Living The Practice

Author : Swami Radhananda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Self-actualization (Psychology)
ISBN : 1932018379

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Living the Practice by Swami Radhananda Pdf

"How do you live your yoga practice? Start small. Make a commitment. Follow through. Keep doing it until it works for you. Test it out - don't just do a practice in your room. Try it in real-life situations. You can bring the practices into whatever you do - cooking, gardening, driving your car, working, being with people. An ordinary life infused with practice becomes a meaningful life." With these simple and encouraging words, Swami Radhananda invites us into her latest book, Living the Practice. This collection of Swami Radhananda's previously published writings brings together her signature intelligent and inspirational teachings. Originally written for her column in the well-respected yoga magazine, Ascent (1999-2009), her essays stretch beyond the norms of "stretch yoga" into a place of profound wisdom. Her essential message? Yoga has the power to transform your life. Swami Radhananda presents yoga as a living system that we can engage with everyday, a journey of continuous learning and growth. Sharing examples from her own life and the keen observations from over thirty years of teaching yoga, her essays explore the potential of yoga to transform our minds, our self-image, our bodies and our hearts. Swami Radhananda is a compassionate guide on the yogic path, offering spiritual support in our efforts to live the practice.

Author : Gene Rudd,Al Weir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Medicine
ISBN : 0970663145

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Practice by the Book by Gene Rudd,Al Weir Pdf

Author : Christy Turlington
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Hatha yoga
ISBN : 0141011084

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Living Yoga by Christy Turlington Pdf

Christy Turlington is a serious yoga practitioner who has been practicing for over 15 years. This is the only REAL yoga book you'll ever need. In this book she explores the eight tenets of yoga and discusses how to incorporate it into everyday life, no matter how busy you are. She also touches on how yoga has made her own life more peaceful through stressful times and events. Both revealing and instructional, beautiful and covetable, Living Yoga is suitable for people of all levels, from those who are trying yoga for the first time to more advanced practitioners.

Author : Ryunosuke Koike
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780141994628

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The Practice of Not Thinking by Ryunosuke Koike Pdf

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Practical and life-changing ways to get out of our heads and back into really living' YOU Magazine What if we could learn to look instead of see, listen instead of hear, feel instead of touch? Former monk Ryunosuke Koike shows how, by incorporating simple Zen practices into our daily lives, we can reconnect with our five senses and live in a more peaceful, positive way. When we focus on our senses and learn to re-train our brains and our bodies, we start to eliminate the distracting noise of our minds and the negative thoughts that create anxiety. By following Ryunosuke Koike's practical steps on how to breathe, listen, speak, laugh, love and even sleep in a new way, we can improve our interactions with others, feel less stressed at work and make every day calmer. Only by thinking less, can we appreciate more.

Author : Ruth Frankenberg
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780822385523

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Living Spirit, Living Practice by Ruth Frankenberg Pdf

In Living Spirit, Living Practice, the well-known cultural studies scholar Ruth Frankenberg turns her attention to the remarkably diverse nature of religious practice within the United States today. Frankenberg provides a nuanced consideration of the making and living of religious lives as well as the mystery and poetry of spiritual practice. She undertakes a subtle sociocultural analysis of compelling in-depth interviews with fifty women and men, diverse in race, ethnicity, national origin, class, age, and sexuality. Tracing the complex interweaving of sacred and secular languages in the way interviewees make sense of the everyday and the extraordinary, Frankenberg explores modes of communication with the Divine, the role of the body, the importance of geography, work for progressive social change, and the relation of sex to spirituality. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and other practitioners come together here, speaking in terms both familiar and surprising. Whether discussing an Episcopalian deacon, a former Zen Buddhist who is now a rabbi, a Chicano monastic, an immigrant Muslim woman, a Japanese American Tibetan Buddhist, or a gay African American practicing in the Hindu tradition, Frankenberg illuminates the most intimate, local, and singular aspects of individual lives while situating them within the broad, dynamic canvas of the U.S. religious landscape.

