Shinrin = Forest Yoku = Bathing Shinrin-Yoku or forest bathing is the practice of spending time in the forest for better health, happiness and a sense of calm. A pillar of Japanese culture for decades, Shinrin-Yoku is a way to reconnect with nature, from walking mindfully in the woods, to a break in your local park, to walking barefoot on your lawn. Forest Medicine expert, Dr Qing Li's research has proven that spending time around trees (even filling your home with house plants and vaporising essential tree oils) can reduce blood pressure, lower stress, boost energy, boost immune system and even help you to lose weight. Along with his years of ground-breaking research, anecdotes on the life-changing power of trees, Dr Li provides here the practical ways for you to try Shinrin-Yoku for yourself.
Humans are increasingly becoming an indoor species. We spend 90 per cent of our life indoors. And, on average, we dedicate eight hours a day looking at screens. Our increasingly domestic lives are having huge consequences to our health. In Into the Forest, Immunologist and Forest Medicine expert, Dr Qing Li, examines the unprecedented benefits of the world's largest natural health resource: the great outdoors. Applying cutting-edge research and emerging science, Dr Li explores the inherent connection between nature and improved wellbeing. This practical guide will help you overcome some of life's most problematic health issues, including how to: · reduce blood pressure; · lower stress; · improve energy levels; · and boost the immune system. From mindful strolls in your local park to listening to the wind, from watching the sunset to walking barefoot in the grass, Dr Li reveals the life-improving advantages of spending time around trees, for a healthier and happier you.
The definitive--and by far the most popular--guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or the art and science of how trees can promote health and happiness Notice how a tree sways in the wind. Run your hands over its bark. Take in its citrusy scent. As a society we suffer from nature deficit disorder, but studies have shown that spending mindful, intentional time around trees--what the Japanese call shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing--can promote health and happiness. In this beautiful book--featuring more than 100 color photographs from forests around the world, including the forest therapy trails that criss-cross Japan--Dr. Qing Li, the world's foremost expert in forest medicine, shows how forest bathing can reduce your stress levels and blood pressure, strengthen your immune and cardiovascular systems, boost your energy, mood, creativity, and concentration, and even help you lose weight and live longer. Once you've discovered the healing power of trees, you can lose yourself in the beauty of your surroundings, leave everyday stress behind, and reach a place of greater calm and wellness.
Shinrin = Forest Yoku = Bathing Shinrin-Yoku or forest bathing is the practice of spending time in the forest for better health, happiness and a sense of calm. A pillar of Japanese culture for decades, Shinrin-Yoku is a way to reconnect with nature, from walking mindfully in the woods, to a break in your local park, to walking barefoot on your lawn. Forest Medicine expert, Dr Qing Li's research has proven that spending time around trees (even filling your home with house plants and vaporising essential tree oils) can reduce blood pressure, lower stress, boost energy, boost immune system and even help you to lose weight. Along with his years of ground-breaking research, anecdotes on the life-changing power of trees, Dr Li provides here the practical ways for you to try Shinrin-Yoku for yourself.
BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE AND CAREER with Reza Abraham's book, InControl: A Systematic Approach to Taking Complete Control of Your Life and Career. 1 CORE 3 CORNERSTONES 12 PILLARS 90 HACKS This book will NOT make you invincible. What it WILL do is offer you the gift of timeless lessons grounded on lived experience, years of research, and compelling stories. This book also sets the standard in defining What you are actually in control of, How to leverage it, and Why it is important in the first place. Whether you are looking for a key tactic, a novel perspective, or a meaningful change in your life, this book is for you. LIVING INCONTROL™ is when You do what you love You love who you are doing it with You love who you are doing it for You love how you are doing it You embark on a progressive discovery, becoming conscious of exactly what is happening in your life and facing into reality with courage and integrity. Reza Abraham, PhD. is a Persian author, speaker, ultra-high-performance coach, and the founder of InControl Group. His first book is the result of 20 years of study and ongoing work with individuals from different fields and stages of life. Abraham garnered invitations from organizations worldwide to share his unique and inspiring ideas on personal growth and leadership. He currently resides in the beautiful city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For more information about the author, you can visit his website at www.rezaabraham.com
The disintegration of Soviet Union in 1991, led to five new countries gaining independence in Central Asia. The Muslims, a predominant majority in the region, had faced religious suppression under the rule of the communist. Thus, began an era where Islam was practiced with larger freedom. However, the governance of most of these states was with the autocratic leaders who had grown under the influence of communism. Therefore, it was but natural for them to soon impose religious restrictions. This close tussle in almost all these newly raised states, led to emergence of some radical groups. Over the years, the influence of such groups has spread to the extent of posing a threat to the stability of country like China. A foothold for radical groups in China is a possibility as its western province of Xinjiang has historical links with Central Asia and was part of Turkistan. Today Xinjiang due to its ethnic violence between the Uyghur Muslims and the Han Chinese is acknowledged to be quite volatile. The link of Uyghur's with Central Asia has further compounded China problem. Apart from the extremists, China is also concerned regarding the growing American presence within the region of Central Asia. To negate the American influence and restrain any turbulence on its western province supported by the extremist of Central Asia, there is a need for China to review its external and internal policies which will steer it towards a more politically and economically stable nation. Failing to addresses such simmering issues the nation will be trapped within the folds of 'THE INVISIBLE WALL OF CHINA'.
