How do we address trauma, interrupt cycles of violence, and build resilience in a turbulent world of endless wars, nationalism, othering, climate crisis, racism, pandemics, and terrorism? This fully updated edition offers a practical framework, processes, and useful insights.The traumas of our world go beyond individual or one-time events. They are collective, ongoing, and the legacy of historical injustices. How do we stay awake rather than numbing or responding v...

Following the staggering events of September 11, 2001, the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University was asked to help, along with Church World Service, to equip religious and civil leaders for dealing with traumatized communities. The staff and faculty proposed Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) programs. Now, STAR director, Carolyn Yoder, has shaped the strategies and learnings from those experiences into a book for all who have known terrori...

Imagine an orchestra in your brain. It plays all kinds of harmonious melodies, then pain comes along and the different sections of the orchestra are reduced to a few pain tunes.All pain is real. And for many people it is a debilitating part of everyday life.It is now known that understanding more about why things hurt can actually help people to overcome their pain. Recent advances in fields such as neurophysiology, brain imaging, immunology, psychology and cellular biology...

A longtime yoga instructor reveals how to manage pain, relieve stress, and promote relaxation through the gentle and meditative practices of restorative yogaWhether you have five minutes or an hour, taking time out of each day to relax and renew is essential to living well. This book presents nurturing physical postures and breathing techniques called restorative yoga. When practiced regularly, they will help you heal the effects of chronic stress, recover from ill...

For the 33 million Americans who feel sluggish, spacey, and stressed out daily, Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled? is the first book to address the delicate balance among the thyroid, adrenal, and reproductive glands—which can make the day-to-day difference between feeling awful and feeling good. Long-term, if left untreated, this imbalance can cause heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, infertility, and severe menopause.Authored by an expert physician/nurse team, the ...

Want to have the calm, clarity, and focus of mindfulness without the trappings of formal meditation? This book will provide you with a set of tips and techniques that will guide you to infuse mindfulness into your daily life, as it already exists, and experience the benefits of mindfulness now.

Most individuals that are successful at meditation are those that seek out resources locally to help them to learn the process as well as to practice it. Meditating with others is something that can be powerful to the individual.With more and more meditation clinics and classes popping up around the country, you are likely to find one relatively close to you. But, first, you need to learn a bit more about how meditation works and what it can do for you.This book will prepar...

Health is inner peace....Healing involves an understandingof what the illusion of sickness is for.Healing is impossible without this.From A Course in Miracles.Identification with the body as our home is the origin of all our physical and psychological suffering. Whilst we desire to remain separate from our true spiritual identity, we create sickness to reinforce our belief in the reality of the body. To re-experience God's love, joy and peace, we need t...

Drawing from her experience as a brain tumour survivor, person living well with chronic illness, and her experience in social work and professional writing, Ingrid Exner weaves together a survival guide of helpful health and lifestyle tips to empower those with pre-existing health conditions as well as those interested in increasing their overall health and well being. Her beautiful photography accompanies each tip, enhancing both the meaning and the aesthetic value of this book.

Anger Management: Learn To Overcome Your Anger and Get Control of Your LifeThis book covers several topics including:Chapter 1: Achieving Mental Health Through Anger ManagementChapter 2: Anger Management ChildrenChapter 3: Anger ManagementChapter 4: Anger Management For Teen ChildrenChapter 5: Anger Management For KidsChapter 6: Adopting Anger Management Skills That WorkChapter 7: Anger Management Tips To Use In Stressful SituationsChapter...

Yoga is a basic thing and if you’ve had the opportunity to visit a country where it has existed for generations: India, Japan, China, and others it’s really ordinary. The practice of yoga came to the west back in 1893 when one of India’s celebrated gurus, Swami Vivekananda, was welcomed at the World Fair in Chicago. He is now known for having sparked the West’s interest in yoga. Literally, the word yoga comes from the Sanskrit term Yug which means: “to yoke, bind, join, or direct one’s att...

This book gives you information about what Reiki Healing is all about. Learn what it encompasses, its benefits, basic principles, the basic hand positions, and you can help yourself and others to alleviate illnesses and other medical conditions. You will be given step-by-step guidelines on how you can effectively use the different techniques so that you can find your sense of well-being, relieve stress, depression and anxiety.