Health & Fitness
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THE HEALING POWER OF MIND: Simple Meditation Exercises for Health, Well-Being, and Enlightenment by Tulku Thondup, foreword by Daniel Goleman 250 pp. #HEPOMI - $ 14.95 Following an overview of healing meditation there are 48 exercises: clearing energy blocks, healing our emotions, healing through sound, healing with light and the elements, healing with nature's energy and daily activities that become healing experiences. Also, Tulku Thondup offers seven major Buddhist meditations for healing everyday problems and releasing the grip of our habits. | |
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HEALING SOUNDS: The Power of Harmonics by Jonathan Goldman 192 pp. #HESO - $ 16.95 Healing Sounds: The Power of Harmonics explains how to perform vocal harmonics and experience their transformative and curative powers. It explains the healing and transformative powers of harmonics. More ... | |
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THE JOY OF BEING: Advanced Kum Nye Practices for Relaxation, Integration & Concentration by Tarthang Tulku 160 pp. #JOBEAD - $ 16.95 The practice of Kum Nye initially focuses on massage, posture, and movement to release deeply held tension and stimulate vital energies throughout the body. This book goes beyond the purely physical aspects of relaxation to explore its application to the senses, perceptual processes and cognition, offering exercises designed to open gateways to new dimensions. More ... | |
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KUM NYE TIBETAN YOGA: A Complete Guide to Health and Well-being by Tarthang Tulku #KUNYTI - $ 24.95 Kum Nye yoga balances, integrates and energizes the whole of our being, inviting a sense of wholeness and calm within ourselves and in relationship to others and our environment. More ... | |
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LECTURES ON TIBETAN MEDICINE by Dr. Lobsang Dolma Khangkar 186 pp. #LETIME - $ 12.95 The famous Tibetan doctor Lobsang Dolma was a well-known teacher of Tibetan medicine. In her lectures she discusses Buddhism and medicine, massage, child conception, breathing exercises, the relation between body, speech and mind, the three humours, diagnosis, diet and behavior. | |
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LET GO: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits by Martine Batchelor 180 pp., 6" x 9", paper. #LEGOBU - $ 15.95 How can we break free of negative behaviors, addictions, and painful states? Long-time meditation teacher Martine Batchelor (wife of well-known author Stephen Batchelor) offers practical, tested methods for reclaiming our freedom. Her lively style and approach, deeply based in Buddhism, is packed with helpful exercises and guided meditations to help build the reader's skill. More ... | |
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MEDICINE AND COMPASSION: A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche with David R. Shlim, MD 192 pp. #MECOTI - $ 14.95 Written by a medical doctor and a Tibetan monk and teacher, Medicine and Compassion taps Tibetan Buddhism for practical tools that caregivers can use to revitalize their spirits. For anyone facing tragedies such as a terminally ill relative, friends or family facing a long convalescence, or even acute anger at an illness, this timely book opens paths to renewed patience, kindness, and effectiveness. More ... | |
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MEDICINE BUDDHA Sadhana by the Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple 23 pp., 5.5" x 8.5". #MEBURI - $ 15.00 Reciting the Medicine Buddha mantra--according to Shakyamuni Buddha himself--protects the practitioner from illness and epidemic, and is said to help heal all illnesses. This sadhana is designed to go with one of our top-selling CDs, Medicine Buddha: The Practices of Riwoche Temple. Designed with spiral binding to lie flat, the sadhana comes with Tibetan, transliteration, and English for each phrase. | |
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MEDICINE BUDDHA SADHANA trans. by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche 18 pp. #MEBUSA - $ 5.00 The practice was translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the benefit of his students and all sentient beings wishing to be healed of their ills, mental and physical. This practice in English comes with long and short mantras and visualization, as well as explanations of the benefits of the the practice and the mantra. More ... | |
