North Atlantic Books: 547 books
Ortho-Bionomy
A Path to Self-Care
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Ortho-Bionomy is based on the premise that the body inherently knows how to heal and self-correct, given the opportunity. This user-friendly self-help guide by one of the pioneers of the approach presents positions, postures, and movements designed to release tension and ease pain. Not only are the...
New Moon
A Coming-of-Age Tale
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
New Moon: A Coming-of-Age Tale traces the author’s path through grade school at P. S. 6, “group” in Central Park, high school at Horace Mann, and college at Amherst, while recalling Freudian psychoanalysis, Grossinger’s Hotel in the Catskills, Color War at Camp Chipinaw, ‘50s rock ’n’...
Vital Signs for Cancer Prevention
Protect Yourself from the Onset or Recurrence of Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Vital Signs for Cancer Prevention suggests that cancer is a two-phase process. In Phase One you do not yet have, and may never have, cancer, but predisposing factors—poor diet and digestion, toxins, adrenal exhaustion, and blood sugar imbalances, among others—can progressively and cumulatively...
Star Sister
How I Changed My Name, Grew Wings , and Learned to Trust Intuition
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Intuition was something that Laura Chamorro knew not to ignore. So when it told her to change her name to Stella Osorojos, she listened—and that’s when things started to get strange.
Following the I Ching, kabbalah teachers, channeled masters from Earth and beyond, and her own premonitions...
Embodied Wisdom
The Collected Papers of Moshe Feldenkrais
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
An educational system of neuromuscular re-education known for its gentle approach, the Feldenkrais Method has been shown to dramatically improve individual functioning by increasing self-awareness and facilitating new patterns of thinking, moving, and feeling. Intended for those who need to improve...
Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics, Volume One
The Breath of Life and Fundamental Skills
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) is commonly seen as the spiritual approach to craniosacral therapy (CST); in fact, BCST as taught by Franklyn Sills, the pioneer in the field, is quite different from conventional CST. Biodynamic work is based on the development of perceptual skills where the...
The Naked Voice
Transform Your Life through the Power of Sound
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Both science and spirituality agree that every particle of matter, every phenomenon we experience, is a form of resonance or vibration. The human voice is quite literally a mouthpiece of this truth; there is no form of expression more personal, more tied to our identities, than our voices. With simple...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
The Handbook of Body Psychotherapy and Somatic Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of body-centered psychotherapies, which stress the centrality of the body to overcoming psychological distress, trauma, and mental illness. Psychologists and therapists are increasingly incorporating these...
Improvisation On the Edge
Notes from On and Off Stage
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Directed not only toward actors, dancers, and other performing artists who draw upon improvisation as part of their craft, this Zen-infused memoir of a life lived creatively will pique the interest of anyone in search of liberation from self-limiting concepts. What does it mean to live in a body?...
Changed in a Flash
One Woman's Near-Death Experience and Why a Scholar Thinks It Empowers Us All
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
A fascinating first-hand account of an awakening into a psychic consciousness, paired with a revolutionary analysis by a respected professor of religion
When Elizabeth Greenfield Krohn got out of her car with her two young sons in the parking lot of her synagogue on a late afternoon in September...
The Concise Book of Yoga Anatomy
An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Motion
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
The Concise Book of Yoga Anatomy is the definitive guide to the study of yoga anatomy--a perfect companion book for any yoga teacher or practitioner seeking to understand the biomechanics of the body as it applies to yoga practice. The book is visually designed in quick reference format to offer useful...
Embryogenesis
Species, Gender, and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Embryogenesis is an unusual book in that it brings together a highly illustrated, practical embryology book in simple language, perfect for health practitioners, with a fascinating read on the history and philosophy of biological science. It discusses the various stages of embryonic development (meiosis,...
by Cecil Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
It's the birth year of Ragtime music, 1895, and Lee "Stagolee" Shelton, a St. Louis pimp, murders Billy Lyons, a political gang member. Afterwards, Stagolee makes a deal with Judge Murphy to bring order to the underworld. As a member of a group of pimps called the "Stags," Stagolee...
The Book of Theanna, Updated Edition
In the Lands that Follow Death
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
The Book of Theanna contains a collection of letters written by Ellias, which he began transcribing from Theanna (formerly Sara Lonsdale), his wife and twin soul, shortly after her death. They communicate and commune through a sacred impulse that rises from the Earth and descends from the Heavens....