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25 Secrets of Tai Chi: Chen Family Taijiquan 25 Key Disciplines - Paperback

$40.48

by Bosco Seungchul Baek (Author)The 25 secrets of Tai Chi are the secretive Tai Chi principles inherited in Chen Village (Chenjiagou) where Tai Chi was created. Please remember that moving just slowly and softly is not Tai Chi because the classical Tai Chi (Taijiquan) requires the balance and change of energy between hardness, softness, fastness and slowness. The essence of taijiquan cannot be captured if a practitioner only studies slowness and softness. The 25 arcane and profound Tai Chi se...

Weed Witch: The Essential Guide to Cannabis for Magic and Wellness - Hardcover

$21.00

by Sophie Saint Thomas (Author)Discover and harness the magic of cannabis and get wicked high, in this first-of-its-kind guide to weed in witchcraft. Cannabis and magic are woven together throughout history, and there has never been a better time to embrace your inner weed witch. In this comprehensive guide and spellbook, practicing witch and cannabis writer Sophie Saint Thomas explores the beautiful relationship between the two, offering everything you need to use marijuana in all its forms...

Bicycling the Blue Ridge: A Guide to Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway - Paperback

$18.95

by Elizabeth Skinner (Author), Charlie Skinner (Author)This definitive guide for cyclists details all 575 miles of Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway, through North Carolina and Virginia.Author BiographyElizabeth Skinner and Charlie Skinner have spent the last two decades bicycling, hiking, and exploring the Piedmont, foothills and mountains of North Carolina. They shared their love of outdoor adventuring with two daughters and continue to pass along their years of experience to gratefu...

Woman Desired, Woman Desiring: How to Re-Energise Sex and Desire - Paperback

$45.29

by Daniele Flaumenbaum (Author)A fascinating exploration of sexuality, pleasure and desire. Author BiographyDaniele Flaumenbaum is a gynaecologist and acupuncurist, and a member of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris for over 40 years. In the 1980s Daniele studied Chinese medicine and Taoist sexual alchemy, as well as exploring transgenerational psychoanalysis which highlights ancestral heritage. She is a pioneer in her field in bringing these disciplines together and this has transformed her li...

Ireland's Hidden Medicine: An Exploration of Irish Indigenous Medicine from Legend and Myth to the Present Day - Paperback

$43.72

by Rosarie Kingston (Author)An exploration of the rich herbal healing traditions of Ireland which resonate through the country's landscape, music, festivals and language.Author BiographyRosarie Kingston is a practicing medical herbalist in West Cork, Ireland. She lectures in the department of Folklore and Ethnology at University College, Cork. Her PhD examined Irish vernacular medicine in the twenty first century and she considers this blending of science and tradition paramount to the progre...

Human Health and Its Maintenance with the Aid of Medicinal Plants - Hardcover

$153.90

by Julian Barker (Author)A groundbreaking formula of interlocking ideas which integrate circadian physiology with the transformations that constitute human life.Author BiographyAfter an inordinate number of previous occupations, Julian Barker started his training in herbal medicine in North and Central America, then returned to Britain as an apprentice herb-grower at Suffolk Herbs while studying concurrently on NIMH's tutorial course, before joining the first cohort at the School of Herbal Me...

$55.08

by Karen Pearce (Author), Sarah Sessa (Author)An indispensable guide for Pilates Instructors who may not have experience working with Parkinson's clients. This book is written for people with Parkinson's, especially in the early stages who are looking for an exercise regime that will keep them strong, flexible and as mobile as possible. Physiotherapists may also find this book a useful aid to their practice. Up to date medical information is provided, written in such a way that is easy to und...

The Handbook of Constitutional and Energetic Herbal Medicine: The Lotus Within - Paperback

$85.86

by Andrew Stableford (Author)A unique and essential textbook bridging the gap between herbal medicine therapeutics and orthodox medicine. Based upon a constitutional approach to treatment, The Handbook of Constitutional and Energetic Herbal Medicine is a synthesis of the traditional herbal approach integrated with biomedical constructs. While this holistic approach to treatment may seem incompatible with the biomedical approach, this is largely due to the lack of understanding of the medical ...