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MINDFULNESS YOGA: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body and Mind by Frank Jude Boccio, fore. by Thich Nhat Hanh 320 pp., 8"x10", 75 b&w illus. #MIYO - $ 19.95 A user-friendly manual with several yoga sequences, emphasizing the spiritual side of the practice, and outlining how the Buddha's teachings on breath, body and feelings correspond with the methods of physical yoga practice. More ... | |
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THE PRACTICE OF TIBETAN KUNYE MASSAGE by Namkhai Norbu 153 pp. #PRTKU - $ 22.00 This useful book, written by well-respected teacher Namkhai Norbu and based on the Conclusive Tantra, gives specific pressure points to be massaged for a variety of illnesses and conditions, well illustrated with line drawings that make the points easy to find. Sections on making ungents as well as the original Tibetan text are incluided. | |
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SEX, ORGASM AND THE MIND OF CLEAR LIGHT: The Sixty-four Arts of Gay Male Love by Jeffrey Hopkins. 123 pp. #SEORMI - $ 14.95 An adaptation of the Tibetan Arts of Love as a gay sex guide, Hopkins shows how sexual passion can open the door to spiritual growth and bring lovers to a powerful level of consciousness. He concludes with four ruminations on the sex-friendly nature of Tibetan Buddhism. | |
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THE SPIRITUAL MEDICINE OF TIBET: Heal Your Spirit, Heal Yourself by Dr. Pema Dorjee, foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama. 313 pp. #SPMETI - $ 17.95 A holistic approach to healing the whole person, Tibetan medicine treats spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional diseases. This interesting book looks at the author's inspirational personal experiences with healers, and provides a practical description of the workings of the medical system, designed to help the Western reader apply the principles in everyday life. | |
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TIBETAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF TIBETAN MEDICINE AND ASTROLOGY Revised and enlarged edition by Dr. Tsering Thakchoe Drungtso and Tsering Dolma Drungtso 556 pp. #TIEND - $ 25.00 In this all-in-one dictionary, over 9,000 terms relating to Tibetan medicine and astrology are clearly defined and come with transliteration and phonetics. An essential reference work. | |
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THE TIBETAN ART OF POSITIVE THINKING: Skillful Thought for Successful Living by Christopher Hansard 240 pp. #TIARPO - regular price $ 14.00 Our Price $11.20 Written by a master physician of the ancient Tibetan Bon Medicine tradition, this practical volume teaches us how to use the power of thought to help us flourish in many life arenas--from health to work to relationships. Having trained in Tibetan Bon since he was four years old, Hansard provides a map of how to use the spiritual and medical traditions through simple meditations and exercises. | |
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TIBETAN AYURVEDA: Health Secrets from the Roof of the World by Robert Sachs, fore. by Dr. Lobsang Rapgay 255 pp., many line drawings, tables, notes, glossary, biblio. ,resources, index. #TIAY - $ 14.95 Provides a comprehensive guide to the four levels of traditional Tibetan medicine with a wealth of traditional health practices and teachings. Sachs goes beyond traditional herbal approaches to look at other important forms of treatment such as Pancha Karma for detoxification and rejuvenation and Kum Nye for integrating mind and body. He focuses on the powerful regenerative therapies, and explains their principles and methods--guidelines on nutrition, exercise, relaxation, as well as meditation. There is a self-profile test to allow you to determine your own health needs. | |
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THE TIBETAN BOOK OF HEALING by Dr. Lobsang Rapgay 203 pp., 11 line drawings. #TIBOHE - $ 12.95 A comprehensive look at the healing modalities offered in Tibetan medicine. Dr. Rapgay has presented the preventive health care aspects--diet, exercise, relaxation, detoxification, rejuvenation, meditation--of the Tibetan medical tantras. He explains how to develop a well-grounded spiritual practice that accords with body/mind types and which people of all traditions can heartily embrace. | |
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TIBETAN ELEMENTAL ASTROLOGY by Tsering Dolma Drungtso 233 pp. photos, line drawings. #TIELAS - $ 15.00 Written by a consultant on medical astrology and astrological training courses, this book explicates the element-system of Tibetan astrology, the 12 animal signs, how to calculate one's life force and read past and future lives, and many other fascinating topics. More ... | |