Energy Healing Books

I just read the review by a Chinese Taoist from Detroit, who by the way is selling books on the same suject! This person is discrediting exactly what we, westerners, can be grateful to Mantak Chia for : making those ancient secrets accessible and useful to the regular American! Who nowadays has time to wait and meditate for 20 years before being introduced to the basic taoist inner respiration techniques ?

And don't be fooled, even if made "quickly" accessible, those secrets need practice, and to rip the benefits, it's better to start at the more basic exercises like "The Healing Sounds" or "Chi Self-Massage: The Taoist Way of Rejuvenation". Even if you stopped there, you would feel the difference.

In my humble opinion, all the better if the sexual titles can get people's attention enough to open them to those powerful and helpful ancient secrets. They work !

As for anybody spending the money becoming accredited to teach the Healing Tao, this person may want to get better informed ! People don't get any accreditation before they can demonstrate their capacity to master all the exercises and the situations that can develop during a class !

First let me start by saying I am a male.
I have had the opportunity to have read both the male & female version of this book. I have also been practising the techniques some years ago, with tremendous wonderful results. I can tell anyone of you that, if you practise the techniques with the discipline required you will see, feel and experience the results promised to you.
I highly recommend both books for reading and training. It give both male and female insight in each others techniques.

It was slightly interesting, but I found myself skipping around in the book to see if it gets any better.

I have to admit that I don't even care about the origin of the practice, about the lineage, titles or whatever - I'm only interested if when I applied a teaching and practice in my life - do I get the desired results - and I guarantee if you apply the information from this book, if you engage in the practices described, you will notice wonderful results - in terms of increased sexual magnetism, increased energy for healing, rejuvenation and spiritual growth (yes, yes, yes - you may even get rid of some wrinkles), and of course, more fabulous sex.

I have attended a workshop with Mantak Chia way back in 1987 and while I had this book, I have recently also purchased the set of videos. I find all of them valuable - workshop, because it gave us all opportunity to clarify anything we might have needed to clarify about the practice; book, because it went into greater lenghts in explaining finer points; and video set, because it's easy to follow and it's great to refresh some points one might have forgotten (after all, there is only so much one can remember after attending a two-day workshop and there's only so long that one can retain the information).

I was passionate about my practice after attending the workshop - however my practice consisted mainly from solitary practice dealing with generation and circulation of sexual energy - which I at time practiced even for 7 hours a day, during the first six months (later on, I have reduced the amount of practice) - however, certain benefits of my initial intense practice remained and have tremendously benefited me with other energy and spiritual practice I was (and still am) engaged in.

I feel deeply grateful for this book and for the teachings Mantak Chia brought to the west.

In depth refined awareness exercises for women who are serious about getting a deeper sense of the sexual/life stream and its 'home' in the genitals.
Not light reading. You have to practice the exercises for this book to make any real sense.
A must buy if you are into that kind of work and pretty uninteresting if you aren't!

This book is highly recommended. It contains information on the etheric non-world, turbo thoughts, invisibility and much much more. Lots to learn from this one.

I enjoyed this book immensely. What really captured my attention were the experiential exercises Mr. Wilde use throughout the book. In using these methods myself, a significant shift took place in my awareness. While the author does not use the word Toltec anywhere in his book, attributing these practices instead to occult bodies in European mystery schools, I see no significant differences between these practices and those offered in Toltec philosophy found in the work of Castaneda, Eagle Feather, and Mares, to name a few. It would be interesting to get the authors view on this confluence between apparently different systems which produce similar existential states of awareness in those who use these methods.

These types of spiritual development books (for the lack of a better word) may be shifting human consciousness in untold ways. Wilde, for example, often uses the concept of detachment as a method of spiritual awareness, i.e., not being hooked into some one else's drama. In Toltec philosophy the same concept is called, "losing self-importance."

For anyone attempting to grow spiritually and shift the dream, I highly recommend this book. Don't get too encumbered by the concepts which are difficult to follow or to substantiate via reason; the aim is to engage the practices and see where they take you. Herein the purpose of the book methinks.

