Mending the Past and Healing the Future
with Soul Retrieval
Published by Hay House Publishing
$19.95
Body Mind Balancing
Published by St. Martin's Griffin
$14.95
Everyone suffers from physical and/or emotional problems from time to time. Occasionally, we get frustrated because we cannot seem to find the answers we need to overcome these problems. In Body Mind Balancing, Osho discusses that many of our physical problems are caused by a disassociation from the part of our body that seems to be the cause of our suffering. Alberto Villoldo tells us in Mending the Past and Healing the Future with Soul Retrieval that we can become alienated from different aspects of our soul, which can lead to emotional suffering and prevent us from fulfilling our destinies.
In Body Mind Balancing, Osho writes that many of the methods we use to take care of ourselves when we are ill or suffering have actually alienated us from our bodies or parts of our bodies. He says that our bodies are actually expressing a cry for recognition. With the help of this book, readers learn to reconnect with their bodies. By developing an appreciation for how much support the body provides and finding new ways to work with the body, readers can create a more harmonious balance of body and mind.
Body Mind Balancing also comes with a meditative CD that guides the listener through a process of reconnecting with their problem area and listening to the story it has to tell. Osho explains that through this exercise, healing can be achieved by learning to listen to our bodies' needs rather than running from them, resulting in a greater sense of wholeness.
In the book Mending the Past and Healing the Future with Soul Retrieval, Villoldo discusses that our souls are actually multifaceted. Past traumas and various limiting contracts that we made (in this life or before) may have alienated different aspects of our souls. This can have a profound effect on our lives now.
By using a Shamanic method of meditation called journeying, Villoldo gives us an ancient tool that we can use to reconnect with our souls. He tells us how we can perform our own journeys to retrieve our souls with prayers and ritual. This will not only give us a greater sense of wholeness and emotional well being, but also help us to manifest our destiny. With the use of myths and legends, as well as stories from his clients, the book is easy to follow and becomes an enjoyable journey all unto itself.
If you feel like something has been missing in your life, check out both of these books and reconnect
Reviewed by Dennis Ehren, DC, the director of the Ehren Chiropractic & Wellness Center, www.ehrenchiropractic.com. He can be contacted at (216) 221-9990.
Published by Beyond Words Publishing, Inc.
$16.95
The Hidden Messages in Water is a book that has the true potential to transform your life by taking a good look at your inner thoughts and feelings. In the book, Masaru Emoto shows us that water is a living entity that is affected by our thoughts, words, feelings and actions.
By using high-speed photography, Emoto discovered that crystals formed in frozen water will change their appearance and structure in accordance with the thoughts and feelings that are directed toward them. He found that water from clear springs and water that has been exposed to loving words organizes into brilliant, complex and colorful snowflake patterns. In contrast, water that is exposed to negative thoughts or comes from polluted sources forms incomplete, asymmetrical patterns with dull colors.
The book has numerous color plates that show the water crystals that were formed under different circumstances. The difference in appearance between healthy and sick water is immediately obvious and easily influences which one you would want to put into your body. Also, if you consider that the human body is actually 70% water, then the thoughts and feelings you carry with you will influence the crystalline nature of your own water. Wouldn't it stand to reason that this can have an effect on your health? What about the thoughts you direct to other people?
The Hidden Messages in Water is one book that is really going to make you think!
Reviewed by Dennis Ehren, DC, the director of the Ehren Chiropractic & Wellness Center, www.ehrenchiropractic.com. He can be contacted at (216) 221-9990.
Published by Quality of Life Publishing Co.
$12.95
As expected as the proverbial “death and taxes” are, nothing can adequately prepare anyone for the loss of a beloved one – especially if that loved one dies at an early age. Author Richard Ballo simply was not ready on any level when his treasured 38-year-old wife Lisa died of cancer.
Rich kept a journal of his five-year recovery from all-consuming grief, Lisa's visitations from the other side and his personal journey. His journal later served as the basis for the book. He candidly shares the pain and suffering that ensues and that only his love for his young sons keeps him from surrendering to the pain and collapsing in a hopeless heap.
Life Without Lisa gives the reader a rare and intimate view of how a man faces a loss that defies words and comes out of the other side whole, happy and able to enjoy life again.
Few men, if any, have publicly revealed their innermost thoughts, feelings and fears in the compelling way Rich Ballo has. Most men present a stoic face to the outside world and reject expression of their personal grief and experiences. But Richard Ballo simultaneously shows his courageous and vulnerable side in his book and offers hope and understanding to all who suffer a cataclysmic loss. And since death touches all, chances are exceedingly high that all who read Life Without Lisa will benefit from the reassurances the book offers.
Reviewed by Jill H. Lawrence president of Ruby Slippers, Inc.
