Pilates Edge or Profound Healing

Pilates Edge: An Athlete's Guide to Strength and Performance

Author: Karrie Adamany

Pilates is a unique conditioning method-originally developed by Joseph Pilates for boxers, gymnasts, and dancers-based on the philosophy of a unified body, mind, and spirit. The Pilates Edge uniquely applies the Pilates Method to sports training, revealing how the basic principles of Pilates relate to athletic achievement as well as everyday health and fitness. With more than 200 photographs, the book includes a basic mat routine with as well as specific workouts for golf, running, racket sports, swimming, cycling, and skiing, giving special attention to the muscle groups and common injuries associated with each sport. Pilates can improve the physical and mental well-being for athletes at any level, enhancing performance and confidence, improving control, increasing range of motion in the limbs, and preventing injuries-giving them The Pilates Edge.

Karrie Adamany is the founder of ab lab(r), a service that sends certified Pilates instructors to hotels and private residences. This service has been recognized as a hot fitness trend in magazines such as Elle, Gotham, and Where New York. She is the cofounder of The Pilates Edge Studio in New York City.

Daniel Loigerot is an athletic trainer, a certified personal trainer, and a martial arts instructor in judo. He is a former French national triathlete who served as strength coach for the French basketball and cycling teams. He is the cofounder of The Pilates Edge Studio in New York City.

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Profound Healing: The Power of Acceptance on the Path to Wellness

Author: Cheryl Canfield

At the age of 41 Cheryl Canfield was diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer. Going against warnings from doctors, she rejected proposed surgeries that would involve removing her uterus, cervix, lymph nodes, and surrounding nerves. Instead, she decided to accept death and focused her energy on attempting to die well. In the process, she cured herself.
Profound Healing is Canfield’s down-to-earth account of her journey as she inadvertently experiences a modern-day miracle, and her subsequent reflections on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing. Her story is intertwined with the exercises, dreams, visualizations, and experiences that assisted her healing process--from her encounters with the modern mystic Peace Pilgrim to her own acceptance of cancer. Canfield summarizes her healing techniques--emotional clearing, meditations, and lifestyle changes--into twelve self-help practices of wellness so others may use her hard-earned insights as a source of hope, inspiration, and practical advice. Relevant to anyone seeking personal growth and life wisdom, Profound Healing is not merely about dying or living; it is about discovering one’s life and living it fully.
CHERYL CANFIELD is a wellness counselor who lectures nationally on topics of profound healing and steps toward inner peace. She is the editor of Peace Pilgrim’s Wisdom and co-compiler of Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words. She lives in northern California.

Cheryl Canfield is a wellness counselor who lectures nationally on topics of profound healing and steps toward inner peace. She is the editor of Peace Pilgrim's Wisdom, co-compiler of Peace Pilgrim:Her Life and Work in Her Own Words, and author of Profound Healing:

The Power of Acceptance on the Path to Wellness. She lives in northern California.

Joseph Chilton Pearce is the author of The Death of Religion and the Rebirth of the Spirit, The Biology of Transcendence, The Crack in the Cosmic Egg, Magical Child, and Evolution’s End. For the past 35 years, he has lectured and led workshops teaching about the changing needs of children and the development of human society. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

A sensitive, clear description of guidelines for dealing with a catastrophic illness from someone who has been there . . . that can help the reader cross the bridge of forgiveness and spiritual transformation.

Table of Contents:

Profound Healing
The Power of Acceptance on the Path to Wellness

Foreword by Joseph Chilton Pearce
Acknowledgments  
Introduction  Mobilizing Our Inner Resources  

Part I    
Preparing for the Possibilities
One--Face to Face with Mortality          
Two--Weighing the Alternatives           
Three--Exploring Death              
Four--Buying Time             
Five--Tying Up Loose Ends               
Six --Making My Way Through the system 

Part II    
Life Stories
Seven--The Spiritual Path            
Eight--Encounter with a Modern Mystic: A Woman Called Peace Pilgrim
Nine--Peace Pilgrim on Healing           
Ten--The Journey Home              
Eleven--Land of Vastness              
Twelve--Sojourn in Paradise               
Thirteen--Testing the Water                
Fourteen--The Greatest Gift               
Fifteen--More Goodbyes 

Part III 
ReEngaging Life
Sixteen--Surviving the Dark Night 
Seventeen--Time in the Wilderness            
Eighteen--Embracing the Possibilities            
Nineteen--Five Healing Stories    

