Health/Self-Care

Living in an age of heightened anxiety and stress, it is crucial to understand the physical, mental, and emotional effects these negative forces have on us so that we can take control of our lives. Anxiety and mindfulness coach Amanda Huggins presents a comprehensive guide that enables you to fully understand your own patterns and break free of these harmful cycles. Anxiety to Empowerment provides a complete course to unstick yourself from stress. With visualizations and journal prompts, you will identify your own habits, anxiety triggers, and tendencies for self-sabotage. Then, you will be gently guided through exercises, meditations, yoga poses, and other activities to tap into your soul's inherent wisdom. With this book, you can transform your stress into clear boundaries, healing, and success.

Inside each bottle of essential oil lies the key to beauty, health, and wellbeing-and this comprehensive illustrated reference contains all the information needed to work aromatherapy’s magic. It includes complete instructions for skin and body treatments; recipes for creams and lotions; remedies to overcome negative emotions; advice on psychic cleansing; and techniques to enhance meditation and massages of all kinds. There are first aid therapies to relieve simple ailments, and to use during pregnancy and with babies, children, and the elderly. A Directory of Essential Oils gives the properties and applications of 75 common and exotic oils.

Renew Your Essence through the Divine Power of Fragrance Fragrances possess a unique ability to evoke emotions, memories, and visions. Since the dawn of time spiritual traditions as diverse as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Shinto, and Buddhism have used fragrances to enhance the experience of the Divine. With Aromatherapy for the Soul, world-renowned aromatherapist Valerie Ann Worwood has created a comprehensive guide to the use of essential oils and aromas to enhance spiritual practice. Originally published as The Fragrant Heavens, this groundbreaking book draws equally upon the pioneering research of eminent scientists and the insights of leading spiritual teachers. Extensive charts and exercises demonstrate how to use fragrance in healing, prayer, and meditation and in conjunction with vibrational and energetic healing. This extraordinary guide covers more than seventy essential oils and will help you call upon the divine power of fragrance to enrich your spiritual journey.

Hardcover. Tailor your self-care routine to your astrological sign and governing element. There are astrology basics, plus hundreds of ideas for sign-specific self-care that will have you feeling relaxed in no time. For Aries, sweat some friendly competition and get a sports massage. For a water sign, try a soak in a hot tub. Sagittarians stuck at home can travel vicariously with a good book. Enjoy some star-powered rejuvenation! 

Make Ayurveda an indispensable part of your everyday self-care routine with this step-by-step guide to holistic balance and wellness. 

For a natural approach to self-healing, alternative medicine, and wellness, expert Sonja Shah-Williams has tailored remedies including Ayurveda recipes, skincare, yoga, and mindful meditation techniques. 

New science has provided evidence that the effectiveness of Ayurveda as a view of the world based on ancient beliefs that everything is connected and that balance is the key to wellbeing. Ayurveda focuses on the prevention of disease by focusing on anti-inflammatory diets, mindful meditation, and massages. This practical guide is an ayurvedic consultation at your disposal.

This little self-care book will take you on a breathtaking journey of holistic healing. It begins by unpacking what Ayurveda is and the benefits of the practice. This reference book includes wellness practices designed to uplift the mind, body, and spirit and healing treatments designed to address, relieve, and help cure a range of common conditions. 

Your Essential Ayurveda Toolkit for Self-Care in the Modern World 

Ayurveda combines spiritual practices and self-care strategies. Take control of your wellness and heal yourself. Follow step-by-step massage routines, recipes, yoga, meditation, and skincare routines designed to deliver maximum benefit to you.

