Editorial Review

Borrowing chakra principles and healing teachings from previous works, Dr. Caroline Myss forms a daily living plan that focuses on making the most of personal energy. Myss questions, chides, and inspires her audience--both audiobook listeners and the production's live studio gathering--to let go of blame, victimhood, and group thinking and take responsibility for their own lives. When she makes rueful fun of her own pre-enlightened state, it's to let her listeners know that they are not alone. Myss backs up her theories with both anecdotal and historical examples, and bolsters the production with a quiet certainty. (Running time: 9 hours, 6 cassettes.) Read more

Reviews (29)

Highly recommended for those interested in the subject
I am very familiar with much of Myss' work... having read (or listened to) many of her books and listened to the majority of her audio works.
Self Help Personal Growth and Responsibilities
I found this series to be beneficial to my personal growth and healing.Caroline went into detail about how she applies her technical formal training with spirituality principals to help the novice like me to view the responsibility of self growth and communion with others.I listen to this series again and again, yet, I learn something new about self each time.This series has and continues to help me.People ask me what I am doing as I seem more positive and the only thing I can say I am doing different is listening and reading to Caroline Myss's books.

Energy Anatomy: Everything you need to know to turn your life around
Ten years ago a physicist friend of mine gave me the priceless gift of the six-tape set of Energy Anatomy.I was enraptured, for I quickly discovered that Dr. Caroline Myss is an outstanding teacher, beautiful in mind, body and spirit.She seems to relate to each of her audience in a personally uplifting way, both in person, audio and the written word.After more than 50 years of meditating I found that Caroline gave me vitally new information, always adding to my own prior store of knowledge and techniques.At her lectures she seems to hold each participant enthralled.A consumate story teller she teaches by example, giving clear and graphic examples of others having overcome similar adversity or circumstances.
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Subjects:  1. Audio Adult: Books On Tape    2. Children's Audio - Young Adult    3. Healing - General    4. Motivational & Inspirational    5. Self-Help    6. Spiritual    7. Complementary Medicine    8. Popular medicine   

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Super excellent production
This book is super excellent on every part. Is concise, very graphic and very easy to understand. The best is that has every theme on the same book. The only thing I don't like is the external plastic cover because it fall apart so quikly. The rest is fabulous.

Touch for health- new edition
It is a very complete edition compared to the last ones which i felt were sub standard. The only thing i would have found useful were - if the colour of the tabs represented the colours of the 5 elements. its a small detail perhaps but important to a practitioner. otherwise excellently laid out.

Great book!!
I have had no training in 'Touch For Health' and I am finding the book really easy to grasp and to put into practice. It is well written, the colour pictures are great (there's lots of them too) and thereare some useful explanation's of what the 5 Elements and meridians are and how they relate to health etc. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Acupressure    2. Body, Mind & Spirit    3. Consumer Health    4. Healing - Energy (Chi Kung, Reiki, Polarity)    5. Healthy Living    6. Kinesiology    7. Massage & Reflexotherapy    8. New Age    9. Mind, Body, Spirit   

Editorial Review

When you look at the popularity of mind-body medicine today, it's hard to understand what a groundbreaking book this was when it was first published in 1975. Based on studies at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Herbert Benson showed that relaxation techniques such as meditation have immense physical benefits, from lowered blood pressure to a reduction in heart disease. Read more

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Good...but try to find an older edition.
I originally read The Relaxation Response when I was serving in Somalia in 1993. There was a table of free books donated from the states and the title peaked my interest....given the environment. Stress Relief and Indigo Dreams
This is an excellent book for anyone that wants to understand how stress works and how it hurts the body. Based on fact and research it is presented in an easy to read format. You can turn to any page and get something out of it that will make sense to you. I particularly liked the way Dr. Benson takes the mysticism out of meditation and shows scientifically how breathing, visualizing, muscular relaxation and positive statements will help your nervous system, circulatory system, respiratory system and immune system. This book has been around for 30 years and it's information is still powerful.
Excellent for laypersons and practitioners alike
Whether you are a mental or physical health practitioner or simply a person looking to explore relaxation techniques, this is an excellent book.Background information is provided, as well as an in depth look at how this works, why it works, and what effect it has on the body.
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Healing    3. Hypertension    4. Prevention    5. Psychology    6. Relaxation    7. Stress Management    8. Coping with stress    9. Health & Fitness / Healing    10. Popular psychology    11. Self-Help & Practical Interests   

