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By Dorthe Brog rd Kristensen. 2019
Recognizing the interplay between biomedicine and indigenous medicine among the Mapuche in Southern Chile, this book explores notions of culture…
and personhood through the bodily experiences and medical choices of patients. Through case studies of patients in the context of medical pluralism, Kristensen argues that medical practices are powerful social symbol indicative of overarching socio-political processes. As certain types of extreme and violent experiences–known as olvidos–lack a framework that allows them to be expressed openly, they therefore surface as symptoms of an illness, often with no apparent organic pathology. In these contexts, indigenous medicine, thanks to its sensitivity to socio-political contexts, provides a space for articulation and management of collective experiences and suffering among patients in Southern Chile.By Anne Lamott. 2014
From the bestselling author of Stitches and Help, Thanks, Wow comes her long-awaited collection of new and selected essays on…
hope, joy, and grace.Anne Lamott writes about faith, family, and community in essays that are both wise and irreverent. It's an approach that has become her trademark. Now in Small Victories, Lamott offers a new message of hope that celebrates the triumph of light over the darkness in our lives. Our victories over hardship and pain may seem small, she writes, but they change us--our perceptions, our perspectives, and our lives. Lamott writes of forgiveness, restoration, and transformation, how we can turn toward love even in the most hopeless situations, how we find the joy in getting lost and our amazement in finally being found.Profound and hilarious, honest and unexpected, the stories in Small Victories are proof that the human spirit is irrepressible.By Sandra Morales Kott, Nirmala. 2017
Advaita y las enseñanzas no duales tratan acerca de descubrir la Verdad. Esta Verdad no es un dogma que estudias;…
es la Verdad de la vida - la Verdad de quien realmente eres. Esta verdad se descubre, no se aprende. Se descubre a través de cuestionar sinceramente, ¿Quién soy yo? Lo que descubres es que quien eres no tiene nada qué ver con auto-imágenes o roles, y todo qué ver con lo que experimentas cuando haces esta pregunta. Lo que descubres es que como tú te pensabas es tan sólo eso - ¡un pensamiento! Y más allá de ese pensamiento hay un gran Misterio - una experiencia de la nada, que es tu verdadera naturaleza. Nada Personal te guía a la experiencia de tu verdadera naturaleza y te ayuda a explorar su profundidad. Por medio de la exposición, preguntas y diálogos, te lleva a un lugar donde te das cuenta de la Verdad: eres una Consciencia amplia donde todo aparece, incluyendo tus pensamientos y sentimientos. tus pensamientos y sentimientos no te definen pero solamente aparecen dentro de la Consciencia junto a todo lo demás. Esta Conscienca es quien eres. Nada Personal ofrece una guía suave y persistente para ver la verdad subyacente de tu naturaleza. En esta concisa colección editada de pláticas y diálogos de satsang, se te invita a honrar el amor ilimitado que es tu verdadera naturaleza y a disfrutar la dulce riqueza que se revela cuando das a esta Verdad tu atención entera. Del prefacio por Adyashanti, maestro espiritual y autor de La Danza del Vacío: "La belleza de esta colección de pláticas y diálogos de Nirmala es que cubre gran parte del espectro del despertar espiritual, desde la experiencia inicial de la verdadera naturaleza de uno hasta los retos prácticos, que siempre son un llamado a mirar y entender más profundamente la forma en que el espíritu se manifiesta como todo en la vida y más allá. Dentro de estas pláticas y diálogos, tú el lector, encontrarás a Nirmala siendoBy Nicole Evans, Andrea Cutin. 2017
Ya sea que quiera aliviar su estrés, sentir más paz, o disminuir de peso, ¡"Pierda Peso, Alivie el Estrés y…
Sientase Más Sereno Con Yoga" puede ayudarlo! Aquí hay un poco de lo que aprenderá... Historia del Yoga Práctica del Yoga Estilos de Yoga Beneficios de la práctica del Yoga Posturas de Yoga para descender de peso Posturas de Yoga para aliviar el estrés Yoga y Chakras Errores comunes y como evitarlos ¡Y mucho, mucho más!By Nicole Evans, Vincent Torres. 2016
ÉGALEMENT DISPONIBLE EN LIVRE DE POCHE ET EN VERSION AUDIO !!! DÉCOUVREZ LA MEILLEURE FACON DE PRATIQUER LE YOGA !…
Que vous souhaitiez réduire le stress, vous sentir plus en paix ou perdre du poids, Yoga - Perdez du poids, réduisez le stress et vivez plus serein grâce au yoga est fait pour vous !! Voici un petit aperçu de ce vous apprendrez... L'histoire du yoga Les pratiques du yoga Les styles de yoga Les bienfaits de la pratique du yoga Les postures de yoga permettant de perdre du poids Les postures de yoga pour réduire le stress Le yoga et les chakras Les pièges courants et les erreurs à éviter Et bien plus encore !By Anne-Dauphine Julliand. 2015
February 29th is a date that comes into existence just once every four years. It is also the birthday of…