The book speaks for itself. You don't have to understand it. It's not a tragedy if one does not. However, when one indicts Mr. Wilde for using pseudoscience when referring to the earth's resonating frequency, well--for that reviewer, please look up the term SCHUMANN RESONANCE. It is a defined construct of physics. It's funny that when some nit wit doesn't understand the world, that nit wit makes fun of somebody who does. So, in that sense, in terms of the intellectual underpinnings of that reviewer's critique--"garbage in, garbage out."

As another reviewer noted, one oughtn't place too much stock in Stuie's scientific claims--but of course after a some time on the "spiritual path" one finds that science is merely another religion, so what's the difference? All that aside, the reader will find a wealth of great advice for day to day living and aetheric adventures, as well as a number of amusing anecdotes all in the author's characteristically bombastic style. There are many practical exercises for building aetheric skills. Mr. Wilde has lived a fascinating life and has done a marvellous job seeing the infinite shine through his experiences. My rating lacks a star only because he seems to approach immortality in the usual, worn-out, after-death fashion, despite his extraordinary approach to other areas of existence. Open your eyes, Stuart! Any road, buy this book! It's one of my favourite SW works, and I have six!

I think everyone should have a copy of this book. Considering the changes and personal evolution you may be experiencing, having brought you to the presence of this review, I must say that this book is essential and will provide much empathy and answer many questions. It's a quick read and keeps you entranced the whole way through. My Wiccan elder priestess recommended it to me.. it's not necessarily Pagan, but certainly embodies concepts, philosophies and realizations encompassing all positive spiritual paths. Take my word for it!
Blessings,
OakRaven

This book is an easy read. It is not a detailed instruction manual on Reiki, in fact it doesn't give too much information away at all. The book talks about what Reiki is and, what surprised me, is how much the practice is utilized in human medicine, hospice etc... I had no idea how main stream the practice has become. The book packed with anecdotal support for the healing benefits of Reiki. The contents are well organized and she makes her points quickly. I picked up the book because I was taking Libby Barnett's Reiki level 1 and 2 courses and wanted to familiarize myself with her and her book. If you need further convincing that Reiki has a place in human medicine and supportive care pick up this book. After taking her course I'll be using Reiki on my small animal patients.

Reiki Energy Medicine is a motivator to learn Reiki, which is a Great thing because I can honestly say from my own personal experience, now that I have received attunement, that it WORKS. The authors write with the "Spirit" which just corroborates to me that Reiki is Holy and altogether Powerful. I am a Christian and love and celebrate Jesus every day of my life. Furthermore I have always been a woman of prayer. Reiki brings my faith full circle because it is tangible proof to my heart and soul that God's unconditional love can heal you if you will receive it. What is so awesome about Reiki is that it works regardless of your beliefs! No religious belief is required to receive Reiki healing.
One of the best things about Reiki that I learned from this book is that "The Reiki process hightlights the truth about healing: that the power and the responsibility for healing lie within the individual. The Reiki practitioner brings intention and commitment to the process, acting as a compassionate conduit for the universal life force, but the practitioner does not DO the healing for the client. The healing happens as a result of the relationship between the receiver's energy field and the universal energy field, mediated through the cellular consciousness of the receiver. Reiki enpowers the receiver to do the healing that needs to be done on all levels of being."
The chapters included are: 1 Universal Life Force: The Fundamental Principle of Health, 2 The Unique Power of Reiki, 3 Self-Reiki: Caring for the Caregiver, 4 A Progressive Approach to Wellness, 5 Visions for the Future: Reiki and the Partnership Model of Care. Also included are appendixes with diagrams for self treatment and treatment upon others.
Important note: You really need to look into this book but I would recommend getting an attunement first of which are available at amazon in the form of vhs and dvds. Then you can add to what you've already learned, thus fully enjoy and understand this book. The information here is NOT going to teach you Reiki if you first haven't been attuned. I give this book five stars because it mentions this fact in the text early on.
Closing quote: "Reiki meets us where we are and gently moves us forward, providing support for doing the work we were born to do. Reiki helps us know our purpose and manifest it with strength, vitality and ease. o8E
Soar!