Reviews (5)

Enjoyable and highly usable
Terrific 2 CD set - enjoyable to listen to, highly informative, short and sweet.You are on your way to using the techniques immediately.Nice addition to my "arsenal" of self-healing techniques.

Great for Beginners
I am just a beginner at Meditation, and I am trying to learn this for my health.
Good introduction to meditation
This is a solid introduction to the practice of meditation. The first disc features Weil and Kabat-Zinn giving background information about meditation. The second disc features guided meditations. Like any spiritual practice, the more information an individual gets, the better he or she becomes at that practice. This set of discs is a good starting point that will get a person going into meditation immediately, which might lead the listener to pursue additional materials about spirituality. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abridged Audio - Relaxation/Meditation    2. Audio Adult: New Age    3. Audiobooks    4. Body, Mind & Spirit    5. Healing    6. Meditation    7. Running Time: 150m    8. Complementary Medicine   

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The deeper side of cooking
This book is the very first which transformed me from one who dislikes cooking into one that is eager to cook and learn more and more!!! I just simply cannot believe this is happening to me. I have never liked cooking. And it makes for the most thrilling reading too!!
Great recipes!
This is a fantastic cookbook for experienced cooks wanting to explore both Indian cooking as well as Ayurvedic cooking.I've learned a lot about the appropriate use and balance of traditional Indian spices.
Good Tastes, Love and Wisdom
This cookbook has been one of my favorites ever since it first came out in 1990.Now 15 years later, it is ripped, worn, bent, curry stained and I'm buying a new copy. The recipes taste great,have greatly enhanced my family's health and vitality and been enjoyed by many friends. But it's not just a cookbook.The authors bless us with an Ayurvedic perspective on diet, constitution, lifestyle and body/mind/spirit healing and also clarify contemporary health issues related to sugar, dairy products and soyfoods in the light of ancient wisdom.This book is beautifully written, intelligently conceived and vibrates with wisdom and love. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Cookery, Indic    3. Cooking    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Macrobiotic diet    7. Medicine, Ayurvedic    8. Recipes    9. Cooking / General    10. Food & Drink / Cookery   

Reviews (36)

Career saving
When I was managing a software development group, a programmer on the team showed up at work one day with wrist braces. Turns out typing had become agony for him. He read this book, then diligently and conscientiously followed some of the recommended practices (strength training, yoga, serious workplace ergonomic changes). The wrist braces are gone, and his career has been saved.
Excellent Resource
I bought this book after all the glowing reports and am happy to say it lived up to my expectations. Just improving my posture (one of the suggestions) has helped with my RSI.

Don't Want To Know Where I'd Be Without This Book
I have been putting off writing my review because I have so much to say and in the meantime my hands are not yet a hundred percent. BUT it is thanks to this book (inconjunction with THE TRIGGERPOINT THERAPY WORKBOOK, which I found later) that I am not disabled today.The doctors I went to were not only shockingly unkind but dangerously misinformed...so I feel it is my duty to pass the info. on ASAP and I will revise this review later.
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Business Life - Health/Stress    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health aspects    7. Health/Fitness    8. Human-computer interaction    9. Microcomputers    10. Overuse injuries    11. Popular works    12. Work-Related Health    13. Carpal tunnel syndrome    14. Computers    15. Hand    16. Health    17. Occupational / industrial health & safety    18. Popular medicine   

