, heavy cream, butter, and cheese abound in his recipes; bacon and eggs are on his daily breakfast menu; and his program, especially the 14-day "induction diet" designed to induce ketosis, or fat-burning, turns all prevailing guidelines upside down. It will be interesting to see how this book does now that low-fat, high-carbohydrate eating has been so widely accepted by professionals and public alike. Atkins claims success with his 25,000 overweight patients (who take an average of 30 nutritional pills a day along with the diet), and he scores a point or two against pro-establishment preconceptions among researchers, but he certainly doesn't prove that his is the healthier diet. Still, get ready for a blitz.

Ill Quit Tomorrow or New Anti Aging Revolution

I'll Quit Tomorrow: A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment

Author: Vernon E Johnson

This bestselling recovery classic has helped untold thousands of alcoholics onto the road to recovery. Written by the founder of the Johnson Institute in Minneapolis, one of the country's most successful training programs for treatment providers, I'll Quit Tomorrow present the concepts and methods that have brought new hope to alcoholics and their families, friends, and employers. Abstinence is not the only objective of Johnson's breakthrough methods -- his therapy aims at restoring the ego strength of the victim to assure permanent recovery. Johnson outlines a dynamic plan of intervention and treatment that will block the progress of alcoholism and lead to a richer, more productive life.

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New Anti-Aging Revolution: Stop the Clock: Time Is on Your Side for a Younger, Stronger, Happier You

Author: Ronald Klatz

This book will give you a clear understanding of the biological processes involved in aging, the ten key body systems where decline first begins, and the culprits largely responsible for tripping the clock: vitamin and mineral deficiencies and diminishing hormone levels. Learn how to weigh the pros and cons of hormone therapy, naturally stimulate your hormone production, replenish your nutrient stores, strengthen your immune system, nourish your body, burn fat and build lean muscle, revitalize in your sleep, and maintain a youthful mind and spirit. Featuring a longevity test to identify how old or young you really are, and the personal life extension programs of more than two dozen anti-aging specialists, The New Anti-Aging Revolution is the essential resource for anyone who wants to learn how their bodies work, how they age, and what they can do about it.

Table of Contents:

	Dedication	vii
	Acknowledgments	viii
	Foreword: The Anti-Aging Revolution	x
	Introduction	1
	How to Use This Book	6
Section 1	On Aging
1.	Who Wants to Live to Be 150?	9
2.	Theories on Aging	19
3.	The Ticking Clock: Top Ten Biological Processes That Decline in Aging	33
Section 2	Longevity Through Hormone Therapy
4.	The "Fountain of Youth": Human Growth Hormone	61
5.	The "Grace" Factor: Adrenal Hormone (DHEA)	87
6.	The "Wonder Drug": Melatonin	103
7.	The "Female's Monitors": Estrogen and Progesterone	119
8.	The "Male Motor": Testosterone	139
9.	The "Regulator": Thyroid Hormone	155
Section 3	Longevity and Nutrition
10.	Vitamins, Co-Vitamins, and Cofactors	169
11.	Minerals	205
12.	Amino Acids	229
13.	Additional Cutting-Edge Anti-Aging Nutrients	261
Section 4	Longevity Through Lifestyle
14.	The Long-Life Diet: Nutrition for Longevity	355
15.	Detoxification Basics	383
16.	Exercises for Longevity	393
17.	Secrets of "The Immortals"	419
18.	Sleep: "The Revitalizer"	427
19.	Mind Over Matter: Antistress Tips for Anti-Aging	437
20.	Skin: Your Anti-Aging Survival Suit	453
21.	Emerging Environmental Hazards	479
Section 5	Living Longer, Living Better
22.	Personal Secrets of Longevity	491
23.	Arrival of the Triple-Digit Life Span: Biotech-Human Enhancement/Augmentation	511
24.	The Longevity Test	521
Section 6	Endnotes
	Glossary	535
	Animal and Human Models Demonstrating Advancements Toward Extending and Enhancing the Human Life Span	547
	Anti-Aging Resources	557
	The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine	569
	References	571
	Index	605
	About the Authors	621

A Complete Guide to Manicure and Pedicure or Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome

A Complete Guide to Manicure and Pedicure

Author: Leigh Toselli

Equally useful to beauty professionals, cosmetology students, and those who want to achieve expert results at home, the practical instruction and extensive illustrations provided here demonstrate all there is to know about properly grooming the hands, nails, and feet. Beginning with the internal structure of the feet, hands and nails, the instruction continues with the selection and proper use of nippers, cuticle scissors, softeners and creams, files, and other essential tools. The French manicure technique, application of acrylic nails and tips, using nail wraps, and emergency fixes for broken nails are all included. Also featured are spa and salon manicure and pedicure routines, foot and hand massage and reflexology techniques, and professional secrets for a perfect polish.

Library Journal

Toselli's book will be useful for readers who wish to learn manicure and pedicure techniques. The author has had experience as a model and as a beauty and fashion editor, though not as an aesthetician. Her editorial work has appeared in publications such as Marie Claire and Elle, and she consulted for the What Not to Wear series on the BBC. Toselli includes information on hand and foot muscles and bones and massage techniques for both. The illustrations will make this a useful volume for the nonprofessional reader who wishes to perform home treatments and understand some salon treatments. There are clear, well-documented instructions along with data on common foot and hand problems. A good purchase for public libraries wishing to update their collection, or for those wishing to expand one. Shelley Brown, Richmond P.L., Vancouver, BC Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Author: Patricia C Winders

Children with Down syndrome master basic gross motor skills just as their peers do, but may need help along the way. Written by a physical therapist with sixteen years of experience working with children with Down syndrome, this guide describes and illustrates more than 100 easy-to-follow activities to encourage end maximize a child's gross motor development. The skills covered are those appropriate from birth to age six, such as head control, rolling, sitting, cruising, walking, kicking, jumping, and riding a tricycle.