Thaïs-author Anne-Dauphine Julliand’s darling daughter-who died of a genetic disease. Thaïs lived just shy of her fourth birthday. She had a short life but good one.As this special day is about to reappear on her calendar for the first time since her daughter passed away, Anne-Dauphine struggles with how to mark this momentous occasion. She wants to live fully on this special day: Thais would have been eight years old. Vivid memories of life with her daughter begin to blend with the present-every gesture, every word evokes a buried memory, arouses laughter or tears. Yet as the date of her daughter's birthday approaches, she knows she must not lose sight of the family who needs her now: her sons Gaspard and Arthur, and Azylis, her other daughter who is also sick.Anne-Dauphine's message remains simple, true, and strong: we all need to be loved and we all need to be happy despite our ordeals. This is both lesson in happiness and a wonderful love story-A Special Day is an honest, inspirational tale that has touched the hundreds of thousands of lives. It will leave the reader breathless with its beauty.Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human love: affection, friendship, erotic…
love, and the love of God—part of the C. S. Lewis Signature Classics series.C.S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—contemplates the essence of love and how it works in our daily lives in one of his most famous works of nonfiction. Lewis examines four varieties of human love: affection, the most basic form; friendship, the rarest and perhaps most insightful; Eros, passionate love; charity, the greatest and least selfish. Throughout this compassionate and reasoned study, he encourages readers to open themselves to all forms of love—the key to understanding that brings us closer to God.By Thomas Moore. 2014
The New York Times bestselling author and trusted spiritual adviser offers a follow-up to his classic Care of the Soul.…
Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who've turned away from religious institutions--and others who have lived wholly without religion--hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer but are reluctant to follow organized religion's strict and often inflexible path to spirituality. In A Religion of One's Own, bestselling author and former monk Thomas Moore explores the myriad possibilities of creating a personal spiritual style, either inside or outside formal religion. Two decades ago, Moore's Care of the Soul touched a chord with millions of readers yearning to integrate spirituality into their everyday lives. In A Religion of One's Own, Moore expands on the topics he first explored shortly after leaving the monastery. He recounts the benefits of contemplative living that he learned during his twelve years as a monk but also the more original and imaginative spirituality that he later developed and embraced in his secular life. Here, he shares stories of others who are creating their own path: a former football player now on a spiritual quest with the Pueblo Indians, a friend who makes a meditative practice of floral arrangements, and a well-known classical pianist whose audiences sometimes describe having a mystical experience while listening to her performances. Moore weaves their experiences with the wisdom of philosophers, writers, and artists who have rejected materialism and infused their secular lives with transcendence. At a time when so many feel disillusioned with or detached from organized religion yet long for a way to move beyond an exclusively materialistic, rational lifestyle, A Religion of One's Own points the way to creating an amplified inner life and a world of greater purpose, meaning, and reflection.By Karen Maezen Miiller. 2010
It's easy to think that meaning, fulfillment, and bliss are "out there," somewhere outside of our daily routine. But in…
this playful yet profound reflection on awareness, the compelling voice of a contemporary woman reveals the happiness at the bottom of the laundry basket, the love in the kitchen sink, and the peace possible in one's own backyard. Follow Karen Maezen Miller through youthful ambition and self-absorption, beyond a broken marriage, and into the steady calm of a so-called ordinary life. In her hands, household chores and caregiving tasks become opportunities for self-examination, lessons in relationship, and liberating moments of selflessness. With attention, it's the little things -- even the unexpected, unpleasant, and unwanted things -- that count.By Bernard Levine. 2018
J’ai la conviction que vous allez être choqués de savoir que, dans la plupart des maisons juives, vous ne trouverez…
pas une Bible. Vous diriez néanmoins ; ‘ n’est-ce pas bizarre ?! comment se fait-il qu’une nation connue sous le nom ‘les Gens du Livre’ ne possèdent, dans leurs maisons une Bible ?’ Ce qui est encore plus surprenant est que, même si vous pensez que les Juifs suivent et connaissent bien les Écritures, la vérité la plus choquante est que la plupart des livres de l’Ancien Testament sont un mystère pour les Juifs parce qu'ils ne connaissent pas les prophéties de Jésus, et n'en ont jamais vu, citées dans les livres tels que Ezéchiel, Isaïe, Daniel et Malachie. En outre, vous rendiez-vous compte que les Juifs ne savent pas ce qu'ils disent quand ils prient, car la plupart des Juifs ne peuvent pas comprendre l'hébreu? Alors maintenant, je suppose que vous devez vous demander comment les Juifs peuvent-ils se débarrasser de tous leurs péchés s'ils ne croient pas en Jésus-Christ? ... qu'est-ce que les juifs pensent être le moyen de se rendre au paradis? Vous serez choqués de savoir ce qui se passe dans le monde juif.By Rick Prashaw. 2019
