Peak Vitality: Raising the Threshold of Abundance in Our Material, Spiritual and Emotional Lives
This book not only opens your mind, but lends itself to deep discussions... thoroughly enjoyed!What if we could access more of our inner vitality and push the upper limits of our current best to new heights? What would we have to do?
Jeanne House went looking for the answer to these questions. She asked 57 of the world's top experts and leaders in a wide variety of fields to share their most prized secrets, discoveries, and best most helpful advice regarding how to go beyond our current threshold.
Eckhart Tolle, author of the new Oprah Winfrey recommended best seller A New Earth, is one of the people who gave her his answer. He described Peak Vitality as:
"If you are not spending all of your waking life in discontent, worry, anxiety, depression, despair, or consumed by other negative states; if you are able to enjoy simple things like listening to the sound of the rain or the wind; if you can see the beauty of the clouds moving across the sky or be alone at times without feeling lonely...it means that a space has opened up, no matter how briefly...when this happens, there is a sense of well-being of alive peace, even though it might be subtle." This and other contributions may all be found in the pages of the new book Peak Vitality. You'll find guidance on how the world's best physicians, executive coaches, health gurus, sports coaches, actors and actresses, scientists, and therapists teach people how to get from where they are now to the ultimate peak of their physical, mental, and spiritual performance capabilities.
Here is just a sampling of the some of the incredible golden nuggets of wisdom and insights offered in the pages of this 509 page anthology:
Mehmet Oz, Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Columbia University:
"One of the great many lessons we learned from Lance Armstrong is that while you can't control what happens to you (no matter how fit you are), there are some things you can control: your attitude, your determination and what serves as the crux of this book your willingness to take your own health into your own hands and know as much about your body as possible." Mariel Hemingway, grand-daughter of Ernest Hemingway and author of the book Healthy Living from the Inside Out:
"When it comes to your health and wellness there are indeed many things you can't control. The trick is to ask yourself "what can I control?" The answers are fairly simple: The food I eat, The way I exercise. My response to emotional stresses. My home environment. Making even small modifications in these four areas can be extraordinarily powerful...."
Dean Ornish, MD, one of the best known medical authorities in the world:
"Love as though your very survival depended on it. I am not aware of any other factor in medicine-not diet, smoking, exercise, stress, drugs or surgery-that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness, or possibility of premature death than love and intimacy.
Donna Eden, author of Energy Medicine:
"Learn how to dance with the five rhythms of nature. Understand the rhythms that affect you: The Rhythm of Winter Embryonic Possibility; The Rhythm of Spring New Growth; The Rhythm of Summer Fulfillment; The Rhythm of Solstice/Equinox and Indian Summer Transition; The Rhythm of Fall Ending."
David Feinstein, author of Energy Psychology:
"Energy Psychology can be used to transform internalized images or beliefs that are holding you back from a more vital life, instilling core beliefs and emotional responses to support your natural capabilities for joy, love and success. Focusing on your hopes or on images of achievement, while stimulating energy points can release a flood of chemicals in your brain."
Melody Beattie, author of the best seller Codependent No More:
"Experience. ... It's both a noun and a verb. The lesson may be over, but don't forget what you learned. You're going to need it while you climb mountain number two." Topher Morrison, author of Stop Chasing Perfection:
"What do you do when you get lost on the map to success? 1. Pull over. 2. Ask for help. Not complicated. No profound. But the results from these two little steps can be awesome." Bruce Lipton, author of The Biology of Belief:
"Learning how to harness our minds to promote growth is the secret of life... As we become more conscious and rely less on subconscious automated programs, we become the masters of our fates, rather than the victims of our programs." Andrew Weil, MD and author of the best selling books Spontaneous Healing and Eat Well for Optimum Health:
"Your thought, emotions and attitudes are key determinants of how you age. ... To be able to laugh at a bad experience, a loss, for instance-is the surest sign of healthy acceptance of it and adaptation to it."
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