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The Monkey Is the Messenger

Meditation and What Your Busy Mind Is Trying to Tell You

By: Ralph De La Rosa

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The Monkey Is the Messenger

Meditation and What Your Busy Mind Is Trying to Tell You

By: Ralph De La Rosa

An engaging, funny, and introductory guide for anyone whose overactive mind gets in the way of starting a regular meditation practice “My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate.” “My mind is so busy, there’s no way I can meditate.” Familiar dilemma? These days just about all of us know we should be meditating, but that doesn’t make it any easier to sit down and face the repetitive thoughts careening around our brains—seemingly pointless, sometimes hurtful, nearly always hard to control. Rather than quitting meditation or trying to wall off the monkey mind, Ralph De La Rosa suggests asking yourself a question: If you were to stop demonizing your monkey mind, would it have anything to teach you? In a roundabout way, could repetitive thoughts be pointing us in the direction of personal—and even societal—transformation? Poignant and entertaining, The Monkey Is the Messenger offers a range of evidence-based, somatic, and trauma-informed insights and practices drawn from De La Rosa’s study of neuroscience and psychology and his long practice of meditation and yoga. Here at last—a remedy for all those who want to meditate but suppose they can’t because they think too much.

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Shambhala Publications

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0834841835

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9780834841833

Outshining Trauma

A New Vision of Radical Self-Compassion Integrating Internal Family Systems and Buddhist Meditation

By: Ralph De La Rosa

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Outshining Trauma

A New Vision of Radical Self-Compassion Integrating Internal Family Systems and Buddhist Meditation

By: Ralph De La Rosa

Discover a path of post-traumatic growth, spiritual insight, and deep compassion for the most challenging parts of yourself. Ralph De La Rosa integrates Richard Schwartz’s revolutionary Internal Family Systems (IFS) model with Buddhist meditation practice to offer a radically different healing paradigm. If you’re among those who’ve tried therapy and meditation but wonder why you still suffer repetitive patterns and emotions, Outshining Trauma is for you. De La Rosa places the innovative, evidence-based model of IFS in the context of Buddhist meditation to show that the process of healing trauma can lead you to your deepest spiritual nature. This book offers clear conceptual frameworks to understand trauma, post-traumatic growth, and the close relationship between healing trauma and spirituality. The many journal prompts, experiential practices, and guided meditations will teach you how to: See that your mind is made up of disparate “parts” that carry their own views and intentions which can become stuck in traumatic experiences Recognize common types of inner parts in the IFS model, such as “Managers,” “Firefighters,” and “Exiles” Separate from a part inside of you that’s holding grief, pain, or other difficult feelings and then elicit its concerns and wisdom Utilize meditation as a method for opening to transformative self-compassion and self-love A survivor himself of depression, PTSD, and addiction, De La Rosa shares gripping, inspirational life stories to demonstrate the path of outshining trauma.

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273

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Shambhala Publications

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1645472329

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9781645472322

Don't Tell Me to Relax

Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs

By: Ralph De La Rosa

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Don't Tell Me to Relax

Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs

By: Ralph De La Rosa

A psychotherapist offers tools for self-care and mindfulness during trying times, demonstrating how difficult emotions—anger, fear, shame—can be used to fuel personal and social change. From politics, climate change, and the economy to racism, sexism, and a hundred other kinds of biases—things have never felt so urgent and uncertain. We want to take action, but so many of us struggle with overwhelm and burnout. And on top of it all, we get so many messages telling us to relax, to “let it go” and feel some other way about things. We’d like to think that emotional intelligence and mindfulness will help—but why do these approaches so often fall short in fever-pitch moments? In his warm, funny, streetwise style, Ralph De La Rosa offers tools for coping in contentious times. Full of insights and practices addressing everything from trauma triggers to privilege guilt and the art of saying no, Don't Tell Me to Relax brings the welcome news that our thoughts and emotions are not the enemy. Rather, when met skillfully, they can light the way to self-empathy, social understanding, and an activism that has room for both inner and outer work.

