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With candid, witty, and compelling experiences of yoga from renowned memoirists, including Cheryl Strayed (author of the number one New York Times best-seller Wild), Claire Dederer (author of national best-seller Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses), Dinty W. Moore (author of The Accidental Buddhist), Neal Pollack (author of Stretch: The Making of a Yoga Dude) and many others, Going Om shares a range of observations about this popular practice.

With two out of every three Americans overweight or obese, scientists are studying how excess fat changes physical and mental health, demographers are calculating how it's shortening life spans, and economists are debating the impact it has on America's productivity and global competitiveness. But how weight affects intimacy and sexuality is barely discussed. Yet, it's a question of high importance for the tens of millions of Americans who are overweight or obese and having difficulty sexually and romantically.

A team of firefighters fought to save Heidi’s life after a horrific accident that killed her best friend, burned over 53 percent of Heidi’s body, and claimed both her legs. The following year followed countless surgeries, surviving, pain management, fighting, and loss. Until she finally faces the driver who changed her life, Heidi realizes she has one last hurdle: forgiveness.

More than 78 million American adults are nearing the age when unexpected aches and pains, weight gains, sudden illnesses, and confusing mental changes begin to occur. As children, our questions about how our bodies will change are met with knowledge and patience - anything to make the transition as seamless as possible. But at 50 or 60, there’s no one to help us figure out whether the changes we’re experiencing are a cause for concern or just a normal part of aging. Is This Normal? is a guidebook that focuses on putting this generation at ease by answering their most common questions.

As a college freshman business major suffering from a variety of anxiety-related maladies, Brian Leaf stumbled into an elective: Yoga. It was 1989. All his classmates were female. And men did not yet generally “cry, hug, or do yoga”. But yoga soothed and calmed Leaf as nothing else had. As his hilarious and wise tale shows, Leaf embarked on a quest for health and happiness - visiting yoga studios around the country and consulting Ayurvedic physicians, swamis, and even (accidentally) a prostitute.

Need a physical and spiritual boost to kick the year off right? Need some extra power to reach goals and commitments? With hundreds of exercise plans, diet gurus, and spiritual advisors out there clamoring for airwaves, there's a noticeable void of inspiring stories to give people that extra push to get them started and keep them going. This book is not a replacement for yoga or The Zone; it is a companion - a reminder that hard work and determination really do pay off, and that our bodies are gifts to be cared for and treasured through exercise and healthy living.

To runners around the world, Dr. George Sheehan, author of the landmark New York Times best seller Running and Being, was nothing short of a guru - the country’s “greatest philosopher of sport”. But to his son Andrew, who had spent his entire boyhood longing for the attention and approval of an emotionally distant father, he was an incomprehensible paradox: a lifelong loner, who was now sunning himself in the spotlight of the nation’s press; a hero to millions, who seemed to have no time for his own son.

No one says losing weight is easy, but Matt Hoover is here to tell you that if he can do it, you can, too. Matt began gaining weight in college, depressed after failing to achieve the high standards he had set for his wrestling career. By the time he reached 340 pounds he had given up on college, wrestling, and his first marriage. When he was cast on NBC's The Biggest Loser, he had no idea how much his life (or his waist size) was about to change.

Whether it results from injury, osteoporosis, or an unusually intense weekend golf game, back pain is an all-too-common cause of serious discomfort that can debilitate even your most dedicated effort to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. It doesn't have to be that way. Dr. Harris H. McIlwain has devoted his career to bringing relief to sufferers of back pain and arthritis, and in The Pain-Free Back, he shares his clinically proven six-step program for achieving and maintaining a healthy back.

A cosa pensi quando corri? Se d'impatto hai risposto "non lo so", ecco due notizie per te. La prima è che rientri nella maggioranza di persone che si allenano lasciando vagare la mente senza riposarla davvero. La seconda è che hai tra le mani l'audiolibro giusto. Correre imparando a concentrare l'attenzione su aspetti specifici, anziché rimbalzare da un pensiero all'altro, è un esercizio in grado di trasformare l'abitudine della corsa in un'esperienza molto più appagante, con effetti positivi enormi, non solo sui risultati sportivi.