Readers learn why the physical characteristics of Down syndrome, such as low muscle tone and increased flexibility, can affect gross motor development, and how to overcome those obstacles. Gross Motor Skills emphasizes the importance of letting each child acquire basic skills at his or her own pace and gives authoritative information on the stages of motor development, as well as specific exercises to practice motor skills with o child and enhance his or her physical development.

The New Optimum Nutrition Bible or Curves

The New Optimum Nutrition Bible: Revised and Updated

Author: Patrick Holford

PATRICK HOLFORD is one of Britain's leading nutritional authors, with more than 20 health books published under his byline, including The 30Day Fatburner Diet, Optimum Nutrition for the Mind, and The H Factor. He founded the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION),a nonprofit center for the research and practice of nutrition in London. He lives in London.

New interesting book: Corporate Bodies and Guilty Minds or An Anthropological Critique of Development

Curves: Permanent Results without Permanent Dieting

Author: Gary Heavin

The power to amaze in 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week.

Two million women have discovered Gary Heavin's secret to permanent weight loss at more than six thousand Curves fitness and weight-loss centers around the country. In thirty minutes, three times a week-and without a restrictive diet-many have been able to take off the weight and keep it off for good.

The Curves Promise:

- A unique three-part nutrition plan that produces results quickly and shows how to maintain weight loss in order to eat normally for 28 days, and only monitor food intake two days a month
- A Metabolic Tune-Up helps deter yo-yo dieting and shows how to lose weight by eating more, not less
- Simple self-tests determine calorie or carbohydrate sensitivity, helping women individualize their food plan
- Shopping lists, meal plans, recipes, food and supplement guides, and charts to track progress and guide users through every phase of the nutrition and exercise plan - A complete Curves At-Home workout, combining strength training and aerobics and taking only thirty minutes a day-no more than three times a week

Author Biography: Gary Heavin opened his first fitness center in 1976. A nutritional counselor and fitness instructor, he started the Curves franchise in Texas in 1992. Since then it has grown to become the largest fitness franchise in the world.

Carol Colman is the author or co-author of numerous bestselling health books.

Library Journal

It seems that every time one turns around, there is another fitness guru with a book touting a miraculous (read: quick and easy) way to lose weight. Founder and CEO of Curves International, the largest fitness franchise in the world, Heavin is no different from the other experts. Heavin recommends working out three times a week for 30 minutes-which of course he would like you to do at Curves. But his book provides complete exercises with well-drawn examples for readers to follow or Curves regulars to use on their days off. Also included are a low-calorie diet and a low-carbohydrate diet, each with recipes and extensive menus, and a written quiz called "Test Your Metabolism" helps readers decide which plan they should follow. While good tips can be gleaned from these pages, Heavin really doesn't give us anything new. Buy for demand only if Curves is popular in your community.-Marianne Fitzgerald, Information Specialist, Charlotte Mecklenburg Sch. Dist., NC Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Blood Pressure Cure or 12 Effective Ways to Help Your Add Adha Child

Blood Pressure Cure: 8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure without Prescription Drugs

Author: Robert E Kowalski

NEW FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE 8-WEEK CHOLESTEROL CURE

Robert Kowalski's clinically proven program draws on the very latest research on high blood pressure causes, development, and treatment. With the most up-to-date information on herbs, supplements, diet, physical activity, and more, this commonsense, easy-to-follow program can help you lower your blood pressure so that you can decrease your risk of heart attack and stroke—and increase your chances of living a long and healthy life.

"The book is exceptional in its clarity and depth. I would recommend it to anyone with a tendency to hypertension."

—Charles Keenan Jr., M.D., Associate Professor of Family Practice, UCLA

Hypertension is an important member of the quartet of risk factors for cardiovascular disease—the other three are elevated cholesterol levels, diabetes, and cigarette smoking. Robert Kowalski endeavors to bring all these risk factors under control without resorting to medications. This book presents simple answers to the questions that arise when people take charge of their own health in partnership with their physician."

—Calvin Ezrin, M.D., author of Your Fat Can Make You Thin

"The Blood Pressure Cure offers a comprehensive, nutritionally sound, and easily accessible guide to lowering one's blood pressure safely and effectively."

—Kristen Caron, M.A., M.F.T., author of The Everyday Meal Planner for Type 2 Diabetes

"Robert Kowalski is now doing for blood pressure what he did for cholesterol in his previous books—he is revolutionizing the way we think about the non-pharmaceutical treatment of this important riskfactor for heart disease. This well-written, concise book is a must-read for every person suffering from or treating high blood pressure."

—Paul Dougherty, M.D., Professor of Medicine, UCLA

Now you can take control of your health and manage your blood pressure the natural way—without prescription drugs or complicated lifestyle changes.

"After just a few weeks of following The Blood Pressure Cure, my blood pressure came down 11 points and it keeps getting lower!

"From 133/80 to 119/73 in one month!"

Publishers Weekly

In 1978, at age 35, medical journalist Kowalski (The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure) suffered a heart attack and later underwent two coronary bypass surgeries. Here, he relates how he lost weight, quit smoking, managed stress, lowered blood pressure and cholesterol levels and avoided medications and their side effects. Kowalski recommends ways to monitor blood pressure, combat the metabolic syndrome that leads to heart disease and diabetes (abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and triglycerides, insulin resistance, inflammation, etc.) and raise levels of HDL (good) cholesterol. He provides basic diet and exercise guidelines, details the components of proper electrolyte balance (sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium) and describes potent natural remedies, including arginine, pycnogenol and grapeseed extract. There are sections on children's health and risks and a review of current prescription drugs for those who must take them. Kowalski's use of clichés and case studies bogs down the text somewhat. Still, readers facing poor prognoses will gain a hopeful perspective on the future from the author's experiences. (May)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Janet M. Schneider - Library Journal

In this guide to lowering blood pressure, journalist Kowalski (The 8 Week Cholesterol Cure) calls hypertension one of the three major risk factors for heart disease. While admitting heredity and race play a role, Kowalski asserts that these are only warnings that can be negated by good health habits. He explains the new definitions and classification of blood pressure levels, including prehypertension, and provides rationale for the updated guidelines. Risk factors for special populations of children, African Americans, women, older people, and diabetics receive brief attention. Basic information on weight reduction, physical activity, stress reduction, alcohol use, and diet as they affect hypertension is given. Some alternative medicine therapies are mentioned. Prescription drugs are briefly covered; some recipes are included. Kowalski touts five secret weapons for a blood pressure cure: arginine, grape seed extract, tomato extract, Pycnogenol, and cocoa. He cites small clinical studies to back his assertions; unfortunately, larger studies show unclear results. Recommendations for lifestyle changes are vague. Aggie Casey and Herbert Benson's Harvard Medical School Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressureis a better choice. For large collections only.

