Showing results by publisher "Macmillan Audio" in Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Discover the Secret to Personal Excellence Hidden in Your “Mind-Body Code” You may know that your mind influences your health—but what's influencing your mind? Until you answer this question, you may be overlooking a key factor on the path to personal excellence. On The Mind-Body Code...

Tantric Meditations and Practices for Radical and Profound Spiritual Discovery The sensuous and the sublime, the ordinary and the divine—on the Tantric path, all qualities merge as one in the ecstasy and wonder of awakening. Doorways to the Infinite invites us to directly experience the core...

Unlock Your Power as a Co-Creator of Reality “High Magick is the ability to shape the world around us with our will,” teaches Damien Echols. “Whether you know it or not, you’re already doing magick with every thought, word, and deed. The only difference between a magician and the average...

Insights and Practices for Finding Sanctuary in Any Circumstance When the difficulties and losses of life feel overwhelming, is there someplace we can turn for the safety, nurturing, and peace that we long for? Most of us are strongly conditioned to react with fear and confusion, falling back on...

Lucid dreaming: it's when you suddenly realize that you are dreaming … and then sustain that wide-awake clarity while in the dream state. For millennia, it's been used by ordinary people and advanced meditators for practical insights, self-discovery, and delving into the architecture of...

The reason we meditate, teaches Pema Chödrön, is because something's bothering us. Yet the root of suffering and the root of happiness are one and the same: the mind. On Working Directly with the Mind, she offers pith instructions on taming a wild mind, and becoming fully present with all of...

American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön shares the gift of tonglen, a powerful breathing-based meditation practice for transmuting the suffering within ourselves and in those around us into the energy of compassionate awareness. It's one of the most effective ways to begin bringing the...

Have you ever seen an inch or touched an hour? In The Holographic Web, Alan Watts reveals how our idea of the "self" is no more than these abstract concepts—and how to untrain our selves from their limitations. Join this self-proclaimed "spiritual entertainer" for an intriguing investigation...

Breakthrough Science and Practical Tools for Cultivating Compassion Why is compassion so powerful? Like many forms of spirituality and meditation, compassion practice has been shown by research to enhance your health, psychological well-being, relationships, and sense of purpose. “The unique...

The Final Volume in Joseph Goldstein’s Satipatthana Sutta Series In the words of the Buddha, the four foundations of mindfulness (the four satipatthanas) are “the direct path for the purification of beings, for the surmounting of sorrow and lamentation, for the disappearance of dukkha...

Guided Practices for Deep, Full-Body Relaxation How often have you been truly relaxed—as easy and peaceful as a sleeping child? Many of us become so attached to our worries, stresses, and goals that we forget how to really unwind. With Reiki Relaxation, Bronwen Stiene brings you six soothing...

When mindfulness meditation was introduced as an aid for patients suffering from chronic pain, physicians were skeptical. Today, mindfulness meditation is used in hundreds of hospitals and clinics across the country. On Break Through Difficult Emotions, meditation mentor Shinzen Young adapts the...

According to the Vedic tradition, the term "abundance" applies to every dimension of our lives, from material wealth to spiritual sustenance and growth. With Mantra Meditation for Creating Abundance, you are invited to engage the practice of sacred sound to invite positive changes in your...

Is it possible to maintain a youthful flow of abundant vitality throughout our entire lives? Qi Gong masters such as Robert Peng know that we can—by using time-tested practices to amplify our physical, mental, and spiritual energy. Here, he introduces techniques for visualizing and directing...

Course objectives: List the health benefits of breathwork. Explain how overstimulation of the sympathetic nervous system contributes to health issues. Describe the relationship between breath and spirituality. Apply breathwork techniques to increase alertness and relaxation. ...

When women are denied the rest they need—whether from social pressures and obligations, wanting to do too much in too little time, or a deeply rooted sense of guilt—they are cut off from the true source of their power. In her debut book Daring to Rest, Karen Brody came to the rescue of...

To Break Free of Addictions, Optimize Your Brain, Drinking, smoking, drugs, food, gambling, web-surfing, sex: to break free of any addiction, willpower alone rarely works. The key, Doctors Daniel Amen and David E. Smith have found, lies in understanding your brain’s specific needs—and then...

A no-nonsense guide to establishing a personal meditation practice, changing your life, and taking hold of your dreams. CONFESSION: This is not really an audiobook about meditation. Yes, Justin Michael Williams is going to teach you everything you need to know about meditation—but if you came...

Discover Christianity's own unique tradition for experiencing God directly through meditation with The Beginner's Guide to Contemplative Prayer. Author James Finley, who as a young monk lived and prayed with Thomas Merton for six years at the Abbey of Gethsemani, shares the fruit of this...

Mantras are sacred sound-formulas, first developed in India, which are meant to influence the subtle energies both around us and within us. In this session, you'll learn to precisely intone and chant mantras to remove hidden obstacles and open the doorways to more materially and spiritually...