Showing titles in Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Freedom from suffering is not only possible, but the means for achieving it are immediately within our grasp - literally as close to us as our own breath. This is the 2,500-year-old good news contained in the Anapanasati Sutra, the Buddha's teaching on cultivating both tranquility and deep insight through full awareness of breathing. In this book, Larry Rosenberg brings this timeless meditation method to life.

Do you struggle to Sleep Sound? In his new sleep aid podcast, actor Jamie Dornan will transport you to relaxing locations around the world, from a Mexican beach to an Amazon rainforest or a Namibian desert. So select your favourite imaginary getaway, take a deep breath, relax, and join Audible on this escape to sleep.

In this season of Sleep Sound, join Richard Armitage as he transports you into peaceful and serene soundscapes from around the globe designed to ease you into a restful slumber. Richard’s rich, calm voice will lull you into a state of deep relaxation while gentle landscapes play out and fade into the background. So take a deep breath, relax, and join Audible, as we help you to Sleep Sound.

Do you ever make mistakes? Do you ever lose your temper and then immediately regret it? Are you impulsive? Do you make great plans which you fail to act on? Do you ever behave irrationally? Don’t worry, it’s not your fault. Your brain is to blame. Extraordinary though it is, your brain is riddled with biases, blind spots and other cognitive weaknesses which can lead you seriously astray. But Derren Brown’s Boot Camp will help you tame your errant brain and fundamentally change the way you think.

Unlike canned nature sounds created in a studio, renowned acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton gives you the real deal. He travels the world recording remarkable locations that capture the essence of the place itself.

Guided by leading experts and personalities in wellness, sleep meditations are brief listens focused specifically on helping you decompress before bed. They don’t require any previous experience - they're easy to get into and designed to help you take a moment at day’s end to just relax.

Jesse Israel was a successful music executive running his own label when debilitating anxiety and panic attacks forced him to step back and seek help. When he found meditation, it inspired him to switch gears in a big way. He founded The Big Quiet, a mass meditation movement that gathers thousands of people for large-scale moments of quiet around the world (including for Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour with WW).

In this season of Sleep Sound, come with Sienna Miller as she transports you to some of the most relaxing winter and spring scenes on the planet. From a windstorm on an English harbour, to a dawn chorus by an Estonian lake, settle down and snuggle up to the rumble of approaching thunder.

Luke will guide you across 3 continents through stunning immersive soundscapes, helping you travel on your journey to a deep sleep. Luke’s incredible voice and soothing narration puts the listener in a deep state of relaxation, while the soundscape plays out and fades away. Stunning recordings and high production value elevate this sleep aid to a premium product. So take a deep breath, relax, and join Audible, as we help you to Sleep Sound.

Bedtime stories are narrated by the world’s most celebrated voices and written with no beginning, middle, or end so you don’t stay up to hear what happens next. They're interesting enough to give your mind something to focus on, but delivered in a way that encourages sleep.

In today's fast-paced world, most people are familiar with feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed. But a remarkable resource exists to ease these problems – nature. BBC Studios Natural History Unit and environmental psychologist Alex Smalley have teamed up to create immersive natural soundscapes that will help you unlock this incredible healing potential. Whether it’s learning to tap into the awe-inspiring power of thunderstorms or replenishing your attention with the sound of the rainforest, each soundscape will help to unlock mental health benefits that are grounded in academic research.

This mental-rehearsal Audio Download set, the four-week guided-meditation companion program to Dr Joe Dispenza's book Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, is designed to move you from the analytical Beta brain-wave state to the state of Alpha, and develop your ability to sustain coherent brain-wave patterns.

Do you have trouble drifting off to sleep? My mission is simple. To help you relax, put the stressful day behind you and drift off to sleep. In every episode, I will read an old story in the public domain. So lie down, settle into your pillow, close your eyes, and let me read you a story to help you sleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Resonating with the body's natural circadian rhythms, this frequency promotes relaxation and sleep readiness while enhancing the production of melatonin, the sleep hormone, while decreasing sleep latency (the time it takes to fall asleep). It's also associated with delta brainwave activity, which predominates during deep, restorative sleep stages.

Comprised of four weeks of extended reflections on inspiring quotations — drawn from philosophy, religion, literature, psychology, and self-help — this audiobook is the perfect companion during a time of turbulence and pervasive anxiety: a source of solace and enlightenment, inspiration and insight, and humour and provocation. The result is a winking challenge to the usual self-help platitudes — a surprising and entertaining crash course in living meaningfully.

The smash-hit sleep aid podcast, Sleep Sound is back again! This time it’s narrated by international broadcaster Maya Jama (Glow Up, Love Island) who will guide all across the world via stunning immersive soundscapes, helping you travel on your journey to a deep sleep.

We tend to think of meditation as a formal practice we block time out for each day. But what if every moment of your life was your meditation? For Eckhart Tolle, meditation shouldn't be approached as a chore or a means to an end. Rather, meditation is something that you live. "The aim of meditation," states Eckhart, "is that it eventually becomes your normal state of consciousness." Essential Meditations with Eckhart Tolle points the way toward this quiet, constant state of Presence - where practice gives way to the realization of your innermost identity.

This audiobook serves as the key to unlocking the answers you've been seeking. Through a series of guided meditations and hypnotic practices, you will uncover the barriers standing between you and the life you desire. Allow these powerful practices to lead you in confronting your inner struggles with courage and grace. Release resistance and surrender to the wisdom of your intuition as you navigate the vibrational tug-of-war between your temporal self and your essence.

Immerse yourself in the calming world of Nature’s Rhapsody of Meditative Sea Lion Soundscapes for Deep Calm, Relaxation & Stress Relief. This enchanting audiobook invites you to experience the profound serenity of the ocean, where the soothing melodies of sea lions blend with the rhythmic ebb and flow of gentle waves. Designed for those seeking inner peace and a restorative escape, this collection offers a unique blend of nature sound therapy for relaxation and tranquil atmospheres that promote wellness.

Calm In The Chaos: Managing Anxiety In A Fast-Paced World provides a comprehensive and practical approach to managing everyday stress and anxiety. Whether you're facing persistent anxiety or just need help managing day-to-day challenges, this book offers powerful tools to help you achieve emotional balance.