Table of Contents:

Foreword   Steven Burstein, M.D.     ix
Acknowledgments     xiii
Introduction     1
The Blood Pressure Problem
Hypertension: The Silent Killer     13
Testing Your Pressure     26
Different Blood Pressure Concerns for Different People     34
Blood Pressure and Diabetes     46
The Blood Pressure Cure Program
Weight and Blood Pressure     57
Enjoy a Pressure-Friendly Active Lifestyle     76
Reduce Your Stress     90
Time to Quit Smoking     108
Balance Your Electrolytes: Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium     123
Drink, but Not Too Much     142
Lower Your Cholesterol, Lower Your Blood Pressure     148
Eating to Lower Blood Pressure     167
Daily Blood Pressure Busters     184
The Blood Pressure Cure 5 Secret Weapons     203
The Blood Pressure Cure Express Program     236
Understanding Prescription Drugs: The Last Resort to Lowering Blood Pressure     242
Recipes for Healthy Blood Pressure     256
Take the Pressure Off Your Heart     285
References     288
Index     295

Book about: Big Business Strong State or Rethinking Commodification

12 Effective Ways to Help Your Add/Adha Child: Drug-Free Alternatives for Attention-Deficit Disorders

Author: Laura J Stevens

A parent's guide to effective techniques for combating the difficulties faced in raising a child with ADD/ADHD.

Affecting approximately five percent of the school-age population, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)/Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common behavioral disorder in children. In her book, Laura Stevens offers a series of alternatives to the often-prescribed drugs, which have potential negative side effects.

Helping a child with ADD/ADHD can be a frustrating process that requires an understanding of the various biochemical and nutritional factors involved. This comprehensive guide offers the information parents need to recognize these factors. Included also are dietary suggestions and tips for avoiding allergens.

Laura J. Stevens, M.S., is the founder of Nutrition in Action, Inc., the developer of The ADD/ADHD Online Newsletter, and the coauthor of How to Feed Your Hyperactive Child.

Weight Training or Forget the Facelift

Weight Training

Author: Thomas R Baechl

Take the guesswork out of strength training and understand the details of proper technique, weight loads, and reps. The no-nonsense approach of Weight Training: Steps to Success has guided more than 175,000 readers to their strength training goals, step by step-and it will do the same for you!

You will develop through a thorough, progressive approach to strength training with either free weights or machines. Learn which exercises target what muscles and how to perform each one correctly and safely. Then determine the amount of weight and the number of repetitions and sets that you should lift in order to achieve your objectives. Finally, develop a workout and program that fit your interests and training preferences.

Whether your goal is improving muscular endurance, building strength, increasing muscle mass, toning, or enhancing body composition, Weight Training: Steps to Success will help you achieve it. With more than 30 exercises explained and illustrated, along with guidance on how to approach introductory workouts and create a tailored training program, it's no wonder this is the book thousands of strength training enthusiasts use to get the most out of their workouts.

Library Journal

Baechle and Groves, experienced coaches and trainers, present a step-by-step, well-organized manual directed at beginners as well as advanced students of weight training. Sixteen chapters cover basic exercises for the upper and lower body, using free weights and machines. The emphasis is on proper technique and performance in a controlled manner through analyzing movements, detailing safety precautions, and identifying common errors. The exercises are presented in workbook style, with practice drills and checklists. Weight Training is better for novices than such recent titles as Robert Kennedy's Bodybuilding Basics (Sterling Pub. Co., 1991) and offers a more scientific approach. If the illustrations (not seen) are as systematic and thoughtful as the text, this book would make a solid addition to public and academic library sports collections.-- Sandra Math, St. John's Univ. Lib., Staten Island, N.Y.

What People Are Saying

John Taylor
"The approach to explaining training concepts, the clear and concise explanations of how to perform the exercises, and the overall organization of Weight Training: Steps to Success make it one of the most outstanding books available for introducing basic and intermediate weight training principles and programs."
—CSCS*D, Head strength and conditioning coach New Mexico State University; 2001 National College Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year

Donald A. Chu
"The clarity and thorough explanation of performing the exercises and of designing an individualized weight training program are what make Weight Training: Steps to Success so outstanding. Add to that the full range of exercises included and detailed illustrations of proper technique, and you have the best resource of its kind available."
—PhD, PT, ATC, CSCS, NSCA-CPT

Table of Contents:

Step 1.  Understanding the Basics of Lifting and Training

New interesting book: Version Control with Subversion or Malware Forensics

Forget the Facelift: Turn Back the Clock with a Revolutionary Program for Ageless Skin

Author: Doris J Day

In Forget the Facelift, Dr. Doris J. Day brings her full-service dermatology practice to you. Not only does she provide a skin-care regimen for beautiful, glowing skin and detailed descriptions of all the latest wrinkle erasers and rejuvenating skin treatments, Dr. Day takes caring for your skin a step further. In this book, you'll find recipes for making homemade facial cleansers, masks, and scrubs, as well as menus, recipes, and fitness tips to get you on the road to eating right and exercising for your skin's health.

Rounding out Dr. Day's program for ageless skin is a list of skin saboteurs that readers must avoid at all costs in order to keep their skin healthy, as well as tips for improving their overall appearance-including, dress, hair, and makeup suggestions, which will make their skin look even better.

About the Author: Doris J. Day, M.D., is a board-certified dermatologist who specializes in laser, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology. She is a columnist for Redbook magazine and is frequently featured in such magazines as In Style, Vogue, and Glamour. She's also appeared on the Today show
and CNN's Paula Zahn Now. Dr. Day was the consulting dermatologist for Good Skin, an affordable line of skin-care products by Estee Lauder. She lives and works in New York City.