After reading Reiki Energy Medicine, this reader finds writing this review quite difficult. It is quite tempting to lose any measure of objective distance and launch into the most effusive praise of this delightful book. At 120 pages, including notes and index, this book manages to say in a straightforward, concise, and simple way what so many other books three times the length or more are unable to communicate.

Without wasting too much time, the authors define and delineate with ease the nature of that universal healing life force that we know as reiki and its efficacy as a complement to traditional allopathic medicine. They neatly outline protocols that they, themselves, have used to integrate reiki into various health care environments from the emergency room to the hospital to the hospice. They discuss the success of programs they have developed and taught to other health care professionals, who have then enthusiastically integrated reiki healing into their health care practices. Reiki, as seen by the authors, is a cost-effective means of providing additional care and support to patients encountering what has so often been the impersonal and technical face of modern medicine. It re-integrates compassion and care back into the caregiver-patient/recipient relationship. Much anecdotal evidence is supplied in this book to demonstrate the extent to which this return of the compassionate relationship alone can drastically reduce the cost and length of recovery.

In the hospice setting where recovery is not an option, Reiki can transform what, under modern conditions, has become a degrading or frightening decline to death into a healing transition. Besides its utility as a palliative measure to treat even the worst pain, Reiki is a gentle guide to ease the patient's concerns and to assist them in their journey out of this life. Remarkably, reiki has also proven quite healing in the relationships of the hospice client with their survivors. In a word, Reiki can assist in cleaning out so much of the emotional unfinished "business" of the client. The authors supply anecdotes supporting this concept and discuss protocols as to how to apply and integrate reiki in the hospice setting.

I am reminded of an article, "Reiki in Hospice Care: Miranda's Story," by John Mramor(Massage & BodyWork Magazine, Feb/Mar 2004 issue) that eloquently affirms the principles that Ms. Barnett and Ms. Chambers have discussed. The client, Miranda, was a single mother of two in her early forties dying from cancer. After a traumatic and highly dysfunctional life, it didn't appear that she would find any healing, peace, or resolution as she approached the end of her life. Nonetheless, through the persistent yet ever so gentle efforts of Mr. Mramor, Miranda was able to find not only some measure of relief from her severe pain, but also to find the healing and resolution of life issues to continue her journey from this life to the next. I feel blessed by the serendipity to have read this article at the same time I was reading Reiki Energy Medicine.

Equally important to discussing the use of reiki in the modern healthcare facility was the emphasis placed by the authors upon the need for caregivers to take care of themselves. The importance of self-Reiki can not be repeated too often. Self-Reiki is vital to maintaining the energy and health of caregivers and to reducing their burdens of dis-ease and stress. As in their discussion regarding hospital and hospice protocols, the authors outline at length the importance of self-care for caregivers and conclude with their vision of a healthcare facility where reiki is fully integrated into the course of healing modalities for both the caregivers and the care-recipients.

In conclusion, Reiki Energy Medicine is quite simply a must-have text for reiki professionals, especially those who are integrating its caring principles and healing practices with other health modalities. I would also highly recommend it for reiki practitioners in general for its value in bringing home the profound, yet gentle realization that reiki can be integrated into every aspect of life to detoxify, heal, and raise the energy of any person and any situation.

This review was first printed in Reiki Magic newsletter(Twin Falls, April 2004). Copyright 2004 Brian S. Melton(aka Friskybearman): no part of this article may be reproduced in any manner without my express consent.

There are books which pretend to be a reference point, and there are those which not only are, but also exceed readers' expectations. These are some of those! Read them twice and heal the universe. A library worth having for every healer.

