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Energize Your Life



This book focuses on how
appropriate exercises can stimulate and sustain natural vitality.  Mouthwatering recipes and step by step
breathing and exercise routines present a host of ways to unlock hidden energy
potential for the benefit of body, mind, and spirit.




Author : Nic Rowley and Kirsten
Hartvig, Emma Mitchell, Alistair Livingstone



Publisher : One Spirit



Year of Publishing : 2001



No. Of Pages : 248





Chakras - A New Approach To Healing Your Life



This book provides practical
information, including advice on how to works with chakra pairs and groups,
colours, archetypes, fragrances, crystals and gemstones, prayer and
affirmation.  The author shows how
working more deeply with your chakras enables you to reach your full physical,
emotional, mental and spiritual potential.



 



Author : Ruth White



Publisher : India
Book Distributors (Bombay)
Ltd.



Year Of Publishing : 1998



No. Of Pages : 266



Ageing Body, Confused Mind



This book explains how so much of
youthfulness can be lost just through making a conscious choice.  The author proves how increased awareness can
help us all lose our delusion of youth and attain the ultimate gift of oldness.  It’s OK to mislay important papers, lose your
glasses case and not know how to use broadband, email or the video timer. It is
a practical alternative to growing old gracefully.



 



Author : Pete May



Publisher : New Holland
Publishers Ltd.



Year Of Publishing : 2005



No. Of Pages : 95



Does Your Child Really Need Glasses ?



This is a comprehensive guide and
gives information on not only glasses but also the whole range of common eye
problems in children – from infancy through the teenage years.  The book covers on the most common vision and
eye problems, the role of vision in learning disorders, step-by-step
recommendations and treatment options, a set of detailed instructions for
performing a home eye exam, etc.  It is a
great resource for any parent.



 



Author : Robert A. Clark



Publisher : Prima Publishing



Year Of Publishing : 2003



No. Of Pages : 271



Eternal Health – The Essence Of Ayurveda



This informative guide present
the ancient principles of traditional Indian healing in an accessible, modern
format.  It is a comprehensive
introduction to the core beliefs and theories of Ayurveda, with practical advice
to enable one to adopt this philosophy in daily life. This book includes
nutrition and dietary advice, daily routines to minimize stress and enhance
well-being, methods to gain energy, vitality and longevity, herbal remedies for
common ailments, techniques to maximize mental, physical and spiritual health.



 



Author : Dr. Partap Chauhan



Publisher : Jiva Institute



Year Of Publishing : 2000



No. Of Pages : 259



Keeping Healthy By Keeping Track



Keeping Healthy By Keeping Track is a simple yet
comprehensive method of maintaining ones own medical records at home.  Logical and self-evident, it is a thorough
and uncomplicated way to centralize all your health information.  There are 75 charts from which to choose
those most relevant. The knowledge gained will allow one to build a strong
doctor/patient partnership.



 



Author : Lillian Shah and Laura Messinger



Publisher : Infinity Publishing



Year Of Publishing ; 2006



No. Of Pages : 228



Breathing - Expanding Your Power & Energy

This book is a guide for those seeking to know more about themselves. It
emphasis on the practice of good breathing. As per the author when we
are calm and relaxed our breathing is deeper. When we are upset or in
pain, we take shallow breathes. Often, without realizing it, we take on
these patterns long after the trauma is gone. This book is for those
professionals who work in the body/mind disciplines where breathing is
an essential key to health and healing.

Author : Michael Sky

Publisher : Bear & Company

No. Of Pages : 145




Playing God: The New World Of Medical Choices



This is the book that shows, how
to make the choices in health, care.   It
discusses how to ask your doctor questions or tell him or her that you want a
second or third opinion. The author offers professional and personal insights
into a wide range of conventional and experimental procedures, including organ
donation and transplantation, in vitro fertilization and surrogate motherhood,
and legal limits to doctor-patient.



 



Author : Thomas Scully and Celia
Scully



Publisher : Simon And Schuster



No. Of Pages : 429



Rethinking Thin, The New Science Of Weight Loss - And Realities Of Dieting





This book educates and illuminates those seeking solid
information about the struggle to lose weight. 
It is a
comprehensive and highly readable examination of why most diets fail. Many of authors
findings will be no surprise to people who have struggled with their weight.  The author’s bottom line: genetics play a far
bigger role in weight than will power, exercise, or food choices.