“Coming out. Coming in. Coming home.” Adam Prashaw’s life was full of surprises from the moment he was born. Assigned…
female at birth, and with parents who had been expecting a boy, he spent years living as “Rebecca Danielle Adam Prashaw” before coming to terms with being a transgender man. Adam captured hearts with his humour, compassion, and intensity. After a tragic accident cut his life short, he left a legacy of changed lives and a trove of social media posts documenting his life, relationships, transition, and struggles with epilepsy, all with remarkable transparency and directness. In Soar, Adam, Soar, his father, a former priest, retells Adam’s story alongside his son’s own words. From early childhood, through coming out first as a lesbian and then as a man, and his battles with epilepsy and refusal to give in, it chronicles Adam’s drive to define himself, his joyful spirit, and his love of life, which continues to conquer all.By The Dalai Lama. 2000
In this accessible and important follow up to The Art of Happiness His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaches us how…
to live a happier and more spiritual life by fostering compassion and wisdom.Filled with his trademark honesty and warmth, this book explains how practically applying the values of Buddhism can help you find answers to both the everyday problems we face - relationships, health, work and happiness - and the major issues and changes facing humanity today including globalisation, technology and terrorism.Drawn from the Dalai Lama's teachings during his fourth visit to Australia and New Zealand, which focused on gaining strength through compassion, Lighting the Path reminds us that we each have the ability to change our own life for the better, and the power to improve the lives of others as well.Explaining the central tenets of Buddhism, including the Four Noble Truths, Atisha's Lamp for the Path of Enlightenment and the Eight Verses of Mind Training, this book will give you the practical guidance you need to deal with life's challenges and help you develop inner peace.By Ty Alexander. 2016
This #1 Amazon Best Seller from one of today’s top bloggers is a compassionate guide through the process of grieving…
for a lost loved one. Ty Alexander has touched many lives with her popular lifestyle blog, Gorgeous in Gray. But in her early 20s, her own life was upended when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Ty was suddenly forced to become not just a loving daughter, but a caregiver, patient advocate, and researcher. And when her mom passed the pain was overwhelming. Though she still grieves every day, her experience has taught her how to move on while still honoring the love that endures. In this beautiful, honest, and intensely personal guidebook, Ty provides the insight and inspiration that every mourner needs to make it through this time of unrelenting emotional pain and sadness. Her deep compassion, understanding, and enlightening true stories will help readers along every step of their grieving journey, from the shock of discovery through anger, disbelief, and despair, and ultimately to acceptance and healing. We all grieve differently, but the pain of loss is universal. Things I Wish I Knew before My Mom Died can provide a reassuring voice, a helping hand, and a shining beacon of hope for anyone who is heartsick and suffering.By C. S. Lewis. 2017
A repackaged edition of the revered author’s spiritual memoir, in which he recounts the story of his divine journey and…
eventual conversion to Christianity.C. S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—takes readers on a spiritual journey through his early life and eventual embrace of the Christian faith. Lewis begins with his childhood in Belfast, surveys his boarding school years and his youthful atheism in England, reflects on his experience in World War I, and ends at Oxford, where he became "the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England." As he recounts his lifelong search for joy, Lewis demonstrates its role in guiding him to find God.By Dragan Milovanovic, Clemens Bartollas. 2019
This book traces the life course of Richard Quinney, one of the most cited authors in the social sciences and…
a key figure in the development of critical criminology in the 70s, 80s and 90s. It provides a look into his personal thoughts in becoming a 'radical' criminologist and situates it in his various experiences, questioning, and shifts in his journey through life. Richard has contributed to a profound paradigm shift in criminology, beginning with his book, The Social Reality of Crime (1970), but also to peacemaking criminology as well as peace studies. He has also written several books via an autoethnography approach and has presented a number of photograph presentations for which he has received awards. It traces his early development on the family farm in Wisconsin to his travels in higher academe. It gives a personal perspective in becoming not only a radical criminologist, an accomplished writer in auto-ethnography, visual sociology, and photography but also how his continuous questioning of the meaning of it all came to fruition with profound insights about what it is to be human. The book will be inspirational to not only seasoned veterans in criminology, but also to emerging scholars, to undergrads and grads, showing them the struggles that come in 'making it'.By Ana Mercedes Rueda. 2019