Author : bell hooks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780415539142

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Writing Beyond Race by bell hooks Pdf

What are the conditions needed for our nation to bridge cultural and racial divides? By "writing beyond race," noted cultural critic bell hooks models the constructive ways scholars, activists, and readers can challenge and change systems of domination. In the spirit of previous classics like Outlaw Culture and Reel to Real, this new collection of compelling essays interrogates contemporary cultural notions of race, gender, and class. From the films Precious and Crash to recent biographies of Malcolm X and Henrietta Lacks, hooks offers provocative insights into the way race is being talked about in this "post-racial" era.

Author : Michel de Certeau
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816628777

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The Practice of Everyday Life by Michel de Certeau Pdf

Volume 1 considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Volume 2 is based on on microhistories that move from the private sphere (of dwelling, cooking, and homemaking) to the public (the experience of living in a neighborhood). Delves into the subtle tactics of resistance and private practices that make living a subversive art.

Author : Michel de Certeau
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520271456

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The Practice of Everyday Life by Michel de Certeau Pdf

Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private meanings, de Certeau draws on an immense theoretical literature in analytic philosophy, linguistics, sociology, semiology, and anthropology--to speak of an apposite use of imaginative literature.

Author : John Michael Greer
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781633412248

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Druidry Handbook by John Michael Greer Pdf

The classic guide to living a spiritual life rooted in Celtic antiquity and revived to meet the challenges of contemporary life. Druidry offers people a path of harmony through reconnection with the green Earth. The Druidry Handbook is the first hands-on manual of traditional British druid practice that explores the Sun Path of seasonal celebration, the Moon Path of meditation, and the Earth Path of living in harmony with nature as tools for crafting an Earth-honoring life here and now. From ritual and meditation to nature awareness and ecological action, John Michael Greer opens the door to a spirituality rooted in the living Earth. Featuring a mix of philosophy, rituals, spiritual practice, and lifestyle issues, The Druidry Handbook is an essential guide for those seriously interested in practicing a traditional form of druidry. It offers equal value to eclectics and solitary practitioners eager to incorporate more Earth-based spirituality into their own belief system.

Author : W. Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1255954407

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Living English Structure by W. Allen Pdf

Author : Edmond de Pressensé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Church history
ISBN : HARVARD:AH4G3R

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Christian Life and Practice in the Early Church by Edmond de Pressensé Pdf

Author : Robyn Maynard,Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781039000667

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Rehearsals for Living by Robyn Maynard,Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF THE CBC'S BEST CANADIAN NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2022 A revolutionary collaboration about the world we're living in now, between two of our most important contemporary thinkers, writers and activists. When the world entered pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, Robyn Maynard, influential author of Policing Black Lives, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, renowned artist, musician, and author of Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies, began writing each other letters—a gesture sparked by a desire for kinship and connection in a world shattering under the intersecting crises of pandemic, police killings, and climate catastrophe. These letters soon grew into a powerful exchange about where we go from here. Rehearsals for Living is a captivating and visionary work—part debate, part dialogue, part lively and detailed familial correspondence between two razor-sharp writers. By articulating to each other Black and Indigenous perspectives on our unprecedented here and now, and reiterating the long-disavowed histories of slavery and colonization that have brought us to this moment, Maynard and Simpson create something new: an urgent demand for a different way forward, and a poetic call to dream up other ways of ordering earthly life.

