Health & Fitness
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Wildcraft Medicine In the Presence of Wonder
A Practical Guide to the Medicinal Gifts of the Earth, and its Traditional Lore by Sheila Anne Wray
"...to build a solid foundation for understanding wild medicine and its practical use in our daily life, we must begin at the source. We must recognize the role ecology plays in the lives of these plants. The medicine is more than the plant...
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Up Then Down Then
My Long Journey through Bipolar Disorder by Pat Taylor
When author Pat Taylor was only fourteen, her mother died unexpectedly. Now the woman of the house, Pat was responsible for the household chores, caring for her brother, and working at her father’s shop. Even after relatives stepped in to help,...
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She's Still My Mom
Navigating Your Loved One's Journey with Alzheimer's by Laura K. Doan
Memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer’s—diagnoses that generate anxiety, fear, worry, and a host of other crippling emotions. These diseases are widespread, and the numbers of afflicted are escalating at an ever-increasing pace. It is not an...
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As Is
A Memoir on Healing The Past Through Yoga by Rachel Krentzman
Everything I had considered my path up until that point meant nothing anymore. As I walked out, closing the door to the women’s section of the synagogue behind me, I suddenly found myself out at sea without a buoy to swim to. It was a strange and...
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Michael's Memories
A Journey of Hope, Healing, Awareness, and Resilience. Includes "Care partner's guide, practical insights and toolkit for Ageing and Living Well with Dementia”. by Dr. Agnes Chinelo
Living with or supporting someone with dementia is a profoundly personal and emotional journey, as author Agnes Chinelo knows well, and it is essential to have good advice and support along the way. Written from the dual perspective of being a...
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Listen to the Whispers
Living Peacefully with Anxiety and Depression by Penny Barrow
Listen to the Whispers offers a lifeline to those seeking solace and strength. Through a series of journal-style reflections, Penny Barrow shares her experiences with anxiety and depression, offering insight into the emotional turmoil and...
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Yoga for the Creative Soul
Exploring the Five Paths of Yoga to Reclaim Your Expressive Spirit by Erin Byron
Combining expressive arts and yoga therapy, Yoga for the Creative Soul is an invaluable guide to healing emotional wounds and creating a joyous life. Through drawing, writing, dancing, humming, and cooking—as well as yoga postures, meditation,...
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Yoga Is How Ya Go!
An Adaptive Guide Towards Physical & Mental Wellness by Millicent Elaine Williams and Irma Isabel Campos-Padilla
It is quite serendipitous how yoga brought two fellow English majors together to create an easy-to-follow adaptive guide towards wellness. Our book is intended to introduce yoga as a means of curing many of the common ailments adults of all ages...
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Walker to 30 Minute Runner
by Sandra Buchanan
We’ve always been told that you have to walk before you can run. And it’s true. But do you know that if you are a walker you can become a runner? With the right preparation you too can have that exhilarating feeling of throwing on a pair of...
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No Love Like It
Feeding Someone Who is Sick by Catherine Morley
Based on decades of experience offering nutrition counselling to individuals and families; personal family experiences with illness and loss; and research with people who, owing to illness, disability, or ageing, were not able to eat as they once...