Harness the power of holistic living and self-healing with this reference book and learn:



   • What Ayurveda is and the benefits of the practice
   • Easy to follow, step by step illustrated guide to Ayurvedic practices 
   • How to easily incorporate these practices into daily life
   • Ayurvedic recipes, diet, and recipe tips
   • What ingredients and equipment you will need to get started

Learn how to be your most spellbinding self, inside and out, through every stage of your life with this full-color book of beauty and wellness secrets. Alise Marie guides you into the beauty witch's inner sanctum, where you'll find empowerment and practical magick that elevates your routine from a monotonous chore to a sensual ceremony.Discover potent potions, joyous rituals, healing brews, and stylish cocktails to achieve ageless beauty and seductive confidence. Create plant-powered elixirs, oils, creams, and face masks that give you irresistibly smooth skin and gorgeous hair. Align with the cycles of the moon, explore the power of nature, and connect with beauty-related goddesses. Time-tested and visibly effective, these recipes and rituals reveal the enchanted beauty that is your birthright.

Cultures around the world have long used bathing and bathhouses to connect with Spirit and to promote personal wellness and cultural milestones. The Book of Sacred Baths shows how to use this wonderfully relaxing practice to create transformation in your love life, career, health, and spirit. Discover everything you need to know about the history of sacred baths, the healing medium of water, meditations and prayers, creating intention, essential oils and crystals, visualization, Law of Attraction, and much more.

Discover 52 recipes for sacred baths, one for each week of the year. Each bath recipe is tailored to a specific emotional or spiritual need, and helps you align your thoughts, feelings, and emotions to attract your highest good. Use essential oils, crystals, candles, and color therapy along with visualization and ritual practice to raise your vibration and release negative energy down the drain.

A necessary resource for anyone interested in alternative approaches to healing and lifestyle, this new edition contains more than 800 easy-to-follow recipes for essential oil treatments. No one has provided more thorough and accurate guidance to the home practitioner or professional aromatherapist than Valerie Ann Worwood.

In her clear and positive voice, Worwood provides tools to address a huge variety of health issues, including specific advice for children, women, men, and seniors. Other sections cover self-defense against microbes and contaminants, emotional challenges, care for the home and workplace, and applications for athletes, dancers, travelers, cooks, gardeners, and animal lovers. Worwood also offers us her expertise in the use of essential oils in beauty and spa treatments, plus profiles of 125 essential oils, 37 carrier oils, and more.

Since the publication of the first edition of this book 25 years ago, the positive impact of essential oil use has become increasingly recognized, as scientific researchers throughout the world have explored essential oils and their constituents for their unique properties and uses.

One of the secrets of real magic is that it is controlled by the mind. The more things in your ritual to help your mind associate with your goal, the more powerful your ritual may be. Colored candles, scented oils, natural incenses, and more all add to the impact of the magic you wish to do. But how do you know which incense to burn? Is it possible to add scented oils together to get a more powerful oil? And how do you make your own, appropriately-scented tools?

The answers to questions like these and hundreds more can be found in The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews by world-famous author Scott Cunningham. This is a greatly expanded and rewritten version of The Magic of Incenses, Oils and Brews. It includes over 100 new formulas, proportions for each element of the recipes (the most requested feature from his previous book), how to substitute ingredients, and much more. Besides the formulas, it also includes the exact methods of making all of these scented tools, including how to extract the essences from the herbs.

Each one of the formulas is precise and easy to make. Do you need luck? Take 2 parts vetivert, 2 parts allspice, 1 part nutmeg, and 1 part calamus, grind them together as finely as possible, then sprinkle the powder in a circle around you, beginning and ending in the East and moving clockwise. Sit within this circle and absorb the powder's energies. Also included are other ways to use magical powders that will have you coming up with your own ideas for them, too.

There is a legion of recipes for incenses. There are three for the sun and two for consecrating talismans. There are incenses for each of the astrological signs and ones to help you study better and gain success. You'll also find incenses for each of the planetary influences. There are four for Saturn alone!

This compendium of magical lore is a vital tool for every magical person on any magical path, whether you are a beginner or an expert.