(1). The Power of Divine: A Healer's Guide - Tapping into the Miracle by Tiffany Snow

(2). Molecules Of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine by Candace B. Pert

(3). Energy Medicine by Donna Eden, David Feinstein, Brooks Garten, Caroline Myss

(4). Reiki Energy Medicine: Bringing the Healing Touch into Home, Hospital and Hospice by Libby Barnett, Maggie Chambers, Susan Davidson

(5). A Practical Guide to Vibrational Medicine : Energy Healing and Spiritual Transformation by Richard Gerber

Reiki is a form of Energy Medicine. The Japanese compound word Reiki means Universal Energy and is equivalent to the Chi of Chinese and the Prana of Indians. In this book, "Reiki Energy Medicine Bringing Healing Touch into Home, Hospital and Hospice", the authors Libby Barnett and Maggie Chambers, Reiki Masters, give us a number of areas where the Reiki healing touch can be applied with advantage. They give a good number of case studies and examples from their extensive health-related professional experience spread over years. Libby is a Medical Social Worker and Maggie is an artist who works with handicapped children. Both found Reiki to be useful in a number of situations. In collaboration with Susan Davidson, who helped the book to be edited into a highly readable account of Reiki, they succeed in getting the message through that Reiki as an adjunt to all other medical systems can improve the healing process effectively. Reiki is intelligent and it is the receipient who receives as much or as little as one needs and uses it for the highest good. Thus, it is not to be construed as a panacea, but it should be offered with unconditional love. I especially liked their comment that Reiki is not only Universal Energy but is also Universal / unconditional love. They also bring out an important point that Reiki should be welcomed by all other medical systems and the insurance firms since it doesn't interfere with their working and helps in bringing down the medicare costs.

The book gives a short introduction to Reiki but concentrates more on the applications of Reiki in the health field. The emphasis through out is on touch. The Appendices give the hand positions for self Reiki and for giving Reiki to others. The other aspects of Reiki which enable distance healing, programming etc., which do not involve touch have not been covered.

I recommend this book to all those who are interested in the use of Reiki in the health field.

S.V.Swamy,
Reiki Master and Holistic Healer
Author, Editor and Reviewer

Prior to reading "Unmasking the Rose," I knew very little about kundalini. My understanding was a remote recollection of a snake lying at the base of the spine. However, after reading Dr. Walter's superb autobiography, I am convinced that kundalini awakening (k.a.) is very important in terms of our shared spiritual destiny. It may very be the universal cornerstone of mysticism.

What makes Dr. Walter's book so helpful and inspiring is her approach, which is very honest and down to Earth. K.A., traditionally reserved for the select few (living in monasteries and caves) has now been made accessible to a much larger audience. Dr. Walter's is a modern day mystic, with one foot in the material world and the other in eternity.

Furthermore, I truly believe in the authenticity of her awakening. Why? Because of the setting, Dr Walters has spent most of her life living and working in the Midwest. This region is not very well versed in any spiritual discipline but traditional Christianity. Yet, despite the dearth of information or encouragement, Dr. Walters found herself immersed in a classical k.a. It is clear that to accomplish this it was necessary for her to connect with an inner guide.

Before concluding, I wish to mention Dr. Walter's wonderful anthology of poetry, "Marrow of Flame." It is a perfect complement to her autobiography. Both books are an expression of her depth and honesty.

In "Unmasking The Rose," Dorothy Walters has indeed given us a gem - a modern-day spiritual classic that describes, in all of its subtle and shattering detail, the process of Kundalini Awakening as it occurred within her "own" bodymind. Like so much great mystical writing, "Unmasking The Rose" is both deeply personal and transcendent; It describes not only the events in the life of a 53-year-old American woman, but also an evolutionary process unfolding now, for all of humanity. If you appreciate accounts of rapidly-expanding consciousness, spiritual awakening within the energetic matrix of the body, or just how life can present us with the most unexpected and delicious gifts ... then I highly recommend picking up a copy of "Unmasking The Rose." It is a treasure not to be missed!

I found this book most helpful in understanding my own awakening. Walters entries reflect the wonder and confusion of this universally known experience.Although she uses some Hindu terminlogy I found the writing
easy to follow. On such a difficult complex subject this is quite an accomplishment. Thank you Dorothy Walters for putting into words this
overwhelming experience. Indeed, it is refreshing to find something on this subject that comes out of an ordinary life instead of the countless pages written by gurus who perhaps have not even had the experience themselves

Dorothy Walter's book is a beautiful, honest, and unpretentious description of the transformative process of kundalini awakening. This isn't a story of Himalayan caves or remote monasteries; Dorothy Walters presents herself as she is: a university professor who leads a relatively quiet life. She strives, sometimes struggles, to balance the mundane details of life with this deep spiritual opening. And she describes it honestly, day-to-day, largely free from the technical jargon of many spiritual books. This book is so profound precisely because hers is a life you or I could be leading. Fascinating reading!