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Very Good Except....
The book is well-documented and gives complete and clear explanations of diseases, causes, and possible solutions - ultimately suggesting which product is a natural way to releive symptoms and improve health. That's fine, except they don't do enough to alert you that fixing one thing may be bad for another. While you can talk live to an "advisor" anytime, they are not medical doctors and may not be aware of negative consequences of an item. For example, if you have burning with urination, the book and advisors may lead you to take the potent "CRANMAX" which may be excellent for urinary tract infection. But if the burning is from prostrate problems, a heavy dose of cranberry juice (quite acidic) is not a good idea.
The Baby Boomer's Survival Manual- A "Must Have" Book
As the largest block of Americans approaches the ranks of senior status, we face an economy that is incapable of taking care of us we become feeble incompetent old people, especially when there will be more people over the age of 50 in the USA than under the age of 50 by the year 2025!!We owe it to ourselves and our children to be strong, healthy, vital seniors capable of thinking for ourselves, strong enough to carry our own groceries, healthy enough to function independently and if we need to, continue to work well past 65 to support ourselves.The only way to do this is with the Prevention of Disease, not by treating the symptoms of degenerative diseases after they occur.This comprehensive text is extremely valuable for anyone interested in saving their own future, from the medical person to the average consumer of nutritional products.

Disease Prevention and Treatment
As a registered nurse and also a diabetic, I found the Fourth Edition to Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - General    5. General    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Preventive Medicine    9. Reference    10. Popular medicine    11. Reference works   

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Some concepts are dated, but overall, a good health guide
In the book, Mr. Kloss said of all diseases, "God has invented the cure and is waiting for man to discover it."The longer I practice as a pharmacist, the more I realize he was right.
Informative
Good information but I find many of the treatments brief or outdated, I prefer The Little Herb Encyclopedia by Jack Ritchason. Together they make the perfect herbal library.

if I could own one book other than the bible this would be it.
This book should be in everyone's home.Lots of information you will not get anywhere else.It's all useful every page. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Herbal Medications    6. Aromatherapy    7. Health & wholefood cookery    8. Homoeopathy   

Subjects:  1. Dietary supplements    2. Drug Guides    3. Drugs, Nonprescription    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Herbs    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Pharmacology    9. Reference    10. Therapeutic use   

Subjects:  1. Complementary Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Delivery of Health Care, Integ    4. Delivery of Health Care, Integrated    5. Family & General Practice    6. Healing    7. Integrative medicine    8. Laboratory Medicine    9. Medical    10. Clinical & Internal Medicine    11. Complementary Medicine    12. Medical / Family & General Practice   

Reviews (10)

Magnesium Miracle Reciew
Easy to read quick facts about magnesium and health. Helpful topical entries for medical conditions effected by magnesium.

THE MIRACLE OF MAGNISIUM
The MIRACLE OF MAGNESIUM is very informative.
Great book for magnesium questions
This book had great information on magnesium and how important a mineral it is. I thought it was easily understandable. Taking magnesium has turned me from being nearly invalid with headaches and muscle pain back into a functioning 30-something again.
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Healing    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health aspects    5. Health/Fitness    6. Magnesium    7. Magnesium deficiency diseases    8. Nutrition    9. Family & Health    10. Health & Fitness / Healing   

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Reviews (15)

Weil Good
I've been into breathing as long as I can remember...uhhhh...that was a joke by the way, you can laugh now...I remember when I was a kid if I hurt myself my dad had me look up at the sky and breathe deeply. Even recently, I just had back surgery and I was having trouble getting comfortable, my dear, sweet, 80 year old "poppa" told me to look up and breathe deeply, and y'know what, it still works.
good cd
The first cd in the two cd pack is kind of a waste, Weil reads his book aloud. The second cd is the "meat" of what most of us are looking for in this product, eg guided breathing exercises. I liked the exercises which were explained in a plain, easy to follow manner. I also like the music that he uses to bring one into a relazed frame of mind.

