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Facilitated Stretching (4th Edition)

by Robert Mcatee

Facilitated Stretching, Fourth Edition, remains the most trusted resource for proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching, an effective and easy-to-use method that involves stretching the muscle, contracting it isometrically against resistance, and then stretching it again to increase range of motion. Featuring a full-color interior, streamlined organization, the fourth edition brings PNF stretching beyond the treatment room with the inclusion of techniques for the gym, workout room, and home. The fourth edition offers a visual demonstration of PNF stretching techniques with more than 320 photos and illustrations. It includes these updates: - A full-color interior provides readers with clear images of the techniques discussed - Graphic elements on selected photos highlight the muscles being stretched as well as the isometric effort for the stretcher and the partner - Reorganization streamlines the content into two parts, first focusing on the basics and then covering stretches - Expanded content demonstrates how to incorporate stretches, including strengthening routines, into nontherapy workouts to optimize functional training - An appendix showcases anatomical planes of motion, anatomical terms, and types of joints - Online high-definition video presents both treatment room techniques and simplified PNF stretches for nontherapy settings "Facilitated Stretching, Fourth Edition," examines techniques and guidelines for PNF stretches in a variety of settings. Stretches are demonstrated on a treatment table, mat on the floor, chair, cable-pulley machine, and weightlifting bench. Stretches are grouped according to each joint, and the majority of the stretches include both a partner stretch version and a self-stretch version.

Facilitating Spiritual Reminiscence for People with Dementia: A Learning Guide

by Corinne Trevitt Elizabeth Mackinlay

Spiritual reminiscence is a way of communicating that acknowledges the person as a spiritual being and seeks to engage the person in a more meaningful and personal way. This practical guide teaches carers how to facilitate engaging and stimulating spiritual reminiscence sessions with older people, and particularly with people with dementia. After reading the guide, carers will understand the many and varied benefits of spiritual reminiscence, and will have developed the skills, confidence and communication techniques needed to support people with dementia in this activity. The authors present in accessible terms the evidence-base to support the benefits of the approach and provide clear, step-by-step instructions for facilitating spiritual reminiscence sessions, including useful suggestions for ideas and questions to stimulate discussion. Intended to be used either as a self-learning tool or as the basis for staff training sessions, this will be a valuable resource for staff in care homes and day centres, activity coordinators, pastoral and spiritual care professionals, clergy and spiritual leaders.

Facility Planning and Design for Health, Physical Activity, Recreation, and Sport

by Thomas H. Sawyer

As the cost of construction for sports and health related facilities skyrockets, it becomes paramount for those who plan, design, construct, and use these facilities to have access to a comprehensive facilities guide. The 14th edition of Facility Planning and Design for Health, Physical Activity, Recreation, and Sport is a tool for all professionals involved in facility planning and construction use. The 21st century is a time of increased interest in health, fitness, recreation, physical activity, and sport. A synopsis of the historical development of this text is important. In 1945, at the board of directors meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) in Washington, D.C., support was given to a proposal submitted by Caswell M. Miles, AAHPERD vice president for recreation, to prepare a grant to finance a national workshop on facilities. Subsequently, a request for $10,000 was submitted to and approved by Theodore P. Bank, president of the Athletic Institute, to finance the first workshop. The December 1946 workshop at Jackson s Mill, West Virginia, resulted in the publication of the premiere edition of the Guide for Planning Facilities for Athletics, Recreation, Physical and Health Education. The 1956 edition of the guide was a product of the second facilities workshop, held May 5-12, 1956, at the Kellogg Institute, and was held again January 15-24, 1965, at the Biddle Continuing Education Center, Indiana University in Bloomington. Two years later, April 29-May 8, 1967, another workshop was held at Indiana University. Among those invited were a number of outstanding college and technical personnel engaged in planning and administering programs of athletics, recreation, outdoor education, physical education, and health education. Other planning authorities and specialists receiving invitations included city planners, architects, landscape architects, engineers, and schoolhouse construction consultants. The 1974 guide was reconstructed in such a way that it would serve as a more practical tool for school administrators, physical education heads, architects, planning consultants, and all others interested in planning new areas and facilities or checking the adequacy of those already in use. The Athletic Institute and AAHPERD Council on Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies initiated the 1979 revision of the guide. A blue-ribbon steering committee was appointed by the Council. Edward Coates from Ohio State University and Richard B. Flynn from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, were appointed as co-editors and contributing authors. Professionals well known for their expertise in facility planning, design, and construction were invited to assist in a complete re-write, which resulted in Planning Facilities for Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation.

Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives

by Pia Mellody Andrea Wells Miller J. Keith Miller

Pia Mellody creates a framework for identifying codependent thinking, emotions and behaviour and provides an effective approach to recovery. Mellody sets forth five primary adult symptoms of this crippling condition, then traces their origin to emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical and sexual abuses that occur in childhood. Central to Mellody's approach is the concept that the codependent adult's injured inner child needs healing. Recovery from codependence, therefore, involves clearing up the toxic emotions left over from these painful childhood experiences.

Facing East: Ancient Health + Beauty Secrets for the Modern Age

by Jingduan Yang Norma Kamali

Drawing from 2,500 years of wisdom that has been adapted to today’s lifestyles, Facing East teaches you how to restore your Qi—the vital energy at the root of every function in the human body—to become both internally healthy and externally radiant.In Facing East, Dr. Jingduan Yang, a fifth-generation practitioner of Chinese medicine and a respected authority in integrative medicine, joins forces with wellness advocate Norma Kamali to reveal ancient healing secrets, adapted for the modern age, that will help preserve, maintain, and restore vitality, health, and beauty in all its forms.Style icon Norma Kamali, having felt deeply and noticeably rested and rejuvenated after Dr. Jingduan Yang’s unique acupuncture treatments, encouraged her remarkable physician to share his mastery of both traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine with the world. The result is Facing East, a book filled with practical day-to-day health, beauty, wellness, and lifestyle practices that can radically enhance the way you look, feel, and interact with everything and everyone around you!Inside you’ll discover:The ways each of the primary organs can affect every aspect of your life—from your physical health to your mental well-being—and how to keep them in balanceTips to help revitalize the hair, skin, eyes, lips, teeth, and nailsSelf-assessments to help determine your unique general energy constitutionPersonal checklists for preventative careA year-round wellness plan that includes advice on sleep, sex, exercise, and nutritionAnd much more!By exploring the mind-body-spirit connection from a truly integrative perspective, Facing East helps you maintain wellness in every aspect of your life.“Dr. Yang and Norma Kamali share ancient wisdom in a friendly, modern, and engaging dialogue, making timeless Eastern health practices relevant to the present and easy for everyone to apply in their lives. If you want to design happy, vibrant wellness for yourself, read Facing East!”—VINCENT PEDRE, M.D., author of Happy Gut: The Cleansing Program to Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Eliminate PainHarness the power of the East to feel better, look younger, and live healthier, no matter your age!Are you easily fatigued?Is there too much fat around your belly?Are you often unhappy?Do you have chronic nasal congestion?Do you have black circles under your eyes?Does your skin often feel dry?Do your hands and feet feel cold?Is your skin prone to acne?If you answered yes to any of these questions, your Qi—the vital energy essential to your body’s every function—is probably out of balance. Filled with ancient health and beauty secrets, Facing East can help you rebalance your body and turn back the hands of time.“Facing East looks to the past for a vision of the future, drawing on ancient knowledge to devise simple strategies to allow you to stay young, vibrant, and healthy. This book by Dr. Yang, a foremost expert on Chinese medicine, and his patient, Norma Kamali, will help you to correct imbalances with techniques so simple anyone can use them with success.”—Andrew Weil, M.D., #1 New York Times bestselling author

Facing Gaia Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime

by Bruno Latour

The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of nature. For the last three centuries new ideas of nature have been continually developed by theology, politics, economics, and science, especially the sciences of the material world.

Facing It: AIDS Diaries and the Death of the Author

by Ross Chambers

For a generation or more, literary theorists have used the metaphor of "the death of the author" in considering the observation that to write is to abdicate control over the meanings one's text is capable of generating. But in the case of AIDS diaries, the metaphor can be literal. Facing Itexamines the genre not in classificatory terms but pragmatically, as the site of a social interaction. Through a detailed study of three such diaries, originating respectively in France, the United States, and Australia, Ross Chambers demonstrates that issues concerning the politics of AIDS writing and the ethics of reading are linked by a common concern with the problematics of survivorhood. Two of the diaries chosen for special attention in this light are video diaries:La Pudeur ou l'impudeurby Herv Guibert (author ofTo the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life), andSilverlake Life, by the American videomaker Tom Joslin (aided by his lover and friends, notably Peter Friedman). The third is a defiant but anxious text,Unbecoming, by an American anthropologist, Eric Michaels, who died in Brisbane, Australia, in 1988. Other authors more briefly examined include Pascal de Duve, Bertrand Duqu nelle, Alain Emmanuel Dreuilhe, David Wojnarowicz, Gary Fisher, and the filmmaker (not a diarist) Laurie Lynd. Finally, Facing It takes on the issue of its own relevance, asking what contributions literary criticism can make in the midst of an epidemic. "Groundbreaking in its approach and potentially wide in its appeal. . . . The rigor of the ideas, their dramatic nature, and the political drive of the rhetoric all should win Facing It a large readership that could extend far beyond students of narrative or queer theory. " --David Bergman, Towson University, editor ofCamp Grounds: Style and Homosexuality Ross Chambers is Distinguished University Professor of French and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, and author ofRoom for Maneuver: Reading (the) Oppositional (in) NarrativeandStory and Situation: Narrative Seduction and the Power of Fiction.

