Embrace the Way of Harmony

Aikido is a martial art that resolves conflict through harmonious movements and minimal physical force. Aikido for Self-Discovery brings the many lessons of Aikido out of the dojo (training hall) and into the everyday activities of life. It teaches you how to use Aikido as a tool for intuitive living and spiritual enlightenment.

Although other Aikido books talk about centering, harmony, conflict resolution, and internal energy, this book is the first to present lessons designed to draw you into a sensory experience of these concepts, felt in the present moment. When you experience firsthand the physical aspects of Aikido principles, you can begin to perceive the world and yourself in a new way.

In the following excerpt, author Stan Wrobel talks about creating awareness from within:

From our center we establish our relationships with our internal and external worlds . . . Continue to explore-not driven with the need to answer a hundred questions more accurately and faster than anyone else, but with a curiosity of not knowing and the pleasure of first discoveries. The right answers are only right for you. Create your own test; and with patience, curiosity, openness, and awareness, come to an understanding of how you present, create, unfold, sense, function, and change. 

Barefoot Doctor presents your essential 21st century guide to surviving and thriving amidst the growing pressures of modern urban life.

Barefoot Doctor is a contemporary hero of Taoist folklore. His tradition of healing his people and keeping them in high spirits with his medicine, music and magic dates back more than 5,000 years to the old Orient. Here he teaches for the first time, in a hip and accessible way, how to focus your mind, channel your energy and strengthen your spirit.

Learn the ancient Taoist warrior skills of psychic shielding, meditation, medicine and magic to help enhance your experience of reality. Pick up instant advice on hundreds of challenges facing today's busy urban warrior including work, sex, money, success, politics, travel, relationships, fashion, drugs, club culture, spirituality, healing, technology and freedom.

Experience for yourself the magical world of the modern Taoist Sage. Become part of the global resurgence of spirit happening in an urban sprawl near you.  

ISBN: 1903258677

Paperback 160 pages

As it flows through the universe and to different parts of ourselves, chi energy carries information from one entity to another so that everything we experience has the potential to influence and make subtle changes in our chi energy fields. It is therefore vital that only “good” influences prevail. We are always radiating chi energy as well as absorbing it and some of this enrgy finds its way into other people’s chi. This can be important to understand in relationships where, over time, your partner or colleagues will be able to pick up on your moods, thoughts, and deepest beliefs. With 4 chapters: Exploring Chi Energy introduces the principles of chi; Chi Energy and the Mind looks at how to change your chi energy field; Chi Energy and Your Body shows how to cure chi deficiencies; and Chi Energy and Your Emotions has exercises to enhance feelings of joy and happiness and dampen depression and sadness. 

There's a vibrant source of energy that fuels the universe, and it's available for you to use to meet any physical or mental challenge. This energy is chi and you can harness its power through the exacting yet simple methods of breath control and movement know as Chi Kung. Stop feeling rundown and spiritless. Through conscious interaction with this universal energy, you can revitalise your immune system and store up reserves of strength. 'Chi Kung for Beginners' takes you progressively through the exercises: the preparatory stages; meridian-clearing techniques; meditation techniques; body movement; and advanced techniques of focusing, storing, redirecting and extending chi from your body. (240 pages) 

ISBN: 1859061893
Box contains 2 silver Chi balls, a drawstring bag and a 176-page book of hand and foot exercises.

Chinese Chi Balls enable you to exercise anywhere. Popular with the Chinese since the Ming dynasty, the benefits of these handy and practical spheres are amazing. Simple massage programmes and meditations help you unblock your Chi energy and improve your physical and spiritual health. Playing with the balls is fun - and will make you feel fantastic! Box contains 2 silver Chi balls, a drawstring bag and a 176-page book of hand and foot exercises. 

Shifu Nagaboshi Tomio  

ISBN: 0572031734
Paperback 240 pages

Over a period of 25 years, Rumi composed over 70,000 verses of poetry on the subjects of divine love, mystic passion and ecstatic illumination. Scholars of his work today believe that he is one of the greatest poets of all time. Now widely read, Rumi was relatively unknown in the West until fairly recently. His principle works have been translated into many languages although they are still best known by their Persian names: the Divan-i Shams-i Tabriz, the Fihi ma fifi and the Mathnawi. These, and some of his other writings, will be comprehensively explored throughout this book. 

