Enjoy delicious, nutritious fruit and vegetable juices as you de-tox and revitalize your body. Juices provide more concentrated amounts of vitamins and minerals than solid foods. One hundred recipes help treat colds and flu, skin ailments, digestive discomfort, arthritis, and bad breath as well as fight aging, prevent cancer, boost energy, encourage relaxation, and more. A practical A-Z list of 40 specific ailments and conditions will help you select the right recipes for your needs.
Akin to Heathcote Williams' Whale Nation, Anna Selby's Field Notes takes us beneath the waves with poems and poetic-studies, written on waterproof notebooks in the Atlantic Ocean, whilst observing marine environments and species, over the past three years. Part of the magic of reading the notes made underwater, is the feeling of swimming, so visceral at times, it's shocking. In Field Notes, we're in the realm of sensual discovery, of casting aside the anthropomorphism that can pollute our relationships with creatures, both in the air and in the sea. Whether she is swimming with sharks, stingrays and dolphins, or summiting a volcano in the dark, this work is immersed in immediacy, and intimacy; illuminating observation in the language of precision, transformation and scientific respect - publisher.
Ayurveda is one of the oldest systems of healthcare known to man. It means, literally, ‘science of life’, and according to ayurveda, just about everything is connected to your state of health. Written by Anna Selby, in conjunction with the European Ayurveda Health Spa, Complete Ayurveda Workbook interprets this ancient holistic system to suit the demands of our hectic lifestyles and sets you on the path to health and harmony. Part One explains the principles of ayurveda and shows you how to identify your own prakriti (your doshic make-up) by following a simple questionnaire. Part Two teaches you how to correct doshic imbalances by incorporating ayurvedic spa principles into your daily life through diet, exercise and meditation. Part Three reveals how you can maintain the inner balance of body and soul by embracing European Ayurveda’s easy-to-follow principles in your home and workplace. This practical book will not only empower you to take control of your health and well-being, it will guide you towards a greater understanding of yourself as an individual and inspire you to get the most out of life every day.
The author of Victorian Christmas “recounts some of the most fascinating—and disgusting—dishes our ancestors used to eat. . . . A must-buy book for foodies” (Fiona Shoop, author of How to Deal in Antiques). With people’s fascination for food increasing, there are more cooking shows and magazines than ever. Medieval banquets are sold-out events and classic recipes and ingredients are back in fashion, which is what this book sets out to explore. Highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each era from Roman times onwards, Anna Selby recreates classic recipes from Epicurius’s stuffed dormice to recipes that readers really will want to recreate. She explores how trade and improved transportation increased foodstuffs available and reflects on how we’re returning to the old-fashioned notion of seasonal foods—just like our ancestors had to do.
‘The lyric poem works both to slow down our world, teasing out the many disparate elements of our experience, and to reorient it, by exposing an entire universe of instincts, paradoxes, and mysteries beneath all that we know, or think we know. In these poems by Anna Selby, human beings are always gravitating from earth and air towards water. It is as if the transcendence they seek (the desire to “leap/hot out of your own life”) requires a physical departure from the very medium they inhabit. Selby’s ringing titles evoke not just a subject but a sensibility, and her versatile forms and deftly run-on lines very persuasively re-enact the thrill of sense experience and the shape of thought.’ Chandrahas Choudhury
The author of Food Through the Ages presents a festive overview of Dickens-era Christmas traditions—from decorations and songs to games and recipes. Anna Selby discusses how the Victorians invented many of the Christmas traditions we enjoy today from Christmas trees and cards to carols and Father Christmas himself. Dickens and Prince Albert shaped how many people view the British Christmas, an idea explored in the opening chapter. There is an emphasis on Victorian food, including authentic wassailing recipes and an easy introduction to planning traditional Christmas foods and traditional decorations. It offers readers a chance to enjoy a traditional Christmas, one centered around the home, family, and simple decorations made from nature, a far cry from the materialistic Christmases we have today. This lovely book reminds us all just how enjoyable Christmas really is and shows us how to recreate our favorite traditions and recapture the magic of Christmas.