Tap into the power of nature and learn how to unleash your inner magic to navigate modern-day life and the issues the universe throws at you. Curative Magic shows you how to work with the tools that witchcraft provides, including spells, rituals, and herbs as well as meditation and recipes. Nature is incredibly clever - plants, herbs, crystals, and other natural materials can improve spells, provide guidance, enhance your personal health, and help you work through life's challenges. Kitchen witch and author Rachel Patterson shares her own experiences, personal rituals, recipes, and remedies to help you manage depression, anxiety, insomnia, ailments, and many other common issues we confront.

Reclaim your cycle and support your health with this detailed guide featuring 100+ recipes and practices from RN, and author of How to Grow a Baby, Amy Hammer.

There is no one-size-fits-all guide to your cycle. But registered nurse Amy Hammer arms you with a strong foundation in physiology and hormonal health, explores historical and sociocultural aspects of women’s health, and reimagines the phases of the menstrual cycle as aligning with the four seasons to provide a detailed guide for living well in your body.

Also included are nutritive recipes (kabocha squash curry soup, seed balls, wild salmon congee), supportive movement practices to incorporate into your whole day (abdomen relief stretch, buddy walking, foam rolling), and self-care rituals and recipes (dandelion-infused breast massage oil, alternate nostril breathing) to guide you through each phase of the menstrual cycle and of life—from the young adult and menstruating years to perimenopause and menopause.

Become in tune with your internal rhythm, reclaim the meaning of self-care, and cultivate optimal health for every season of life. This comprehensive, body-literate guide includes:

• 40 nutrient-dense, menstrual-phase specific recipes that support hormonal, emotional, cognitive, gut, and overall health.

• The science behind menstrual cycles and how hormonal fluctuation impacts your brain, breasts, skin, and weight.

• How to track your cycle using fertility awareness methods, allowing you to naturally and effectively avoid or pursue pregnancy.

• Supportive full-body movement, self-care, and nutrition tips that optimize physiological and hormonal health throughout the phases and your lifespan.

This lively A to Z reference guide shows readers how to prepare and use essential oils and use them for healing physically and emotionally. The handy book culls the best of THE COMPLETE BOOK OF ESSENTIAL OILS and organizes every oil into accessible, alphabetical listings. It includes individual oil profiles, applications, and the physical and emotional conditions that warrant their use.

Specific formulas for blending essential oils for a myriad of home and health applications are provided. Detailed treatment suggestions for such special circumstances as pregnancy, children and babies, chronic pain, terminal illness, and pre- and post-operative conditions are included. This is an easy-to use guide for every reader, or a handy reference for those who already use The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy.

Ditch the green smoothies and reconnect with your authentic self using this wellness guide that taps into nature and helps you live your wildest, freest life.

It’s time for a new type of self-care. No bubble baths. No yoga. Just some truly wild—truly effective—ideas and activities that are good for you and your overall wellness. It’s time to get feral!

Feral Self-Care is loaded with self-care ideas that will actually help nourish your soul and make you feel good. Each entry covers an activity that reconnects you with your authentic self, helping you feel more empowered, free, and confident in embracing this human experience—in all its messy glory.

From self-care activities that will have you connecting with nature to those that have you digging deep and exploring your truest self, Feral Self-Care goes beyond the skin creams and face masks to reveal and restore your inner being.

You’ll find inspired ideas such as:
-Nature sounds ASMR
-Dancing in the rain
-Primal screaming
-Creating a chaotic symphony
-And much more!

It’s time to make self-care as wild as you are, and Feral Self-Care is here to help.

This workbook is designed to help highly sensitive people (HSPs) build emotional resilience and thrive in a world that can often feel overwhelming. Through a series of exercises, journaling prompts, and self-care strategies, it teaches individuals how to honor their innate sensitivity, create supportive environments, and develop healthy boundaries in relationships. The workbook also offers practical tools for navigating work life and turning sensitivity into a strength. Personal stories, metaphors, and helpful scripts guide readers in understanding their unique needs and communicating their sensitivity to others. With its accessible format and beautiful design, this workbook provides a supportive and educational resource for those seeking to manage anxiety and embrace their sensitive nature. 

