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Combine simple mantras with simple motions to create a holistic spark in mind, body, and spirit. You can harness your body's mental, physical, and spiritual energy to create the change you want and manifest your dreams. Through her unique, integrative, tri-fold approach, holistic wellness and fitness expert Erin Stutland will help you focus every ounce of energy in your body and voice to become your most singular, cohesive, self-improved you. Stutland guides you through nine foundational mantras, each accompanied with inspirational stories, plus much more....

Feeling stressed, anxious or burnt out? Sophrology is a transformative health-care philosophy that is designed to help people achieve a calm, alert mind in a relaxed body. Inspired by Eastern philosophies and classical relaxation techniques, sophrology will help you to become consciously, actively aware of yourself, how you feel, what you want and the environment around you.

If the world really is ending, or at least expecting turbulent change, what kind of people will we need when it happens? Using the seven deadly sins as a playful framework, popular podcaster Elizabeth Oldfield considers how to garden our inner lives so we grow towards developing the spiritual core strength necessary for when things fall apart.

Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from AD 161 to 180, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is possible that large portions of the work were written at Sirmium, where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180.

Drawing on a wide variety of influences, from literature to Zen Buddhism, biology to neuroscience, Enough Is Enough lays out the habits anyone can develop to turn them into just the kind of hard-working, deep-thinking ideal they’ve always wanted to be. Written with passion, wit, and knowledge gained as much from life as from literature, Enough Is Enough promises to be just the book you’re looking for if you want to run headlong into the future and never look back.

Rick takes the teachings from the Bible and distills them down into digestible and applicable portions that will change you from the inside out. As you progress, the Biblical principles contained therein will lead you to make intentional progress in five areas of your life.

In ancient Greece or Rome, philosophers were seen as natural authorities on the most pressing questions. However, since then, the idea of finding wisdom from philosophy has come to seem bizarre. Enter a university department today and ask to study wisdom, and you will politely but firmly be shown the door. The Consolations of Philosophy sets out to refute the notion that good philosophy must be irrelevant and gathers together six great philosophers who were convinced of the power of philosophical insight to work a practical effect on our lives.

In a series of essays that explore the notion of what brings significance to our existences, clarifying why we have this longing beyond the present moment and an insatiable dissatisfaction with where we are, scholar Frank Martela tackles the subject of finding meaning in life. With beautiful decorative elements and an engaging design, the book approaches its subject in a readily digestible form.

El deporte no es solamente una actividad física, sino una actividad integral, holística, que altera, desarrolla y activa las distintas dimensiones del ser humano, las visibles y las invisibles, las materiales y las inmateriales, lo más nuclear y esencial que hay en él, pero también lo más exterior. Partiendo de esa premisa, esta obra muestra la práctica deportiva como un camino de extraordinaria utilidad para activar la inteligencia espiritual, trascendente o existencial, latente en todo ser humano.

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to relive the same life, with all its joys and regrets, for eternity? Friedrich Nietzsche, the provocative and influential philosopher, posed this existential challenge with his concept of eternal recurrence. In The Weight of Forever, we embark on a journey through Nietzsche's mind-bending idea – that time isn't a straight line, but a circle. This compelling, easy-to-understand guide unpacks: Nietzsche's life and the world that spawned his radical philosophy. The despair and exhilaration the idea of eternal recurrence can stir. How embracing ...

Embark on a captivating journey through the metaphysical ideas of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz with "Leibniz's Monads: Unraveling the Fabric of Reality." This thought-provoking exploration delves into Leibniz's concept of monads, simple substances that form the very essence of the universe. In easily understandable language, this book illuminates: Leibniz's life and historical context, grounding his philosophy in his time. The foundations of Leibniz's philosophy, including his critique of Cartesian and Spinozist thought. The intriguing concept of monads, their characteristics, and the ...

Un curso de milagros forma parte de una larga tradición intelectual en la que está incluida el filósofo alemán Friederich Nietzsche. Entre sus escritos destaca De las tres transformaciones, perteneciente a la obra Así habló Zaratrusta, que nos proporciona el marco para comentar las etapas de nuestro camino espiritual. Utilizando la parábola de Nietzsche del camello, el león y el niño, este audiolibro describe el proceso de crecimiento entretejido en las enseñanzas del Curso. Se trata esencialmente de un viaje hacia la madurez espiritual

An unflinching and luminous memoir that explores a father’s philosophical transformation when he must reconsider the questions what makes us human? and whose life is worth living? Before becoming a father, Chris Gabbard was a fast-track academic finishing his doctoral dissertation at Stanford. A disciple of Enlightenment thinkers, he was a devotee of reason, believed in the reliability of science, and lived by the dictum that an unexamined life is not worth living. That is, until his son August was born.

A New Year hails a new beginning for most of us. Some may resolve to quit smoking, lose weight, get a new job or get our finances in order. By February, some of our resolve has vanished, mainly because we couldn’t get over ourselves. We’re our own worst enemies when it comes to change. What most of us need is a plan that we can understand and stick to, through all of the hurdles, temptations, and stress that enter our lives.

I know something about you. You are a worrier! You worry about big things, little things, and everything. You wish you could just stop worrying and find peace. I wrote this book for you. I've learned and practiced everything in this book to bring peace into my own life. Imagine what you could accomplish by redirecting the mental and physical energy you spend worrying toward creating the life you want! I wrote this book to help you do that. I wrote this book because I love you!

Durante el siglo XVII, Takuan Soho, monje japonés practicante del budismo, escribió una serie de tratados en los que se valió de su posición de maestro zen para explicar de manera elocuente y sencilla los principios más importantes de la filosofía budista. En este libro, se reúnen tres de sus más importantes ensayos: El misterioso registro de la sabiduría inamovible, El claro sonido de las joyas y Crónicas de la espada taia.

Join actress and musician Kat Graham as she sits down with Deepak Chopra, MD, in an intimate discussion about how to expand our consciousness, move beyond self-imposed limitations, and create the joyful, fulfilling life of our dreams. In this original audio recording, you'll experience some of Deepak's most transformational life lessons.

Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to prepare them. Less a guide to writing and more a guide to what you need to continue existing as a writer, On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer describes the defining role played by rejection in literary endeavors and contemplates failure as the essence of the writer’s life.

Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world of experience has challenged scientists and philosophers for centuries. How do we even begin to think about ‘minds’ that are not human? That is the question explored in this ground-breaking book. Award-winning science writer Philip Ball argues that in order to understand our own minds and imagine those of others, we need to move on from considering the human mind as a standard against which all others should be measured.

A diabetic woman awakens from a coma having forgotten the last 10 years of her life. A Haitian immigrant has nightmares that begin bleeding into his waking hours. A retired teacher loses the use of her right hand due to pain of no known origin. Noga Arikha began studying these patients and their confounding symptoms in order to explore how our physical experiences inform our identities. Soon after she initiated her work, the question took on unexpected urgency, as Arikha’s own mother began to show signs of Alzheimer’s disease.