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Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: a Beginner’s Guide (9781612120058, Storey, $14.95, TP) is a true beginners guide that uses Rosemary’s knowledge to help you learn to make teas, tinctures, oils, slaves, pills and syrups. She introduces 33 of her favorite medicinal herbs with tips and recipes to naturally fortify your body against common upsets and ailments. [...]
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Reiki for Dogs: Using Spiritual Energy to Heal and Vitalize Man's Best Friend
Kathleen Prasad
(Ulysses Press, $14.95, TP, 9781612430485)
Using the most gentle and natural treatment possible, Reiki for Dogs can help you realize a new level of well-being for your dog. This powerful book provides everything necessary to help your dog through times of discomfort and to deepen your bond with the canine companions in your life.
Body, Mind and Spirit
Practical Centering: Exercises to Energize Your Chakras for Relaxation, Vitality, and Health
Larkin Barnett
(Quest Books, $15.95, TP, 9780835609036)
Physical therapist Larkin Barnett links her original techniques with the chakras - the ancient, non-Western concept of the seven physical and spiritual centers in the body. The Chakra Rocking Massage she teaches is a movement meditation that awakens the chakra centers and offers a practical, user-friendly way to relax. A great little book to pack in your suitcase or back pocket, the exercises take only minutes and can be done easily at home, at work, or wherever you happen to be.
Buddhism
Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
Phillip Moffitt
(Rodale Press, $16.99, TP, 9781605298245)
Reflecting on his own journey from "Esquire" magazine editor-in-chief to Buddhist meditation teacher, Phillip Moffitt provides a fresh perspective on the Buddha's ancient wisdom, showing how to move from suffering to new awareness and unanticipated joy. With engaging writing and a strong message of self-empowerment, Dancing with Life offers a prescriptive path for finding joy and peace that will appeal to meditation students and readers of "Dharma Wisdom," Moffitt's column in "Yoga Journal," as well as anyone searching for a more authentic life.
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Children's
Oracle of Shadows and Light (Original)
Lucy Cavendish, Illustrated by Jasmine Becket-Griffith
(Simon Pulse/Beyond Words, $17.99, TP, 9781582703053)
Oracle of Shadows and Light is a charismatic set of forty-five oracle cards and an in-depth guidebook that provides teens with the power to change their lives. Misfits, mystics, seekers, and wanderers alike will delve into the forty-five beautifully illustrated cards, each with its own guiding message, from developing your inner strength to simply finding happiness with oneself. Ages 8-12
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Cooking & Food
Herbivoracious: A Flavor Revolution with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes
Michael Natkin
(Harvard Common Press, $24.95, HC, 9781558327450)
In Herbivoracious, Michael Natkin offers up 150 exciting recipes (most of which have not appeared on his wildly popular Herbivoracious.com) notable both for their big, bold, bright flavors and for their beautiful looks on the plate, the latter apparent in more than 80 four-color photos that grace the book. The many dozens of vegan and gluten-free recipes are clearly noted, too, and an introductory chapter lays out the simple steps readers can take to outfit a globally inspired pantry of seasonings and sauces that make meatless food come alive.
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Crystals
Power Crystals: Spiritual and Magical Practices, Crystal Skulls, and Alien Technology
John DeSalvo
(Destiny Books, $16.95, TP, 9781594774003)
Known for his in-depth scientific work on the Shroud of Turin and the Great Pyramid of Giza, John DeSalvo, Ph.D., now sets his sights on quartz crystals and their mystical counterpart, crystal skulls. Exploring the use of crystals from Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt to present-day technology, including their use in ritual and ceremonial magic and their importance in ancient religious literature, he examines the many physical and chemical properties of quartz crystals and explains how their crystalline lattice structure is the key to their amazing abilities, both scientific and paranormal.
Health & Healing
Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself
Alejandro Junger
(HarperOne, $16.99, TP, 9780062201669)
In Clean Alejandro Junger has designed a detox program that can be easily incorporated into our busy schedule while providing all the practical tools necessary to support and rejuvenate our bodies. The effect is transformative: nagging health problems will suddenly disappear, extra weight will drop away, and for the first time in our lives, we will experience what it truly means to feel healthy.