It's hard to put into words how helpful I found this book to be. Dorothy Walter's way of describing her personal kundalini awakening makes this often nebulous phenonmenon accessible and understandable to novices and experienced practitioners alike. Too often such mystical experiences are presented in ways that tend to make one feel these are mountain-top moments not meant for the so-called average person. I mean we aren't all Ram Dass or St. John of the Cross or some guru living in an ashram in India. We are folks who go to work, clean our homes, raise our children, shop in grocery stores, drive cars on the freeway, get angry when someone tailgates us too close. I mean, we're simply human.

Well, Dorothy Walters is human too, yet she has experienced the highest form of spiritual arousal not once, not twice, but on a regular basis for decades. It happens when she slows down, tunes out and quiets herself. That makes sense. Everything she says makes sense.

Of all the many--countless, actually--spiritual books I've read, "Unmasking the Rose" comes the closest to the Truth. The truth that spiritual experiences are not for the already-enlightened, but for everyone. Everyone who is willing to open that door and walk through it, that is. Not that we will all experience kundalini in either its blissful or painful aspects, but that we all have the POTENTIAL to do so.

I thank Dorothy Walters for telling her story so we will have the courage to LIVE our stories, wherever they might lead us.

I wanted to lose some baby fat and improve my eating habits and the recipes in this book helped me do just that! Monica Lynn's tone in her writing is friendly and non-judgemental -- that made a big difference to me. The recipes are incredibly easy and tasty. I highly recommend this book!

The results are indeed in for me. As a veteran dieter with a lot of weight to lose, I have been on Monica Lynn's program for 3 months and have lost nearly 40lbs so far and the pounds keep coming off! I have more energy and feel better than I have in 10 years. I was buying a copy of this fantastic book for a friend of mine when I saw the ridiculous and misleading comments by the Body For Life guru and I just needed to set the record straight. The 5 Squares food is delicious, the program is no-nonsense and easy to follow and the results are amazing! This is only "diet" that I have ever been on that has enabled me to truly change my eating habits. I tried the Zone Diet for a much longer period of time which much less success. This book could change your life, it has certainly changed mine.

The results are in - the book has been a great success for me both in business and for personal gratification! 5 squares has assisted thousands of individuals over the years attain weight loss and general sense of good health. To write a review such as the one listed by my company's competitor is both malicious and misleading. If the author of the review would have even opened the book - he would have known that there were no pictures to compare his dishes to in the first place. Perhaps, Amazon should require an individual to purchase a book before he/she is able to write a review.
The Zone Diet, as mentioned in the review is a wonderful healthy eating program, one which I highly recommend. Dr. Barry Sears is a brilliant scientist, and a personal friend of mine. Our programs are rather parallel and we have worked together over the last year to get the word out on how healthy and wonderful eating this way is - how eating "clean" can change your life. I offer you this challenge Sir Body for Life - I will personally cook and deliver your meals to you free of charge if you would be so kind as to read a book before you slanderously review it.

5 Squares Low-Carb Meals has taken me beyond what I've been able to achieve on my own. The book provides ample information and insight as to what it takes to formulate a palatable and result proof diet. Its surprisingly easy and simple!! In addition to the book, I signed up with 5 Squares Meal Plan (delivery). I cannot emphasize enough that the changes were literally visible in a matter of days...wow! Not to mention the beneficial side effects: increased energy, and alertness. I am and have always been healthy in general, but this diet plan has definately taken me where no diet or excersize has taken me before.

I think we all have a general idea of eating healthy but now its time to get the story straight ...

The book I bought was really easy to read, helpful, and .. though I never thought I'd be saying this about any diet food.. delicious. I'm no culinary expert, but my meals came out looking pretty nice.. though I don't remember having any pictures to compare them too. Nonetheless, easy read, easy recipes, tasty meals, and a leaner me. Would recommend to anyone.

