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By now you know that getting enough sleep is one of the fundamental keys to overall health and well-being. But, achieving optimal shuteye and truly winding down at night are skills that few seem to have mastered.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama have been friends for many, many years. Between them, they have endured exile, violence and oppression. And in the face of these hardships, they have continued to radiate compassion, humour and, above all, joy. To celebrate His Holiness's 80th birthday, Archbishop Tutu travelled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala. The two men spent a week discussing a single burning question: how do we find joy in the face of suffering?

Regression to Times and Places is the first audiobook in Brian's new meditation series. This series helps you to discover and learn meditation and regression techniques.

Sisters Isabelle and Laura Hof have been practis­ing and teaching the Wim Hof Method for most of their lives. Science-backed and potentially life-changing, the method focuses on three pillars – breathing, cold therapy and mindset – which can result in increased energy, better sleep, a strength­ened immune system and more. While the method works for everyone, it has unique physical and men­tal health benefits for women.

The Hormone Repair Manual is a must-have guide to understanding and overcoming the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. Naturopath Lara Briden is the author of the international best seller Period Repair Manual and has more than 20 years' experience in women's health. Her fresh approach aims to overturn the stigma of perimenopause and menopause. The Hormone Repair Manual is a must-have guide to understanding and overcoming the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.

When we enter a theta brain state, we are able to connect to the Creator of All That Is - in this state, we download incredible knowledge that has the power to heal us from the inside out. ThetaHealing is a healing modality that utilizes focused prayer in combination with theta brain waves to enable powerful shifts in subconscious beliefs, transforming them into positive patterns. The one requirement that is absolute with ThetaHealing is the central belief in an energy that flows through all beings: The Creator of All That Is.

Sleep 101s are short, educational pieces that go deep - but not too deep - into all things sleep. They cover topics like understanding your circadian rhythm, how to ease into a meditation practice, tips about getting better sleep, and more.

We all yearn to live a great life, but what does that actually look like and how can we all lead one? In A Life of Greatness, host Sarah Grynberg interviews some of the world's chief thought-leaders, sports legends, entertainers, best selling authors and inspiring spiritual minds as they explain how they have overcome challenges, conquered self-limiting beliefs and connected with a deeper sense of self to achieve greatness in their lives, and provide practical tips and advice for how you can too.

In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and, to her and her partner’s bewilderment, stayed that way. As they faced the confusion, frustration, and despair of a life with sudden limitations - a life that was vastly different from the one they’d thought they’d have together - Toni had to learn how to be sick. In spite of her many physical and energetic restrictions (and sometimes, because of them), Toni learned how to live a life of equanimity, compassion, and joy.

The Wonder Within is a book that will help you navigate your way through the confusion, self-doubt, and overwhelm that accompany anxiety, stress, and burnout. Dr. Michelle Woolhouse takes you on a journey through the body to understand the interconnections of health and healing. She maps out the internal and external systems that support us in learning from negative experiences, growing from our challenges, and enhancing our understanding of what it means to be well, whole, and healthy.

Known for its ability to reduce cortisol, the body's stress hormone, and increase levels of serotonin, a mood stabilizer, this frequency helps balance the autonomic nervous system, shifting from the sympathetic (fight or flight) response to the parasympathetic (rest and digest) state, thus reducing anxiety and promoting emotional tranquility.

The great human quest is to discover who we really are-a discovery that changes our lives and the lives of those around us. With The Deep Heart, spiritual teacher and psychotherapist Dr. John J. Prendergast invites us on a pilgrimage within. The "deep heart" is Prendergast's term for our heart center-a subtle center of emotional and energetic sensitivity, relational intimacy, profound inner knowing, and unconditional love. "The heart area is where we feel most deeply touched by kindness, gratitude, and appreciation, yet it is also where we feel most emotionally wounded".

This audiobook by Pema Chödrön, the renowned American Buddhist nun, offers short, stand-alone sections designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living. More than a collection of thoughts for the day, Comfortable with Uncertainty offers a progressive program of spiritual study, leading the listener through essential concepts, themes, and practices on the Buddhist path.

Recorded during an intimate family retreat, The Art of Mindful Living presents Thich Nhat Hanh's practical, traditional gathas (teachings) that join ancient meditation practice with the challenges of the modern world. It includes step-by-step guides to meditation, breathing exercises, contemplation, and communication, opening our hearts and minds to the joyous wonder of tranquility and love.

Allow Gabby Bernstein to help you recalibrate your senses to relieve stress and find deep relaxation in this guided Yoga Nidra (sleep yoga). In a Yoga Nidra, you set an intention for rejuvenating sleep at the end of your day, almost like a wish for your sleep. Millions rely on her disarmingly candid and life-affirming wisdom, and her best-selling books inspire sold-out live tours

Yoga Nidra allows you to experience a deeply relaxed daydream state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. This meditation will guide you through eight steps: intention setting, sound, body, breath and thought awareness, creative visualization, gratitude, and surrender. Your entire body, mind, and nervous system will gently get guided to a coherent state of deep relaxation, as your brain-wave activity will lower to alpha, delta, or theta brain frequencies, triggering the relaxation response and the functioning of your nervous and endocrine system.

Psychiatry has made great advances in the past 50 years but needs a new direction. Today's emphasis on psychiatric drugs will not stand the test of time. Recent advances in epigenetics and the molecular biology of the brain have provided a roadmap for the development of effective, natural, drug-free therapies that do not produce serious side effects. Psychiatric medications have served society well over the last 50 years, but the need for drug therapies will fade away as science advances.

The One-Minute Cure reveals a remarkable, proven natural therapy that creates an environment within the body where cancer cells, viruses, bacteria, and disease microorganisms cannot thrive, thus enabling the body to cure itself of disease. Over 91,000 research articles in the National Institutes of Health (USA) and 6,100 articles in European scientific literature have attested to the effectiveness of this safe, powerful healing modality that costs only 1.5 cents per day to self-administer.

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We know that autoimmune disease - a condition when the body's immune system attacks its own healthy tissue and cells - affects millions of people worldwide. But as New York Times bestselling author Dr Gottfried explains in this eye-opening new book, autoimmune disease may be even more pervasive than we realise - and its cause may surprise you. The Autoimmune Cure offers a road map to lasting relief from autoimmune disease by addressing the underlying cause of the condition and healing the body, mind and spirit.