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233

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Shambhala Publications

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0834842823

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9780834842823

Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic of Guatemala, 1821–1871

By: Ralph Lee Woodward Jr.

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Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic of Guatemala, 1821–1871

By: Ralph Lee Woodward Jr.

Rafael Carrera (1814-1865) ruled Guatemala from about 1839 until his death. Among Central America’s many political strongmen, he is unrivaled in the length of his domination and the depth of his popularity. This “life and times” biography explains the political, social, economic, and cultural circumstances that preceded and then facilitated Carrera’s ascendancy and shows how Carrera in turn fomented changes that persisted long after his death and far beyond the borders of Guatemala.

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649

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University of Georgia Press

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0820343609

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9780820343600

Domenico Scarlatti

By: Ralph Kirkpatrick

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Domenico Scarlatti

By: Ralph Kirkpatrick

Again available in paperback, this definitive work on the genius of Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is the result of twelve years of devoted effort by America's foremost harpsichordist and one of the principal authorities on eighteenth-century harpsichord music. Mr. Kirkpatrick traveled extensively to collect material that has tripled the known facts about Scarlatti's life, providing the first adequate biography of one of the greatest harpsichord composers of the eighteenth century and one of the most original composers of all time. The second half of his book is an illuminating study of Scarlatti's 555 sonatas, concluding with a chapter on their performance. The book contains extensive appendixes, including discussions of ornamentation and Scarlatti's vocal music, and an updated section of addenda and corrigenda.

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Princeton University Press

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0691216142

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9780691216140

Ralph Compton Comanche Trail

By: Carlton Stowers,Ralph Compton

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Ralph Compton Comanche Trail

By: Carlton Stowers,Ralph Compton

In this gripping Ralph Compton western, a man rides for vengeance and into danger.... Thad Taylor is no one’s idea of a fine man. Usually drunk and shiftless, he’s disapproved of by most, especially his father. But when his father doesn’t return from a trip across the Kansas plains, Thad is the only one who can search for him. And he’s far from ready for the ordeal. Because his father is already dead. He has fallen victim to the bloody Benders—a family of demented killers who lure travelers into their cabin way station only to rob and brutally murder them. Now, for his father’s memory, Thad must hunt the Benders down and deliver them either to the law—or to the grave.

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305

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Penguin

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0451468244

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9780451468246

Eternals

The Dreaming Celestial Saga

By: Mark Gruenwald,Peter B. Gillis,Ralph Macchio,Roger Stern

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Eternals

The Dreaming Celestial Saga

By: Mark Gruenwald,Peter B. Gillis,Ralph Macchio,Roger Stern

Collects Eternals (1985) #1-12; Iron Man Annual (1971) #6; Avengers (1963) #246-248; material from What If (1977) #23-30. The awesome Uni-Mind and a tragic death set the stage for a new era in the battle between the godly Eternals and their Deviant adversaries! The Eternals have spread out among the human population in secret. In these uncertain times, their new leader must hold the remaining Eternals together even as a new adversary emerges from deep in the Deviants’ underground stronghold. Ghaur, leader of the Deviant priesthood, has discovered the location of a renegade Celestial, defeated and sealed away by his brethren long ago. If the Eternals can’t come together and stop Ghaur, he will possess the cosmic power of this Dreaming Celestial — and conquer Earth! Plus: Don’t miss the origins of the Eternals from rare WHAT IF? backup features!

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496

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302935712

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9781302935719

McDonald and Avery Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent - E-Book

By: Jeffrey A. Dean,David R. Avery,Ralph E. McDonald

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McDonald and Avery Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent - E-Book

