December 2019 list by Mindy Hiatt |
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15-minute Gentle Yoga: Four 15-minute Workouts for Strength, Stretch, and Control
by Louise Grime
Fit exercise into your busy life with quick, gentle yoga programs. At home, with just a mat and a few household items, ease tension, increase vitality, and get the flexible body you've always wanted by regularly practicing these 15-minute routines. Clear, step-by-step photographs paired with easy-to-follow instructions explain exactly what to do.
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15-minute Pilates: Four 15-minute Workouts for Strength, Stretch, and Control
by Alycea Ungaro
Fit exercise into your busy life with short but effective Pilates programs. At home, with just a mat and some weights, build these 15-minute routines into your week to get the lean, sculpted body you've always wanted. Clear, step-by-step photographs paired with easy-to-follow instructions explain exactly what to do in each move.
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Exercise is Medicine: How Physical Activity Boosts Health and Slows Aging
by Judy Foreman
It's no secret, of course, that exercise is good for you and that exercise can extend longevity. What Foreman uncovers through extensive research into evolutionary biology, exercise physiology, and the new field of geroscience is exactly why exercise is so powerful - the mechanisms now being discovered that account for the vast and varied effects of exercise all over the body.
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Finding Your Higher Self: Your Guide to Cannabis for Self-care
by Sophie Saint Thomas
This book has advice for infusing your day with the healing and soothing power of marijuana. Use cannabis to unwind as a healthy alternative to a glass of wine or try adding it into your meditation practice, yoga session, or your bathing rituals to maximize your quiet moments.
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The Goodful Cookbook: Simple and Balanced Recipes to Live Well
by Goodful
A first official cookbook by the popular BuzzFeed wellness section counsels readers on mindful approaches to eating for health, providing more than 100 high-nutrition recipes for everyday meals, including options for vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free diets.
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Hatha Yoga: The Complete Book
by Martina Mittag
An in-depth guide to the history, philosophy and practice of hatha yoga provides illustrated demonstrations of the major asanas, proper techniques and flow progressions that can be followed for hour-long yoga workouts.
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Living Full Circle: Ancient Rituals for Modern Life
by Dondeena Bradley
Translates a variety of ancient and holistic healing remedies into simple techniques for modern people to practice self-care and wellness and reconnect with the five senses through breath work, color visualization therapy and navigating energetic fields.
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The Magic of Melatonin: How This Amazing Hormone Will Help You Sleep, Reduce Pain, Relieve Anxiety, Slow Aging, and Much More
by Jan-Dirk Fauteck
Everything you need to know about the sleep-regulating hormone melatonin! We've always been told maintaining a healthy sleep cycle is of utmost importance to your day-to-day health. But have we ever been told why? Anyone familiar with chronobiology (the science of natural physiological rhythms) knows that the hormone melatonin is the foundation hormone for the circadian rhythm research. In fact, melatonin and sleep research is one of the most fundamental and best-known rhythms in the human body.
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Move Freely: Get Your Life Back After Injury
by Helen M. Blake
Dr. Blake's process is the guide to anti-inflammatory nutrition, mindfulness and yoga practices, aerobic conditioning, and vitamin supplements. Move Freely teaches readers how to rise above the pain that continues for months or years, nourish one's well-being, work toward professional goals and aspirations, and so much more. It enlists the most comprehensive set of tools and practices to get readers back to work and ready to pursue their passions-beyond the limits of chronic pain.
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Natural Woman: Herbal Remedies for Radiant Health at Every Age and Stage of Life
by Leslie Korn
Plant medicines are a woman's ally to achieve optimal health; they bring balance and nourishment to daily life and can reduce or eliminate physical and emotional distress symptoms. They can also provide alternatives to many pharmaceuticals. Dr. Leslie Korn brings over 40 years of experience in numerous herbal traditions--and as a healer in several modalities--into this book of timeless wisdom that can be passed down in the family for generations and shared with friends.
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Nuts and Seeds: Improving Your Health
by Patsy Westcott
Nuts and seeds such as almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds are bursting with vital nutrients. Even just a handful is rich with vitamins, minerals and fats, all of ,which we need, and which team up to help your heart, brain and waistline. As little as an ounce a day provides invaluable fiber, protein, and immune-boosting minerals.
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Outdoor Physique: Your Portable Body Transformation
by Hollis Lance Liebman
No gym, just you. Outdoor Physique is the take anywhere workout program for men and women. For great fitness and good health all you need is you. Outdoor Physique presents a workout program that can be performed nearly anywhere, regardless of your current level of fitness. Outdoor Physique focuses on toning and strengthening rather than on building impressive but impractical musculature.
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Sick of Being Sick: The Woman's Holistic Guide to Conquering Chronic Illness
by Brenda Walding
Dr. Brenda Walding reveals the essential elements to healing, as well as powerful tools, tips, concepts, and daily practices that are essential for radiant health. She teaches women how to overcome overwhelm and fear to make decisions for their highest good, how toxic thoughts and poisonous practices are massively sabotaging their healing efforts.
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Star Trek - Body by Starfleet: A Fitness Guide
by Robb Pearlman
A fully illustrated guide that bridges the nexus between stasis and health, Star Trek: Body by Starfleet provides real, practical, and fun exercises for Star Trek fans of all ages and physical abilities so that they may boldly live long and prosper. Drawing from the most celebrated and iconic elements of over 50 years of Star Trek, Body by Starfleet will provide any pop-culture (or junk-food) junkie a fun and healthy way to engage their warp core.
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