A decade ago, Deepak Chopra, M.D., wrote Perfect Health, thefirst practical guide to harnessing the healing power of the mind,which became a national bestseller. The book described howbreakthroughs in physics and medicine were underscoring thevalidity of a 5,000-year-old medical system from ancient Indiaknown as Ayurveda ("the knowledge of life span" in Sanskrit).Perfect Health went on to describe how to apply the ancient wisdomof Ayurveda to everyday life. In celebration of this classic workwe have created this new edition, revised and updated to includethe latest medical research. Although we experience our bodies as solid, they are in fact morelike fires that are constantly being consumed and renewed. We grownew stomach linings every five days, for instance. Our skin is newevery five weeks. Each year, fully 98 percent of the total numberof atoms in our bodies is replaced. Ayurveda gives us the tools tointervene at this quantum level, where we are being created aneweach day. Ayurveda tells us t
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In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with thepeace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master,spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to makepositive use of the very situations that usually pressure andantagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to callus back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and trafficjams are spiritual friends on the path to "mindfulness" -- theprocess of keeping our consciousness alive to our presentexperience and reality. The most profound satisfactions, thedeepest feelings of joy and completeness lie as close at hand asour next aware breath and the smile we can form right now.
In this compelling collection of talks, interviews, andletters, Toni Packer provides a comprehensive overview of the pathof meditative inquiry—a nondenominational approach to spiritualgrowth that emphasizes the direct experience of the present moment."The immense challenge for each one of us," Packer writes, "is canwe live our lives, at least for moments at a time, in the wonder ofpresence that is the creative source of everything?" She shows howwe can transform fear, anger, guilt, and attachment to ourself-image through simple, direct awareness. Having recently losther husband of fifty years, Packer also speaks with candor andtenderness about the convulsions of a grieving heart and the peacethat undivided awareness can bring. Toni Packer began studying Zen in 1967 with Roshi Philip Kapleau(author of The Three Pillars of Zen ) at the Rochester Zen Centerand was eventually named his successor. Seeing the potentiallydestructive effects of relying too much on tradition, however, shedid not accept
Quantum-Touch is the touch-based healing technique that usesthe chi of both practitioner and client, bringing them into harmonyto allow the body to heal itself. Quantum-Touch differs from otherhealing techniques because it does not require long years of studyand presents none of the common hurdles of understanding orapplication; anyone can learn to use it to become a healer, both ofothers and of self. In this new edition of his best-selling guide,Richard Gordon leads the reader step by step, clearly explaininghow to use breathing and body-focusing techniques to raise one'senergy levels. Once that is achieved, the healer can correctposture and alignment, reduce pain and inflammation, help balanceemotional distress, and even heal pets. Above all, Quantum-Touchcan be used in tandem with all other healing modalities, includingWestern medicine, and its efficacy has been attested to byphysicians, acupuncturists, chiropractors, and other healingprofessionals.
