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| Author | : Nancy N. Chen |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 0231128053 |
The charismatic form of healing called qigong, which at its core involves meditative breathing exercises, achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Anthropologist Nancy N. Chen examines the cultural context of medicine and healing practices in the PRC, Taiwan, and the United States, and the pages of her book come alive with the narratives of the numerous practitioners, healers, psychiatric patients, doctors, and bureaucrats she interviewed.
| Author | : Nancy N. Chen |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 0231128045 |
The charismatic form of healing called qigong, which at its core involves meditative breathing exercises, achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Anthropologist Nancy N. Chen examines the cultural context of medicine and healing practices in the PRC, Taiwan, and the United States, and the pages of her book come alive with the narratives of the numerous practitioners, healers, psychiatric patients, doctors, and bureaucrats she interviewed.
| Author | : Heidi Neumark |
| Publisher | : Beacon Press |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2012-09-04 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0807095826 |
This book is a song of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving for the people whose courageous witness has transfigured this community-and this pastor. Thanksgiving for the gift of these stories that cry out to be told and retold because in the midst of death they rise to fill the air with life. Breathing Space is the story of a young woman, Heidi Neumark, and the Hispanic and African-American Lutheran church-aptly named Transfiguration-that took a chance calling on a pastor from a starkly different background. Despite living and working in a milieu of overwhelming poverty and violence, Neumark and the congregation encounter even more powerful forces of hope and renewal. This is the story of a church and a community creating space for new life and breath in a place where children suffer the highest asthma rates in the nation. It's also the story of a young woman-working, raising her children, and struggling for spiritual breathing space. Through poignant, intimate stories, Neumark charts her journey alongside her parishioners as pastor, church, and community grow in wisdom and together experience transformation.
| Author | : Katrina Repka |
| Publisher | : Hachette Books |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2009-01-01 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 1401395538 |
"This is the story of a year I spent in New York, studying with Yoga Master Alan Finger." When Katrina Repka moved to New York, she was eager to shed her past and begin a new life, but she soon discovered that her old problems had followed her to the big city, and that instead of finding herself, she was more lost than ever. It was when she was almost ready to give up on everything that she read a magazine article on Master Yogi Alan Finger and knew that she had to meet him. It was a meeting that would change her life. Over the next twelve months, with Alan's help, Katrina tackled and overcame many of the obstacles holding her back. Dealing with issues that every woman will relate to--criticism, emptiness, balance, family, and creativity (among others)--the twelve chapters in Breathing Space follow Katrina's ups and downs in New York. At the end of each chapter there is a simple but effective breathing exercise that will help readers eliminate harmful behavior patterns and speed their own process of personal transformation. Breathing Space is an inspiring and instructive book that offers every woman the chance to follow the author's path and become the person she truly wants and deserves to be.
| Author | : Gregg Mitman |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 2008-10-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0300138326 |
Allergy is the sixth leading cause of chronic illness in the United States. More than fifty million Americans suffer from allergies, and they spend an estimated $18 billion coping with them. Yet despite advances in biomedicine and enormous investment in research over the past fifty years, the burden of allergic disease continues to grow. Why have we failed to reverse this trend? Breathing Space offers an intimate portrait of how allergic disease has shaped American culture, landscape, and life. Drawing on environmental, medical, and cultural history and the life stories of people, plants, and insects, Mitman traces how America’s changing environment from the late 1800s to the present day has led to the epidemic growth of allergic disease. We have seen a never-ending stream of solutions to combat allergies, from hay fever resorts, herbicides, and air-conditioned homes to numerous potions and pills. But, as Mitman shows, despite the quest for a magic bullet, none of the attempted solutions has succeeded. Until we address how our changing environment—physical, biological, social, and economic—has helped to create America’s allergic landscape, that hoped-for success will continue to elude us.
| Author | : Jeff Davidson |
| Publisher | : Breathing Space Institute |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Time management |
| ISBN | : 0942361326 |
Breathing Space is a ground-breaking book that will show readers how to avoid racing the clock and gain control over each day. It offers proven steps for handling information and activity overload and balancing one's professional and personal life.
| Author | : Mark Everard |
| Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 2015-04-09 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1783603879 |
In this book Mark Everard argues that governments and citizens too often take the air we breathe for granted. Air and the wider atmosphere are vital in protecting us from radiation, maintaining climate and weather patterns, dispersing water, seeds and pollen, and serving as an alternative source of energy. Breathing Space overturns conventional thinking on the atmosphere, and is the first book to properly integrate air into the wider environmental discourse. Outlining the structure and development of the atmosphere, Everard assesses its importance within the environment as a whole. Everard’s work represents the long overdue incorporation of air into our wider understanding of ecosystems, and argues persuasively for the need for governments to recognise the importance of air as a resource. A must read for scholars, students and activists.
| Author | : Jane Rawson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2021-10-29 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780646842288 |
Essays, stories and poems on Tasmanians' changing relationship with nature. This book is published to celebrate the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's 20th birthday
| Author | : Alison Rogers |
| Publisher | : North Atlantic Books |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2019-08-06 |
| Genre | : Family & Relationships |
| ISBN | : 1623173426 |
A gentle and novel guide to new motherhood—one that encourages women to take time to breathe, embrace their experiences, and be "good enough"—one yoga minute at a time Yoga instructor Alison Rogers and coauthor Erin O. White forge a new path through contemporary motherhood with their collection of gentle suggestions for beginning and deepening a home yoga practice for new mothers. From the warm-up of first days with a newborn to the wobbly-but-standing postures of confident new motherhood, Breathing Space for New Mothers encourages women to notice and nurture their feelings and foster self-compassion to approach motherhood with curiosity instead of fear, improvisation instead of rigidity, and humor instead of worry. The authors offer mothers a singular message: your well-being matters as much as your baby’s. Each chapter ends with a one-minute mindful yoga practice, which can be done in a sequence to create a relaxing and balancing support for the incredibly demanding first nine months with a baby.
| Author | : Dennis Lewis |
| Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2016-08-01 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1930485778 |
Take a life-affirming journey with Taoist and breathwork teacher Dennis Lewis into the physiological, psychological, and spiritual experience of breathing A long-time student of Advaita Vedanta, Taoism, and the Gurdjieff Work, Daniel Lewis presents a comprehensive approach to understanding the mechanics of the breath, as well as the relationship of breath, emotions, and energy. Along with breathing practices designed to open the three primal energy centers, the book defines natural breathing; provides a clear, illustrated description of the physiology of breathing; and offers suggestions on how to use spacious breathing both in times of stress and in everyday life. These practices will improve your health, increase your energy, and support your quest for inner growth. ". . . exquisite description of the simple act of breathing . . . this is a book to make you (and all your organs) smile." —San Francisco Chronicle
