Total Yoga: A Step-By-Step Guide to Yoga at Home for Everybody

This is my one of my favorite yoga books... it explains about lines of energy, chakras, the different types of yoga and Hatha Yoga, and of course, is full of some basic poses. It also includes some sequences for different occasions, included the classic Sun Salute. The nice thing about this book is that it also has clearly explained breathing exersizes, and what the do. It also has a nice intro to meditation, and includes severla different meditatoin techniques to introduce you to this idea. Of course, if you don't take classes, you SHOULD start taking them, and even if you do, this book will help you with your own at home rutine. Overall, a good little book.

I am a Yoga teacher, and I recommend this book for home practice. The point of Yoga is to turn inward, and really feel what your body is doing, and what your body needs. In classes, we tend to get competitive, which really hinders our practice. This book is a great way to learn poses to do at home, and without having someone there yapping at you the entire time, you tend to really FEEL the poses. I think classes are important to learn postures and how the corrected posture feels, but I encourage people to have a home practice as well. This book is wonderful.... big pictures makes it easy to use while practicing, and a few different series of Asana's in the back help guide you through an at home class. The basic meditation helps people start to understand how to quiet the mind, and the Chakra info is wonderful! Namaste!

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Love this book. First saw it at a spa I visited. I like the layout and pictures which show you the correct forms. The part I like the best are the "sequence of asanas" at the back with suggested asanas for morning, evening, gentle and strong sequence. Well done.

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When I bought this yoga book, I didn't have much expectations other than to learn the various poses properly. So, I was pleasantly surprised to find such a delightful yoga book. It is reader friendly and, while aimed at those who have no background on yoga, it does not dumb down the principles of yoga at all. It explains in a nonsensical and in a neutral tone what yoga is and the instructions on the poses are clear. It has suggested sample practices to help guide the reader in eventually building their own practice. I love the huge photos to supplement the instructions. Best of all, while it is larger than most books (hence the larger photos), it is not too thick or heavy for me to carry around. I've even brought it to ski resorts so I can practice.

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TY is a super book for anyone interested in the many facets of yoga. Tara Fraser does a good job of including information on history, texts, chakras, diet, asanas and more, without becoming long-winded. She efficiently draws out the foundational material and sculpts a great info-guide to yoga. The asana depictions are clear and easy to follow, and she gives modifications for beginners/experts. Tara also includes some good partner-poses as well. It's a large book but lays flat for easy reference while practicing. I've used this book more than any of the several others I own. While TY is not written for a guru, it's a great book for beginners and intermediates.

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The Organized Parent : 365 Simple Solutions to Managing Your Home, Your Time, and Your Family's Life

As a lifelong packrat and very unorganized person, this book is the first book that has ever actually motivated me to really become organized and I've actually read it all the way through and followed it's tips. A great thing about this book is that you don't have to read all the way through. Pick a chapter and dive right in AND it gives you great solutions/options for quick fixes or major rehauls.

I'm newly married and only have one small baby, but I'm hoping that as a SAHM, this will get my butt in gear and keep it there for years to come.

SOLD on this book,

Nicki

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As a busy mother of 8 children under the ages of 12--I'm always looking for new ideas to help keep us all on track. I definitely picked up some great "new" ideas from this book to add to my on-going collection of ways to be more organized and in control. She makes the read fun and quick! Very easy to follow when you are looking for specific topics. A great reference to come back to over and over again. As a writer myself, I appreciated her sense of humor and style!!

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I was rather disappointed in this book. The tips are mostly quite basic (although a handy reference if you don't have a similar book) store things where you use them, make the kids help clean up. I didn't feel that it lived up to its title of 'the organized *parent*' but was more of a general organizing book.

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I was excited to read this book and learn some new tips for staying organized and managing my time with 2 kids under age 2, but this book was not the answer for me. I had seen 95% of the tips before, either in magazines or on organization shows, and I found many of the tips to be outdated (catalog shopping, dropping off film at the drugstore). This book felt like it was written a decade or so ago, then was revised to add some websites.

The author lives in an older house and has school-age children, and at times she seems to be writing only to the audience who has the same circumstances. Some of the tips (such as hanging a rope from your child's ceiling for storage) are dangerous, and others (building walls and knocking out niches) would require a hefty budget and/or great carpentry skills.

Finally, although it doesn't take an organization professional to write about organization, an amateur should NOT be giving financial advice. The author is obviously not a certified financial planner, yet makes suggestions on how the reader can get out of debt (cutting up credit cards, using an envelope system) and plan budgets. Please, if you are looking to tune your finances, consult a professional or at least read a book authored by an expert!

Overall, I was disappointed with the content and was looking for more specific strategies geared towards a "parent".

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This book is very useful and loaded with tons of very helpful information. I love it! I would definitely recommend it to anyone who has a hard time getting it together.

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Opium for the Masses: Harvesting Nature's Best Pain Medication (Feral House)

Its sort of a catch 22. The title caught my attention and I am into natural medicine options. Pain relief is something that is regulated and we average citizens only access to those things is through an expensive medical industry that that nobody can afford unless they have health insurance and often medications are also expensive and over priced.

This book has a lot of history regarding creating natural pain methods that have been used prior to your rights and freedoms being legislated away that human beings have enjoyed since before recorded history.

We have to keep in mind all the laws and regulations are very "new" on the historic time line. The fact is more and more average people are finding themselves without access to health care at a cost that is reasonable or affordable. Information like this could be valuable to anyone who practices natural medicine.