Boost your body's internal ability to defend, perform, and restore with this guide to the 21 most common adaptogens and their healing properties from the team behind Four Sigmatic.

Are you suffering from chronic fatigue, anxiety, digestive, or autoimmune issues? Or are you seeking a simple way to bring whole-body health into your life with a food that is easy to integrate into your everyday routine with no muss, no fuss?

Welcome to the world of adaptogens: nutrient-dense, calorie-sparse superfoods that have been clinically proven to help your body:

• defend your immunity and gut health,
• perform through your cardiovascular and respiratory systems,
• and restore balance through your neuroendocrine system.

By definition, adaptogens are nontoxic, nonspecific (meaning they build adaptive energy rather than exerting a specific effect), and normalizing (meaning there's a balancing bidirectional effect on physiological function). Tero Isokauppila, founder of Four Sigmatic, and registered herbalist Danielle Ryan Broida guide you through the scientific mechanisms and health benefits of the 21 most powerful species of adaptogens, from ashwagandha to chaga to turmeric.

Complete with client case studies and a shopping guide, Healing Adaptogens will educate, inform, inspire, and delight, giving you the tools you need to elevate your daily routine with adaptogens.

We may not realize it, but negative feelings can be as toxic to our health as physical poisons, wearing on us and causing depression, illness, and burnout. In this updated edition of her classic How to Heal Toxic Thoughts, shaman and psychologist Sandra Ingerman reveals the secrets of the ancient alchemists and offers strategies for processing harmful thoughts and emotions and turning spiritual lead into gold. Her methods are simple…but they can change you, others, and the world.

How to Love Yourself (and Sometimes Other People) is a smart, hip guide for spiritual seekers who want to experience more love and stability in relationships of all forms. Told from the unique vantage points of authors Meggan Watterson and Lodro Rinzler, this book explores staying anchored in the foundation of self-love as you navigate the natural (and often stormy) cycle of a relationship. Their dual perspectives as teachers and scholars of Christian mysticism and Buddhism respectively make for a rich and fascinating dialogue that covers everything from sex, self-worth, falling in (and out of) love, deep friendships, and all the way to conscious uncoupling-and how to maintain an open heart through it all.

At its core, this book is about learning to love yourself no matter what. Meggan and Lodro suggest that you are worthy of love, both self-love and the love of others. They aren't experts on how to get that man or lady to fall in love with you, nor are they experts on how to have "the perfect relationship." But they are spiritual teachers who know that relationships have a life of their own, and can speak to the human element of what it means to experience them fully. In the process, they share deeply personal, revealing, honest anecdotes and spiritual practices to assist you with the inevitable ebbs and flow of love in all its manifestations.

Author Tina Chantrey teaches everything you need to know about reflexology to get your life in balance and alleviate common health problems.

Beautiful illustrations and an 18 × 24–inch wall chart of key information combined with easy-to-follow instruction make this the perfect go-to reference.

Combining multiple areas of bodywork, reflexology involves applying pressure to the hands and feet to produce beneficial changes in the body. The underlying principle behind reflexology is that there are “reflex points” on the feet and hands that are connected to organs and body parts by energy. When pressure is applied to these areas, energy blockages are removed and better health results. Learn reflexology to relieve:

• Back pain
• Previous injuries
• Insomnia
• Headaches and migraines
• Digestive disorders
• Arthritis
• Hormone imbalances

The In Focus series applies a modern approach to teaching the classic body, mind, and spirit subjects. Authored by experts in their respective fields, these beginner's guides feature smartly designed visual material that clearly illustrates key topics within each subject. As a bonus, each book includes reference cards or a poster, held in an envelope inside the back cover, that give you a quick, go-to guide containing the most important information on the subject.

Although it is an age-old practice originating in India, yoga is still embraced by many as a means of enhancing physical, mental, and spiritual health. Not only does it calm and strengthen, but yoga can improve flexibility and mental clarity through deep breathing and poses. This accessible introduction presents the history and philosophy of the form, along with basic poses—including Adho Mukha Svanasana/“Downward Facing Dog,” Virabhadrasana/“Warrior,” and Vrksasana/“Tree”—and advice on incorporating them into a daily exercise program.