Part IV 
Twelve Steps in the Healing Process
Twenty--The Beginning of Self Transformation
Twenty-One--Step One: Take Charge   
Twenty-Two--Step Two: Develop an Empowered Attitude   
Twenty-Three--Step Three: Create a Healing Environment        
Twenty-Four--Step Four: Practice Forgiveness 
Twenty-Five--Step Five: Explore Attitudes and Beliefs        
Twenty-Six--Step Six: Transform Negative Feelings to Heal and Release the Past        
Twenty-Seven--Step Seven: Build a Support System                  
Twenty-Eight--Step Eight: Simplify Life         
Twenty-Nine--Step Nine: Establish Personal Integrity           
Thirty--Step Ten: Open to Intuition            
Thirty-One--Step Eleven: Love Yourself           
Thirty-Two--Step Twelve: Do All You Can and Release the Rest        
 
Epiloque Heal Ourselves, Heal the World      
Appendix: Summary of Steps in the Healing Process
Recommended Reading 

Good Doctors Guide to Colds and Flu or On Angels Eve

Good Doctor's Guide to Colds and Flu

Author: Neil Schachter

The latest and most effective information on preventing and treating colds and flu

Under the weather? Eminent lung specialist Neil Schachter, M.D., arms you with the knowledge you need to boost immunity and avoid illness. And when colds, flu, and other respiratory infections do strike, you'll know exactly how to relieve uncomfortable symptoms like congestion and fever.

In this book you'll find:

• Treatment plans for the most common respiratory infections, including colds, flu, bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, and strep throat
• The right way to use vitamin C and zinc to combat a cold
• The important difference between a head cold and chest cold
• The five best ways to quiet a cough
• Three signs that indicate if it's a cold or flu
• Three symptoms that signal it's time to call a doctor
• Why humming five seconds a day can reduce risk of sinus problems
• The surprising reason why women catch more colds
• And much more

With Dr. Schachter's guidance, you'll stay one step ahead of colds and flu.

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On Angel's Eve: Making the Most of Your Final Time Together

Author: Garnett Arledg

A growing number of people are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of saying, "I love you" and "good-bye" to those on the threshold of death. It is a poignant, powerful time. As human beings, we are all fragile, and the fear of dying is something everyone shares. When we face death, we face an uphill climb to conquer this fear, but it is a journey that can be made successfully, especially with the support of those we love.

As a hospice chaplain and spiritual mentor, Garnette Arledge has helped hundreds of people through this time of approaching death, which she refers to as "Angel's Eve." It is a time in which the anxiety and fear of dying is replaced with the calming presence of "Angels"—the children, siblings, parents, partners, and dear friends who help fill last moments together with remembrances, reconciliation, and even forgiveness. On Angel's Eve is a guidebook for these comforters of the dying. Through her hands-on involvement and the knowledge gained from world traditions on death and dying, Arledge shares the tools and skills that help make this a time of happiness and fulfillment rather than one of fear and anxiety. In addition to helping alter negative views of death, she offers practical suggestions for passing bedside time together with activities such as administering therapeutic massage, having taped conversations, relaxing through breathing techniques, and using laughter to lift spirits. On Angel's Eve is designed to replace the final moments belonging in myth to the Grim Reaper with the blessing of a gathering of Angels.

Let the eve of death be angelic, bright, full of caring. Believing that one's final moments are in the hands of the Angels opens up new vistas. When someone you love begins that last journey, you'll want to be one of those Angels. On Angel's Eve, with its message of hope, helps show you how.

About the Author:
Garnette Arledge received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, and a Master of Divinity degree from Drew Theological School. A spiritual director specializing in death and dying education, Garnette is a professional writer and columnist, as well as an experienced Hospice Chaplain. An active lecturer and educator, Garnette chaired the New Jersey Coalition for On Our Own Terms—a Bill Moyer's PBS special on dying.

Library Journal

If indeed a "dying phobia" pervades our culture, then Arledge's mission is to counter it by dispelling the "frightening and dark associations" surrounding death. A hospice patient center coordinator and chaplain to adult caregivers, Arledge opens with her own encounters with death and encourages readers to confront the way they think and feel about the dying process. She offers advice about conversing with terminally ill family members, coping through nontraditional arts therapies, and seeking help from a range of professionals, family, and friends. The section "What the World Religions Teach Us About Dying" reads well but is misplaced, given the nonreligious tone of the rest of the book. A reminder that caregivers can consult spiritual leaders would have been sufficient. Interactive activities, interviews with relevant experts, and poetry provide a useful framework for working through this emotionally charged topic. Recommended for public libraries and hospital libraries. Heather O'Brien, Acadia Univ. Lib., Wolfville, N.S. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.