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Learn the secrets for an effective detox with this easy four-step program based on nutrition, exercise, the weekend cleanse and a support network. Fasting on a regular basis is a proven technique for safe and effective detox. Readers will learn about "The Weekend Cleanse," a total fasting program for resting the digestive system and allowing the body to release accumulated toxic substances. This cleanse will also help you get in touch with your true sense of hunger and help you reset your appetite once you go off the fast. Total Cleansing will also show you how a healthy intestinal system works, what medications and illnesses can disrupt the natural cleansing process; why regular use of laxatives and enemas can be detrimental; and how to use natural cleansing to reduce the symptoms of IBS and protect against colon cancer. This hands-on approach will enable most individuals to maintain and improve their intestinal health with both immediate and long-term benefits. Included are recipes, diagrams, charts, and full-color photographs.
Cleansing synchronizes our bodies with the natural order. Simple Cleanse presents the tools to design a personal week-end cleanse by offering specific techniques for cleaning the cells, lungs, and digestive tract. Details about diet, fasting, exercise, and colonic irrigation are drawn from sources as varied as the latest scientific research to ancient scripture.
This groundbreaking examination of the early influences on feminism may revolutionize feminist theory. Distinguished historian and contemporary feminist scholar Sally Roesch Wagner has compiled extensive research to analyze the source of the revolutionary vision of the early feminists.Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Lucretia Mott had formed friendships with their Native neighbors that enabled them to understand a world view far different, and in many ways superior, to the patriarchal one that existed at that time. This is the provocative and compelling history of their struggle to bring equality and dignity to all women, and the role played by the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) women who modelled the position women could occupy in society.
Relieve digestive problems and avoid chronic disease! Learn how to improve and maintain your intestinal health through the benefits of fasting. In just one weekend you can clean out your digestive tract, clear your tissues of toxic substances, and increase your circulation all by eliminating harmful foods, enjoying some mild exercise, and getting plenty of rest. A simple overview of how the digestive system works will get you started. Basic instructions for how to do a weekend detox will outline what to eat, how to eat, how to fast effectively, and come off the fast safely. After the weekend, continue the benefits of detoxing with conscious breathing, exercise, nutritious diet and mindful eating. This book is part of the Live Healthy Now series of health books.
Along with recipes for beverages, snacks, chutneys, dairy products, vegetable dishes, rice, dal (lentils, peas, and other legumes), breads, and sweets, you will find helpful information on the spices and other ingredients that are essential to authentic Indian cooking. Includes nutritional information on the healthful benefits of Indian vegetarian cuisine.
Smudging is the burning of herbs as a spiritual practice. An herbalist and educator, Harvest McCampbell explains and illustrates this integral part of traditional Native American life that she began learning about from her Iroquois Onondaga Oswegatchie grandmother. Learn how to make smudge sticks and identify, collect, and grow a wide range of sacred plants for smudging. Discover how to reclaim your own traditions and find your personal healing rituals. Includes sources to purchase herbs and reference materials.
This title was among the winners of the 2006 Skipping Stones Honor Awards for Multicultural & International Awareness Books. Keeping Heart on Pine Ridge is an intimate look at contemporary life with the Lakota people on Pine Ridge Indian Rerservation, near the Black Hills in South Dakota. Insightful stories of compassion, despair, humor, and spiritual growth are drawn from two years of daily life in a strong and tormented community. Firsthand accounts of sundances, commodity foods, sweat lodges, drunken driving, and the Sacred provide the fabric through which Glover weaves his incisive wit and wisdom on the social and political forces that have challenged his people and made them stronger. About the Author Vic Glover, a writer and former journalis, was a ombat medic in Vietnam. He has been living on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the past several years and in recent months has been spending time in Thailand helping out with relief efforts from the Tsunami of 2005.
This book is a must for beginners and serious students of herbs and of Native American ways. This set of herbal teachings, which draws strongly from the Muscogee tradition, presents an understanding of the healing nature of plants for the first time in book form. In a time of expanding awareness of the potential of herbs, this work shines and beckons. Tis Mal examines common wild plants and in a clear and authoritative style explains how to identify, honor, select, and prepare them for use. Illustrated and indexed by plant name and medical topic.
This text includes the original speech, given by Chief Seattle in 1854, during treaty negotiations with the US government concerning the forced re-settlement of the Native people of Washington onto reservations. The speech is put into context, with a brief history of the region and its tribes.