Denmark is often said to be the happiest country in the world. That's down to one thing: hygge. 'Hygge has been translated as everything from the art of creating intimacy to cosiness of the soul to taking pleasure from the presence of soothing things. My personal favourite is cocoa by candlelight...' You know hygge when you feel it. It is when you are cuddled up on a sofa with a loved one, or sharing comfort food with your closest friends. It is those crisp blue mornings when the light through your window is just right. Who better than Meik Wiking to be your guide to all things hygge? Meik is CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen and has spent years studying the magic of Danish life. In this beautiful, inspiring book he will help you be more hygge: from picking the right lighting and planning a dinner party through to creating an emergency hygge kit and even how to dress. Meik Wiking is the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen. He is committed to finding out what makes people happy and has concluded that hygge is the magic ingredient that makes Danes the happiest nation in the world.

Hardcover book. Filled with tips and activity ideas just for Aquariuses, this book will help you learn the best ways to get in touch with what you need to care for yourself, mind, body, and soul. For birthdays between January 20th and February 18th.

Cancer, this mini guide to self-care was created just for you! With over 100 tips and activities for your self-care routine, this books will inspire you to take some time for yourself to rejuvenate and heal your mind, body, and spirit. Get inspired to create a self-care routine that will leave you enlivened and feeling like your best self!

Hardcover book. Filled with tips and activity ideas just for Capricorns, this book will help you learn the best ways to get in touch with what you need to care for yourself, mind, body, and soul.

Hardcover book. Leo, this little book of wisdom offers tips and ideas for self-care just for you! Read through over 100 activities that will help you feel more at ease and ready to take on life. Your mind, body, and spirit will thank you for taking the time to nourish and heal yourself.

This tiny guide provides Pisces with tips and ideas for fulfilling and rewarding activities and self-care routines! Take some time for yourself and flip through this easily digestible and actionable introduction. No previous knowledge of astrology, or self-care, is necessary so jump right in!

Sagittarius, take a minute to slow down and peruse this little book of tips and ideas for self-care that's been designed just for you! With over 100 activity ideas, you're sure to find something that will fit perfectly into your life and leave you feeling relaxed and rejuvenated. You've got a life to life, Sagittarius! Let this mini guide help you design a self-care routine that will leave you feeling restored, mind, body, and spirit.

Scorpio, spend some time taking care of yourself with this little book of wisdom created just for you! Learn more about your star sign and take your pick of over 100 activities and ideas for self-care that will help you replenish your mind, body, and spirit. Take a little time for yourself, Scorpio, and restore your natural vibrancy.

Hardcover book. Virgo, this little book of wisdom offers tips and ideas for self-care just for you! Read through over 100 activities that will help you feel more at ease and ready to take on life. Your mind, body, and spirit will thank you for taking the time to nourish and heal yourself. August 22 - September 22 birthdays represent!

Explore the fantastically fragrant world of magical oils and enrich your life with their mystical, energizing, and transformative power.

This is the only book available that shows how to select and mix 67 essential oils for a myriad of magical, medicinal, and spiritual applications—arranged alphabetically for ease of use. Bursting with 1,200 original recipes for spells, rituals, and remedies, this comprehensive book also enables you to create your own blends.

Mix potent, all-natural fragrances and tinctures to attract a lover, perform healing work, calm your mind, protect your home, summon inner strength, consecrate ritual tools, celebrate the Sabbats, and achieve anything you wish.

Looking for a little magic to your self-care routine? Need a self-care routine? This is a guide to mindfulness and self-care for teens to empower them to be more confident, magical, and self-reliant in taking care of themselves. This will blend practical and witchy, mystical and the doable to deal with stress, depression, and other challenges in this heavily illustrated guide. This guide suggests things like using tarot, astrology with advice to be mindful and heart centered. This brings in advice that'll go beyond a conventional self-care book, one that will allow somebody already interested in the mystical to employ practical strategies to begin to become more proactive in taking care of oneself. 