Pur discendendo da una cultura lontana dalla nostra e da una disciplina molto antica, lo yoga è una pratica assai diffusa nel mondo occidentale contemporaneo, che si è dimostrata utile per il benessere fisico, psichico e per lo sviluppo della conoscenza di sé. La parola sanscrita "yoga" indica ogni metodo indiano di ascesi e di meditazione; così inteso, lo yoga ha avuto un ruolo cruciale in tutti i sentieri spirituali indiani che mirano a una trasformazione completa dell'essere umano.

Yogasûtra (o Los aforismos del yoga) de Patañjali es el texto fundacional de una de las seis escuelas canónicas de la filosofía india y, por tanto, la obra fundamental para entender esta antigua forma de pensamiento que hoy ha derivado en una disciplina físico-espiritual practicada en todo el mundo. Se trata, pues, de un texto universal que va más allá de los presupuestos culturales y religiosos de la India y que ofrece un análisis exhaustivo de la mente y de su relación con el cuerpo.

El yoga es cada día más popular en Occidente, a la vez que va tomando formas más alejadas de su esencia y propósito original. Este libro nos abre las puertas a la profunda cosmovisión del yoga. Cita sus fuentes originales, desde los Vedas y las Upanishads, la Bhagavad Gîtâ, los Yoga Sûtras, los textos clásicos del hatha-yoga, pasando por las poco conocidas vidas de los maestros nâthas, hasta llegar a los grandes yoguis contemporáneos.

Yogasûtra (o Los aforismos del yoga) de Patañjali es el texto fundacional de una de las seis escuelas canónicas de la filosofía india y, por tanto, la obra fundamental para entender esta antigua forma de pensamiento que hoy ha derivado en una disciplina físico-espiritual practicada en todo el mundo. Se trata, pues, de un texto universal que va más allá de los presupuestos culturales y religiosos de la India y que ofrece un análisis exhaustivo de la mente y de su relación con el cuerpo.

Yoga-nidra, el dormir del yogui, es una potente herramienta de autobservación, descubrimiento y pacificación. En un sorprendente viaje de relajación profunda para el que únicamente necesitas tumbarte y confiar, Yoga-nidra te lleva a descubrir y traspasar las montañas y valles del cuerpo físico, respirar con placer la brisa del propio aliento de vida, visitar los paisajes de los procesos mentales, vadear las corrientes de emociones que parecían insalvables, olvidar los parajes conocidos sumiéndonos en lo desconocido y, finalmente, cobijarnos en ese espacio cálido y seguro de nuestro centro en armonía.

Todos deseamos alcanzar la felicidad y la plenitud de la vida, pero según la tradición india del Yoga, la sociedad nos condiciona para que la busquemos fuera de nosotros, generando una vida de ansiedad y malos hábitos. Denis Criado nos recuerda que la felicidad y la plenitud no dependen de personas u objetos externos, sino de la relación sabia que tengamos con nosotros mismos para sentirnos ecuánimes, seguros y conectados con el mundo. En Las cuatro artes se ofrecen prácticas yóguicas ancestrales –más allá de la esterilla– para dejar atrás los pensamientos, sentimientos y hábitos que nos hacen sufrir.

減塩食や降圧剤は使わずに、「ツボ押し」と「ストレッチ」で血圧を下げるという今までにないメソッドで話題を呼んだ人気書籍が待望の文庫化！

Opera che ci aiuta ad attivare nuove abilità, a deprogrammare la mente, liberandoci dalle paure, a risvegliare il grande creativo e il guaritore che è in noi, colui che può aspirare a giganteschi traguardi con naturalezza, che può puntare a conquistare il potere del denaro e l'abbondanza, mantenendo il contatto con il corpo, l'armonia con la natura e con la vita in un equilibrato dominio sul tempo: ci insegna a diventare sciamani. Lo sciamanismo non appartiene al passato. E' vivo, è una speranza per la natura, per il futuro, per l'anima del mondo!

体は意識よりもずっと先をゆく！「できなかったことができる」って何だろう？技能習得のメカニズムからリハビリへの応用まで――

Queremos todos viver com saúde. Mas será que nosso cotidiano é, de fato, saudável? Abusamos do álcool? Somos excessivamente estressados? Não dispensamos o cigarro? Como está nossa alimentação e o sono? Qual nossa relação com vacinas e remédios? E o que dizer de check-ups e vitaminas? Costumamos nos exercitar? O clínico geral Arnaldo Lichtenstein, do Hospital das Clínicas da USP, aborda todas essas questões com muita informação, bom senso e uma dose generosa de bom humor.