A Herbal Book of Making and Taking - Paperback

$43.72

by Christopher Hedley (Author), Non Shaw (Author)A distillation of years of experience and experimentation in a collection of essential wisdom for the aspiring herbalist.Author BiographyChristopher Hedley (1946-2017) was a Fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, and taught herbal medicine at all levels, from beginners to MSc in Herb Schools across the UK and the USA, specialising in material medica and pharmacy. Non Shaw was a herbalist, counsellor, and bodyworker who inspired...

Herbal Medicine and Reproductive Health: Natural Approaches to Overcoming Male and Female Reproductive Health Problems and Improving Fertility - Paperback

$85.86

by Marie Reilly (Author)A comprehensive text-book for herbalists, nutritionists and other healthcare practitioners, providing detailed information on reproductive health in both men and women. This in-depth and much needed book, will enable practitioners to gain an in-depth understanding of a wide range of reproductive health problems from both an orthodox medical and an energetic/holistic perspective. It provides detailed advice on case history taking, clinical examination and orthodox inves...

The Tai Chi Space: How to Move in Tai Chi and Qi Gong - Paperback

$46.91

by Paul Cavel (Author)Learn the forty-two essential principles of Tai Chi & Qi GongAuthor BiographyPaul Cavel is the founder and principal of the Tai Chi Space, a London-based school established to teach Water Method arts. He has been a full-time health, healing, and meditation arts teacher for over 20 years, and he's a certified soft tissue and injury therapist. Paul holds a mechanical engineering certificate from London City and Guilds and is an avid blogger and the editor of Inner Ques...

Traditional Western Herbal Medicine: As Above So Below - Paperback

$61.54

by Elisabeth Brooke (Author)A users manual to guide the interested practitioner through incorporating Western Herbal Tradition into their practice. Complete with charts, diagrams, tables and cross-references, to guid, synthesises and elaborates on all the extant information on the Western Healing Tradition as recorded by William Lilly and Nicholas Culpeper in the 17Cth and from the author's own herbal practice. It shows how using planetary energies and the wheel of the year deepens our unders...

Conversations with Plants: The Path Back to Nature - Paperback

$55.08

by Nikki Darrell (Author)A book to remind us of the intimate bond that has always existed between people and plants and encourages us to bring them back into our daily lives. In some parts of the world, plant medicine is still taught at the kitchen table, by the cooking fire, or in the fields, passed down from parent to child and woven through the fabric of the culture. In many places it has been severely eroded, but it has not been lost. This book helps us reclaim and restore a hugely import...

$81.00

by Henriette Kress (Author)A text written for everyone who likes to harvest and process their own herbs from the wild or from their gardens. This volume includes comprehensive instructions for making herbal tinctures, oils, salves, vinegars, teas, and syrups. Finnish herbalist Henriette Kress focuses on herbs that are easy to grow or find in northern Europe--stressing teas over tinctures, as local tradition dictates. Practical Herbs 1 is fully illustrated with colour photographs.Author Biogra...

The Herbal Lexicon: In 10 Languages - Paperback

$55.08

by Kate Koutrouboussis (Author)This book's aim is to help the herbal traveller. From students to professional biologists in the field, herbal retailers and wholesalers, people living away from their own country and medical herbalists. The author mainly focuses on herbs which grow in Europe and the Mediterranean but has included some from the rest of the world which are commonly used in Europe.The book is very simple to use. Part One consists of the Latin names, numbered and in alphabetical or...

Pharmakakawa: Theobroma Cacao in Medicine and Ceremony - Paperback

$35.64

by Marcos Patchett (Author)A concise guide to the medicinal and ceremonial usage of chocolateAuthor BiographyMarcos Patchett is a medical herbalist. He graduated from Middlesex University's Herbal Medicine BSc course with a first class degree honours and the Elsevier science prize for plant pharmacology in 2005. He worked as a medical herbalist in King's Cross for several years, specialising in complementary care for people living with HIV, and practiced from Neal's Yard remedies' Therapy Roo...

