Alternative Health

Harness the ancient Five Elements of Chinese Medicine to unlock your unique Adaptation Type, transforming stress into resilience and mastering cortisol management for holistic health. Power of the Five Elements is your evidence-based, comprehensive guide to better health and wellness. Dr...

Thousands of years prove it, and Western science backs it: Meditation sharpens focus. Meditation lowers blood pressure, relieves chronic pain, reduces stress. Meditation helps us experience greater calm. Meditation connects us to our inner-most feelings and challenges our habits of self-judgment. Meditation helps protect the brain against aging and improves our capacity for learning new things. Meditation opens the door to real and accessible happiness. There is no better person to show a beginner how to harness the power of meditation than Sharon Salzberg....

All current & efficient formulas of the autogenic training (made in Germany) for holistic relaxation in about 25 minutes. Enjoy this recognized deep relaxation method without music, only with a calm, guiding voice and gentle nature sounds in the background. This compact relaxation exercise from SyncSouls is a great everyday companion for applying the autogenic training on a regular basis. It supports getting quickly into a deep and comprehensive relaxation.

When American saxophonist and social activist Fred Ho was diagnosed with stage 3b colo-rectal cancer in 2006 he underwent immediate surgery to remove the tumor and began preparing for chemotherapy. Within days his friends mobilized to arrange grocery deliveries, transport, companionship, and housekeeping duties - they called themselves “Warriors for Fred”. Fred chose to write his astonishing cancer memoir as a diary, acknowledging that all the greatest warriors wrote daily diaries.

In our modern-day world, it can often prove difficult to step back and recenter ourselves. This theta healing composition is packed full of many binaural beats designed with pleasant sound waves to enable our mind to release stress and find a moment of true relaxation and focus. For a solid six and a half hours, our sound waves produce a gentle, pleasant, and very calming sensation that listeners will want to repeat over and over while sleeping, studying, and working.

As a child, I loved sounds. I still do. At a young age, I dabbled with musical instruments myself. I noticed, though, that I preferred just listening to the same note vibrating again and again. So, I conducted some research on the tuning fork. Since I started looking at its benefits, I found out just how good it is for me, my physical health, and my mental well-being. The rhythm that the tuning fork creates produces harmony throughout the body. The more I discovered, the more I was convinced that sound and vibrations create the balance in my mind and body that I was always looking for.

Women of all ages are using cannabis to feel and look better. For rookies and experienced marijuana users alike, this lively, information-filled audiobook is just the supportive guide you need to find the right dose to relieve anxiety, depression, and inflammation, and mitigate the onset of dementia and other signs of aging. Plus boost moods, ease aches, even lose weight, and get restful sleep. And a dose just for fun? Well, that works, too!

"Effortless mindfulness" is a new way to immediately enter an optimal flow state available to us in the midst of our busy lives. In The Way of Effortless Mindfulness, Kelly teaches that when you "unhook" awareness from chattering thoughts, you can access a peaceful mind and a naturally embodied wakefulness. From this heartful space, students report they find that right action comes easily and a loving tenderness for all of life is freely available. This book outlines practical and supportive material from neuroscience, psychology, and the wisdom of various spiritual traditions.

Reiki is an ancient and profoundly simple system of “laying on of hands” healing derived from Tibetan Buddhism. In the West, Reiki has been kept highly secret for many years. ESSENTIAL REIKI presents full information on all three degrees of this healing system, most of it in print for the...

Fascia is a single, interconnected web of tissue that runs from the top of your head to the bottoms of your feet. It surrounds every organ, every muscle, every bone, and every nerve fiber. And it has an astonishing range of functions. At Complete Wellness, New York City's #1 pain management...

Bone on Bone is a total lifestyle guide for optimal health and pain-free living. Dr. Meredith Warner—an orthopedic surgeon who performed combat surgery in Iraq and Afghanistan, operates an orthopedic practice, and teaches surgical residents—shows how the same underlying principles that extend life, reduce heart disease, prevent diabetes, and decrease incidences of dementia should be applied to the overall care for orthopedic problems.

Lyme Brain. Most people with Lyme have experienced it. It's the most intrusive symptom that comes with the disease, and also one of the most difficult to alleviate. The brain is a very delicate organ, and is often the last organ to experience relief from the effects of Borrelia, co-infections, and co-conditions.

Ressentez-vous des bourdonnements, des sifflements ou autres bruits gênants dans vos oreilles ? Vous souffrez d'insomnie, de vertiges, d'anxiété ou de dépression ? Une fois que des acouphènes vous ont été diagnostiqués, vous vous demandez peut-être : que puis-je faire ? qu’est-ce qui fonctionnera pour moi ? Ces applications sont inspirées des dernières découvertes en matière de thérapie de réentraînement et emploient un processus audio de pointe afin de masquer les effets des acouphènes.

The fascinating story of pioneer nutritionist and prophet Dr. Hazel Parcells (1889-1996), told in her own words at age 106.

Dr. Parcells shares her wisdom about how to live a vibrantly healthy life using principles of self-healing she developed and practiced for more than 60 years.

Easwaran's classic manual is a unique source of practical spiritual support for new and experienced meditators and gives all the instruction needed to establish a vibrant meditation practice and keep it going. In passage meditation you focus attention on passages, or texts, drawn from all the world's sacred traditions. You choose the passages that appeal to you, so this universal method stays fresh and inspiring, prompting you to live out your highest ideals.

In Take Daily: How Supplements Hijack Your Health, wellness researcher and bestselling author Robyn Openshaw exposes the dirty secrets of the $60 billion supplement industry—and the shocking ways Big Pharma controls it. We’ve been told that supplements are the “natural” path to wellness. But most are made in pharmaceutical labs, from synthetic ingredients like petroleum byproducts, industrial waste, rocks, and even animal glands.

Almost every day we are bombarded with the seemingly incontrovertible message that we must reduce our consumption of meat and dairy—or eliminate them from our diets altogether. But what if the pervasive message that the plant-based diet will improve our health and save the planet is misleading—or even false? What if removing animal foods from our diet is a serious threat to human health, and a red herring in the fight against climate change.

Following the publication of the New York Times best-selling Radical Remission, researcher Kelly A. Turner, Ph.D., has collected hundreds of new cases of radical remissions--from cancer and now also other diseases. Turner explores the real-life application of the Radical Remission principles and...

From one of the world's leading experts on how the brain works, a step-by-step, practical program for women to achieve greater health, energy, and lasting happiness by harnessing the power of the female brain. For the first time, bestselling author and brain expert Dr. Daniel G. Amen offers...

Herbs are powerful medicine. Cultures around the world have cultivated relationships with healing plants for thousands of years, respecting them not just for their physical medicinal properties, but also for their spiritual power. In this book, you will enter the world of what author and licensed medical herbalist Wendy Dooner calls Plant Spirit Herbalism—a rich, colorful landscape populated by benevolent plant spirits. Each chapter focuses on a specific herb, exploring its history, healing properties, and role as a spiritual ally.