I like the organization of the book, the explanations of each Chakra and the meditations/exercises at the end of each chapter. I do wish there were a CD of the meditations to accompany the book rather than the suggestion to record the meditations on a tape to play back...who wants to listen to their own voice!!! This is a nice primer for anyone who is new to Chakras and energy work. It's a nice addition to my library.

This is by far the best chakra book I have read. She not only goes into detail about how each chakra effects you physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, but it's filled with exercises. Being an intuitive empath, my favorite exercises are tuning down your chakra exercises to keep negative influences from affecting you. I do that every morning after doing Doreen Virtue's chakra clearing exercise and I feel fantastic all day, but if not, I feel lousy.

This is one of the first books I purchased that was strictly on Chakras. Her views and style of writting was OK at the time but since then I have found other Authors that are alot better. I read this book in less then 1 week so it an easy read and doesn't delve very deep. She also devotes a Chapter to each Chakra, and gives a fair overview, correspondences, the rest of it is exercises like meditations and jounaling questions. If you purchase this book you must get the companion book the workbook- the workbook is great, it doesn't really add anythng new, but it better explains the meditations and you can use it for your jounal. I would give the Workbook a higher rating the the actual book! Also most of the information find in this book can be found on the information/correspondences page of the workbook just in less detail. She definetly has her view of Chakras, and through study I just don't mesh well with her views.

If you are already familiar with chakras then this book probably is not the one for you; however, if you are looking for an introduction to chakras then this book is a good start. The author takes the time, a whole chapter's worth of time, to devote to each chakra giving you a very clear background and understanding. The exercises are very accurate and easy to do from the first time around. Definately a good starter book :)

Vague, airy-fairy descriptions of the chakras are combined with a decisive, my-spiritual-path-is-THE-spiritual-path primer on the basics of spirituality. At one point the author describes "wise, ancient spirits" who are suffering very painful lessons so that they can be closer to God. Do you really want to take spiritual healing advice from someone who projects her own punishment agenda onto the divine (and you!) and glorifies suffering. Check out Karla McLaren's "Your Aura & Your Chakras." Like all authors, she has her own issues to work out, but the information is presented in a much clearer, much more neutral fashion.

Dr. Yang explains the exercises very well, especially what they do to the body. All of his books (those he wrote, anyway) are excellent (not all qigong books are, so appreciate him!). It took me about 90 mins to learn the exercises, and it takes a good 20 mins to do them quickly (about 45 mins if you do the 20 repetitions he recommends). The exercises HAVE been around for thousands of years, and they're also called Ba Juan Din (or some such), and no one's sure if they were warm up exercises or for healing. I wish Dr. Yang would've said how long it takes before results are seen, or how long to practice. I've since learned it's 100 days. YMAA has a feedback page on their Web site, and I filled out the registration page so I could post and was annoyed when a computer glitch prevented me from posting. Emails to the YMAA to address this were never answered.

Although thin, this book contained more information than I expected. It talks about what is qi and what is qigong (including its history), it tells the life story of this set's creator - Marshall Yue Fei, and enumerates the main qigong purposes (i.e for healing, maintaing health, prolonging life, martial arts and enlightenment). The two main categories are explained: Wai Dan (External Elixir) and Nei Dan (Internal Elixir). In Taoist terminology, the book talks about the three treasures: Jing (essence), Qi (energy) and Shen (spirit), which can be nurtured through Qigong training. In order to succeed, one needs to regulate the body, mind, breath, Qi and spirit - only then the benefits which one can reap from training will be reaped.
The next two chapters present the sitting and standing set of "Eight pieces of brocade", respectively. There are details, but not exhaustive, and I feel that one should also get the DVD with the same name to have a better understanding of the sets - short of having a teacher. This is actually what Dr. Yang recommends - work with both the book and DVD, for there are details which cannot be explained in the latter, but you cannot get the feel and moves from the former as much as from the DVD.
The book ends with a rather comprehensive glossary of terms (book names, authors, masters, etc.) and with an index.
All in all, this is a great book for beginners, but by all means it cannot be considered the end - it is only an introduction, and a good one. This being said, there might be probably better introductions in other books, but everyone has to start somewhere, and this work isn't bad at all.