Physic: A Primer of Herbal Medicine - Hardcover

$97.20

by Julian Barker (Author)A detailed guide to understanding what is needed to effectively treat patients with herbal medicineAuthor BiographyJulian Barker started his training in herbal medicine in North and Central America, before returning Britain as an apprentice herb-grower at Suffolk Herbs while studying concurrently on NIMH's tutorial course, at which point he joined the first cohort at the School of Herbal Medicine. In 1983, he opened a clinic in Brighton offering acupuncture, herbal me...

My Gut: IBS, SIBO and other digestive issues - Paperback

$17.26

by Ada J. Peters (Author)Is your digestive system causing you extreme discomfort? Get educated and take action to start things flowing smoothly and begin feeling your best.Is diarrhea or constipation ruining your day? Do you suffer from symptoms such as a bloated abdomen, or abdominal pain and cramps? Are you suffering from unexplained weight loss or gain? Ada J. Peters knows firsthand the pain of G.I. disorders and understands there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Now she's sharing her yea...

Juzen-taiho-to (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang): Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications - Paperback

$137.68

by Haruki Yamada (Editor), Ikuo Saiki (Editor)Kampo is a traditional Japanese herbal medicine that takes a holistic approach to healing. Since Kampo is currently being used for the treatment of a wide range of diseases with many reports of clinical effectiveness, it is playing an increasingly important role in Japan's modern-day health care. Juzen-taiho-to (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang): Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications presents a concise overview of the important Kampo formula of Juzen...

The Human Nature of Need and Feed A Modern Treatise: Finding Wellbeing Wisdom for Life in the 21st Century - Hardcover

$114.75

by Otillia M. Richmond (Author)Are you concerned about your health or have questions about diet and nutrition?Do you experience difficulty controlling your weight or staying fit?Do you worry about the planet or wonder what you can do to make a difference? Or do you simply desire to further your intuition, develop freedom, and, find personal wellbeing? If yes answers any of these questions, this may be the read for you. This modern treatise uncovers the many facets of nature, exposing human st...

The Magic Feather Effect: The Science of Alternative Medicine and the Surprising Power of Belief - Paperback

$17.00

by Melanie Warner (Author)The acclaimed author of Pandora's Lunchbox and former New York Times reporter delivers an "entertaining and highly useful book that gives you the tools to understand how alternative medicine works, so you can confidently make up your own mind" (The Washington Post). We all know someone who has had a seemingly miraculous cure from an alternative form of medicine: a friend whose chronic back pain vanished after sessions with an acupuncturist or chiropractor; a relative...

Mismanaged Money in American Healthcare: Problems and Solutions - Paperback

$71.91

by Lisa Famiglietti (Author), Mark Scott (Author) Warren Buffett famously invoked the metaphor of a tapeworm when describing what healthcare is to the American economy. The United States spends approximately 20% of its gross national product on healthcare, but it is unclear where the money goes or who is minding the store. This healthcare crisis is mostly about money--not lack of money, but rather misspending of money. From the perspective of a healthcare auditor and provider, this work descr...

TRISOmetrics: Advanced Science-Based High-Intensity Strength and Muscle Building - Paperback

$18.88

by Helen Renee Wuorio (Author), Brian Sterling-Vete (Author)This book has been approved by TWiEA - The World Isometric Exercise Association (www.TWiEA.com). TRISOmetrics(TM) is an advanced, science-based high-intensity exercise system that combines 3 scientifically proven exercise techniques into a powerful new exercise system. TRISOmetrics(TM) can be performed with or without equipment, making it ideal for use at home or when travelling, or it can also be used as part of a gym-based heavy ex...

