Creating Health or Buff Moms to Be

Creating Health: How to Wake Up the Body's Intelligence

Author: Deepak Chopra

Dr. Deepak Chopra, author of the best-selling Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, offers his thousands of fans a newly revised edition of Creating Health, his groundbreaking book about the healing power of the mind. First published in 1987, Creating Health introduces the basic premises of Ayurveda, the six-thousand-year-old tradition of health care from India, and guides readers toward a sound understanding of the mind-body connection. Dr. Chopra is considered the preeminent spokesman for Ayurveda, which he blends with Western medical philosophy to create an intelligent and balanced approach to health. Dr. Chopra has revised Creating Health for the many people who are turning to alternative methods of health care as a result of the escalating crisis in traditional care. This edition incorporates a number of advances based on Dr. Chopra's recent work and new perspectives, including the techniques of mindfulness meditation, a simple but powerful form of breath-focused meditation.

Table of Contents:

	A Note on the Revised Edition
	Introduction
1	How to Be Perfectly Healthy and Feel Ever Youthful	3
2	Ill Health	4
3	High Blood Pressure, Heart Attack, and Stroke	6
4	Cancer	18
5	Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol, and Drug Abuse	29
6	Weight Control and Obesity	36
7	Chronic Fatigue	41
8	Gastrointestinal Disorders	45
9	Sexual Inadequacy	48
10	Sleep and Insomnia	53
11	Stress and the Burned-out Syndrome	57
12	Emotional Illness and Depression	62
13	The Psychophysiological Connection - Some Dramatic Case Histories	66
14	All Health Originates in One Place	79
15	Happiness and the Brain Chemistry of Health	81
16	Thoughts, Impulses of Intelligence - The Human Mind, a Reservoir of Intelligence	85
17	Evolution	89
18	Health - The Sum of Positive and Negative Impulses of Intelligence	92
19	Living and Longevity - The Problem of Aging	94
20	From Man to Superman	105
21	Self-awareness	111
22	Living in the Present	114
23	Ego Gratification	117
24	The Importance of Job Satisfaction	120
25	Channeling the Unconscious Mind - The Force of Habit	123
26	Diet and Destiny	129
27	Rhythms, Rest, and Activity	139
28	Having an Open Mind	143
29	Wonder and Belief	146
30	The Way of Compassion	150
31	A Vision of Wholeness and Love	155
32	Reality, Manifest and Unmanifest	161
33	The Nature and Range of Intelligence	167
34	The Mechanics of Creation	173
35	Techniques of Meditation	181
36	Intuitively Ethical Behavior and Higher States of Consciousness	186
37	One Is All, and All Is One	196
	Epilogue: The Future	203

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Buff Moms-to-Be: The Complete Guide to Fitness for Expectant Mothers

Author: Sue Fleming

Everything you need to know to safely stay in shape during your pregnancy

Many expectant mothers experience dramatic weight gain during pregnancy, but the myth that they shouldn’t exercise is just that—a myth. The truth is, regular activity may improve women’s ability to cope with pain during labor and combat depression associated with the period just following childbirth. Now Sue Fleming, a longtime personal trainer and author of the highly successful Buff Brides, gives us a comprehensive guide for expectant mothers who want to remain healthy, strong, and fit. Buff Moms-to-Be shares effective exercises (approved by doctors) for ensuring an easier pregnancy, a smoother birth, and the fastest way back to that pre-baby body. Inside you’ll discover

• simple strategies for starting an exercise program
• what to expect from your changing body
• safe aerobic exercises, stretches, and strength training
for women at all levels of fitness and all stages of pregnancy
• a complete workout and exercise regimen designed to
ease labor and delivery

Fully illustrated with photographs demonstrating poses and postures, Buff Moms-to-Be is like having your own personal trainer in the comfort of your own home. Sue Fleming’s supportive approach to fitness is the perfect aid to the health-savvy expectant mother—and a fun way to make sure you look and feel your best during one of the most joyful times in your life.

Library Journal

In this concise follow-up to Buff Brides, Fleming, a personal trainer with an M.S. in physical education, aims to help women overcome common fitness obstacles during the childbearing year. She presents a simple and flexible roster of exercises, none requiring special skills or prior conditioning, so most women should be able to follow them. All can be done in small living spaces and involve minimal cost and modest time investment. General guidelines on cardiovascular warmups and activities are provided along with specific instructions-accompanied by black-and-white photographs-for stretching and strength training. Three medical doctors introduce the book with a discussion of the special needs and risks associated with exercise during pregnancy. Fleming supplements that information with ample safety advice throughout. Curiously, the book's title, chosen to tie in with the author's previous work, belies this most gentle approach and may unnecessarily put off less athletically inclined women. There are also a few confusing mismatches between descriptions of the exercises and the accompanying photographs (for example, on page 77 the text advises holding two dumbbells in each hand; the photo shows only one in each hand of the model). For most public libraries.-Noemie Maxwell, King Cty. Lib. Syst., WA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.