Like anything, the information in this book could be abused and after reading this book and understanding this type of natural medicine and its history, how people get addicted and why has empowered me to be a better patient and that knowledge ensures that I can fact check my treatment outlines and prescriptions properly so I don't end up needing more treatment because of some doctor not fully understanding the medications being utilized and their long term effects.

I feel like I have reclaimed what use to be common knowledge for all human beings to have. I'm not into "drugs" or drug abuse, though anyone who is would (laugh), this would be a must have for their book shelf.

This book sits next to other books like "Plant Medicine" and similar titles.

This book has a fascinating, even forbidden tone to it. It is amazing that a plant which grows from a tiny seed and produces such a valuable product is veiled in mystery and deliberate mis-information. This book is a fairly easy read, unless you are concerned with the later chapters which include technical and chemical details. It has valuable information for both the general reader and the person looking for specific knowledge. I would recommend this to anyone interested in the topic, whether for simple knowledge or specific tips.

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I found this book to be an excellent resource and read! I purchased the 'kindle' version and highly recomend it to anyone intersted in poppies and the different products derived from this genuine panacea. On this subject, it is likely, the only book an opium enthusiast needs. A 'must have' part of ones personal library!

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I bought this book because some friends and I were joking about opium and I decided I wanted to learn more about it. While I don't think I will ever produce opium for recreational or medicinal use, the book has renewed my interest in poppies as a colourful, beautiful flower that come in a huge variety of forms.

The book is informative on the nature of opium and poppy products and many of the important opiate alkaloids found within. The book goes on to describe other products of poppies, morphine to heroin for instance, but this was of less interest to me. My main concern was actually the flower and its direct products, rather than products of its products and etc.

I wish it was more detailed on the actual plant biology aspect, outside of opiates, but I understand that Hogshire is not a botanist and is not as interested in such things as the details of the roots or the poppy seed capsule's exact design. So I cannot blame him for not going in depth.

I do however appreciate the brief history given of poppies, opium, and the United States' take on the flowers. This I thought was a pleasant, and interesting, addition to the book.

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An excellent book that examines historical uses, changes in attitudes over the past 100 year, legal issues, pharmacological "advances", cultivation, and preparation for use. Well done and thorough.

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Living Well in a Nursing Home: Everything You and Your Folks Need to Know

i picked up this book because i'm a fan of the author, and boy am i glad i did. while i am not, currently, in the position to be thinking about either of my parents transitioning to an assisted living facility--or to transition myself--this is the type of book that it pays to read *before* you need it. vosen's experience coupled with dickinson's ability to address complex emotional situations is a one-two punch that makes this book a knock-out. not only is everything you could possibly need to know about assisted living covered, but it's done so in a way that is engaging and will make you feel like you've just read a self-help book (and i mean that in a good way!). moreover, while this is intended as a informational book, the real-life "case studies" are so compelling that i found myself reading to the very end to see what happened to this delightful cast of characters. even if you never find yourself in need of the practical information related to long-term care facilities, you'll benefit from the information related to aging, the elderly, family and interpersonal relationships. buy extra copies of this book to send to your siblings and friends.

This is the kind of book everyone with aging parents or other loved ones should read. You never knows when you might find yourself having to make the decision to place a loved one in a long term care facility. Better to know ahead of time what you are getting into so you can plan accordingly. If there is no time to plan, this book can still give you some nuts and bolts advice. Benefit from the writers knowledge, and learn from the characters situation.

By Susan Berg author of, Adorable Photographs of Our Baby: Meaningful, Mind Stimulating Activities and More for the Memory Challenged, Their Loved Ones, and Involved Professionals

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Lacking any current need for such information, I picked up this book just to see how it was organized. The contents seemed so well thought out I decided to read a little so I could recomend it in the future to family or friends when the need arose. I was hooked from the start and couldn't put it down! Who would have thought a book on Nursing Homes could be so compelling!! Not me. But it is. I love the straight-forward, no nonsense approach to the subject and found the information to be in line with the things I've learned from my own experience in dealing with aging parents and dying loved ones. And, it prepares us for our own aging. It should be read by everyone; there's no need to wait!

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I purchased Dickinson and Vosen's "Living Well in a Nursing Home" with an open mind. As a clinical psychologist with geriatric training, I found that this was an excellent book that covered most all of the relevant topics in a professional manner. As a person with an aging parent, and as one who suffers from multiple sclerosis, my mother and I never know which one of us may first be in a nursing home. Having this resource, both of us having read it, along with caregivers, such as my wife, it is an outstanding and fairly comprehensive, yet very readable book. I strongly recommend reading this, probably a bit more geared for users than professionals, but, I think that it's an outstanding resource for both!!!

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A very good, elderly friend of mine has suddenly required more care after an injury. A small group of friends are caring for him, and have been dealing with our own emotions towards his care, along with his needs. This book came along at just the right moment. We're still in the decision process of how best to care for our dear friend, and the book is proving to be very helpful. The whole first section is about the decision making process regarding how to care for your loved one. What surprised me is how helpful the book is in dealing with my own emotions in what it means to be put in a nursing home vs being able to stay at home with full time care. The book brings up many important points to consider, is well structured and easy to browse through to find just the right section. I'll continue to use it as a resource, and pass copies along to friends in similar situations with their parents and elderly friends. I highly recommend this book!

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