Create distributed applications with clever design patterns to solve complex problems Key FeaturesSet up and run distributed algorithms on a cluster using Dask and PySparkMaster skills to accurately implement concurrency in your codeGain practical experience of Python design patterns with real-world examplesBook Description This Learning Path shows you how to leverage the power of both native and third-party Python libraries for building robust and responsive applications. You will learn about profilers and reactive programming, concurrency and parallelism, as well as tools for making your apps quick and efficient. You will discover how to write code for parallel architectures using TensorFlow and Theano, and use a cluster of computers for large-scale computations using technologies such as Dask and PySpark. With the knowledge of how Python design patterns work, you will be able to clone objects, secure interfaces, dynamically choose algorithms, and accomplish much more in high performance computing. By the end of this Learning Path, you will have the skills and confidence to build engaging models that quickly offer efficient solutions to your problems. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Python High Performance - Second Edition by Gabriele LanaroMastering Concurrency in Python by Quan NguyenMastering Python Design Patterns by Sakis KasampalisWhat you will learnUse NumPy and pandas to import and manipulate datasetsAchieve native performance with Cython and NumbaWrite asynchronous code using asyncio and RxPyDesign highly scalable programs with application scaffoldingExplore abstract methods to maintain data consistencyClone objects using the prototype patternUse the adapter pattern to make incompatible interfaces compatibleEmploy the strategy pattern to dynamically choose an algorithmWho this book is for This Learning Path is specially designed for Python developers who want to build high-performance applications and learn about single core and multi-core programming, distributed concurrency, and Python design patterns. Some experience with Python programming language will help you get the most out of this Learning Path.
Transform your health with morning and evening meditations grounded in Dr. Stacie Stephenson's holistic approach to physical and mental wellness that centers around a VIBRANT lifestyle. No matter where you are in your pursuit of a healthier life, in just minutes each day, you can shine like never before! In this powerful book of meditations, inspirations, and motivations, functional medicine expert and bestselling author Dr. Stacie Stephenson provides an accessible and exciting plan to incorporate mindfulness practices into your mornings and evenings that can enhance your mindset, health, nutrition, and quality of life. Each day of the week in Glow focuses on one area of Dr. Stacie's VIBRANT strategy: Voice: how you talk to others and express yourself Intuition: how you listen to your inner voice Balance: how you juggle your many responsibilities Rejuvenation: how to slow down and find restoration Abundance: how to fill your life with good things Nurturing: how to love others well Thoughtfulness: how you can more mindfully embrace gratitude, kindness, and joy You'll also find weekly themes to help you develop a clear mindset and renewed sense of well-being in core areas of your life, including self-care, relationships, rest, communication, creativity, and nature. As Dr. Stacie has seen in her own life and in her years as a healthcare practitioner and nutritionist specializing in integrative medicine, the small things we do over time create life-changing shifts. Wherever your starting point, Glow helps you launch your journey to a more joyful, fulfilled, and luminous you.
Author: Dr. LI, JIN WEI, male, was born in Shanghai, China, on February 29, 1956. In terms of education, junior high school graduates whose 10-year education was interrupted due to the impact of the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" in Chinese history from 1966 to 1977 obtained a high school diploma through self-study. From the spring of 1980 to the spring of 1982, he studied in the introductory English course of evening college at Shanghai Foreign Language Institute; In 1984, he passed the examination and was admitted to the Department of History, East China Normal University, one of the famous universities in China, to major in political history. He graduated in 1989 with a diploma and a Bachelor of Arts degree; In 1989, he continued to study on-the-job graduate courses in the Department of Economics of East China Normal University, majoring in world economics. In 1991, he completed six courses. In 1996, he was awarded a master's degree in economics by East China Normal University; In 2016, He began to study the Bible and theology for many years. In 2019, he entered the Art Department of the Current Politics Department of Shanghai Veteran Cadre University. He studied the course "Political Economy and International Issues Research" and piano art courses such as "Baier and Czerny 599" for many years. From January 2020 to January 2022, he studied 20 interdisciplinary certificate courses at Harvard University in the United States, focusing on theology and American government, with an average test score of 96 points. He obtained two series of course graduation certificates and course completion certificates. In May 2021, he was awarded two honorary doctorates of letters from American Trinity University and Evangel Christian University of America. Occupationally, he started as an ordinary salesperson in a world-famous large Shanghai No.1 Food Store on Nanjing Road, Shanghai. He was admitted to the state-owned foreign trade company system as a Shanghai Garment Import and Export Company cadre. He began drafting laws and regulations and temporarily worked in the Shanghai Justice Bureau. Legal publicity, and then entered the past and present world influential world. One of the top ten famous think tanks in China, the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, directly under the Shanghai Municipal Government, worked for a long time as a researcher, editor, and legal counsel, transitioned to self-employment in Canada and succeeded Started and completed the legal consulting business of Jinwei Immigration Consultants. In terms of literary creation, as an influential international relations scholar, he continued to engage in the creation of literature and international relations works in