Author : Gina Kolata



Publisher : Farrar, Stratus and Giroux



Year Of Publishing : 2007



No. Of Pages : 257





Author : Gina Kolata


Publisher : Farrar, Stratus and Giroux



Year Of Publishing : 2007



No. Of Pages : 257



Defeat Common Cold & Nose Allergies



A handbook on effective management of common cold.  The author’s objective is to educate people
on the therapeutic benefits of homeopathy, ayurveda, naturopathy, yoga, TCM,
bach flower therapy etc. in recurring colds & nasal allergies with
different treatment options and to avoid the unnecessary use of antibiotics and
anti-allergens. The author has included some useful illustrations on the
various yogic asanas.



 



Author : Dr. Harilakshmi Jayachandran



Publisher : B. Jain Publishers (P) Ltd.



Year of Publishing : 2009



No. Of Pages : 181



Cut Your Cholesterol



‘Cut Your Cholesterol’ explains our
body’s reaction to poor diet, lack of exercise and exposure to stress, and then
outlines the comprehensive plan to help one make a positive turnaround.   This digest also advices, why the
cholesterol levels are high and what you can do, from nutrition and physical activity,
to medication and tips on stress relief to enjoy an active, heart-healthy
lifestyle.



 



Publisher : Reader’s Digest



Year Of Publishing : 2007



No. Of Pages : 256




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The No-grain Diet



The No-Grain Diet shows how anyone can conquer food cravings
and stay slim for life.  This book explodes
the myth of the low-fat diet, reveals the unhealthy aspects of high-protein
diets, and offers a diet that works, that is healthy, and that anyone can stay fit
for life.  The author
takes
a holistic approach and reasons out WHY grains are associated with weight gain,
and what a low-carb diet could look like if you believe organic vegetables and
meats are important, and that artificial sweeteners may be causing you
difficulties.  The author also encourages
Green Drink and the list of healthy food to focus on in diet.



 



Author : Dr. Joseph Mercola, Alison Rose Levy



Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton



Year of Publishing : 2005



No. of pages : 311


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Fit For Fertility





This book is inspiring and
comprehensive guide to preparing for pregnancy. 
It lays simple strategies for maximizing a couple’s chance of conception.  The author gives information on treatments
including IVF as well as alternative medicine, tips on diet and lifestyle
changes that can make all the difference, self-diagnosis tools to allow one to
shape the programme.



 



Author : Michael Dooley, Frcog



Publisher : Hodder &
Stoughton



Year Of Publishing : 2006



No. Of Pages : 392


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Strengthen Your Immune System



This book looks at many of the
everyday influence that  control our
immune system from the food we eat to how much we sleep or exercise. It also
provides a straightforward guide to natural and herbal remedies that may have
immune-enhancing effect. It tells you what’s important to consider when using
herbal remedies, and highlights potential problems.



 



Publisher : Reader’s Digest



Year of Publishing: 2002



No. of pages: 320p     


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Chakras- A New Approach To Healing Your Life

  
   
This book builds on the foundations laid in its predecessor, working with your Chakras.  Though each book is complete in itself, it is recommended that you use them together toget the deepest understanding of the chakras system and how working with it can help your life and spiritual development.   



Author: Ruth White

Publisher: India Books Distributors.   
Year of Publishing: 20002
No.of pages:266p


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Doctor,be Well-integrating The Spirit Of Healing With Scientific Medicine



 



This book written as a "love
letter” to doctors and other health care



Professionals who are
grappling with the demands of the modern



Health  care system and who yearn for a more human
experience



For their patients and for themselves.


Author: Dr.David J. Shuch
Publisher : 1stBooks-rev.
Year of Publishing:2003
No.of Pages: 174p
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Boost Your Wholehealth



 



Each chapter of this book is
designed to provide you with an inspirational



Idea that you can read
quickly and put into practice right away. These ideas can change Your life. Kate
Cook reveals 52 brilliant ideas to help you achieve your personal goals and become
a more balanced, healthier  - and much happier
–person. By making small  but important
improvements to how you live, you’ll  see
positive changes every day and new energy restored to your life.



 

Author: Kate Cook

Publisher: A Perigee Book

Year of Publishing : 2005

No.of pages: 235p



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Beyond Second Opinions



This book is a guide for those
wanting to have a child  and for people
seeking treatment about fertility, fertility medicine, its patients and
doctors.  It is an accessible,
comprehensive, and well informed book.  The
author takes the reader beyond hype to the hard data on diagnoses and
treatments and sheds new light on difficult decisions patients face today on
reproductive questions.



 



Author : Judith Steinberg Turiel



Publisher : University
of California
Press



No. Of Pages : 393



 



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