Inspiration
The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms
Danielle Laporte
(Crown Archetype, $24.00, HC, 9780307952103)
In this apathy-kicking, integrity-infusing guide to defining success on your own terms, this book is based on author Danielle Laporte's straight-talk life-and-livelihood sermons that have been read by over one million people. Bold but empathetic, she reframes popular self-help and success concepts. Laporte suggest that getting clear on how you want to feel in your life and work is more important than setting goals. It's the most potent form of clarity that you can have, and it's what leads to true fulfillment.
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Meditation
Awakening: A Practical Guide to Zen Meditation
Yogi Brahmasamhara
(Rockpool Publishing, $24.95, TP, 9781921878008)
There are many books on meditation, even books on how to speed up the process and learn to meditate in 15 minutes - the opposite of what meditation is trying to achieve. Here, Yogi Brahmasamhara teaches the reader ways of letting go of the barriers of the "ordinary," to enable all who practice to unveil an awakened, naturally exhilarating engagement with life. Awakening is a guided journey into authentic mediation - too often surrounded by myth and unwarranted mysticism - for novices and experienced meditators alike.
New Thought
Activate Joy: Live Your Life Beyond Limitations
Alixsandra Parness
(New Page Books, $14.99, TP, 9781601632135)
Profound insight into recovering from grief and returning to joy, Activate Joy will carry you through an ascending spiral up and into the spirit of joy. With fresh and original ideas, exercises and techniques, this important book is the single resource you need to learn how to live your life beyond limitations.
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Religion
The Interfaith Alternative: Embracing Spiritual Diversity
Steven Greenebaum
(New Society Publishers, $14.95, TP, 9780865717053)
The Interfaith Alternative shows us how we can celebrate each others religion without fear of losing our own identity. It illuminates the path to creating a nurturing spiritual community that honors and includes all religious languages - an alternative to Jews worshiping only with Jews, Christians with Christians, and Muslims with Muslims. In doing so, it demonstrates that through coming together in a mutually supportive environment we can concentrate on our shared desire to remake the world into a compassionate, loving place.
Self Help
Courage: Overcoming Fear and Igniting Self-Confidence
Debbie Ford
(HarperOne, $25.99, HC, 9780062068927)
In Courage, New York Times bestselling author Debbie Ford proposes a life-altering path to discovering confidence and authentic self-expression and offers her most personal, powerful, and practical work to date - a proven process for overcoming insecurity and fear and unlocking the courage that resides within.
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Spiritualism
Spiritual Cleansing: A Handbook of Psychic Protection
Draja Mickaharic
(Weiser Books, $14.95, TP, 9781578635207)
Spiritual Cleansing is a bestselling Weiser classic that is a spiritual first aid manual filled with hundreds of recipes, rituals, and practical ways to rid your home, office, and self of negative energy. Featuring a new foreword by Judika Illes, author of The Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells, Spiritual Cleansing is a guide for anyone who wants to keep their lives and their environment spiritually clean and protected. Magic practitioner Draja Mickaharic offers simple and effective solutions drawn from every ethnic group and spiritual practice to show the reader how to protect yourself from negative energy. Now in paperback
Tarot
The Steampunk Tarot
Barbara Moore and Aly Fell
(Llewellyn Publications, $28.95, HC, 9780738726380)
Go where the past and future converge, into a world of roaring engines and gleaming metal, top hats and corseted silk gowns . . . where alternate histories play out in a film reel of fantasy, adventure, and magic. A wildly popular genre that is gaining momentum, steampunk - an eclectic literary, visual, and cultural trend - is exquisitely fashioned in this stunning new tarot deck.
Yoga
Hatha Yoga Asanas: Pocket Guide for Personal Practice
Daniel DiTuro & Ingrid Yang
(Human Kinetics Publishers, $15.95, TP, 9781450414852)
Featuring full-color photos, basic movement cues, the English and Sanskrit names, and difficulty ratings for over 150 poses, Hatha Yoga Asanas is an easy-to-use quick-reference guide that captures the beauty and essence of hatha yoga itself. Simple, attractive, and convenient, Hatha Yoga Asanas is the one reference every practitioner and instructor should own.