Nueva edición del best seller de Ana Mercedes Rueda. Incluye cuaderno de ejercicios. Muchas personas oran y le piden apoyo…
a Dios y sienten que sus oraciones no son escuchadas ni respondidas. Por eso se preguntan si están comunicándose de manera correcta, o si no son lo suficientemente buenos para que Dios les dé lo que desean. Este libro habla sobre cómo mejorar ese diálogo, enseña cuáles son los pasos para hacer una oración y las estrategias que nos ayudan a entregar nuestras peticiones de una manera más clara para obtener los resultados que queremos. Dios siempre nos responde, pero debemos entender que el lenguaje oracional no es un monólogo sino una conversación. Se trata no solo de saber pedir sino de saber escuchar la respuesta.By Tobe Melora Correal. 2003
In the realm of African spiritual pathways, no tradition is so widely embraced and practiced as the West African religion…
Orisa. Awakened by her own spiritual journey, Tobe Melora Correal, an initiated priestess in the Yoruba-Lukumi branch of Orisa, guides us along this blessed road. FINDING THE SOUL ON THE PATH OF ORISA provides a fresh look at these ancient teachings and emphasizes introspection and inner work over the outward manifestations of Orisa's practices. Correal debunks misconceptions surrounding the tradition, drawing us into a lushly textured, Earth-centered spiritual system-a compassionate and useful roadmap for revering God.By John Eldredge. 2008
We have a lot to sort through on any given day. A whole lot to navigate over the course of…
a week or a month. How am I going to come up with enough money to do the things I want to do? And what about love--is this the one? Why can't I overcome those "habits" that look more and more like addictions? Am I at the right church? What is God doing in my life?All day long we are making choices. How do we know what to do?We have two options. We can trudge through on our own, doing our best to figure it all out. Or, we can walk with God. As in, learn to hear his voice. Really. He offers to speak to us and guide us. Every day. It is an incredible offer. To accept that offer is to enter into an adventure filled with joy and risk, transformation and breakthrough. And more clarity than we ever thought possible.Now in A Personal Guide to Walking with God, you can get started in your personal journey to making God a part of every moment of your day. Complete with discussion questions and personal journaling space, John and Craig will lead you deeper into communion with God. Let the adventure begin.By John Eldredge. 2002
In his book Wild at Heart, author John Eldredge thrust a generation of men, young and old, toward a journey…
to recover true masculinity?the soul of a man as God designed him.If you've already begun the journey, you know how thrilling?and hard?it can be. So you may have longed for a tool to maximize the impact, a guide to show the way. Packed with new information and insights, the Wild at Heart Field Manual guides you along "the road less traveled." Filled with probing questions, creative exercises, and space to record personal field notes, this companion volume is designed to transition you from reading about the wild heart to living from it.For too long, the call of Christianity to men has evoked no higher goal, ultimately, than becoming a "nice guy." No wonder many men are bored to tears with church. The hero instinct has been trained out of them. But Eldredge invites men to come alive again, to find their great battle, adventure, and beauty.If you dare . . . keep reading. Your life will never be the same.By Sandra Allen. 2018
Dazzlingly, daringly written, marrying the thoughtful originality of Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts with the revelatory power of Neurotribes and The…
Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, this propulsive, stunning book illuminates the experience of living with schizophrenia like never before.Sandra Allen did not know her uncle Bob very well. As a child, she had been told he was “crazy,” that he had spent time in mental hospitals while growing up in Berkeley in the 60s and 70s. But Bob had lived a hermetic life in a remote part of California for longer than she had been alive, and what little she knew of him came from rare family reunions or odd, infrequent phone calls. Then in 2009 Bob mailed her his autobiography. Typewritten in all caps, a stream of error-riddled sentences over sixty, single-spaced pages, the often incomprehensible manuscript proclaimed to be a “true story” about being “labeled a psychotic paranoid schizophrenic,” and arrived with a plea to help him get his story out to the world. In A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise, Allen translates her uncle’s autobiography, artfully creating a gripping coming-of-age story while sticking faithfully to the facts as he shared them. Lacing Bob’s narrative with chapters providing greater contextualization, Allen also shares background information about her family, the culturally explosive time and place of her uncle’s formative years, and the vitally important questions surrounding schizophrenia and mental healthcare in America more broadly. The result is a heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious portrait of a young man striving for stability in his life as well as his mind, and an utterly unique lens into an experience that, to most people, remains unimaginable.