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

We reinforce addictions by giving in to them, but what is there to do when we get that "itchy" feeling? Learning to Stay Present shares insights for peacefully refraining from the "urge to scratch." In this recording from a live event with Pema Chödrön, she discusses the ineffable quality...

Return to Your True Home: The Realm of Natural Awareness As a child, did you ever sit under a favorite tree, immersed in the wonder of a single, precious leaf? As our days grow more complex, teaches Pema Chödrön, these vibrant and wholehearted moments may begin to elude even seasoned...

The daughters of beloved teacher Wayne Dyer share their ever-evolving understanding of their father’s timeless teachings. “This book is our song for our father and for everyone, because we’re all born with a Knowing—an inner compass, the quiet urgings of our soul that guide us. It is...

Personal Transformation Based on Mindfulness and Self-Compassion What's your most important goal? Why does it matter so deeply? How will you overcome the obstacles? Answer these questions with sincerity, proceed with mindfulness and compassion, and you have just set in motion a revolutionary...

See Your Hopes and Fears as Creations of the Mind with This Meditation Practice from Tibet. Within the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism lies a meditation tradition for facing—and dissolving—our greatest fears and attachments in life. Now one of contemporary Tibetan Buddhism’s most experienced...

Publisher’s Summary A Somatic Training Program to Open Your Heart to the World There is no more powerful vehicle for knowing yourself and others than the human heart. For it is through the opening of the heart that we touch our own deepest experience, and come to connect with each other. In...

The Sanskrit word pranayama means to release life energy from its bounds. When practiced correctly, this powerful form of yogic breathwork has the ability to reveal the intricate web of your thoughts, physiology, and energetic patterns, to quiet your mind and heighten receptivity, and to open...

Our most cherished times are those occasions when we feel open, loving, free of worry yet able to respond when needed. Loch Kelly calls this the expression of open-hearted awareness, our natural foundation of mind that arises effortlessly whenever we step out of the usual mode of consciousness...

This program is read by the author. From one of most prominent figures in the field of meditation comes a guidebook for how to use mindfulness to build our inner strength, find balance, and help create a better world. In today’s fractured world, we’re constantly flooded with breaking news...

The full potential of the female brain is astonishing and virtually unlimited—it possesses both strengths and vulnerabilities unique to women. In this in-depth audio learning program, bestselling author and brain science pioneer Dr. Daniel Amen offers a practical, prescriptive plan for women...

I am whole. I am powerful. I am divine. When you say these words, do you feel the weight of self-judgment and doubt? Or do you feel their truth ringing in your bones? "A Warrior Goddess," teaches HeatherAsh Amara, "is one who dares to face her fears and doubts, claims the ancestral power that...

Medical intuition is an innate capability shared by all—and one that can be refined with regular practice. Mastery of intuitive diagnosis and healing begins with the same foundation as all other medicine: heal thyself first. This session shows you how to conduct an intuitive self-diagnosis of...

Meditation is not a means of self-improvement. It is a way of discovering the truth and relating to it with compassion and honesty. Awaken to a richer spiritual life with The Inner Art of Meditation, a comprehensive six-CD study course about vipassana (or insight) meditation from Jack Kornfield...

"Grace is the breath of God—an invisible essence beyond intellect that moves swiftly amongst us," teaches Caroline Myss. Is it possible to become a living conduit of this powerful force? "Not only is it possible," suggests this bestselling author, "but grace is immediately accessible to you...

Step-By-Step Meditation for Beginners Course objectives: Discuss the art of beginning meditation through the awareness of the breath, body, thoughts and feelings. Practice presence and mindfulness through specific guided meditations. Utilize the qualities of kindness, understanding...

Within the Yoga Sutra, an ancient text about the practice of yoga, only two verses mention asanas, or the postures we commonly associate with yoga in the West. Patanjali, the legendary sage and author of this 2,250-year-old work, was concerned not solely with physical development, or even mental...

The shamanic principle of shape-shifting is intended to be effected outward as well as inward. Its principles have even been demonstrated to purify water and soil in the physical environment. In this session, Sandra Ingerman demonstrates how to merge shamanic principles and those of modern...

Deep Sleep with Medical Self-Hypnosis: An All-Natural Solution for Your Insomnia You counted sheep and drank warm milk—but you’re still awake. Now what? On Deep Sleep with Medical Self-Hypnosis, Dr. Steven Gurgevich offers you an alternative solution: clinically proven mind-body techniques...

For 20 years, Stephen and Ondrea Levine have supported thousands of people caught in the aftermath of grief and loss, including many women deeply hurt by sexual trauma. Now, on Opening the Heart of the Womb, Stephen Levine addresses this hidden heartache, offering a gentle three-part guided...

Kabbalah. The word itself is feminine, meaning "receiving," yet women have long been excluded from the pursuit of this Jewish mystical tradition. On The Woman's Kabbalah, Rabbi Tirzah Firestone opens a treasury of meditations and practices especially for women interested in this path to inner...