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Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth
by Stephen Harrod BuhnerA manual for opening the doors of perception and directly engaging the intelligence of the Natural World • Provides exercises to directly perceive and interact with the complex, living, self-organizing being that is Gaia • Reveals that every life form on Earth is highly intelligent and communicative • Examines the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, psychotropic plants and fungi, and the human species In Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm, Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals that all life forms on Earth possess intelligence, language, a sense of I and not I, and the capacity to dream. He shows that by consciously opening the doors of perception, we can reconnect with the living intelligences in Nature as kindred beings, become again wild scientists, nondomesticated explorers of a Gaian world just as Goethe, Barbara McClintock, James Lovelock, and others have done. For as Einstein commented, “We cannot solve the problems facing us by using the same kind of thinking that created them.” Buhner explains how to use analogical thinking and imaginal perception to directly experience the inherent meanings that flow through the world, that are expressed from each living form that surrounds us, and to directly initiate communication in return. He delves deeply into the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, psychotropic plants and fungi, and, most importantly, the human species itself. He shows that human beings are not a plague on the planet, they have a specific ecological function as important to Gaia as that of plants and bacteria. Buhner shows that the capacity for depth connection and meaning-filled communication with the living world is inherent in every human being. It is as natural as breathing, as the beating of our own hearts, as our own desire for intimacy and love. We can change how we think and in so doing begin to address the difficulties of our times.
Plant Seed, Pull Weed: Nurturing the Garden of Your Life
by Geri LarkinGardens have often been used as metaphors for spiritual nurturing and growth. Zen rock gardens, monastery rose gardens, even your grandmother's vegetable garden all have been described as places of refuge and reflection. Drawing on her experience working at Seattle's premier gardening center, Zen teacher Geri Larkin shows how the act of gardening can help you uncover your inner creativity, enthusiasm, vigilance, and joy. As your garden grows, so will your spirit.Larkin takes you through the steps of planning, planting, nurturing, and maintaining a garden while offering funny stories and inspiring lessons on what plants can teach us about our lives. As soothing as a bowl of homemade vegetable soup, Plant Seed, Pull Weed will entertain, charm, and inspire you to get your hands dirty and dig deep to cultivate your inner self.
Plant Spirit Reiki: Energy Healing with the Elements of Nature
by Fay JohnstoneEnrich your Reiki practice by connecting with the healing spirit of plants and the natural world • Explores a new way of channeling Reiki energy for both personal healing and professional practice by intuitively connecting with plants and the natural world • Provides simple exercises, meditations, and Reiki practices to help the reader intuitively work in partnership with plants as part of their Reiki practice • Emphasizes healing exchange with plants and the self-practice of Reiki in partnership with the spirit of plants to heal our essential nature • Explains how to raise the vibration of your community and the world by connecting with green spaces, nature beings, and habitats under threat In this practical workbook, Fay Johnstone demonstrates how energy healers and Reiki practitioners can partner with plant spirit allies and the forces of nature for powerful healing for themselves, others, and our planet. She explains how to include plants and nature in your Reiki practice, both the spiritual/etheric components of plants and the physical plants themselves. She offers many practical exercises, techniques, and meditations as well as case studies and personal experiences to show how best to harness the power of plants on all levels, along with other energy flows, to support the healing process in much the same way that crystals are used as energetic healing aids. She explains how plants connect with the Reiki principles and explores plant spirit allies, chakra work, and healing with the elements of nature. She details how to enhance self-healing and Reiki treatments for others through &“bringing the outside in,&” creating a healing space, use of plant preparations, and other sacred forms of plant medicine. Fay also explores how to support the healing of plants and nature itself through your Reiki/healing practice. She provides guidance on how to raise the vibration of your home and community, how to impact nature positively with regard to climate change, and how to send distance healing to the Earth, nature beings, and endangered habitats across the world. She inspires you to reach out to the vital force that flows through the natural world and open your intuition to discover guidance and support from nature. By deepening our conscious cooperation and partnership with nature and the plant kingdom, in a sacred healing way, we come to recognize that in healing ourselves, we are also healing our Earth.