Having had a certain experience in Chi Kong and Tai Chi, I found this book very helpful, as a matter of fact a real poetry both intellectually and CHI wise. I have read many of Dr. Yang's books which I found very instructive. I wanted this book for its exercises and was attracted by the fact that they can be performed in 10-20 minutes. This was my only disappointment. How can this be possible when you have to perform each exercise at least 24 times? Personally, it takes me about 40 minutes, 40 enjoyable minutes.

A very interesting presentation of one approach to QiGong. A good addition to a student of the art's library. Well written and easy to follow with an abundance of clear pictures.

With HMOs, insurance headaches, premiums driven up by the 65 percent of Americans who are overweight, increasing daily stress, we all could use a magic elixir for energy and increased quality of life. Who better to provide it than the Chinese, inventors of tai chi chuan, green tea as a curative, and acupuncture?

Qigong, as alternative health expert Dr. Wang Jwing-Ming explains, functions like tai chi chuan or yoga as a way of maintaining longevity, youth, energy and health. Dr. Yang explains that most practitioners of qigong seek enlightenment, awareness and health through wai dan (physical tai chi type qigong) or nei dan (meditation).

Once you have read the half of the book devoted to the nature of qigong, like most Westerners, you're itching to get started. Dr. Yang stresses that qigong is not about fancy moves, but about careful attention. The exercises, like weight or strength training, require several repetitions. The qigong exercises may seem slow. However, for those who are sick and tired of being sick and tired, patience will pay off when you choose to set aside 10-20 minutes a day. The accompanying videotape purports to be another great investment in your health. Dr. Yang skillfully shows us the path to wellness.

Keep gaining depth in a fundamental health concept introduced in "Your Body Doesn't Lie".

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Diamond presents his research findings concerning the links between specific acupuncture meridians and various precisely delineated emotional states. The connection between the acupuncture meridians and the organs of the body has been known about for centuries, and underlies much Chinese, Japanese and Korean traditional healing, and with Dr. Diamond's work connecting the meridians and the emotions we now have a link between the emotions and the physical body. Although it has been accepted that our emotional state can affect our physical well-being, and vice versa, Dr. Diamond's pioneering research is the first to examine this mechanism in detail.

This book should be required reading for anyone practicing, or hoping to practice the healing arts, either through conventional or through complementary medicine.

This book is a revelation! How does qi (chi) flow through the body and what impedes its flow? Dr. Diamond's research reveals that our Life Energy is basically EMOTIONAL with each acupuncture meridian representing a different aspect of our emotional make-up. Positive emotions represent a healthy flow of Life Energy while negative emotions represent an impedence of this flow. How can we transform our lives? By transmuting our emotions. This concept is so simple and its ramifications so profound that it is a wonder that noone has elucidated it with such clarity up until now. I cannot recommend this book highly enough, both for the health-conscious reader and the holistic health care practitioner!

I'm ashamed at myself for even reading this garbage.

This book has been essential for me in developing a concept of the healing force in myself and in everybody -- Life Energy, as the title succinctly puts it -- and how this force can be activated. The specific details about our emotions -- and how they relate to the acupuncture system -- are fascinating. I particularly find helpful and thought-provoking Dr. Diamond's use of etymology (the origins of words) in pinpointing and evoking emotional states. The many photographs and humorous or touching anecdotes -- all these contribute to this highly readable, very therapeutic volume. I find Dr. Diamond's affirmations and the acupuncture points, which are clearly illustrated, wonderfully helpful in creating a daily routine for health and happiness. I have gone on to read many other books by Dr. Diamond, but this one remains basic and essential. I highly reccomend this book.

As always, Thomas comes through with these great mantra CDs. This one is excellent again, though I do wish he would have gone into ALL the planets and what parts of the body they rule. It was all very interesting and my favorite of the mantras is the Apadamapa one. Thomas' CDs always have so much content, you really get your money's worth.