Fantastic!
This is a fantastic, short, highly usable CD from Dr. Weil. The "quick and dirty" way to learn and immediately use the basics of improving your health and well being with breathing exercises.Very enjoyable to listen to. Love it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abridged Audio - Exercise/Health    2. Audio Adult: Other    3. Healing    4. Health & Fitness    5. Unabridged Audio - Misc.Nonfiction    6. Meditation    7. New Age / Meditation    8. Pop    9. Popular medicine    10. Self Help    11. Spoken Word   

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Healing Ancient Wounds: The Renegade's Wisdom
This book was first loaned to me. I enjoyed it so much I purchased my own copy. It does a great job of explaining myofacial release and myofacial unwinding in layman's terms. I am recovering from a near fatal car crash and a physical therapist is using these techniques to help me recover physically and release the cellular trauma of the crash through unwinding. John Barnes is a dynamic person and the book held my interest through many anecdotal stories.

Why pay for an overlong advert?
The book is interesting as a portrayal of the guy and the great work he does but lets be honest it is just one long advertorial.I also have my questions over the artist's choice of female, a rather young nubile woman, to accompany the glorifying images of Mr Barnes.

Do I say WOW now or later? - or both?
When I was first introduced to Myofascial Release (as taught by John Barnes), I had to know more.I talked my therapist into loaning me this book and read it in less than 24 hours.I was fascinated.As I read it, I knew I had to have a copy of the book for myself, so I ordered it from Amazon.I have read the book a total of 3 times now and find something new in it every time I read it.I also find that I can pick it up and open it to any page and find words that I need to hear at that moment.Recently I had the privilege of receiving treatment from the amazing therapists and John Barnes himself in his Sedona, AZ Myofascial Release (MFR) Treatment Center.It was an awesome experience.Before receiving MFR treatments from my local therapist, I couldn't do my grocery shopping on my feet.I was shopping for a wheelchair when I discovered Myofascial Release and have since climbed up into three mountains.Needless to say, this has changed my life! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Healing    2. Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies    3. Medical    4. Alternative Therapies    5. Health & Fitness    6. Imposition of hands    7. Myofascial pain syndromes    8. Patients    9. Pressure    10. Therapeutic use    11. Touch   

Reviews (9)

An excellent "Gem" of a book
I found this book while browsing the B&N discount racks.I told myself that I really didn't NEED another metaphysical gemstone book, but once I started flipping through the pages and saw the spectacular photography and detailed information which includes Moh's hardness*, I had to buy it.
A nice reference
This book has some good information about folklore, crystal systems, and some metaphysical information. There are photographs and suggested uses for every mineral included, although some of the photographs are not characteristic of the species as a whole. This is a good beginner's reference.

Fabulous reference!
As crystal books go, this one has information that many othersdo not.This book includes physical as well as metaphysical properties, the pictures are beautiful, and the book is well written.It is the second most often used book in my crystal and energy healing practice. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies    2. Nature / Rocks & Minerals    3. New Age (Self Help)    4. Alternative Therapies    5. Earth Sciences - Geology    6. Health & Fitness    7. Nature    8. Rocks & Minerals    9. Self-Help   

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An Inspiration to my Art Students!
Last year I used this book as a resource for a special high school art unit that I developed entitled "Sacred Circles."In addition to learning about circular artwork in various cultures and world religions, students used Judith's beautiful illustrations and step by step guides to create mandalas of their own. (...) This is a book that I still have available in my classroom and students continue to refer to it (independently!) to advance their drawing techniques.SO glad I bought this!

Radiantly Inspiring
The beauty of the mandalas pictured in the book intimidated me because ithad been so many years since I'd created any art.I didn't think I coulddo it.But I did it and I'm extremely grateful to Judith Cornell forwriting this book.Working on the exercises at home, alone, is not thesame experience as it would be in a group.The group can offer a creativesupport level that helps each individual surpass previous achievements. However, I'm so happy with the mandalas I created as a result of theseexercises that I've put each one up on the wall.And, even more important,I've continued to draw.No more creative blocks for me!