By: Jeffrey A. Dean,David R. Avery,Ralph E. McDonald

A leading text in pediatric dentistry, McDonald and Avery’s Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent provides expert, complete coverage of oral care for infants, children, and teenagers. All the latest diagnostic and treatment recommendations are included! Comprehensive discussions are provided on pediatric examination, development, morphology, eruption of the teeth, and dental caries. This edition helps you improve patient outcomes with up-to-date coverage of restorative materials, cosmetic tooth whitening, care of anxious patients, and sedation techniques for children. Complete, one-source coverage includes the best patient outcomes for all of the major pediatric treatments in prosthodontics, restorative dentistry, trauma management, occlusion, gingivitis and periodontal disease, and facial esthetics. A clinical focus includes topics such as such as radiographic techniques, dental materials, pit and fissure sealants, and management of cleft lip and palate. Practical discussions include practice management and how to deal with child abuse and neglect. Full-color photographs and illustrations accurately depict trauma, restorative dentistry, implants, and prosthetics. A new Pediatric Oral Surgery chapter discusses the latest developments in office-based pediatric oral surgery, along with head and neck infections and medical conditions in the pediatric patient. Emphasis is added to preventive care and to treatment of the medically compromised patient. An Evolve website includes case studies, an image library, links to ADEA, ADA, and CDC reports on pediatric dentistry, and other web links.

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719

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323079660

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9780323079662

Sample Preparation for Trace Element Analysis

By: Zoltan Mester,Ralph E. Sturgeon

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Sample Preparation for Trace Element Analysis

By: Zoltan Mester,Ralph E. Sturgeon

Following the collection of a sample, every analytical chemist will agree that its subsequent preservation and processing are of paramount importance. The availability of high performance analytical instrumentation has not diminished this need for careful selection of appropriate pretreatment methodologies, intelligently designed to synergistically elicit optimum function from these powerful measurement tools. Sample Preparation for Trace Element Analysis is a modern, comprehensive treatise, providing an account of the state-of-the art on the subject matter. The book has been conceived and designed to satisfy the varied needs of the practicing analytical chemist. It is a multi-author work, reflecting the diverse expertise arising from its highly qualified contributors. The first five chapters deal with general issues related to the determination of trace metals in varied matrices, such as sampling, contamination control, reference materials, calibration and detection techniques. The second part of the book deals with extraction and sampling technologies (totaling 15 chapters), providing theoretical and practical hints for the users on how to perform specific extractions. Subsequent chapters overview seven major representative matrices and the sample preparation involved in their characterization. This portion of the book is heavily based on the preceding chapters dealing with extraction technologies. The last ten chapters are dedicated to sample preparation for trace element speciation.- First title to provide comprehensive sample preparation information, dealing specifically with the analysis of samples for trace elements. - The 39 chapters are authored by international leaders of their fields.

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Elsevier

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0080545483

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9780080545486

Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart

By: Ralph P. Locke

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Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart

By: Ralph P. Locke

During the years 1500–1800, European performing arts reveled in a kaleidoscope of Otherness: Middle-Eastern harem women, fortune-telling Spanish 'Gypsies', Incan priests, Barbary pirates, moresca dancers, and more. In this prequel to his 2009 book Musical Exoticism, Ralph P. Locke explores how exotic locales and their inhabitants were characterized in musical genres ranging from instrumental pieces and popular songs to oratorios, ballets, and operas. Locke's study offers new insights into much-loved masterworks by composers such as Cavalli, Lully, Purcell, Rameau, Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck, and Mozart. In these works, evocations of ethnic and cultural Otherness often mingle attraction with envy or fear, and some pieces were understood at the time as commenting on conditions in Europe itself. Locke's accessible study, which includes numerous musical examples and rare illustrations, will be of interest to anyone who is intrigued by the relationship between music and cultural history, and by the challenges of cross-cultural (mis)understanding.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316298205

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9781316298206

Book's by Ralph De La Rosa

The Monkey Is the Messenger

The Monkey Is the Messenger

Outshining Trauma

Outshining Trauma

Don't Tell Me to Relax

Don't Tell Me to Relax

Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic of Guatemala, 1821–1871

Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic of Guatemala, 1821–1871

Domenico Scarlatti

Domenico Scarlatti

Ralph Compton Comanche Trail

Ralph Compton Comanche Trail

Eternals

Eternals

McDonald and Avery Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent - E-Book

McDonald and Avery Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent - E-Book

Sample Preparation for Trace Element Analysis

Sample Preparation for Trace Element Analysis

Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart

Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart

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