Facing Loneliness The Starting Point of a New Journey

by J. Oswald Sanders

Facing Loneliness is an attempt to provide answers to the problem of loneliness and challenges you to take specific steps to overcome its unpleasant effects. Sanders shows how to identify the symptoms and causes of loneliness, and how to deal with the underlying issue - the lack of intimacy. Specific references to old and new testament scriptures are made, though in general the advice is useful for those of any background.

Facing Love Addiction: The Love Connection to Codependence, 1st Edition

by Pia Mellody Andrea Wells Miller J. Keith Miller

In this revised and updated version of Facing Love Addiction, Pia Mellody unravels the intricate dynamics of unhealthy love relationships and shows us how to let go of toxic love. Through twelve-step work, exercises, and journal-keeping, the book outlines the recovery process for Love Addicts, and Mellody’s fresh perspective and clear methods work to comfort and motivate all those looking to establish and maintain healthy, happy relationships.

Facing Mighty Fears About Baddies and Villains (Dr. Dawn's Mini Books About Mighty Fears #5)

by Dawn Huebner

Many children are afraid of baddies and villains who do, in fact, do hurtful things. But sometimes fear far outstrips danger, and even children who are safe feel apprehensive all the time. Facing Mighty Fears About Baddies and Villains teaches 3 steps to help manage ongoing fears. Fun Facts engage children, while a Note to Parents and Caregivers and supplemental Resource section make this the perfect guide for parents and mental health professionals.This book is part of the Dr. Dawn's Mini Books About Mighty Fears series, designed to help children ages 6-10 tackle their fears and live happier lives.

Facing Mighty Fears About Being Apart From Parents (Dr. Dawn's Mini Books About Mighty Fears #7)

by Dawn Huebner

Many children worry about doing things on their own, with fears escalating to the point of not being able to leave their parents' side. But staying with a parent isn't always possible, and doing things independently is an important part of growing up. Facing Mighty Fears About Being Apart From Parents teaches 3 steps to manage oversize fears. Fun Facts about separation in the animal kingdom keep children engaged, while a Note to Parents and Caregivers and Supplemental Resource section make this the perfect guide for parents and mental health professionals.This book is part of the Dr. Dawn's Mini Books About Mighty Fears series, designed to help children ages 6-10 tackle their fears and live happier lives.

Facing Mighty Fears About Making Mistakes (Dr. Dawn's Mini Books About Mighty Fears #6)

by Dawn Huebner

Many children avoid taking on challenges, melting down when the going gets tough. But doing things you aren't very good it as one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy and strong. That means it's okay to mess up, and fumble, and fail. In fact, you should do these things. Mistakes are exactly what your brain needs to grow. Facing Mighty Fears About Making Mistakes helps 6-10-year-olds get more comfortable with imperfection. Fun Facts about famous mistakes engage children, while a Note to Parents and Caregivers and supplemental Resource Section make this the perfect guide for parents and mental health professionals.This book is part of the Dr. Dawn's Mini Books About Mighty Fears series designed to help children ages 6-10 tackle their fears and live happier lives.

Facing the Fire: Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately

by John Lee William Stott

The author of The Flying Boy describes how repressing anger can have profound effects on personal health and guides readers step by step through the process of getting past their fears. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery (Third Edition)

by Patrick J. Carnes

In this book, Patrick Carnes guides readers through a series of reflections and exercises that pierce denial and light the path to healing from sex addiction. Facing the Shadow, used by thousands of therapists with their clients, is based on the thirty-task model of recovery from addiction that forms the basis of Carnes's work. This newly revised and expanded edition takes readers through the first seven of those tasks, including specific performables that are built in to the exercises. The model also supports Twelve Step recovery programs.