Plant Teachers: Ayahuasca, Tobacco, and the Pursuit of Knowledge
by Jeremy NarbyA trailblazing anthropologist and an indigenous Amazonian healer explore the convergence of science and shamanism &“The dose makes the poison,&” says an old adage, reminding us that substances have the potential to heal or to harm, depending on their use. Although Western medicine treats tobacco as a harmful addictive drug, it is considered medicinal by indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest. In its unadulterated form, it holds a central place in their repertoire of traditional medicines. Along with ayahuasca, tobacco forms a part of treatments designed to heal the body, stimulate the mind, and inspire the soul with visions. In Plant Teachers, anthropologist Jeremy Narby and traditional healer Rafael Chanchari Pizuri hold a cross-cultural dialogue that explores the similarities between ayahuasca and tobacco, the role of these plants in indigenous cultures, and the hidden truths they reveal about nature. Juxtaposing and synthesizing two worldviews, Plant Teachers invites readers on a wide-ranging journey through anthropology, botany, and biochemistry, while raising tantalizing questions about the relationship between science and other ways of knowing.
Plant Your Flag: The Seven Secrets to Winning
by Carolyn J. RiveraWithin Plant Your Flag, readers learn leadership skills to rise above the status quo, leadership to take a stand, and leadership to do whatever it takes to achieve their vision. Every day people are faced with challenges. These challenges range from everyday inconveniences and temporary setbacks to the really big challenges of life – the kind that have the potential to affect the whole trajectory of a person’s life. No matter what the challenges are that one faces, these challenges can define them or defeat them. But there’s hope because every individual gets to decide how their story plays out. Carolyn J Rivera knows this first-hand—the discouragement of defeat as well as the empowering realization that every person has within themselves the ability to overcome life’s greatest challenges when they have a clear-cut vision of what they are pursuing. Through personal stories, relatable examples, and specific calls to action, Plant Your Flag breaks down the steps necessary to win in today’s ever-changing environment professionally and personally. Carolyn participated in the most grueling reality TV show of all time, “Survivor”, and came in second place. Within Plant Your Flag, she breaks down the formula to achieve VICTORY in all of life’s endeavors.
Plantas chamánicas: viajes por los aromas terapéuticos
by Sylvia Galleguillos TapiaUn recorrido por las características terapéuticas de diversos aromas ¿De qué manera el aroma de las plantas puede influir en nuestro bienestar general? ¿Cómo es el proceso de transmisión del perfume de la planta? ¿Cuál es el poder del aroma y de qué forma nos permite entrar en otro estado de consciencia? ¿Por qué podemos considerar al aroma «la voz» o «el alma» de la planta y nuestra comunicación con ellas «un viaje íntimo»? Sylvia Galleguillos, referente del Feng Shui y el aromaterapia mundial, comparte de qué modo las fragancias la han acompañado en sus diversas rutas chamánicas. Un recorrido por sus vivencias como maestra y, también, un manual de las características curativas de las mismas plantas: su historia, tradición, propiedades tangibles, e incluso, testimonios en primera personas de las distintas experiencias terapéuticas.
Plantas para ser feliz: Autocuidado y plantfulness para calmar la mente
by Eva DuránUna invitación a descubrir el plantfulness®, una especie de «yoga mental» para desconectar de la vorágine del día a día y cuidarte mientras cuidas tus plantas y experimentas con ellas. «Las plantas nos dan paz y son refugio, nos conectan con la naturaleza, cuidan de nosotros, embellecen nuestra vida cotidiana y nos ayudan a olvidar los problemas y a relajarnos tras un día de trabajo... Todos los que tenemos plantas en casa hemos experimentado estos beneficios y esta sensación de bienestar». Nos gustan las plantas y nos encanta pasar tiempo con ellas, pero ¿por qué nos sentimos tan bien cuando nos rodeamos de naturaleza? En las páginas de este libro hablamos de la biofilia y de ese vínculo tan especial que tenemos con el medio natural, así como de los efectos que este tiene sobre nuestra salud física y mental. En este libro, fundamental para plantlovers, hay indicaciones sobre cuidados de plantas y también vamos a tocar mucha tierra, trasplantando con recetas de sustratos. Jugaremos con musgo y kokedamas, aprenderemos a propagar y a hacer miniinvernaderos y conoceremos algunas otras actividades plantásticas que podrás descubrir y hacer a diario, si tú también quieres practicar el plantfulness, esa práctica que está cautivando a miles de amantes de las plantas de interior.
Planted with a Purpose: God Turns Pressure into Power
by T. D. Jakes#1 New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes wrestles with the age-old questions: Why do the righteous suffer? Where is God in all the injustice?Bishop Jakes wants to encourage you that God uses difficult, crushing experiences to prepare you for unexpected blessings. If you are faithful through suffering, you will be surprised by God's joy, comforted by His peace, and fulfilled with His purpose.In this book--small and portable enough to fit in a purse, suitcase, backpack, briefcase, or even a pocket--PLANTED WITH A PURPOSE will inspire you to have hope, even in your most difficult moments. If you trust in God and lean on Him during setbacks, He will lead you through.