ISBN: 0572030525

Paperback 240 pages

Every religion or philosophy has an assemblage of acknowledged spiritual ideas or truths, often recorded in sacred scripture and literature and practised in the accumulated teachings and traditions of many generations. With ancient parables, disciplines, quotations and distillations of wisdom that make the foundations of Sufism, this selection of the diverse Sufi teachings will show you the heart of Sufism. 

ISBN: 0572030533

Paperback 240 pages

These spiritual thoughts and teachings may be used as effective, practical and enjoyable tools for creating a better life. This title, alongside its companion titles, can be read, considered, studied, absorbed and practised to encourage the reader to explore more fully the spiritual life through thought-provoking questions. This book is also an orderly study programme for individuals, families, study groups, schools and colleges. 

Islam was born out of the mystical revelations of the seventh-century prophet Muhammad. Recent decades have seen an upsurge of fanatical Islamic fundamentalism, which has alienated some people from Islam. Yet many modern spiritual seekers have found the ecstatic path of the great Islamic mystics known as the Sufis a great source of inspiration and illumination. The Heart of Islam makes the perennial wisdom of the great Islamic mystics accessible in a simple and practical way.  

Freke, Timothy

The classic Taoist scripture the Tao Te Ching is the second most published work after the Bible. Its perennial appeal lies not only in its profound wisdom, but also in its presentation of Taoist mysticism in short, pithy insights. The Tao Book and Card Pack follows in this tradition. Each of the 32 cards presents a popular Taoist saying. As the reader draws cards from the pack and reads the commentaries contained within the book, life’s deeper meaning can be penetrated and inner solutions to obstacles and opportunities in life can be faced. 

ISBN: 1859060722

For millennia, the Chinese have sought guidance and inspiration from the Tao – the Way of the Cosmos. Now Tao Stones opens the doorway to this wisdom and shows how you can discover its secrets for yourself. Simply pick 2 stones from the bag at random, check which of the 8 Chinese characters – representing the fundamental aspects of Chinese philosophy – you have drawn, and refer to the book to find your reading. Each of the 64 reflections includes an ancient Chinese proverb, a divination poem and a meditation to distil and clarify your message for the day. • Inspirational, calming and reflective thoughts for every day • System draws on a 5,000-year-old tradition • Stones can be carried as meditative talismans. Pack contains 2 sets of 8 meditation stones, a brocade drawstring bag and an 80-page illustrated book of readings contained in a wooden lacquered box. 

A practical approach to the ancient Chinese movement for health and well-being.

Tai Chi is a movement practice firmly rooted in Chinese culture and philosophy. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Tai Chi is a beautifully photographed, informative and practical guide to the life-enhancing practice of the short form of Tai Chi. 

Explains the Tibetan understanding of what happens when a person dies, and how this can help in a person's daily life, in caring for the terminally ill and the bereaved, and to deepen one's understanding of life.

Paperback, 434pp 

The Illustrated Tibetan Book of the Dead offers a new translation with an illuminating commentary especially for the Western reader. This classic text is a reference manual for the soul and fundamental to an understanding of Buddhism. The translation uniquely blends prose and poetry in direct, contemporary and clear language, to evoke the essence of the teachings. Beautifully illustrated with artwork and inspirational photographs, it can be read for contemplation or spiritual understanding.  

ISBN: 0738707139
Paperback 240 pages

A great esoteric tradition developed in the Himalayan shadows of the Tibetan plateau, this unique culture investigated the mysteries of mind and magic to a degree never before attempted. Tibetan Magic and Mysticism presents this body of techniques, based partly on Tibetan Buddhist practice and partly on shamanic Bön (the aboriginal religion of Tibet). This revised and expanded version of J. H. Brennan’s Occult Tibet features authentic Tibetan magical practices, including light trance states to recall past lives; manipulation of energies via sound, rhythm, chanting, and drumming; and the spiritual practice of dream yoga. The result of years of research, Tibetan Magic and Mysticism brings the ancient magical techniques of Tibet to the magicians of the West.