Sharon Elaine
author of "The Book of Affirmations" and "Ready, Click, Win"
www.unleashedminds.com

This form of meditation is not suited to everyone. It requires the ability to sustain new habits for an extended period of time. It also seems almost ridiculously simple. Given my busy life, simple looked good to me.

I could easily fit this form of meditation into my long commutes and it worked amazingly well to calm my mind and clear my thoughts. On that score alone it was well worth the time & cash investment, but there have been other changes of great significance that developed during my first 40 day chanting practice. Internally I found it possible to accept a formerly challenging situation of many years duration and even turn it into a pleasurable and productive activity, and to my amazement at the same time some difficult neighbors we've had for a very long time were given an eviction notice!

At the very least mantra practice is a natural tranquilizer, and at the very best it might actually work with vibration to modify psychic and social structures. I would say the purchase and use of this product has really changed my life, and could not recommend it more highly to one who is willing to work at it and give it some time.

I bought this CD to get a mantra. There are several to choose from. I don't have a guru. I practiced two mantras for the 40 day period and noticed no change in my life. One mantra appeals to Ganesha, a Hindu elephant headed god. I find this stupid. I'm very spiritual and find more value in praying to the Lord directly. It may work for other people ...

The CD contains mantras with explanation how to use them and how they are suppose to work. Each mantra is chanted by the author at least 7 times (7~108) depending on the importance or length of the mantra, I guess)so you can get the feeling and get the pronunciation right. Mantras help me personally to quiet down chattering in my mind.

In this 80 page primer on Mantra meditation, Ashley-Ferrand admirably covers all the bases and provides numerous Mantras to work with. The book includes several chapers on spiritual phychology, destiny, the aims of human life, and the discipline of Mantra practice. He then offers chapters of Mantras for abundance, karma, dharma and so on. For each Mantra he gives a nice explanation of the goal of the Mantra and each element of the Mantra. The CD is excellent and is the only way you are really going to know how to recite the Mantras accurately without a personal guide. As usual, the Sounds True qualtiy is excellent.

I purchased this book because I was trying to work past my negative associations with money that were limiting me. This was the only book that was very helpful in transforming all the negative feelings and associations that I had with money to the positive and allowing that blockage to open up and flow freely. It was also the only book that I could find that explained to me why I had those feelings, where they came from and how to cure them. I hope it will help others experiencing the same.

I bought this book on the recommendation of an store owner who has used the principles in this book successfully(a $10000 investor). She had heard about it from a customer who had used it successfully. Within one day of reading and beginning to apply the principles and do the exercises, I had solved a seemingly unsolvable financial dilemma. Within 5 days, I had been offered $5000 part time job. I now recommend it to all my friends. There is a chain of miracles happening down here in Georgia (USA). Let's get it spreading throughout the world. If you are ready to change your relationship to money into a loving one, buy this book, read it and do the work.

I was attracted to this book because it tied together the words "Sacred" "Money" and "Love". So much of what I observe in the world is so contrary to these words (especially together!) that I was intrigued and simply had to see what Wilder had to say.

I was not disappointed.

The book is not very long, so I wasn't sure at first, especially when the first 41 pages were basically all introduction, including a Brief History of Money.

All was interesting AND I wondered... "Where's the beef?"

The last sentence of the "Brief History" hit the nail on the head with these words: "The trick is to reunite money with its spiritual roots. To make money love."

The rest of the book does exactly that: teaches, informs and inspires the reader exactly how to interact with money as love and then live that experience out in the world so as to reunite everyone with that experience.

The informed, inspired reader could take that message and literally become a "Money is Love" evangelist.

Try it out: do the exercises and see for yourself. Money IS love.

This book takes a radical approach on money and how healing the issues around money could heal the world on so many levels.
I personally related much to what the author has to say about the 3 Gs in money.....Greed, Guilt, and Gut. It is a small but beautiful book that makes one look at money in a positive way and release if any of the negative attitudes around the money issue; realizing that the source in money is related to our being and our vibration in the world. This book inspired my poem "Where Abundance Lives."

I was very disappointed. The author struggles to make a book from what could have been a short high school paper. There is not much content on the 96 pages. Try George Kinder's Seven Stages of Money Maturity instead.