Plantilla de Exito Empresarial de Noé
by Yinka AkintundeLa plantilla de éxito empresarial de Noé es una obra maestra para abrir los corazones de los lectores al concepto de capital en todo y en cada situación de la vida. Aprovechar el capital disponible para la creación de empresas siempre ha sido el mandamiento de construcción de imperios de nuestro mundo. Está a un paso del descubrimiento o conversión de capital para el éxito de su empresa.
Plastic Donuts: Giving That Delights the Heart of the Father
by Jeff AndersonOnce you see your gifts from God's perspective, your giving will never be the same. When she was a toddler, Jeff Anderson's daughter opened his eyes to how delighted God is with our gifts. She brought him a plastic donut from her play kitchen, and he was surprised by the intensity of his reaction. His delight in receiving this simple gift--and his daughter's joy in giving it--led him to dig deeper. Anderson would not rest until he found the scriptural connection between our gifts and God's heart. Plastic Donuts removes the awkwardness and uncertainty that often accompany discussions about giving. Now you can think differently-and biblically-about what and how you give. Your gifts can capture God's attention and connect you more intimately with His heart. Plastic Donuts brings everyone--leaders and followers, teachers and learners--onto the same page. From the Hardcover edition.
Plastikfrei leben für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Karolin KuntzelSind bei Ihnen die gelben Säcke und Wertstofftonnen auch immer prall gefüllt? Möchten Sie diesen Plastikmüllberg reduzieren und nachhaltiger leben? Das ist gar nicht so schwer, wie die Autorin Karolin Küntzel in diesem Buch zeigt. Lebensmittel und Shampoo gibt es auch ohne lästige Plastikverpackung und selbst für Funktionskleidung und Bodenbeläge gibt es Alternativen ohne Kunststoff. Dabei ist ein plastikfreies Leben nicht unbedingt teurer oder besonders aufwendig, wenn man weiß, welche "Ersatzprodukte" es gibt und wo man sie bekommt. Beginnen Sie bei den kleinen Dingen und kaufen Sie beispielsweise loses Obst und Gemüse ein. Gehen Sie in Ihrem eigenen Tempo Schritt für Schritt voran und verbannen Sie nach und nach immer mehr Plastik aus Ihrem Haushalt. Ihr ökologischer Fußabdruck wird es Ihnen danken.
The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success
by Bob Sullivan Hugh ThompsonThe Plateau Effect is a powerful law of nature that affects everyone. Learn to identify plateaus and break through any stagnancy in your life-- from diet and exercise, to work, to relationships. <P><P> The Plateau Effect shows how athletes, scientists, therapists, companies, and musicians around the world are learning to break through their plateaus--to turn off the forces that cause people to "get used to" things--and turn on human potential and happiness in ways that seemed impossible. The book identifies three key flattening forces that generate plateaus, two principles to guide readers in engineering a plateau's destruction, and three actions to take to achieve peak behavior. It helps us to stop wasting time on things that are no longer of value and to focus on the things that leverage our time and energy in spectacular ways. <P> Anything you want to do better--play guitar, make friends, communicate with your children, run a business--you can accomplish faster by understanding the plateau effect.
Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding
by Cynthia JohnsonThe indispensable guide to developing a personal brand, finding an audience, and nurturing followers, by digital marketing thought-leader Cynthia Johnson. In the modern world, influence is everything and personal branding equals influence. Platform is the why-to, how-to handbook by top expert Cynthia Johnson for everyone who wants to develop and manage a personal brand. In Platform, Johnson explains the process of going from unknown to influencer by achieving personal proof, social proof, recognition, and association. Johnson herself went from an on-staff social media manager to social media influencer, entrepreneur, and marketing thought-leader in just three years using her process of accelerated brand development, continuous brand management, and strategic growth. Fans of #GirlBoss and #AskGaryVee, who wonder how their favorite influencers found their voices and built their audiences, will find the answers here and discover that the process is technical, creative, tactical, and much easier than they might have expected.