Sondra Forsyth is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Ladies' Home Journal, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Lifetime, and Reader's Digest, among many others.

Wall of Silence or Multifidus Back Pain Solution

Wall of Silence: The Untold Story of the Medical Mistakes That Kill and Injure Millions of Americans

Author: Rosemary Gibson

"Medical mistakes occur with alarming frequency in this country. Nightly newscasts and daily newspapers tell of botched surgeries, mistaken patient identities, careless overdoses, and neglected diagnoses. You may have dismissed these stories as unfortunate mistakes, misunderstandings, or just isolated incidents with the occasional bad doctor." Wall of Silence reveals that these medical mistakes are not rare incidents. In fact, the real-life stories in this book show that medical mistakes are increasing in frequency - and worse, that the system is designed more to cover up these errors than prevent them.

Go to: Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants or Beauty to Die for

Multifidus Back Pain Solution

Author: Jim Johnson

New research suggests that most back pain is caused by underdeveloped multifidus muscles, those that connect the spinal vertebrae and are crucial in bending the back. This book presents exercises to strengthen the multifidus group. Simple explanations and black-and-white drawings throughout show readers how to work with these muscles.

A Dignified Life or The Healing Promise of Qi

A Dignified Life: The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care, A Guide for Family Caregivers

Author: Virginia Bell

Four million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer's disease and experts estimate that 22 million people around the world will be so afflicted by 2025. Far too many families are struggling with the emotionally and physically draining responsibility of redefining their relationship with, and caring for, someone who not long ago was a vibrant member of society, yet may not know their own name today.

A Dignified Life helps combat the burnout and frustration that often accompany the task of caring for an Alzheimer's patient. Author David Troxel, an Alzheimer's expert and executive director of the California Central Coast Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, maintains that at its simplest this approach is based on treating the person like a best friend and working from their strengths, not their weaknesses. He explains: "As family members, caregivers and professionals, we have to try to connect with them. People with this disease in some way need someone to be . . . attentive and empathetic--someone who really tries to walk a mile in their shoes. "

A Dignified Life goes beyond the typical tips offered by most books and takes advantage of readers' instinctive desire to build friendships and taps into the intuitive aspect of caregiving that is part of our very nature. It provides a complete model for care built around creative and effective communication and meaningful activities and includes touching stories that demonstrate how the Best Friends method continues to improve the lives of both those who have Alzheimer's disease and those who care for them.

New interesting book: RealAge Diet or Cortisol Connection Diet

The Healing Promise of Qi: Creating Extraordinary Wellness with Qigong and Tai Chi

Author: Roger Jahnk

Unlocks the secrets of one of the most powerful of Chinese healing arts

Developed over millennia in China, qigong (literally, life force + mastery, or refinement) is a set of techniques used to increase your vitality, longevity, and sexual potency as well as achieve and maintain optimal health and inner peace. In the groundbreaking The Healing Promise of Qi, Dr. Roger Jahnke, internationally respected doctor of Chinese medicine and author of the bestselling The Healer Within, clearly and simply explains the concepts of qigong in practical terms.

With the help of 125 superbly rendered illustrations, he describes a multitude of simple qigong tools, practices, and techniques for accessing and utilizing the incredible power of qi. Rather than focus on a particular form of qigong, Dr. Jahnke presents concise, easy-to-follow techniques from among the more than 25 traditional and modern forms that he has mastered and taught to thousands of people across the United States and Canada.

Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., has been practicing traditional Chinese medicine for more than a quarter century. He has traveled and studied extensively throughout China and the Far East, and he was among the first to introduce the ancient Chinese healing arts to the West. He directs the Integral Institute of Tai Chi and Qigong and is the chair of the Qi cultivation department at the Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine. Dr. Jahnke teaches at such venues as the Esalen Institute and the Omega Institute and is the cofounder and chair of the National Qigong Association. He leads training sessions at hospitals, corporations, and communityorganizations and speaks internationally on self-healing, stress mastery, and the positive transformation of health care. Dr. Jahnke is a key Chinese medicine authority for numerous websites including the popular HealthWorld.

IJHC/WHR Newsletter

...an outstanding discussion of subtle energiew as Qi. His explanations are interesting and his style easy reading.

Bringing Yoga to Life or Time to Feed Baby

Bringing Yoga to Life: The Everyday Practice of Enlightened Living

Author: Donna Farhi

Internationally renowned and bestselling author Donna Farhi moves yoga practice beyond the mat into our everyday lives, restoring the tradition's intended function as a complete, practical philosophy for daily living.

Expanding upon the teachings of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the core text of the yoga tradition, Donna Farhi describes yoga's transforming power as a complete life practice, far beyond its common reduction to mere exercise routine or stress management. This is the philosophy of yoga as a path to a deeper awareness of self. Drawing upon her years of teaching with students, Farhi guides readers through all the pitfalls and promises of navigating a spiritual practice.

Farhi's engaging and accessible style and broad experience offer important teachings for newcomers and seasoned practitioners of yoga alike. And because her teachings of yoga philosophy extend into every corner of daily life, this book is an equally accessible guide to those seeking spiritual guidance without learning the pretzel bendings of the physical practice itself. As one of the top teachers worldwide, Farhi's exploration of the core philosophy of yoga is destined to become an instant classic.