Incredibly AWE inspiring!
Mandala: Luminous Symbols for Healing, by Judith Cornell, is absolutelythe most incredibly beautiful book I've ever held in my hands.Holding andlooking at it, even before reading, is like a sacred experience.Is it thebeauty of the lay-out and illustrations?The very real spiritual impact ofthe mandalas presented, both historical and contemporary?A moment ofhealing even in the first moment's gasp of awe while browsing its pages? One even begins to caress its binding.One of my favorite activities nowis to present it to friends and watch their faces--their eyes pop open,their jaws drop in amazement--and hear the quick intake of breath as itscolor begins to radiate into their awareness.Beyond the first impression,reading took me to awesome depths and insights regarding ultimate reality,syntheses I'd previously long puzzled.Don't miss this dazzling yet holyexperience.Look, read, and practice the simple yet brilliantart-as-at-one-ment exercises for the depth of your life. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Comparative Religion    3. General    4. Holistic medicine    5. Mandala    6. Meditation    7. New Age    8. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    9. Religious aspects    10. Self-actualization (Psychology    11. Self-actualization (Psychology)    12. Art / Activity    13. Complementary Medicine    14. Theosophy & Anthroposophy   

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Perfect sight---your birthright!
'Relearning to See' is the largest and most comprehensive book ever written on the Bates Method of Natural Eyesight Improvement Re-Education. The author has taught Natural Eyesight Improvement and Teacher Training classes since 1983. He has recently relocated from San Francisco to the Natural Vision Center in Ashland, Oregon. RTS contains the pioneering work of ophthalmologist William H. Bates, MD. This educational program is *not* about eye exercises---a common misconception of the Bates Method. The most important contribution of RTS is that it concisely describes the 3 principles and 3 habits of natural vision. Yet each principle and habit is thoroughly explained, since all of them are necessary for normal, clear sight. RTS is a 521-page tome containing 60 color plates, over 150 illustrations and eye charts, (not a small booklet like most other books written on this topic), and contains information on how to improve nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, presbyopia, strabismus (e.g. crossed-eye), amblyopia (lazy-eye), and many other vision problems. Even many serious eye problems have improved with this educational program. RTS covers reading, driving, using a computer, in nighttime vision, flying, light tolerance, artificial lighting and many other topics. Glasses are an artificial crutch, and contact lenses are foreign objects. Both tend to reinforce strained vision habits and make your eyesight worse. RTS educates you about lenses and prescriptions so you can go to your eye doctor and get legal, safe, reduced-power glasses while you are improving your eyesight. One of the most interesting and valuable chapters is called 'Brains and Vision,' where the author presents a larger perspective on the Bates Method using the modern right brain/left brain model. Bates stated that vision is primarily mental. The sections on left-brain myopes versus right-brain farsights are quite revealing. There are many mental and vision quality benefits to improving eyesight naturally, including memory, concentration, imagination, creativity, color perception, depth perception, contrast and texture awareness. While Dr. Bates did make some errors, his *solutions* of re-establishing correct vision habits are flawless---because they are created by nature. Read Chapter 1, Chapters 2-4 if you have been wearing glasses or contacts; then jump to Chapters 9+ and get started with natural vision principles and habits.
Relearning to See:Improve Your Eyesight - Naturally!
Fantastic book! I have been wearing glasses since 1970, but since reading this book and practicing the principles explained within it, I doubt I will have to continue wearing glasses much longer.After only one month, I have noticed a definite improvement in my eyesight -- glasses which were once too weak for me are now almost too strong!

