For Women Only or Spa Living

For Women Only!: Your Guide to Health Empowerment

Author: Gary Null

In For Women Only!, authors Gary Null and Barbara Seaman address women's health both from curative/preventive and historical/contextual perspectives. The first half of the book discusses a wide range of concerns, from addiction and sexual abuse to menopause and mental health, and offers an arsenal of the most effective or promising strategies for preventing, coping with, or curing them. The second half takes an inspirational approach. Drawing on the writings of Sojourner Truth, Angela Davis, Erica Jong, and many others, the book puts women's medicine in perspective, covering topics ranging from the early history of women as healers to contemporary activism, from self-help gynecology and motherhood to women's health in the 21st century. Contributors include Barbara Ehrenreich, Germaine Greer, Gloria Steinem, Naomi Wolf, and many others.

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Spa Living: Ideas, Tips, and Recipes for Revitalizing Body-Mind-Spirit

Author: Sunamita Lim

Ideas, Tips & Recipes for Revitalizing Body-Mind-Spirit
"May the pleasure begin now, as you enjoy Sunamita Lim's inspiring and informative tour of the spa world."
-Deborah Szekely, Founder, Rancho La Puerta and Golden Door

iscover the beauty, healing, and wisdom gleaned from world-class day and destination spas with Spa Living: Ideas, Tips & Recipes for Revitalizing Body-Mind-Spirit. Discern why true outer beauty radiates from within. Experience how we are at our best when body-mind-spirit are balanced, to manifest peaceful energy and a palpable sense of deep satisfaction to live life fully, every day. The spa lifestyle is not one of "fluff and buff." Rather, it's simply respecting the body and emotions-by incorporating good habits such as healthy nutrition to nourish the body, meditation to access the light of the soul, and exercise to transform dynamic energy for productive activities-as we progress with our lives.
Spa Living freshens up centuries-old teachings to meet today's contemporary needs. Learn how ayurvedic self-healing, meditation ideas, proper skin care, physical exercise, and a beautiful home environment help you achieve the ultimate sense of well-being. From serving up practical tips for cleaning out emotional debris to making the perfect cup of tea, the book also offers captivating spa cuisine recipes that are refreshingly delicious-with the added bonus of enhancing your immune system. In this fast-paced world, Spa Living: Ideas, Tips & Recipes for Revitalizing Body-Mind-Spirit is a breath of fresh air inspiring you to live a happy, positive, and satisfying life.

Sunamita Lim has been meditating since 1980. Her daily meditations have blessedher with the realization that true beauty unfolds from within. Like a rose releasing its fragrance and loveliness, Spa Living: Ideas, Tips & Recipes for Revitalizing Body-Mind-Spirit shares practical insights to pause awhile-to live life joyfully, and in harmony with nature and others. Lim shares priceless insights from spa and health-care professionals to demystify why maintaining good health and living a lifestyle graced with balance and purity must start from within, and shows that when we live in this way we are able to more fully enjoy the body's radiant beauty and vitality throughout our lives.
Her other books include the highly acclaimed Chinese Style: Living in Beauty and Prosperity (2006), called "elegant and refined" by the Seattle Times and recognized for its "blissful home environments with a style that's easily adaptable to modern aesthetics" by Metropolitan Home magazine; and Japanese Style: Designing with Nature's Beauty (2007).
Lim received a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Kalamazoo College and a master's degree in The Division of Social Sciences from The University of Chicago. She is a freelance journalist and writer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

If there is inner purity,
Then the outer beauty Will be unparalleled.
-Sri Chinmoy

Table of Contents:

Foreword     8
Acknowledgments     10
Introduction     14
The Quest for Radiant Beauty and Well-Being     20
An Introduction to Spas and Services     42
Incorporating Proper Skin Care     72
Balancing Body-Mind-Spirit with Meditation     94
Attaining Physical and Emotional Fitness     116
Enjoying Spa Cuisine     136
Choosing to Go Green     164
Resources     178
Glossary of Spa Terms     183
A Selected Bibliography     186
Photography Credits     189
Index     190