Rudolph: 281 books

匯集東西方觀點── 有關呼吸的鼻子與胸腹腔解剖生理學、瑜伽能量學、調息法 揭露如何運用呼吸來調節生命能量的祕密   呼吸不只是單純的生理現象 呼吸的節奏及速度，反映著一個人的身心狀態； 若能調控呼吸，就能改變人生。   ◎「呼吸」不值得注意嗎？ 情緒、身體及呼吸之間的關係本質為何？ 呼吸是否與心念有任何的互動關係？ 我們是否能藉由改變呼吸模式，來改變情緒與生理狀態？ 「呼吸」實則扮演著整合人類生命各層次的角色， 若能對「呼吸」有著徹底的了解， 將能擴展我們對身心的覺察及調控力。   ◎****呼吸是身體與心念之間的連結   斯瓦米‧拉瑪與兩位美國知名醫師，分別從東方與西方的觀點，對「呼吸」進行全面的審視，包括胸腔與腹部的物理運動、呼吸道的生理與解剖學、各式呼吸習慣的生理與心理作用、鼻子構造與呼吸氣流的關係、呼吸氣流與神經系統活動的複雜模式、瑜伽觀點中潛藏在身心背後的載具「氣」（prana）等，說明了呼吸對生理健康及高階意識狀態的重要性。斯瓦米‧拉瑪也在本書中分享喜馬拉雅瑜伽士所練習的調息法，讓讀者可以立即從中受益。   不論是幫助釋放食物中的能量、影響心肺系統的功能，或是改變自主神經系統、情緒狀態等，呼吸在維繫人體器官的完整運作中，扮演著關鍵的角色。呼吸是所有生理活動的基本，並因為它碰觸到人體眾多層面的運作，我們可以透過它來觀察與操控這些層面。   受傷時的哭泣、驚嚇時的喘氣，以及憤怒時呼吸的顫抖等，都是我們所熟知的情緒如何影響呼吸的情況。瑜伽士認為，呼吸與心念之間存在著對等的關係，若某種心念狀態會造成某種呼吸模式，那麼藉由有意識的採用該呼吸模式，即可喚起相對應的心念狀態。如果我們改變呼吸模式，就能改變個性；當我們的心念受到干擾時，呼吸就會變調，會變淺、變快且不均勻。   呼吸與心相互依存，掌控呼吸，心就會開始變得專一；假使呼吸不規則或斷斷續續，則心就會散亂。能控制呼吸與「氣」的人，就能控制住他的心；能控制心的人，就能控制住他的呼吸。調息能幫助練習者控制「氣」，進而達到更高層次的靈性修持。   本書將呼吸理論知識視為可被應用的個人成長工具，詳實描述了一系列實用的練習與技巧，以便讀者可有系統地控制呼吸及「氣」生命能量。這些練習都有助於擴展對呼吸的覺察，並以有益的呼吸方式來取代無意識的呼吸習慣。由於呼吸是身體與心念之間的連結，因此也可以被用來介入身體與心念的運作，隨著我們對呼吸的覺察及控制，這種介入將可以深化生理與心理的改變。     作者/譯者簡介 作者簡介 斯瓦米‧拉瑪（Swami...

Sail on the high seas or into uncharted galaxies! When it comes to love...pirates risk all! Delilah’s next delectable anthology is filled with roguish pirates! Readers who crave adventures set on the high seas—or in deep space—will find plenty of sexy bad boys, naughty alpha males unafraid...

A recovery mission gone wrong... Sierra Alvarez has a knack for sneaking and subterfuge that makes her the perfect spy. When an off planet mission for the Sol Intelligence Agency gets out of hand, she'll need to use every skill she has and work with a mysterious warrior who awakens an unquenchable...

Tell me no secrets … When psychic Sandra Khee leaves The Sector, her undercover military contractor job, she moves to Montana for some peace of mind. Her abilities are hell on relationships — so she’s surprised, but intrigued, when she meets a big, burly, sexy guy whose thoughts she can’t...

“A breakthrough in prose and poetical writing. . . . This book should be on all readers’ and writers’ desks and in their minds.”—Maya Angelou First published in 1923, Jean Toomer’s Cane is an innovative literary work—part drama, part poetry, part fiction—powerfully evoking black...

There’s only one woman for this playboy... When alien warrior Dryce NaFeen isn’t preparing to face his upcoming battles he’s dancing the night away with humans looking for a good time and ignoring his impending doom. A chance sighting on one of those nights out gives Dryce a hope he never dared...

Laurel Ormand doesn't know where she is or how she got there. Her head is bandaged and half of her hair is cut off, and a kindly alien is telling her he rescued her from the intergalactic slave trade. So why does she hear screams echoing in the halls of his space ship? When she follows the sound,...

Welcome to Earth. Try not to die. When his brethren begin to discover human mates, Krayter knows his best chance at surviving the Denya Price is to journey to Earth and find the woman he’s been waiting for. Otherwise, he’ll waste away and die by the age of thirty like most other Detyens....

Jess Patrick never planned to catch the eye of an alpha. And with her ample curves she knows that she would never be able to hold his interest. But when a betrayal of his pack threatens to destroy her life, Jess finds herself under Rafe’s power and tempted by his touch. Rafe Blackwood is...

Find your mate… It happens in the dark of the night under the full moon. Wolves howl, shifters run, and unexpected love blooms. These four sensual tales of steamy shifter love show exactly what can happen when the sun goes down. A Night with Two Mates The planets align and the werewolves...

Cindy's Eyes is noir fiction set in the early seventies about Ray, a Hollywood Taxi Driver who falls in love with one of his fares, a beautiful young porno actress named Cindy. Ray pursues Cindy into the dark world of Hollywood where he rescues her - then loses her again to her addictions. But Ray...

Spanning a thousand years of history--and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania--Rudolph Ware documents the profound significance of Qur'an schools for West African Muslim communities. Such schools peacefully brought Islam to much of the...

Rudolph McNair is a National Merit Scholar who focused on philosophy and became convinced that a clear understanding of what the concept of person and of the self is meant to stand for is essential to the settling of many contemporary arguments about notions like social posture, civil and reproductive...

One vampire. One huntress. There’s only one way to solve this equation… Gold Jones has spent her life hunting vampires, but Adam Luther is a new kind of danger. His sensual glances and devastating good looks are almost enough to make her forget the centuries-long battle between their kinds....