Facing West

by Kathleen V. Kudlinski James Watling

When his family travels west via wagon train in 1845, Ben faces many adventures and hardships. Along with the dangers of rough weather and wild animals, Ben also fears the possibility that he might have a devastating asthma attack. As his family sets out from Missouri to Oregon, young Ben wonders whether he will have more trouble with the dangers of the journey or his debilitating asthma.

FACS Basics: Building Skills to Last a Lifetime

by Oklahoma Department of Career Technology Education

Text book to cover basic life skills like:<P><P> * Personality, Dating and Close Relationships<P> * Communication and Conflict Resolution<P> * Physical Development<P> * Making Families Stronger <P> * Caring for Children<P> * Applying Design<P> * Sewing Basics<P> * Choosing and Caring for Clothing<P> * Promoting Good Health<P> * Nutrition<P> * Exploring Careers

Fact, Fiction, and Flying Saucers: The Truth Behind the Misinformation, Distortion, and Derision by Debunkers, Government Agencies, and Conspiracy Conmen

by Stanton T. Friedman Kathleen Marden

There is a clear conspiracy to deny the existence of UFOs.The mainstream media has misinformed us for years about UFO studies conducted by highly regarded scientists associated with some of the finest universities in the country. There is significant evidence that the U.S. government has covered up the alien presence through misinformation, distortion, obfuscation, and ridicule. Some prominent, politically connected scientists have engaged in the cover up. And a few professional writers have helped to successfully label any scientists who have been persuaded by the evidence and brave enough to take a stand as unscientific charlatans, fanatics, and kooks.Fact, Fiction, and Flying Saucers examines the wealth of archival documents that clearly demonstrate this cooperative disinformation effort and refute the false claims made by these professional scoffers. Friedman and Marden set the record straight by examining politically motivated misinformation and presenting the compelling evidence that separates fact from fiction. They reveal:The most compelling UFO evidence, including a variety of large-scale scientific studies.The current state of UFOlogy and what the future holds.The media’s role in disclosure and denial.The government scientists whose job it is to deny.The Air Force, FBI, CIA, and NSA’s involvement.

Factor microbio: Cómo utilizar las enzimas y los microbios de tu cuerpo para proteger tu salud

by Hiromi Shinya

Prominent Japanese-American gastroenterologist Heromi Shinya shows you how to boost your innate immunity in this follow-up to his bestseller, The Enzyme Factor. Here he shows how cells protect and cleanse themselves and how we can turn the trillions of bacteria that live inside us to our benefit. Dr. Shinya also explains the truth about popular diets, what works and what doesn't and why.

The Facts of Nutrition

by Prof. Hilton Hotema

This book written by noted breatharian-fruitarian Prof. Hilton Hotema the facts of nutirition are laid bare. In this bretharian explanation, the author explains his secrets of healthy eating, long life and health in balance with the boy’s intended purpose.

Fadeaway

by E. B. Vickers

When a high school basketball star goes missing, a town's secrets are exposed in this edge-of-your seat, addictive read.At 8:53 pm, thousands of people watched as Jake Foster secured the state title for his basketball team with his signature fadeaway. But by the next morning, he's disappeared without a trace. Nobody has any idea where he is: not his best friend who knows him better than anyone else, not his ex-girlfriend who may still have feelings for him, not even his little brother who never expected Jake to abandon him. Rumors abound regarding Jake's whereabouts. Was he abducted? Did he run away to try to take his game to the next level? Or is it something else, something darker--something they should have seen coming? Told from the points of view of those closest to Jake, this gripping, suspenseful novel reminds us that the people we think we know best are sometimes hiding the most painful secrets.

Faded Denim: Color Me Trapped (TrueColors #9)

by Melody Carlson

All of Emily's friends seem so perfect: skinny and pretty and fun and flirty. Emily loathes her slightly overweight body, and as her secret bitterness begins to eat away at her soul, she faces the dark prospect of developing an eating disorder. A serious issue affecting girls everywhere presented in fiction form. Includes discussion questions.

