Sastun

Sastun
Author: Rosita Arvigo
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0062345478

The compelling drama of American herbologist Rosita Arvigo's quest to preserve the knowledge of Don Elijio Panti, one of the last surviving and most respected traditional healers in the rainforest of Belize.

Sastun

Sastun
Author: Rosita Arvigo
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1995-02-03
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 006250259X

The compelling drama of American herbologist Rosita Arvigo's quest to preserve the knowledge of Don Elijio Panti, one of the last surviving and most respected traditional healers in the rainforest of Belize.

An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 1

An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 1
Author: Christina Pratt
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2007-08-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781404211407

Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.

Rainforest Home Remedies

Rainforest Home Remedies
Author: Rosita Arvigo
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2001-01-09
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 006251637X

Rainforest Healing from Your Home and Garden Find alternatives to chemical anti-depressants and painkillers in your spice rack. Learn about natural anti-itch salves for insect bites. Soothe and relieve envy, grief, sadness, and fear the Maya way. Rid your house of negative energy with a Maya cleansing ritual. Try the easy-to-make bronchitis remedy.

Rainforest Remedies

Rainforest Remedies
Author: Rosita Arvigo
Publisher: Lotus Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1993
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0914955136

The work of Rosita Arvigo and Michael Balick to bring the knowledge of the Mayan healers to the Western reader deserves due credit. This revised and enlarged second edition includes much additional information about the major herbs in the Mayan pharmacopoeia. Their work proves that the rainforest has more value to mankind alive than cut down

Spiritual Bathing

Spiritual Bathing
Author: Nadine Epstein
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2021-11-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

For centuries, people have used a combination of water, prayer, meditation and herbs to rejuvenate the mind, body and soul. In Spiritual Bathing, Rosita Arvigo and Nadine Epstein explore traditions—many lost or forgotten—that have been intertwined with religion, spirituality and culture since ancient and medieval times. From baptism to mikvahs to charity baths, these traditions can serve as a way to reconnect with nature or God; rejuvenate the mind, body and soul; and help relieve anxiety, insomnia and depression. Encompassing knowledge from 15 world traditions, this beautifully illustrated guide features detailed instructions to create nurturing and restorative spiritual bathing rituals both at home and elsewhere.

Wild Feminine

Wild Feminine
Author: Tami Lynn Kent
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2011-02-22
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1451610211

Ladies! Tap into the wisdom of your womanhood and learn through real stories, helpful visualizations, and creative exercises how the sacred pelvic bowl supports and informs your ability to be creative, self-heal, and feel empowered in your life. Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit, & Joy in the Female Body offers a unique, holistic approach to reclaiming the power, spirit, and joy of the female body and the understanding of its connection to creative energy flow. By restoring the physical and energetic balance in the pelvic bowl, women can learn to care for themselves in a nourishing and respectful manner, heal spiritual fractures, and renew their relationship with the sacred feminine. In today’s age of women needing to reclaim their feminine power and bodily autonomy, Tami Kent—founder of Holistic Pelvic Care™ and a women’s health and physical therapist—provides a framework for healing the body and navigating the realms of the feminine spirit. Through pelvic bodywork, healing stories, visualizations, rituals, and creative exercises, women can explore the deep and natural wisdom inherent in the female body. Wild Feminine reveals the amazing potential of the female body: the potential to create, to heal, and to transform energy at the core of all womanhood and radically shift your relationship with your body and spirit. Wild Feminine gives you the tools to awaken and retrieve your ancient wild self, restore your joy and creative energy, and reconnect to your sacred center.

Wind in the Blood

Wind in the Blood
Author: Hernan Garcia
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 321
Release: 1999-10-22
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1556433042

Wind in the Blood is a detailed look at Mayan medicine on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and its similarities to Chinese traditional medicine. It was originally published in Spanish as a manual for health workers in Mayan areas to bridge the gulf between Western medcal technique and Mayan medical knowledge. Mexican physicians Hernan Garcia, Antonio Sierra, and Hiberto Balam discovered that the similarities between Mayan medicine and traditional Chinese medcine were profound and helpful in their medical work.

Anthropology and Religion

Anthropology and Religion
Author: Robert L. Winzeler
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0759121893

Drawing from ethnographic examples found throughout the world, this revised and updated text, hailed as the "best general text on religion in anthropology available," offers an introduction to what anthropologists know or think about religion, how they have studied it, and how...