YOU & YOUR HEALTH
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Autumn Books This time of year brings a bumper crop of new books and card decks in the run up to the gift-buying season. Maybe it’s time to treat yourself? Crystal Oversoul Cards This is a card deck and guidebook which is designed to facilitate access to the higher energies of the Crystal Oversouls and accelerate the awakening process. The guidebook provides insight into the meaning of the crystals, including their spiritual and metaphysical properties, associated scents, and their connections to the chakra system as well as the emerging higher chakras. The cards can be used, alone or in conjunction with the visualisations and recorded meditations provided online, for contemplation, meditation, and connecting with the ancient Crystal Oversouls.
Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Workbook This is a work that will already be known to many seasoned aromatherapists, since it was first published 30 years ago. This edition has
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been updated to include the latest research and discoveries. It covers over 70 essential oils – from Abies balsamea to Zingiber officinale – and the chapter on Aromatic choreography helps both the beginner and more experienced user of essential oils to understand how to bring the notes of different oils together in blends that are both attractive and efficacious. You’ll also find formulas designed for common disorders such as digestive and circulatory ailments, headaches, insomnia, and menstrual and sexual problems, as well as issues with mood and mental wellbeing. It’s an ideal book for anyone developing an interest in essential oils as it covers everything from the history, folklore, science, and art of aromatherapy.
improve individual health. One of the most interesting themes in the book is her stress on the importance of the mesentery organ, long recognised in the Chinese system but only brought to the interest of western allopathic medicine by a study in 2012. The mesentery is an organ that attaches the intestines to the posterior abdominal wall in humans and is formed by the double fold of peritoneum. It helps in storing fat and allowing blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves to supply the intestines. It’s a useful handbook if you want to rebalance your internal microbiome, support the mesentery, improve digestion and elimination, and restore a clear mind and strong immune system.
The Illustrated Crystallary Cultivating Your Microbiome: Ayurvedic and Chinese Practices for a Healthy Gut and a Clear Mind Alongside CBD, the microbiome is one of the hot topics in holistic healthcare. We have an ever-growing number of research studies showing the symbiotic impact of what we eat on our micro-flora and the reciprocal effect that our individual bio-landscapes of microbes has on many aspects of our health and wellbeing. Bridgette Shea draws on TCM and Ayurvedic approaches to the relationship between digestion and constitution types to suggest that, by actively managing our microbiome, we can significantly
This is the third beautifully illustrated book from Maia Toll following her Illustrated Herbiary and Illustrated Bestiary. She explores the qualities of three dozen crystals and minerals, including gold, silver, copper, amethyst, hematite, mica, smoky quartz, emerald and ruby. It’s a combination of rituals and reflections, ancient wisdom and personal insight that’s very appealing. The stunning illustrations provided by illustrator Kate O’Hara exemplify the symbolism of each crystal and are also featured on 36 oracle cards included in an envelope bound in the back of the book. In many ways, this book is as much of a gem as the minerals it describes.
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