Platinum Faith: Live Brilliant, Be Resilient, & Know Your Worth
by Bethany Jett Michelle Medlock AdamsPlatinum – A gorgeous metal with amazing qualities inspires faith. Platinum, known as a “magic metal” is valuable, rare, unreactive, and highly useful in many ways. In Platinum Faith: Live Brilliant, Be Resilient, and Know Your Worth Michelle Medlock Adams and Bethany Jett, best-selling authors and inspirational speakers, examine the unique properties of Platinum and how readers can be inspired by those properties to improve their walk of faith. Properties Explored Include: Valuable: Realize our importance to the Father and His Kingdom in order to accomplish all that God has called us to do. Rare: It is difficult and therefore, rare, to live our lives believing God, trusting His plan, and walking in faith every day. Unreactive: Choose to not react to the negativity in life, but only to the life-giving Word of God. Useful: Each of us in the Body of Christ have different purposes and strengths—all of us are important and useful to the Kingdom. That is Platinum Faith. Includes a forward from best-selling author Victoria Osteen. Product Features Each chapter focuses on one platinum property and how it relates to a woman’s faith walk. Readers learn to understand their worth, believe in God’s plan for them, and believe only in the life-giving Word of God. Book includes leader helps for group study.
The Platinum Rule: Discover the Four Basic Business Personalities andHow They Can Lead You to Success
by Tony Alessandra Michael J. O'ConnorIn this entertaining and thought-provoking book, Tony Alessandra and Michael O'Connor argue that the "Golden Rule" is not always the best way to approach people. Rather, they propose the Platinum Rule: "Do unto others as "they'd" like done unto them". In other words, find out what makes people tick and go from there.
Plato, Not Prozac!: Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
by Lou MarinoffIf you're facing a dilemma -- whether it's handling a relationship, living ethically, dealing with a career change, or finding meaning in life -- the world's most important thinkers from centuries past will help guide you toward a solution compatible with your individual beliefs. From Kirkegaard's thoughts on coping with death to the I Ching's guidelines on adapting to change, Plato, Not Prozac! makes philosophy accessible and shows you how to use it to solve your everyday problems.Gone is the need for expensive therapists, medication, and lengthy analysis. Clearly organized by common problems to help you tailor Dr. Lou Marinoff's advice to your own needs, this is an intelligent, effective, and persuasive prescription for self-healing therapy that is giving psychotherapy a run for its money.
Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends
by Marisa G. FrancoIs understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding &“your people&” in an ever-more-fragmented world?How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between us—for example, why your friends aren&’t texting you back (it&’s not because they hate you!), and the myth of &“friendships happening organically&” (making friends, like cultivating any relationship, requires effort!). As Dr. Franco explains, to make and keep friends you must understand your attachment style—secure, anxious, or avoidant: it is the key to unlocking what&’s working (and what&’s failing) in your friendships.Making new friends, and deepening longstanding relationships, is possible at any age—in fact, it&’s essential. The good news: there are specific, research-based ways to improve the number and quality of your connections using the insights of attachment theory and the latest scientific research on friendship. Platonic provides a clear and actionable blueprint for forging strong, lasting connections with others—and for becoming our happiest, most fulfilled selves in the process.
Play
by Stuart Brown Christopher VaughanRead Stuart Brown's posts on the Penguin Blog. From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling our happiness and intelligence throughout our lives We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. We are designed by nature to flourish through play. Dr. Brown has spent his career studying animal behavior and conducting more than six- thousand "play histories" of humans from all walks of life-from serial murderers to Nobel Prize winners. Backed by the latest research, Play (20,000 copies in print) explains why play is essential to our social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve and more. Particularly in tough times, we need to play more than ever, as it's the very means by which we prepare for the unexpected, search out new solutions, and remain optimistic. A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology, psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work we can ever do.
Play (Reflections)
by Marc Malmdorf AndersenA short but engaging look at why play is so important for people of all ages and how it can help us become better, more creative adults.In Play, Marc Malmdorf Andersen argues that playing is not just for kids and the young at heart. He explains how it is something of a scientific process, and how tinkering with one hare-brained idea after another can help us become better, more creative adults. When we play, we develop trust and intimacy, solve problems, and explore our own minds and the world around us. Malmdorf Andersen charts the evolution of play and evaluates the research in developmental psychology and biology that supports his claim. By defining different types of play, he reveals the close relationships between play and learning and between creativity and innovation.ReflectionsIn Reflections, a series copublished with Denmark's Aarhus University Press, scholars deliver 60-page reflections on a key concept that encapsulates their years of study and research. These books present unique insights on a wide range of topics and concepts—everything from love, trust, and play to corruption, welfare, and sleep—that entertain and enlighten readers with exciting discoveries and new perspectives.
