We all have the ability to meditate but most of us have not learned to make the most of it. Forty-two easy to follow mediation exercises are combined with Ann Flewelling's photographs of the natural world of mid-coast Maine. These images can serve as meditation objects themselves. Essays by a physician, clinical psychologist, and head injury survivor give insights into how six weeks of this practice may help you deal with such issues as stress, high blood pressure, depression, and brain trauma.
Amazing bird portraits ranging from Maine's ordinary, the iconic, and the exotic combine for the benefit of the Downeast Chapter of Audubon. Marnie Reed Crowell has combined her nature poems with stunning bird photographs provided by Leslie Clapp, President of Downeast Audubon and other chapter members.
America spends more than twice as much for health care as any other nation. So why are Americans among the sickest people in the industrialized world? Introducing a new way of thinking about health, public health experts Tom Farley and Deborah A. Cohen show that the answer does not lie in our medical care system or in our lifestyle choices but rather in the world around us. As they explain, the leading killers of our time fall almost entirely into two categories: injuries and chronic diseases (like heart disease, lung and breast cancer, diabetes, and stroke). For all of its inspiring, high-tech cures, modern medicine just is not very effective at combating these illnesses. And injuries, despite the images of emergency room heroics on television, tend to either kill you quickly or not at all. These major killers are by-products of the way we live (obesity, for instance, leads to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke), and the way we live is shaped much more than we would like to believe by our everyday environment. Taking us step by step through the real causes of death in our time and the factors that influence them, Prescription for a Healthy Nation is at once an exposé of how various industries influence our health for the worse, a paradigm-shifting argument about health and disease, and a positive blueprint for how to create a healthier society.
This new adaptation of the best-selling American text is contemporary, covering such current topics as non-traditional families; Comprehensive, with all material being deemed essential by reviewers, and Balanced, with excellent historical and theoretical coverage of Canadian families. Using the theme of choice, the text helps students learn with weblinks at end of each chapter, 'As We Make Choices' boxes, and 'A Closer Look At Diversity' sections.
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