The TRISO90 Course: Advanced Strength and Muscle Building with The TRISOmetrics Exercise System. - Paperback

$29.68

by Helen Renee Wuorio (Author), Brian Sterling-Vete (Author)This book has been approved by TWiEA - The World Isometric Exercise Association (www.TWiEA.com). The TRISO90(TM) Course is a 90-day/12-week advanced bodybuilding and strength-building exercise course based on the TRISOmetrics(TM) exercise system. The TRISOmetric(TM) exercise system consists of three proven science-based exercise principles which when combined form this highly advanced high-intensity exercise technique. The TRISO90(TM...

Sport Injury Psychology: Cultural, Relational, Methodological, and Applied Considerations - Paperback

$90.70

by Ross Wadey (Editor)Written by a team of international experts and emerging talents from around the world, Sport Injury Psychology: Cultural, Relational, Methodological, and Applied Considerations challenges the status quo of the field of sport injury psychology and opens new and exciting future research trajectories by critically considering: How to evolve from an individual focused and single, scientific discipline into a cultural and relational focused and interdisciplinary discours...

The Bullworker 90 Course: The Complete 90-Day/12-Week Bullworker Training Course - Paperback

$33.73

by Helen Renee Wuorio (Author), Brian Sterling-Vete (Author)This book has been approved by TWiEA - The World Isometric Exercise Association (www.TWiEA.com). Since this book is now over 650 pages and Amazon set minimum sale prices due to high printing costs associated with big books, we are selling it for the minimum price Amazon will allow. It can also be used with the new range of 2021/22 Bullworker Series 3 models. This is the 2022 updated Bullworker 90(TM) Course and is the companion book ...

The Bullworker Compendium: The Bullworker Bible and Bullworker 90 Course Combined - Paperback

$47.23

by Helen Renee Wuorio (Author), Brian Sterling-Vete (Author)This book has been approved by TWiEA - The World Isometric Exercise Association (www.TWiEA.com). This is the NEW, HUGE 800+ page 2021/22 edition of The Bullworker Compendium(TM) is the combination of the newly updated versions of both The Bullworker 90(TM) Course (2021 edition) and The Bullworker Bible(TM) (2021 edition) into a single book. It also includes information and compression spring data for all new 2021/22 range of Bullwork...

The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder - Paperback

$70.09

by Allan V. Horwitz (Author), Jerome C. Wakefield (Author)Depression has become the single most commonly treated mental disorder, amid claims that one out of ten Americans suffer from this disorder every year and 25% succumb at some point in their lives. Warnings that depressive disorder is a leading cause of worldwide disability have been accompanied by a massive upsurge in the consumption of antidepressant medication, widespread screening for depression in clinics and schools, and a push to...

Evaluation of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs: Improving Population Health Through Evidence-Based Practice (Revised) - Paperback

$196.65

by Richard A. Windsor (Author)Evaluation of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs offers conceptual and methodological frameworks for the six phases of health program evaluation: introduction to evaluation models of evaluation planning efficacy and effectiveness evaluation measurement and analysis evaluation process and qualitative evaluation cost analysis and basic economic evaluation By presenting these concepts through case studies, this text offers an innovative and didactic mo...

$27.00

by Paul Kalanithi (Author), Abraham Verghese (Foreword by)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living? NAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - People - NPR - The Washington Post - Slate - Harper's ...

The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications - Hardcover

$28.00

by Emily Oster (Author), Nathan Fox (Author)From the New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better, a guide to navigating a second pregnancy when the first did not go as planned--with Dr. Nathan Fox, maternal fetal medicine specialist In Expecting Better, Emily Oster revolutionized the pregnancy landscape with her data-driven approach. In the years since, she kept hearing questions from readers on how to approach a second pregnancy when the first has not gone as planned. While The Une...

$10.99

by Jenny Burrill (Author), Hilli Kushnir (Illustrator)Listen. Feel. Stand Tall. Grow Steady. Hang loose. Say "HELLO" to your body. Stand tall like a mountain. Stretch high into the sky. You are brave and strong. You see the world in a different way. Inspire your little ones to feel their best with yoga techniques perfectly calibrated for young learners. Simple prompts like, "Say HELLO to your body" and "Curve like a cat" invite children to practice connecting with their body. Gentle guides ...