his later years. In October 2022, he published an introduction and discussion with 700,000 words in three languages: English, French, and Chinese. "Christianity & the World" complete series of books, they are: 1. CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD CIVILIZATION 2. CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD CULTURE 3. CHRISTIANITY AND THE WORLD ECONOMY 4. CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD HISTORY 5. CHRISTIANITY AND THE LAW OF THE WORLD 6. CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD VISION 7. CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD PEACE 8. CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD POLITICS 9. CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD RELIGIONS 10. CHRISTIANITY AND UNIVERSAL VALUES In March 2023, “WORLD WAR III AND ITS POSSIBILITIES” was published in both Chinese(270,000 words) and English(130,000 words). In addition to writing books and speaking, according to the significant evolution of international relations in the current situation, he often publishes professional articles and theses while researching world peace issues. He continues to help some people in need with personal charity. The author's representative works in the 1990s are as editor-in-chief of "Encyclopedia of Foreign Affairs Knowledge" (1.25 million words, Shanghai Translation Publishing Condo in 1992), chief editor of "Practical Encyclopedia of Foreign Affairs Knowledge" (1.8 million words, Shanghai Translation Publishing Condo in 1997). Shanghai Library collected these two professional books in encyclopedias. The second edition of "Self-Realization" has 1.2 million Chinese and 820,000 words English words. It was a revised and supplemented version of the author's latest memoir and biographical success story in 2018. Its work is self-writing, self-editing, self-typesetting, and self-published. The National Library and Archives of Canada and the British Library collected the first editions of Self-Realization in 2018. The author writes along the lines of suffering childhood-naughty childhood-discriminated teenager-struggling youth-suffering middle age-successful adult-old age who continues to struggle, involving the author's long-term pursuit of knowledge and continuous progress throughout his life, running through the author's hobbies, health care, many relatives, friends, friends, central classmates from elementary school to Harvard, and other social relationships, supplemented by the historical portrayal of the author's growth environment, it not only introduces the social development of multiple levels of Chinese society And evolution: politics, economy, culture, science and technology, civil affairs, foreign affairs, national defence, environment, and introduces the natural environment, political system, working environment, immigration gains and losses, the free market economy, information Internet society and the era of internationalization of the United States and Canada in western countries The historical background of major domestic events have shaped the author's success and self-realization at various stages of life in an environment of self-struggle for more than 60 years. The title of the work is based on the American psychologist Abraham Harold Maslow ( Abraham Harold Maslow, April 1, 1908 - June 8, 1970 ); the highest stage of the humanistic theory of life is self-realization because the author's ideal and Intention has been self-realized one by one through continuous struggle in many aspects of the reverse environment. Find a way and method of struggle that suits you; This book is a more comprehensive historical work that introduces the founding and important development of the People's Republic of China after 1949. The book is a summary of the author's life. It is complete information with more or fewer intersections with the author in various fields at the same age and fully understands the author's complete information. It is forward-looking and referential; It is also a reference book for understanding the actual situation of Western North American society.
This book puts forward an institutional explanation of the recent dynamics of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China. It argues that the concentration of FDI in the Chinese manufacturing economy since the beginning of this century is largely the result of China's entrepreneurial urban growth strategy, which was in turn motivated by the overall political and fiscal structures of China and was facilitated by urban land use under the manipulation of municipalities. By identifying the interactions between cross-border capital flow, national regulations and local responses, this book not only provides a fresh understanding of China's FDI pattern from an urban perspective that has been rare among publications on similar topics, but also sheds light on the drivers underlying China's rapid economic growth and its implications for sustainable development. It also stands as a useful reference for other countries and regions that plan to launch their own state-led development projects.
What if we started doing things at half the speed? From speaking to walking, just slowing down is enough to transform your life completely! Covering myriad human activities, from bathing and breathing to sleep and sex, this book gives you scientific evidence that is sure to enrich your life. Extensively researched in topics as varied as art and architecture to parenting and potty training, makes this book a ready reckoner for the latest thoughts on effective managementslowness. You will no longer look at the cinema and newspapers the same way! You will find astonishingly simple skills to improve your typing and drawing. You will start enjoying gardening and jogging. You might even like slow exercises. You will learn why walkers are dangerous and which food helps you to age slowly. From ancient thoughts to innovative technology, this book is a compendium of useful tips slowness designed to make your life happier, healthier, and joyous. Dr. Sunil Srinivasan shares his decades of experience as a pediatrician and a Tai Chi instructor in dealing with people and problems and has distilled his thoughts in this unique book. For busy readers, there is a summary at the end of each chapter with suggested additional reading. References have been added at the end. Treat this book like a menu card and enjoy your favorite topics.
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