Author : Kathleen Porter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781620551417

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Natural Posture for Pain-Free Living by Kathleen Porter Pdf

Restoring healthy posture from childhood for relief from chronic pain, easy flexibility, and enduring strength and vitality well into old age • Offers 12 physical exercises to become mindful of your posture and discover pain-free alignment of your pelvis, rib cage, shoulders, neck, and back • Provides simple yet detailed instructions on how to sit, stand, walk, bend, get up from a chair, sit to meditate, sleep, and practice yoga with proper alignment • Includes full-color diagrams and posture photographs from around the world Our bones are the framework of support for our bodies, much like the wall studs and beams of a house. Yet the alignment of the skeleton along the vertical axis of gravity is largely overlooked today, even by fitness experts and yoga teachers. In a culture of cocked hips, sauntering models, and slouching TV watchers, where “chin up, shoulders back, stomach in” is believed to be good posture, we have forgotten what healthy alignment looks and feels like--leading to chronic neck, shoulder, and back pain for millions. Sharing photographs from around the world of “gurus” of natural posture and authentic strength, such as women in their 80s who easily carry heavy loads on their heads and toddlers learning to walk, Kathleen Porter shows what natural skeletal alignment truly looks like. With insights based on the fundamental laws of physics and detailed full-color diagrams, she guides you through an understanding of the body’s naturally pain-free design. She explains that when the body is aligned as nature intended, your weight is supported by your bones rather than your muscles, allowing a blissful release from chronic muscular tension--which you may not even be aware you had. She offers 12 physical exercises to become mindful of your posture and discover healthy alignment of your pelvis, rib cage, shoulders, neck, and your body as a whole. Providing easy-to-follow instructions for mindful alignment during the most ordinary daily activities, even sleeping, as well as a chapter on practicing yoga safely, Porter shows how returning to our forgotten alignment from childhood can offer relief from chronic pain and tension and can provide easy flexibility, enduring strength, and vitality well into old age.

Author : Mark Ellman,Barbara Santos,Tehani Kahaialii-Taulava,Tony Novak-Clifford
Publisher : Mutual Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 1566479312

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Practice Aloha by Mark Ellman,Barbara Santos,Tehani Kahaialii-Taulava,Tony Novak-Clifford Pdf

Practice Aloha: Secrets to Living Life Hawaiian Style by Mark Ellman and Barbara Santos, is a collection of personal stories, recipes, song lyrics, and gorgeous photos shared by over 100 of Hawai'i¿s favorite folks. The goal of the book is to encourage people to slow down, take time to interact with others, and appreciate the world around them. In short, to Practice Aloha. The book is published by Mutual Publishing and is available in local this month. For more information about the Practice Aloha project, go to the website at www.PracticeAloha.org. The stories and images in the Practice Aloha book came from all kinds of people¿celebrities, authors, vacationers and local folks. Included in the book are Dr. Wayne Dyer; chefs Bev Gannon, D.K. Kodama, Peter Merriman, and Sam Choy; entertainers Willie K, Henry Kapono, Jake Shimabukuro, Mick Fleetwood, Todd Rundgren, and Tom Moffatt; politicians Mufi Hannemann, Neil Abercrombie and J. Kalani English; artists Andrea Smith and Mapuana Schneider; and travel/food writer Shirley Fong Torres. Their personal stories validate the benefits of living life with island attitude and include recipes, song lyrics, poems, and artwork.Some of the contributions are inspirational, some are nostalgic, some are funny, and some are heartbreaking. All of them show that there are many different ways that kama'aina and visitors alike practice aloha every day.

Author : Marnie Howard,Tisha Howard
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781578262908

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Giving is Living by Marnie Howard,Tisha Howard Pdf

THE ULTIMATE GIFT BOOK Simple. Profound. Life changing. Because each of us deals with so much stress on a personal level, it can seem like an overwhelming task to reach out to others in need. The truth is, though, that giving back can be easier than we may think. Giving is Living presents a clear, practical guide to making generosity a part of our everyday lives. It shows us how small efforts to reach out to help those in need can make a real difference. Authors Marnie and Tisha Howard explain that to function in a world of limited resources and burgeoning demands, we need provide aid to each other. Giving is Living explains that generosity does not have to be about giving money. It can start with a smile, cost nothing, and it can do so much good. Giving is Living provides 101 easy ways to improve our lives. It’s simple: by doing good for others, we can feel great and begin to live our best lives.