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DANCING ON THE ROOF TOPS
WITH DRAGONS: THE YOGA OF JOY
by Yuan Miao, trans. Denis Mair & Peter Shiao
Philosophical Research Society
$14.95/softcover,
260 pages
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YOGA OF JOY AND TRADITIONAL
HEALING MUDRAS
New Century Foundation
DVD (22.95) & VHS
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Yoga in the West is largely associated with
stretches and static postures employed to
improve body health. However, in the Tibetan
tradition yoga includes as well, beneficial hand
gestures (mudras), sounds (mantras) and visualizations.
Tibetan yoga also includes more
movement than is typical of the yoga that most
Americans are familiar with. The DVD Yoga of
Joy and Traditional Healing Mudras by Yuan
Miao explores the richness of this yoga from
the “roof of the world” in two sections that
offer a unique introduction to a path for
improving one’s quality of life. The book by
the same author goes a step further, not only
describing more fully aspects of the practices
but also revealing an intellectually and emotionally
satisfying sense of purpose for yoga. As
Yuan Miao has observed, physical yoga may
improve health but cultivating the physical
side alone is a bit like having a beautiful vase
but leaving out the flowers.
The book makes for remarkable reading on
its own. Part documentary and part guidebook for yoga practice, Dancing on the Rooftops with
Dragons: The Yoga of Joy is the story of one
woman’s journey of discovery. Once a
renowned filmmaker for China Central
Television, through her own personal suffering
Yuan Miao came to the realization of the preciousness
and real power of joy. After the shattering
of years of material success by the loss of
her beautiful daughter, she came to a religious
awakening. This personal loss and renewal
awakened her to the mystical possibilities of
the world that manifest through her. Yuan
Miao’s system for the self-cultivation of joy,
with all its healing power, stems from many
years of practice of the Vajrayana Yoga teachings
of her Tibetan Buddhist ancestors. This
simple “Nine Step Yoga of Joy” is shared with
her readers so that they, too, might cultivate
and nurture joy in their lives. Reading about
her journey will forever change yours.
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NO REGRETS - Last Chance for a Father and Son
by Barry Neil Kaufman
H J Kramer Book/New World Library
$24.95/hardcover
336 pages
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No Regrets has been endorsed by President
Jimmy Carter, Dr. Stephen Covey, Dr. Bernie
Siegel and Neale Donald Walsch, among
others. It is a true story of an extraordinary reconciliation
between father and son, an exploration
of the fear that can rip families to shreds
and the courage and love that can bring them
back together.
Kaufman and his father had a rift between
them the size of the Great Divide. Kaufman’s
father consider him the black sheep of the
family and rejected his son’s philosophy and
teachings. When his father called him and told
him he had 27 malignant tumors in his
abdomen and groin, Kaufman responded with
excitement, “Sounds like you’re about to have one of the great adventures of your life, Pop!”
There was quiet at the other end of the phone,
then he heard his dad say to his mom, “See?
That’s why we called him. Listen to what he
just said!”
This response typified Barry Neil
Kaufman’s attitudinal perspective, helping his
father live more fully in the final two years of
his life than he had in his entire 85 years. It’s
the same attitudinal perspective he used to
cure his own son of autism. Where Kaufman
saw the cancer as an opportunity for healing a
rift and a way to deepen their relationship, his
siblings saw it as a tragedy. Where Kaufman
was honest with his dad about how he looked
after chemotherapy (like a “character from Star
Trek”), his siblings told their dad he looked
great. Where his dad felt alienated and alone
with the siblings and other family members,
he felt truly loved and respected by Kaufman.
No Regrets is an intimate family memoir
that will change how you see aging, illness and
dying.
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WHAT YOUR DOCTOR DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE MAY BE KILLING YOU
by Ray D. Strand, M.D.
Thomas Nelson Publishers
$22.99/hardcover
231 pages
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America’s doctors know their drugs and don’t
hesitate to prescribe them, for example, the
drugs prescribed for high blood pressure, elevated
cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, arthritis,
heart disease and depression, to name just a
few. They are trained to treat disease with
drugs but they are not trained in the most
powerful tool for your health.
In What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About
Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You discover
how you can:
- Reap the benefits of cutting-edge discoveries in nutritional science
- Use drugs as a last resort instead of a first choice
- Take charge of your health—and learn why your health doesn’t have to decline just because you’re getting older
- Arrest or even reverse the progress of your disease if you are already sick.
Drawing on extensive research culled from
over 1,300 clinical studies in well-known medical
journals, Dr. Strand illuminates the critical
role that nutritional medicine plays in slowing
the aging process and reclaiming health, even
after the devastation of illnesses such as diabetes,
chronic fatigue, cancer, multiple sclerosis,
heart disease and many other diseases.
What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About
Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You is a
practical nutrient guideline on how to equip
your body to fight the war within.
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SHAMAN WISDOM, SHAMAN HEALING
by Michael Samuels, M.D.
and Mary Rockwood Lane, Ph.D.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
$24.95/hardcover
264 pages
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A practical, prescriptive guide that offers a
step-by-step program to show you how to
focus the power of your mind, open yourself to
your visionary life and allow the healing spirit
to flow through you. Learn how to heal yourself
and others using proven techniques drawn
from both Native American and Asian traditions,
including:
- Heeding the call
- Creating a sacred space
- Inviting spirit through prayer
- Using guided imagery and moving healing energy
- Invoking spirit animals and the spirits of ancient ones
- Using a medicine wheel and cultivating visions.
Shaman Wisdom, Shaman Healing is filled with inspiring and beautifully written stories of
people who have helped others recover from
illness, trauma and loss. It gives readers the key
to unlock their visionary life and allow spirit to
flow through themselves. This illuminating,
practical guide will help you maximize your
healing powers by adding a dimension of deep
spiritual healing to your life.
Female is an album with the power to heal and
inspire. This life-enhancing soundscape performed
on piano is a story that has human
interest, the ability to communicate through
the healing art of music and a message to
inspire.
Award-winning composer, recording artist,
songwriter and producer, Misha Segal is a
unique talent with a rare combination of
depth and diversity. As part of an illustrious
international career spanning decades, Misha
is now lending his passion to his new genre of
“life-enhancing” music, eloquently represented
in Female, his new release of original
piano music. Dedicated to the memory of his
mother, who passed away after a long battle
with cancer, Female is Misha’s poignant, evocative
gift to women and anyone seeking tender
fortitude.
Inspired by his mother’s legacy, Misha has
launched a musical tour of hospitals and
health centers throughout the U.S., playing to
cancer patients. The reception of his music has
been profound. Patients, families and physicians
alike have responded to the power of his
music on a deep emotional level and are unanimous
in their accolades. Female has been
described as “the soundtrack to life.” Misha’s
mission is to bring this music to a wide audience,
while contributing to cancer research,
establishing a charitable foundation and disseminating
beauty in unlikely places.
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