Amazing non-allopathic approach to healing vision
I tried this for 9 days while on vacation and I was amazed by the results. All of the bad vision habits that Dr. William H. Bates discovered I had. After a few days practice, I was having "flashes" of perfect vision discussed in the book. I was seeing details like leaves on trees rather than a big amorphous blob of green.
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Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Consumer Health    3. General    4. Health/Fitness    5. Naturopathy    6. Vision    7. Popular medicine   

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healed my lyme
I have tried a great many things for lyme disease; I have been sick for over 6 years. This protocol was incredible. After only a few weeks most of my symptoms were gone. After six months all my symptoms were gone. Stephen Buhner's knowledge of the herbs is incredible and this protocol is the most thought out that I have seen. It has given me my life back. While it may not work for everyone the vast majority of people on the lyme internet groups report incredible success with it. Thank you Stephen Buhner.

Be Careful
I have had Lyme disease for some time now, and am always interested in treatments that could help keep it at bay.I tried andrographis, the first of the core protocol herbs that this book suggests, and after three weeks of following the recommended dosage I broke out in hives all over my body.I have never had an allergic response to anything in my life, so I was quite surprised.Even after taking benadryl, my face and hands were severely swollen the following day.I saw three physicians to determine the nature of the allergic reaction, ended up on prednisone for 9 days, and I have since returned the remaining androgaphis bottles I had purchased.The author did indicate that very rarely people have an allergic reaction, and I suppose I was one of the unfortunates.I am sure the herb works wonders for some, but please be careful.I would not have expected to fall into a very rarely category.

Good on lyme, disappointing on treatments
The first few chapters on lyme contain more information than any other source I've heard of and are impressive.That information alone makes the book worth buying, and a true "find".I've been researching lyme for a year now, and he had information I'd never heard of before, like the way lyme infests the renal system and infects the urine so it can infect grazing animals.
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Contagious    5. Diseases - General    6. Diseases - Skin    7. Healing    8. Health & Fitness    9. Health/Fitness    10. Herbal Medications   

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This *could* have been great...
At first browse, this book looks a bit like one of Julius Bendat's excellent texts on time series analysis: dense in formulas, but rewarding the wade.
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Subjects:  1. Biostatistics    2. Healing    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Pharmacy    6. Research    7. Social Science    8. Statistics    9. Epidemiology & medical statistics    10. Mathematics / Statistics    11. Probability & statistics   

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Have used it for years
I've used this personally for years, through my husband's illness from dementia and subsequent death. As a retired social worker, I've given a number of copies to friends for use in their bereavement. It's so applicable, small and easy to use.

"It Grew on Me"
I purchased this book for my dad and myself after my mother's recent death.At first I thought it was going to be a bit too simplistic in it's daily readings, but soon found out that when experiencing grief, simplicity can be comforting.Her writing is clear and concise.
I keep a supply of these books on hand.
I first found this book while looking for something to help my sister through the grieving after the death of her husband and my mother who passed away withing two weeks of each other.My sister found the book very helpful and I now keep a supply on hand to send to friends and clients who lose someone close to them.I have gotten very positive feedback that this book is very helpful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bereavement    2. Christianity    3. Death / Grief / Consolation    4. Death, Grief, Bereavement    5. Devotional    6. Devotional calendars    7. Grief    8. Meditation    9. Meditations    10. Religious aspects    11. Self-Help    12. Coping with death & bereavement    13. Self-Help / Meditations   

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excellent
i think your book is great, and it helped me a lot i was sofering from depression,and alcohol, for cause of my separetion with my exwife, and now i have a different way of seeing life , mother natural and all my surrandigs, i really thank you for this book. it will be a great idea if you publish this book in spanish you will really help a lot of people. I could even help you.
Basic guide and many tips to better health- but use with caution
Andrew Weil is alegendary figure in the Health business. He advocates a mix of conventional medicine( for crises) and alternative medicine ( prevention and maintenance). He is a best- selling author and this present work is a revised edition of one of his best known books.
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Alternative medicine    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Diets - General    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Healthy Living    9. Nutrition    10. Nutrition And Diet    11. Personal Health    12. Self-care, Health    13. Health & Fitness / Diets