Energy is the basis of all life, and when a flow is blocked, reduced, or simply thrown out of balance, we become ill. Therefore, keeping our chakras--or energy vortexes--open is essential for vitality and well-being. Internationally renowned healer Anna Selby offers a restorative plan for working with the chakras, showing which ones relate to the different body parts and how they'll affect you when they're out of tune. One by one, she goes through the root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, brow, and crown, presenting simple yoga exercises designed to redress any problems and imbalances. Each pose is shown in multiple photographs, with careful, comprehensive guidance on posture and positioning. A final section puts it all together with moves that use all seven chakras at once.
-- Discover cheap and easy adaptations of many popular therapies, such as acupressure, reflexology, chi kung, hydrotherapy, and more. -- Demonstrates simple, easy-to-follow, hour-by-hour activity plans. -- Includes recipes for delicious and healthy foods.
This book provides exercises designed specially for women at this time of enormous physical change. With 80 black and white photos, the book also contains excellent lifestyle advice for every pregnant woman and new mother.
Everything you need to know about opera in one handy guide. Part of our best-selling Pocket Guide series, The Pocket Guide to Opera contains A-Z synopses of operas and biographies of the characters, lyricists and composers. The book features the history of opera, setting it in the context of its day and discussing the influence of world events and influences such as the Freemasons and the composers patrons. With factboxes highlighting surprising, little known and often quirky operatic facts, this fascinating book is a must-buy guide for everyone who loves opera.
This pocket-sized guide to identifying and interpreting metal and ceramic marks has been improved with the addition of the most recent hallmarks, along with details of the new hallmarking system.
Providing a practical approach to chakra work, this title explains which areas of the body each chakra relates to and how, if it is out of tune, this can affect you at different levels.
This text is a practical guide to using water everyday to soothe our senses and improve our health. Included are chapters on how to rehydrate our bodies for well-being, deep cleansing, and water therapies, concluding with rehydration programmes.
Advise from a leading UK practitioner of the Pilates technique Step-by-step instructions to restore your body to full fitness and create a feeling of wellbeing Techniques to help develop your body shape to become more balanced, poised and elongated Learn to move your body so the most routine activities - sitting, walking and standing - become infused with grace and good posture Controlled and safe exercises suitable for any age and ability
A diet and workout plan with over 80 step-by-step exercises for a flat stomach and trim hips. The plan aims to cleanse the system and tone the body in only 28 days. Includes a week by week make-over with suggestions for cleansing the body of toxins. Contains information on supplementary techniques and therapies. Includes colour photographs.
Ayurveda is the oldest form of healthcare recognised by the World Health Organization. Taking the fundamental principles of European Ayurveda, this book instructs readers in structuring their diets, taking exercise, relaxation techniques, and tailoring their lifestyle specifically for themselves.
This pocket-sized guide to identifying and interpreting metal and ceramic marks has been improved with additional hallmarks along with details of the updated hallmarking system. Do you attend car boot sales or browse in antique shops in search of bargains? Have you ever wished you knew more about grandma's silver spoon? Do you envy the experts' ability to identify and date old hand-me-downs? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, Collins Gem Antique Marks could be for you. Packed with thousands of clear illustrations, the book shows hallmarks on silver, gold and platinum, as well as those on Old Sheffield Plate, pewter, pottery and porcelain.
This lovely book, illustrated with color photos, provides 3 weekend plans for you to detox, relax & energize. It will show you how to: re-create the luxury of a health spa in your own home; discover the secrets of professional beauty treatments; learn how to relieve stress & relax; boost your energy levels with invigorating therapies for the mind & body; eliminate harmful toxins with a juice fast & hydrotherapy; & kick start your immune system with delicious, healthy food.
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