Publishers Weekly

Farhi (Yoga Mind, Body, and Spirit; The Breathing Book) explains how to begin the process of integrating the principles of yoga into daily living. This is not a book for seekers of a quick self-help fix; Farhi points out "the ancient science of Yoga does not pretend to be simple, quick, or easy." Rather, it's for readers interested in learning about the origins of yoga and using this deeper understanding to bring slow improvement to mind and body. Slow is an operative word-there's even a chapter on slowing down, which is the "precursor to yoga practice because this simple act allows us to consider our thoughts, feelings, and actions more carefully in the light of our desire to live peacefully." Other chapters address becoming one's own teacher, trusting what one does not fully comprehend, and getting through roadblocks (such as sloth and feelings of inadequacy) on the path to enlightened living. Each chapter contains anecdotes of the small ways in which yoga reaches into everyday people's everyday lives-and these stories elucidate the power of yoga in ways no theoretical teachings can. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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Time to Feed Baby: A Journal for Recording Your Baby's Feeding Schedule

Author: Potter Styl

Whether for personal, organizational, or health-related reasons, tracking the feeding schedule of a newborn is an essential and vital part of keeping a baby healthy and happy. The Time to Feed Baby journal is designed for jotting down the details of each feeding, and for making note of new foods as they are introduced to the baby's diet.
With a concealed wire-O binding that allows the journal to lie flat (for mothers who are writing with one hand and taking care of the baby with the other), Time to Feed Baby also includes a pocket in the back for storing articles, doctor information, and other loose notes related to breast-feeding. Beautifully designed with colors fit for the mother of a baby girl or boy, Time to Feed Baby also makes a great baby shower gift.

128 pages (guided), 5 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches, with a concealed wire-O binding

Treatment Planning for Person Centered Care or Cook Right for Your Type

Treatment Planning for Person Centered Care: The Road to Mental Health and Addiction Recovery: Mapping the Journal for Individuals, Famalies, and Providers ( Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professionals Series)

Author: Neal Adams

Requirements for treatment planning in the mental health hand addictions fields are long standing and embedded in the treatment system. However, most clinicians find it a challenge to develop an effective, person-centered treatment plan. Such a plan is required for reimbursement, regulatory, accreditation and managed care purposes. Without a thoughtful assessment and well-written plan, programs and private clinicians are subject to financial penalties, poor licensing/accreditation reviews, less than stellar audits, etc. In addition, research is beginning to demonstrate that a well-developed person-centered care plan can lead to better outcomes for persons served.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Joseph Beck, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book describes an individualized approach to addiction recovery and treatment and includes unique appendixes that outline actual treatment plans.
Purpose: The purpose is to have treatment providers recognize the utility of tailoring treatment and not necessarily use an algorithmic approach. It then outlines some methods of customizing the treatment to meet individual patient needs in a biopsychosocial fashion.
Audience: There is a very small and specific audience for this book. Mental health professionals who are focused on addiction recovery, and have the necessary resources to carry out the treatment plans, may benefit.
Features: The book starts by arguing the importance of person-centered care while defining the term. It then delineates specific methods for individualizing care plans. It is inclusive of some of the basic tenets of addiction recovery, including assessing stages of change and having patients perform narrative summaries. The appendixes are very useful, outlining care plans in a very specific manner that I would find applicable to clinical care.
Assessment: I did not find this book particularly engaging. The authors are not very succinct in describing basic addiction recovery principles and since the audience is likely to be versed in these, they likely will find the book lacking. Although the title seems clearly stated, the overall thrust of the book is somewhat convoluted and ethereal. The appendixes, however, are very useful. These sorts of concrete examples are what clinicians need to practice with this population. In fact, I would consider using these appendixes as a template for recovery planning. Perhaps, a sort of workbook would be more useful since the quality of the text does not match the utility of the appendixes and the audience is most likely familiar with most of what the text covers.

Rating

2 Stars from Doody

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Cook Right for Your Type: The Practical Kitchen Companion to "Eat Right for Your Type"

Author: Peter J DAdamo

Cook Right 4 (for) Your Type shows how to set up a nutritional program designed specifically for blood type. With the help of a team of chefs, Dr. D'Adamo presents a book chock-full of vital information and delicious recipes for each blood type. Whether you're a meat-eater or a vegetarian, Cook Right 4 Your Type is an essential source for living with a sensible diet individualized for you that allows you to eat food that seems like a major indulgence. With such delicious recipes as lamb stew, braised vegetables, and lemon squares, you'll barely notice that you've started a regimen designed to optimize your health, your weight, and your total well-being.

Table of Contents:

Pt. I	The Eat Right Road Map	1
1	The Blood Type Diet: A Celebration of Individuality	3
2	The Genetic Fingerprint: Why Your Blood Type Matters	5
3	Humanity's Cornucopia: What Nutrition Really Means	13
4	Eat Right for Your Type: The O, A, B, AB Road Maps	23
5	Getting Started: From Mind-Set to Market to Table	52
	O, A, B, AB Food Charts	79
Pt. II	Recipes	113
6	Meat & Poultry	120
7	Fish & Seafood	139
8	Tofu & Tempeh	149
9	Pasta	164
10	Pizza	177
11	Beans & Grains	184
12	Vegetables	204
13	Soups & Stews	221
14	Breads, Muffins, Tea Cakes, & Batters	247
15	Salads	269
16	Sandwiches, Eggs, Tarts, Frittatas, & Crepes	279
17	Desserts, Cheese, & Fruit	292
18	Dressings, Sauces, Chutneys, & Relishes	317
19	Beverages	341
20	Snacks, Treats, & Munchies	353
Pt. III	30-Day Menu Plans	363
	Type O	367
	Type A	383
	Type B	399
	Type AB	415
App. A	Mail-Order Marketplace	431
App. B	Join the Blood Type Web	433
App. C	Quick & Easy At-Home Blood Type Test	435
	Index	437

500 Formulas For Aromatherapy or In Defense of Food

500 Formulas For Aromatherapy: Mixing Essential Oils for Every Use

Author: Carol Schiller

Exact formulas for making hundreds of blends for skin and hair care, relief of stress and pre-menstrual syndrome, baby oils and powders, cellulite reduction, massage oils, and more. "It's interesting to just page through the alphabetical section and learn the purported advantages of oils, from allspice (Pimenta officinalis) to ylang-ylang (Cananga odorata)."--Booklist.

New interesting textbook:

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Author: Michael Pollan

What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times.