Play: una obra de Jed McKenna
by Jed Mckenna Noelia Jiménez DíazDescripción del libro: Es lo que es, según dicen, pero... ¿lo es? Jed McKenna ha sido siempre más de destruir preguntas que de responderlas, de modo que no es de extrañar que Play tenga más preguntas que respuestas. De hecho, podría verse como una progresión a través de las etapas de la autoindagación, en la que cada una de las siete escenas nos lleva un poco más lejos en el viaje hacie el interior; las primeras escenas plantean las preguntas y las últimas se fijan en aquellos que hacen las preguntas, mostrándonos, prometiéndonos, advirtiéndonos, a dónde lleva realmente la indagación honesta e implacable. Pero, ¿quién –plantea Jed-- quiere ir realmente a dónde lleva este camino? En este viaje, quien uno es cambia a cada paso, y dar el siguiente paso es lo importante. Al final, Play es lo que es. ¿O no...? Tal vez es el viaje de la vida examinada o tal vez no es más que una obrita juguetona. Por supuesto, en última instancia, Play, igual que la vida, igual que cualquier cosa, es lo que quiera que sea para usted.
The Play Ethic: A Manifesto for a Different Way of Living
by Pat KaneThe Play Ethic explores the real meaning of play and shows how a more playful society would revolutionize and liberate our daily lives. Using wide and varied sources from the Enlightenment to Eminem, Socrates to Chaos theory, Kierkegaard to Karaoke, this book shows how play is fundamental to both society and to the individual, and how the work ethic that has dominated the last three centuries is ill-equipped to deal with the modern world.
Play Life More Beautifully
by Andrew Harvey Seymour BernsteinThis inspiring book based on a series of passionate and illuminating conversations between two dear friends discusses everything from God, music, friendship, teaching, death, and more. One friend is religious scholar, poet, and teacher of mystical traditions, Andrew Harvey. The other is acclaimed pianist, composer, and teacher Seymour Bernstein. At 87 and going strong, Seymour has become an inspiration to thousands of people across the country thanks to the recently released and critically acclaimed documentary Seymour: An Introduction, which led to the idea for this book. In Conversations with Seymour, readers will learn more about themselves through the insight observations of Bernstein and Harvey.
The Play of Your Life: Your Program for Finding the Career of Your Dreams--And a Step-by-Step Guide to Making It a Reality
by Colleen A. Sabatino<p><i>Play of Your Life</i> is not just a how-to it is your own portable career-coach. While other books may promise to help you land the job of your dreams, Colleen Sabatino trumps that. She opens your eyes to the possibilities you've not yet imagined. The book offers a 2-step program. Part One guides readers through a series of engaging self-assessment quizzes and diagnostic steps to help each individual recognize their dream and translate that into a career path. Part Two is master class on the tactical steps toward making that dream a reality. <p>Colleen Sabatino is enjoying nationwide recognition as a career counselor. Her seminars and corporate consulting sessions are so popular that MBA programs are planning to adopt her book as part of their curriculum. From setting the stage, to crafting the life-script that will open the necessary doors, Sabatino's program affords the secret to becoming a star in your own life.</p>
Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation
by Patrick Bateson Paul MartinWhat role does playful behaviour and playful thought take in animal and human development? How does play relate to creativity and, in turn, to innovation? Unravelling the different meanings of 'play', this book focuses on non-aggressive playful play. The authors emphasise its significance for development and evolution, before examining the importance of playfulness in creativity. This discussion sheds new light on the links between creativity and innovation, distinguishing between the generation of novel behaviour and ideas on the one hand, and the implementation of these novelties on the other. The authors then turn to the role of play in the development of the child and to parallels between play, humour and dreaming, along with the altered states of consciousness generated by some psychoactive drugs. A final chapter looks forward to future research and to what remains to be discovered in this fascinating and important field.
Play Therapy Activities for Mindfulness: 80 Play-Based Exercises to Improve Emotional Regulation and Strengthen the Parent-Child Connection
by Melissa LaVigneHelp kids ages 3 to 9 cultivate mindfulness with the power of play Managing emotions and maintaining focus are critical skills for growing children—and they learn them best through mindful play. With fun games and exercises, Play Therapy Activities for Mindfulness helps children learn the skills they need to connect with themselves and others. 80 mindfulness activities—Practice mindfulness while having fun with activities that encourage kids to dance, experiment with food, play hide-and-seek, and more! Proven therapy techniques—Kids will learn impulse control, self-awareness, and emotional regulation using proven play therapy activities created by a registered therapist. Easy, guided instructions—Detailed activity instructions and tips for success make play therapy simple. Pick up this book today and teach kids mindfulness while they play.