This straightforward guide helps you understand how to choose the best oils for your own creative and magical mixing. Not only will you find step-by-step instructions on how to measure, mix, and assess blends, but you will also gain a full understanding of essential and carrier oils and how they work together.

Mixing Essential Oils for Magic is divided into three sections: the historical background of oils and their present-day uses, an encyclopedic listing of plant profiles from which essential and carrier oils come, and thorough cross-references for the oils and their magical associations. Learn about the historical uses of scent in ritual, how to blend oils by botanical family, scent group, perfume note, or magical association, and also how to make unique mixes an integral part of your spiritual and magical practices.

This book is an intriguing guide to being your true self. Self-love has become part of our language, especially the language of women. Self-Love is visually layered with dharma art, expressing the many layers of the complex divine feminine. It offers a visual journey that is like the life of a woman - an intricate tapestry of color and beauty woven with love. The dharma art on each page presents visual, poetic, and practical offerings to guide each reader as they immerse themselves in self-love, compassion, forgiveness, and an expanded perspective.In this Aquarian Age of multi-layered communication, technology, and greater awareness, the human collective is evolving rapidly. This age is all about energy - particularly the expansive energy that is the vibration of true love flooding through our world. As the reader learns about the chakras and the aura, which is used as a container for the understanding of emotions, they will understand how subtle energy within the body can be trusted, harnessed, and utilized for well-being.

The Self-Care Year reveals how to re-connect with your body and mind and engage with your surroundings, how to slow down, live in tune with the seasons, and pay attention to the present moment.

Each season is different and special, bountiful and beautiful in its own unique way. The book is divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter and covers how you can harness the changing seasons and take inspiration from the natural world, with bite-sized self-care practices, projects and mind and body exercises for each chapter.

Offering tips and rituals for better sleep, yoga positions, breathing and meditation exercises, as well as simple craft projects and seasonal affirmations, this book is for those who are seeking a slower pace and want to carve out quiet, mindful moments in their lives. Whether you're a lover of the first buds of spring, a summer sun worshipper, a fan of the fall leaves as the year turns or a winter wonderland devotee, there is something for everyone.

Confront your shadows with Rev. Dr. Michelle Wadleigh's newest book, Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration.

Readers will learn to recognize their inner darkness and embrace the lessons that their shadows can teach them, ultimately turning these shadows into superpowers. Journaling spaces and exercises will help readers live Michelle's lessons, and the book closes with a set of ongoing practices to allow readers to carry the book's wisdom through the rest of their lives.

Based on her own experiences with early childhood trauma, Shadow Work is the culmination of Michelle's hard-earned knowledge of self-love and forgiveness to achieve a life filled with creativity, love, and abundance. For anyone ready to explore and embrace the darkest parts of themselves, Shadow Work offers an easy-to-follow path to transcendence, self-compassion, and healing.

100 simple practices and activities to incorporate into any bedtime routine to help you fall asleep easier and wake up refreshed and renewed.

Do you have trouble getting—and staying—asleep? Sleep rituals can set the mood for restful slumber and help you drift off in peace—let these recommended bedtime routines be your key to a good night’s sleep!

This accessible guide offers 100 easy rituals—including sleep-friendly recipes, relaxing yoga poses, calming breathing exercises, soothing meditations, and comforting writing exercises—suited for every type of person. You can even mix and match them for a completely customized bedtime experience and find the perfect solution to banish any sleepless night.

Rituals include:

-Sleep-friendly recipes, like nutmeg-spiced warm milk
-Soothing practices like dry brushing
-Restorative yoga poses, such as Child’s Pose
-Breathing exercises, like alternate nostril breathing

Let Sleep Rituals help you get the good night’s sleep you’ve been dreaming of!