The New York Times - Janet Maslin

…a tough, witty, cogent rebuttal to the proposition that food can be reduced to its nutritional components without the loss of something essential…In this lively, invaluable book—which grew out of an essay Mr. Pollan wrote for The New York Times Magazine, for which he is a contributing writer—he assails some of the most fundamental tenets of nutritionism: that food is simply the sum of its parts, that the effects of individual nutrients can be scientifically measured, that the primary purpose of eating is to maintain health, and that eating requires expert advice…Some of this reasoning turned up in Mr. Pollan's best-selling Omnivore's Dilemma. But In Defense of Food is a simpler, blunter and more pragmatic book, one that really lives up to the "manifesto" in its subtitle.

The Washington Post - Jane Black

…in this slim, remarkable volume, Pollan builds a convincing case not only against that steak dinner but against the entire Western diet. Over the last half-century, Pollan argues, real food has started to disappear, replaced by processed foods designed to include nutrients. Those component parts, he says, are understood only by scientists and exploited by food marketers who thrive on introducing new products that hawk fiber, omega-3 fatty acids or whatever else happens to be in vogue…what makes Pollan's latest so engrossing is his tone: curious and patient as he explains the flaws in epidemiological studies that have buttressed nutritionism for 30 years, and entirely without condescension as he offers those prescriptions Americans so desperately crave. That's no easy feat in a book of this kind.

Publishers Weekly

In his hugely influential treatise The Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollan traced a direct line between the industrialization of our food supply and the degradation of the environment. His new book takes up where the previous work left off. Examining the question of what to eat from the perspective of health, this powerfully argued, thoroughly researched and elegant manifesto cuts straight to the chase with a maxim that is deceptively simple: "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." But as Pollan explains, "food" in a country that is driven by "a thirty-two billion-dollar marketing machine" is both a loaded term and, in its purest sense, a holy grail. The first section of his three-part essay refutes the authority of the diet bullies, pointing up the confluence of interests among manufacturers of processed foods, marketers and nutritional scientists-a cabal whose nutritional advice has given rise to "a notably unhealthy preoccupation with nutrition and diet and the idea of eating healthily." The second portion vivisects the Western diet, questioning, among other sacred cows, the idea that dietary fat leads to chronic illness. A writer of great subtlety, Pollan doesn't preach to the choir; in fact, rarely does he preach at all, preferring to lets the facts speak for themselves. (Jan.)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Publishers Weekly

Pollan provides another shocking yet essential treatise on the industrialized "Western diet" and its detrimental effects on our bodies and culture. Here he lays siege to the food industry and scientists' attempts to reduce food and the cultural practices of eating into bite-size concepts known as nutrients, and contemplates the follies of doing so. As an increasing number of Americans are overfed and undernourished, Pollan makes a strong argument for serious reconsideration of our eating habits and casts a suspicious eye on the food industry and its more pernicious and misleading practices. Listeners will undoubtedly find themselves reconsidering their own eating habits. Scott Brick, who narrated Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, carries forward the same tone and consistency, thus creating a narrative continuity between the two books. Brick renders the text with an expert's skill, delivering well-timed pauses and accurate emphasis. He executes Pollan's asides and sarcasm with an uncanny ability that makes listening infinitely better than reading. So compelling is his tone, listeners may have trouble discerning whether Brick's conviction or talent drives his powerful performance. Simultaneous release with the Penguin Press hardcover (Reviews, Nov. 26). (Dec.)

Copyright 2007Reed Business Information

Functional Training for Sports or Scrawny to Brawny

Functional Training for Sports: Superior Conditioning for Today's Athlete

Author: Michael Boyl

Reach a higher level of athleticism with Functional Training for Sports! Renowned strength and conditioning coach Mike Boyle guides you through a complete system that focuses on training your body the way it will be used during competition to develop movement skills, body positions, and explosive power essential for all sports. Through effective strength tests and detailed exercise progressions you will achieve your full athletic potential. The progressions focus on developing the torso, the upper body, and the lower body. As you master each progression, you will be more prepared to perform your best with notable improvements in stability and balance, reaction time, core strength, and power. This whole-body, sports-applied program makes Functional Training for Sports your guide to today's most effective and efficient training.

About the author:
Mike Boyle is regarded as a leader in the field of strength and conditioning. Before his work with Athletes' Performance, Boyle was owner of Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, which emphasized performance enhancement and injury prevention to provide athletes of all ages.

Before opening his business, Boyle spent 17 years as the strength and conditioning coach at Boston University and 10 years as the strength and conditioning coach for the NHL's Boston Bruins. He was one of the first strength and conditioning coaches to prepare athletes specifically for the NFL Combine, a trend that is now industry-wide. He also was the strength and conditioning coach for the 1998 gold medal-winning U.S. women's Olympic ice hockey team.

Widely known for his work with hockey players, Boyle also has trained athletes in many of the major professional sports leagues in North America, including the NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, and WNBA. Boyle lives in Reading, Massachusetts, with his wife, Cynthia.

Detroit Red Wings - Brendan Shanahan

Mike Boyle knows how to get results. He helped me reach my full playing potential, and in Functional Training for Sports he'll show you how to condition your body to perform its best during competition.

San Diego Chargers - Marcellus Wiley

With Functional Training for Sports you can become stronger and faster than ever. Boyle's system works! He helped me reach my dream of being a professional football player and enabled me to perform better than my peers.

15-year veteran of the U.S. women's national soccer team - Kristine Lilly

Mike Boyle's training techniques have helped me to be stronger, quicker, and fitter. His approach prepares me for the long soccer season and gives me the extra edge I need. Functional Training for Sports presents the most effective and efficient training program available today!

New interesting textbook: Rethinking Thin or Champions Body for Life

Scrawny to Brawny: The Complete Guide to Building Muscle the Natural Way

Author: Michael Mejia

A state-of-the-art weight-lifting and nutritional blueprint for "skinny" guys who want to pack on muscleLet's face it, naturally skinny guys are at a distinct genetic disadvantage when it comes to building muscle mass. But with the proper advice, these "hardgainers" definitely can realize their fitness goals. In Scrawny to Brawny, the authors draw on their years of practical experience as private strength and nutrition coaches to provide hardgainers with:o A progressive, state-of-the-art program that optimizes results with shorter, less frequent workouts that maximize compound exerciseso A unique, action-based perspective on nutrition that shows how to prepare quick muscle-building meals and snacks-and how to take advantage of several critical times in the day when muscle growth can be stimulated by food intakeo Vital information on how to identify and fix any weak links in their physiques that may be precursors to injuryDesigned not only for frustrated adult hardgainers but also-with its strong anti-steroid message-a terrific book for the large teen market, Scrawny to Brawny fills a significant gap in the weight-lifting arsenal.

