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

Imagine cultivating enough food to slash your grocery shopping in half--all in less than an hour a day in your own backyard. Sounds impossible, right? Marjory Wildcraft says it's not: She's been homesteading for almost twenty years and founded The Grow Network to teach hundreds of thousands of others—some with very little space or time, some city dwellers with rooftop gardens—how to do the same, from gardening, to raising chickens, to composting, to medicine-making.

In her most comprehensive book yet, the UK's leading nutritional therapist and best-selling author Amelia Freer shares the secrets of her exclusive practice that includes Victoria Beckham and Sam Smith as clients. With her engaging and encouraging commentary, including client case studies and scientifically researched guidance, Nourish & Glow: The 10 Day Plan showcases Amelia's unrivalled easy-to-follow 10 day meal plan and promises to transform the way you shop for food, cook and eat.

In The Plant Hunter, Dr. Quave weaves together science, botany, and memoir to tell us the extraordinary story of her own journey. Traveling by canoe, ATV, mule, airboat, and on foot, she has conducted field research in the flooded forests of the remote Amazon, the murky swamps of southern Florida, the rolling hills of central Italy, isolated mountaintops in Albania and Kosovo, and volcanic isles arising out of the Mediterranean - all in search of natural compounds, long-known to traditional healers, that could help save us all from the looming crisis of untreatable superbugs.

Movement is medicine. Letting your mind wander as you take a long walk, a slow jog, or a brisk run can give you a powerful, uplifting feeling. Some call it a runner's high, others attribute it to endorphins. In this interactive audiobook, psychotherapist William Pullen teaches you how to channel that exhilarating energy and use it to make positive change in your life. This radical new approach to obtaining the benefits of mindfulness originates in the body itself.

Gail Muller, a chronic pain sufferer, was told to ‘give up hope’ of a recovery and accept that she would be in a wheelchair by 40. She refused. She eventually found a cure and went on to walk the legendary Appalachian Trail. But what is hope? And why do we need it now more than ever? In this book, Gail shares her own story of survival and what she has learnt: that hope is not just a platitude, it’s a powerful and energising catalyst towards better days. A light in the dark. But sometimes hope can fade ­– and if that happens, how do we get it back?

Marijuana has been used for thousands of years as a medicine, but pot has been illegal in the United States for most of our lives. Almost all states have now legalized its medical use, and many consumers and physicians are exploring it as an alternative to conventional treatments. There’s substantial evidence that marijuana (cannabis) is a safe and effective treatment for chronic pain, chemo side effects, sleep and mood disorders, MS, and Parkinson’s disease, among others.

Breathe out your worries and breathe in calm. This friendly support is an essential handbook to help tackle stress and anxiety, and to make everyday living easier for everyone. Breathwork is an ancient practice backed up by modern science. It is not just for the spiritually enlightened! It is a simple but powerful way for everyone to boost their health and happiness. Rebecca Dennis is the UK's leading breath coach, who has helped hundreds of people for over a decade to overcome all kinds of common issues simply using breathing exercises. 

When you get the right balance in life, you can do amazing things: create, perform, lead a team, build a great company, raise a family. But so often the scales tip, and we feel overwhelmed and stressed. Michael Townsend Williams, an adman turned yoga teacher and mindfulness coach, is an advocate of 'welldoing' - leading a busy and productive life, but not at the expense of our health and well-being. And key to this? Our breath.

Mitra Rahbar has been a spiritual teacher for more than 30 years and has influenced Jennifer Aniston, Gisele Bundchen, and Sheryl Crow, among many others. In Miraculous Silence, she guides us through prayer and meditation and shares some of her own beautiful prayers. Like so many immigrants before her, Mitra Rahbar was challenged to find her way in an unfamiliar land. She was sustained by an ever-deepening prayer life that led her to her soul's core.

Having suffered from anxiety for much of her life, Izzy Judd has brought together a brilliant and inspiring collection of simple activities and exercises to help mothers find their own piece of calm. Included are exercises for you to do alone and with your children of all ages, giving them their own tools to help remain happy and peaceful too. Mindfulness for Mums will guide you through invaluable, quick and easy self-care tips to help you find a moment's calm in the chaos of motherhood.

Combining personal stories, grounded advice and insights drawn from Kate Carne's own professional and personal experience as well as the experiences of the many people she has taught over the years, this unique book is essential listening for all who have ever been drawn to mindfulness but who - in spite of the best of intentions - find themselves struggling to keep going after their initial enthusiasm has waned.

Do you feel stressed out?Want to relax quickly and let go of unhelpful tension in your life? These super-quick, easy and effective strategies based on the principles of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) will help you chill out and feel better in minutes, whether you’re stressed about work, having trouble unwinding on holiday or simply want to enjoy your life more. You will discover how to:·

Anyone who has ever gone for a run, a jog or even a walk knows that uplifting, happy feeling they get at the end of their journey. Some call it the runner's high; others put it down to endorphins. Here William Pullen teaches us focus that incredible energy to experience our emotions in motion. In Run for Your Life, Pullen argues that we need a radical new approach to mindfulness - an approach which originates in the body itself.

Much of the health advice we receive tells us that in order to be healthy, we must consume a Spartan diet, exercise with the intensity of an Olympic athlete, and take a drug for every ailment. We constantly worry about the foods we should or shouldn't be eating and the medical tests we have neglected to take. And all that worry costs us dearly - financially, emotionally, and physically. In The Good Vices, naturopathic physician Dr. Harry Ofgang and health journalist Erik Ofgang tear down decades of myth to reveal how some of our guilty pleasures are actually good for our health.

We all know what it’s like to experience the disappointments and sorrows of life. Unexpected circumstances like layoffs, divorce, illness, and death can leave us hurting and isolated. Add to that the unending anxiety we feel at the state of the world—political strife and global upheavals—and we end up with a recipe for . . . joy? Yes, says journalist Steven Petrow, who has lived through all of those things, and arrived at a surprising conclusion: Joy is always present—in our everyday routines, in ties to those we care about, even in our grief.

Originally written over 13 years ago, the teachings in this book have transformed the lives of people across the world, and, despite the passing of time, the advice has never been more pertinent. Having lived an extraordinary life spanning across Eastern and Western cultures, Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, world-renowned meditation master and abbot of the oldest and largest Buddhist monastery in the UK, Kagyu Samye Ling, shares how simple Buddhist practices can help us all to train our minds so that we can find happiness and achieve our true potential.