The Faerie's Guide to Green Magick from the Garden

by Jamie Wood Lisa Steinke

Green magick, or stewardship of the earth, begins right in our own backyards. When we cultivate an herb garden--even if it's just a few potted plants on a sunny windowsill--we are tending living, sentient beings who respond to our intention, our energy, and our tender loving care. The "fae" (faerie) essence residing at the heart of each nurtured plant manifests in its foliage, flowers, fragrance, and flavor, and its unique healing, nourishing, and restorative properties. In The Faeries' Guide to Green Magick from the Garden author and free-fae-spirit Jamie Wood offers fresh, faerie-centric profiles of thirty-three familiar medicinal and culinary herbs accompanied by recipes for natural healing remedies, earth-friendly beauty products, and tasty treats. Fantasy artist Lisa Steinke pairs each herb with a vibrant portrait of its personality--its unique faerie signature--in her lyrical poetry and luminous paintings. With blissful blessings, magickal meditations, and zesty spells sprinkled throughout, The Faeries Guide to Green Magick from the Garden will help you get in touch with your own fae spirit and explore the earthly--and earthy--delights of your own garden. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Fai Ritornare Il Tuo Ex: La Guida Suprema Su Come Far Ritornare Il Tuo Ex Velocemente

by James Argove

Mandare SMS è una di quelle cose che possono andare tutte nel modo giusto eppure così sbagliate. Ma ancora di più quando la persona amata ha deciso di chiudere le cose con te. In questa guida sono qui per dirvi che esiste un semplice sistema passo-passo che ogni persona può utilizzare per far ritornare l’ex. . . Sì, è possibile! Quindi, anche se potresti essere temporaneamente andata per la tua strada, potresti star seduta lì a chiedermi come far ritornare il tuo ex. Ci sono tanti modi in cui questo può essere realizzato. Ci sono anche molte azioni che possono allontanarlo da te. Scorri fino alla parte superiore della pagina e seleziona il pulsante Acquista ora.

Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds and What We Can Do About It

by Jane M. Healy

In this comprehensive, practical, and unsettling look at computers in children's lives, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., questions whether computers are really helping or harming children's development. Once a bedazzled enthusiast of educational computing but now a troubled skeptic, Dr. Healy examines the advantages and drawbacks of computer use for kids at home and school, exploring its effects on children's health, creativity, brain development, and social and emotional growth. Today, the Federal Government allocates scarce educational funding to wire every classroom to the Internet, software companies churn out "educational" computer programs even for preschoolers, and school administrators cut funding and space for books, the arts, and physical education to make room for new computer hardware. It is past the time to address these issues. Many parents and even some educators have been sold on the idea that computer literacy is as important as reading and math. Those who haven't hopped on the techno bandwagon are left wondering whether they are shortchanging their children's education or their students' futures. Few people stop to consider that computers, used incorrectly, may do far more harm than good. New technologies can be valuable educational tools when used in age-appropriate ways by properly trained teachers. But too often schools budget insufficiently for teacher training and technical support. Likewise, studies suggest that few parents know how to properly assist children's computer learning; much computer time at home may be wasted time, drawing children away from other developmentally important activities such as reading, hobbies, or creative play. Moreover, Dr. Healy finds that much so-called learning software is more "edutainment" than educational, teaching students more about impulsively pointing and clicking for some trivial goal than about how to think, to communicate, to imagine, or to solve problems. Some software, used without careful supervision, may also have the potential to interrupt a child's internal motivation to learn. Failure to Connect is the first book to link children's technology use to important new findings about stages of child development and brain maturation, which are clearly explained throughout. It illustrates, through dozens of concrete examples and guidelines, how computers can be used successfully with children of different age groups as supplements to classroom curricula, as research tools, or in family projects. Dr. Healy issues strong warnings, however, against too early computer use, recommending little or no exposure before age seven, when the brain is primed to take on more abstract challenges. She also lists resources for reliable reviews of child-oriented software, suggests questions parents should ask when their children are using computers in school, and discusses when and how to manage computer use at home. Finally, she offers a thoughtful look at the question of which skills today's children will really need for success in a technological future -- and how they may best acquire them. Based on years of research into learning and hundreds of hours of interviews and observations with school administrators, teachers, parents, and students, Failure to Connect is a timely and eye-opening examination of the central questions we must confront as technology increasingly influences the way we educate our children.

Fairies: Discover the Magical World of the Nature Spirits (Hay House Basics Ser.)

by Flavia Peters

Awaken the mystery of the old ways and restore balance and harmony in your life by connecting with the magical world of the nature spirits.Fairies are nature spirits and the guardian angels of the natural world. Flavia Kate Peters has been communing with them since childhood and is a wisdom keeper of the fairy realm. In this book, she introduces readers to the mysterious fairy world and explains how fairies can work with those who have a love of nature, an affinity to healing or a belief in a world beyond our own.You will discover: •Where to find fairies and how to communicate with them •Spells, meditations, invocations and exercises for connecting to fairy energy •The different types of fairies –gnomes, sylphs, salamanders and undines – and their roles •Rituals for receiving help and healing from the fairies •Ceremonies to strengthen your connection to the natural world

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