Everyday Raw or Where Is the Mango Princess

Everyday Raw

Author: Matthew Kenney

Enjoy raw food every day! This book is simple, straightforward, and easy to use. The recipes are for everyone interested in fresh, healthy, local, and organic food that tastes great. Whether it is a smoothie, a salad, or a midmorning snack, you will love the fresh and delicious recipes Matthew Kenney has created. The book also includes substantial main dishes, like Pad Thai and Tomato, Basil, and Ricotta Pizza, as well as decadent desserts like Frozen Goji Berry Souffle and Chocolate Hazelnut Tart. The chapter Unbaked teaches you to make crackers and breads using raw food techniques and ingredients, and the chapter on Spreads, Dips, and Sauces is filled with favorites like Pineapple Mango Salsa and Roasted Pepper Hummus with Lime. Many of the recipes require no additional equipment, and others something as simple as a blender.

Everyday Raw is for everyday people who want healthy food and great flavor. If you want to eat well and feel great, this book is for you. Matthew Kenney is a chef, restaurateur, caterer, and food writer. He has appeared on the Today Show, the Food Network, and numerous morning and talk shows. He has been nominated for the James Beard Rising Star Award. Matthew has been the chef and partner of numerous successful restaurants, including Matthew's, Canteen, Commune, Mezze, and The Plant. Matthew's passion for raw food has taken him into new realms of creativity, flavor, and healthy living. He is the author of several cookbooks, including Raw Food Real World and Matthew Kenney's Mediterranean Cooking.

Claire Schaper - Library Journal

In this book, chef Kenney (Raw Food Real World) aims to provide easy recipes for the preparation of raw vegan foods, which cannot be heated beyond 118 degrees and usually require some time to create. A raw food novice can marvel at the creation of a recipe for eggplant bacon and the (albeit time-consuming) simplicity of making homemade almond milk. There is a certain time commitment when choosing this diet; for example, many of the recipes require that food items be dehydrated or frozen overnight or for many hours in order to gain the desired flavor and consistency. The book pretty much sticks to contemporary fusion cuisine, with a little bit of Asian, Mexican, and Italian flavors showing up within each section. Particularly innovative and delicious are the dessert and ice cream recipes. Generally, Kenney's choices will appeal to both the non-raw-food-eating cook and the raw-food devotee alike with his healthful and tempting recipes. Recommended for public libraries with special diet cookbook sections.

New interesting textbook:

Where Is the Mango Princess?: A Journey Back from Brain Injury

Author: Cathy Crimmins

Humorist Cathy Crimmins has written a deeply personal, wrenching, and often hilarious account of the effects of traumatic brain injury, not only on the victim, in this case her husband, but on the family.

When her husband Alan is injured in a speedboat accident, Cathy Crimmins reluctantly assumes the role of caregiver and learns to cope with the person he has become. No longer the man who loved obscure Japanese cinema and wry humor, Crimmins' husband has emerged from the accident a childlike and unpredictable replica of his former self with a short attention span and a penchant for inane cartoons. Where Is the Mango Princess? is a breathtaking account that explores the very nature of personality-and the complexities of the heart.

Los Angeles Times - Jane E. Allen

With humor, wit and an ability to explain the workings of a scrambled mind that once came up with the nonsensical question, "Where is the mango princess?" Crimmins tells how she helped nurse [her husband] back to a new life....[A] beautifully written account from a loving woman who takes to heart the marriage vows "in sickness and in health, till death do us part" and shares insights into brain damage and the mystery of personality.

Publishers Weekly

Although it was frightening when Crimmins's husband, Alan, an attorney, suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) while on a family vacation, it was his long-term rehabilitation that proved most daunting, for brain injuries can cause significant personality changes. This chronicle of Al's injury, treatment and rehabilitation shows how perplexing and stressful traumatic brain injury can be for both victim and family. Crimmins (When My Parents Were My Age, They Were Old and Newt Gingrich's Bedtime Stories for Orphans) knows how to tell a story for maximum effect, filling this account with funny and outrageous anecdotes, raw emotion and predictable rage toward HMOs that won't fund optimal treatment. Like many TBI patients, Al became bizarrely uninhibited; Crimmins describes how he swears profusely and masturbates in public, and her worries about suddenly being married to a stranger: "I once had a husband who was doing a dissertation on Samuel Beckett, who had a thing for obscure Japanese cinema.... I can't imagine being married to a man who won't be able to discuss books or go to the theater with me." Despite Alan's extraordinarily good recovery, Crimmins muses, "I miss his dark side.... Now I wince as he chortles over mediocre cartoons... with TBI he has become what he wasn't before, a regular, uncomplicated guy." Though this story is an eye-opener on some levels, it remains essentially shallow. More information on neurological research would have been welcome, and attention to the experience of other TBI families (to which Crimmins devotes only three paragraphs) would have added the perspective that this self-centered account lacks. Agent, Kim Witherspoon. (Sept.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A writer frankly relates the fears and frustrations she faces when her attorney husband suffers massive brain injuries in a freak boating accident while on vacation in Canada.

Foods to Fight Cancer or Worst Pills Best Pills

Foods to Fight Cancer

Author: Richard Beliveau

Detailing the key foods that have been medically shown to be beneficial in both preventing and fighting cancer, this is the must-have resource for anyone looking to get healthy and stay that way.

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Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Death or Illness

Author: Sidney M Wolf

This expanded, up-to-the-minute, fully revised edition of the bestselling guide to prescription pills includes information on the 166 pills to stay away from, 289 safer alternatives, and the 200 most-prescribed pills.

Library Journal

Updating a million-copy best seller.

Table of Contents:

CONTENTS

Introduction How This Book Was Compiled Medical Advisers Index of Drugs

1: Misprescribing and Overprescribing of Drugs Evidence of Misprescribing and Overprescribing The Causes of Misprescribing and Overprescribing

2: Adverse Drug Reactions How Extensive Is the Problem of Specific Adverse Drug Reactions?

Specific Patient Examples Nine Reasons Why Older Adults Are More Likely Than Younger Adults to Have Adverse Drug Reactions Which Adverse Effects Can Be Caused by Which Drugs?

Summary of Adverse Reactions and the Drugs That Cause Them Drugs That Can Affect the Mind (Such as Those Causing Depression or Psychoses)

Drugs That Can Cause Abnormal, Involuntary Movements Drugs That Can Disturb Balance Drugs That Can Cause Sexual Dysfunction Drugs That Can Affect the Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract

Drugs That Can Cause Lung Toxicity

Drugs That Can Affect the Urinary Tract

3: 456 Drugs Commonly Used by Consumers How to Use This Chapter

Drugs for Heart Conditions Drug Listings High Blood Pressure

Potassium Supplementation

Beta-blockers

Calcium Channel Blockers Cholesterol-lowering Drugs

Drug Profiles Mind Drugs Drug Listings

Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills

Antipsychotic Drugs Depression

Drug Profiles

Painkillers and Arthritis Drugs

Drug Listings

Salicylates

Narcotics Arthritis and Inflammation

Drug Profiles

Gastrointestinal Drugs Drug Listings Diarrhea

Constipation Gas Drug Profiles Cold, Cough, Allergy, and Asthma Drugs Drug Listings

Cold

Allergy and Hay Fever

Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, and Emphysema Drug Profiles Drugs for Infections

Drug Listings Antibiotics Penicillinsand Cephalosporins

Fluoroquinolones Tetracyclines

Drug Profiles

Drugs for Diabetes Drug Listings Diabetes and Its Treatment

Drug Profiles Drugs for Neurological Disorders

Drug Listings Drug Profiles

Nutritional Supplements Supplement Listings

Nutritional Supplements Supplement Profiles Eye Drugs Drug Listings General Instructions for Application of Eye Drops and Ointment Glaucoma Drug Profiles

Drugs for Other Conditions

Drug Listings Corticosteroids

Drug Profiles

4: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Preventable Drug-induced Injury

Sample Drug Worksheet

5: Saving Money While Avoiding Injury When Buying Prescription Drugs Glossary

Drug Worksheet

Yoga for Pregnancy with DVD or The Twelve Step Prayer Book

Yoga for Pregnancy with DVD

Author: Theresa Jamieson

Pregnancy is a brief and very special time in a woman's life. Practising yoga during pregnancy is a safe and gentle way to enjoy light exercise and relaxation. Theresa Jamieson takes you through gentle yoga exercises, specifically designed for the needs of the pregnant woman, which will benefit the whole person physically, mentally and emotionally. They can be practised by all women, even if you've never done yoga before. All the necessary precautions are also detailed. Yoga means 'yoke' or 'union' - that is, the union between the body and the mind. The ancient yogic practices and teachings date back thousands of years incorporating exercise, breath control and meditation. A select few of these teachings are demonstrated for you. Yoga for Pregnancy recognises that pregnancy yoga is quite different from regular yoga, being much softer and less strenuous on the body. Theresa Jamieson takes you through the exercises, with the specialised needs of the pregnant woman foremost, and shows you how to establish and maintain flexibility, tone and strength throughout pregnancy while preparing for labour and childbirth.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	5
	Precautions	6
	Benefits	8
	Requirements	9
	Yoga Breathing	10
	Standing Poses	12
	Arm Exercises with Deep Breathing
	Chest Expansion Pose
	Head & Neck Exercises
	Rolling the Shoulders
	Tree Balance
	Heavenly Stretch
	Standing Wide Leg Stretches
	Pelvic Rocking
	Deep Standing Squat
	Easy Spinal Twist
	Pose of Two Angles
	Warrior Pose 1 & 2
	Triangle Pose 1 & 2
	Pose of the Child
	Cat Pose
	Tiger Pose
	Floor Exercises	29
	Exercises for the Feet
	Hip Rotation
	Half Butterfly
	Full Butterfly
	Butterfly Pose
	Sleeping Tortoise
	Seated Wide Leg Stretch
	Head to Knee Pose
	Spinal Twists	36
	Easy Spinal Twist
	Easy Spinal Twist 2
	Crossed Leg Spinal Twists 1 & 2
	Half Spinal Twist
	Full Spinal Twist
	Arm Exercises	44
	Head of the Cow
	Frog Pose & Arm Exercises
	Squatting Postures	46
	Squatting on a Stool
	Full Squatting Pose
	Rocking from Side to Side
	Squat and Rise Pose
	Slow Chopping Wood
	Salute Pose
	Lying on the Back	54
	Easy Spinal Twist
	Full Spinal Twist
	Pelvic Tilt Pose
	Flapping Fish Relaxation Pose
	Pelvic Rocking	58
	Contemplation, Inner Reflection, Mindfulness	59
	Pelvic Floor Exercises	60
	Conclusion	63
	About the Author	64

Interesting textbook: Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies or Bank Management

The Twelve Step Prayer Book: A Collection of Favorite 12 Step Prayers and Inspirational Readings, 2nd Edition

Author: Bill P

A second edition (with 44 new prayers) of the best-selling book of prayers and inspirations for those seeking just the right words for conversing with their Higher Power or for expressing their innermost thoughts and feelings.

Words of wisdom and inspiration, gleaned from Twelve Step meetings and adapted from common prayers and devotional readings, fill the second edition of this popular prayer book. Featuring 44 new prayers, the updated and enhanced second edition offers a total of 183 inspirational passages to assist members of all Twelve Step fellowships in their prayer life and spiritual progress. Anyone who has had difficulty finding "the right words" to speak with his or her Higher Power will find abundant resources in this stirring collection.