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Two of our recent titles have been reviewed by the Midwest Book Review!
Practical Centering: Exercises to Energize Your Chakras for Relaxation, Vitality, and Health by Larkin Barnett is reviewed in the June 2012 issue and appears on the Religion/Spirituality shelf. The review reads, “Practical Centering is a straightforward and much recommended pick for followers of new age philosophy, highly recommended.” Read the full review here.
A review of The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out by Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW appears in the July 2012 issue and claims, “The Trauma Tool Kit is a strong addition to psychology and self-help collections, highly recommended.” Click here to read the full review.
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Practical Centering is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound.
Learn more about the book on the author’s website and Facebook.
The Trauma Tool Kit is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound.
Learn more about the author on her website, or follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
A wonderful article about Practical Centering: Exercises to Energize Your Chakras for Relaxation, Vitality, and Health author Larkin Barnett appeared on July 19 in the Spokane Journal of Business. In the article, Larkin talks about the breathing concepts taught in the book. Click here to learn more.
The book was also excerpted on the popular website InnerSelf.com. Click here or read it via Scribd below.
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Practical Centering is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound.
Learn more about the book on the author’s website and Facebook.
InnerSelf is on Twitter.
Larkin Barnett was recently interviewed about her new book Practical Centering: Exercises to Energize Your Chakras for Relaxation, Vitality, and Health on Santa Fe’s KBAC 98.1.
The 10-minute interview is also posted on www.santafe.com and can be listened to via podcast for the next few days, so check it out today!
Larkin will be doing a book talk and signing on Monday, June 25 at 6 p.m. at Collected Works Bookstore. See below for more information.
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Practical Centering is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound.
Learn more about the book on the author’s website and Facebook.
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. EDT, Practical Centering: Exercises to Energize Your Chakras for Relaxation, Vitality, and Health author Larkin Barnett will join pulmonary oncology specialist Dr. Gregory Loewen on BlogTalk radio’s Online with Andrea with host Andrea R. Garrison for an in-depth interview.
Click here to listen live. It will also be archived in full, so be sure to check back if you miss it live!
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Practical Centering is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound.
Learn more about the book on the author’s website and Facebook.
This April, Retailing Insight magazine (formerly New Age Retailer) gave a glowing review to Practical Centering: Exercises to Energize Your Chakras for Relaxation, Vitality, and Health by Larkin Barnett in their Online Book Reviews feature.
The review can be read online or via Scribd below.
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Practical Centering is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound.
Learn more about the book on the author’s website and Facebook.
Retailing Insight magazine is on Facebook.
The popular website DailyOM has posted an excerpt of 
our April release, Practical Centering: Exercises to Energize Your Chakras for Relaxation, Vitality, and Health by Larkin Barnett, as a ‘From the Library’ featured pick of the day!
Click here to read the review and excerpt taken from Chapter 4: Practice the Rocking Motion for the Seven Rocking Massage Exercises.
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Practical Centering is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound.
Learn more about the book on the author’s website and Facebook.
An excellent review of Practical Centering: Exercises to Energize Your Chakras for Relaxation, Vitality, and Health by Larkin Barnett appears in the April 1 issue of Library Journal.
The review, listed under HEALTH & MEDICINE, reads, “This easy-to-use self-help title will appeal to readers looking for stress-reduction techniques. Meditators, students of mindfulness, yoga and Pilates aficionados, and those interested in mind-body topics will also find much of interest. Recommended.”
Read the full review via Scribd below.
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Practical Centering is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound.
Learn more about the book on the author’s website and Facebook.
The Magical Buffet has published a lively review of Larkin Barnett’s new book Practical Centering: Exercises to Energize Your Chakras for Relaxation, Vitality, and Health.
The review reads, “’Practical Centering’ is broken up into easy to digest sections, and the book itself is a fantastic size to carry in your purse, leave in your nightstand, or put pretty much where ever. If you’re like me, you’ll soon find yourself at least taking the time to do a few really good full cleansing breaths when taking a break from your desk at work. Larkin Barnett’s ‘Practical Centering’ is truth in advertising. I can’t recall reading a more practical, accessible book on this sort of subject matter.”
Click here to read the full review.
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Practical Centering is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound.
Learn more about the book on the author’s website and Facebook.
We’ve got some exciting titles rounding out our Spring 2012 list, and our April release Practical Centering: Exercises to Energize Your Chakras for Relaxation, Vitality, and Health by Larkin Barnett is no exception.
Efficient breathing is the master key to healing the body and soul, especially when combined with deep abdominal core strength. Practical Centering provides a comprehensive regimen using deep relaxation breathing, core strength, affirmations, self-massage, stretching, color therapy and meditation. These practices are designed to awaken the chakras, or energy centers in the body. Daily movements become an opportunity to enjoy the physical sensation of a strong core and loose muscles, and this in turn calms the mind and opens the spirit.
See below for an EXCLUSIVE excerpt!
Excerpt from Chapter 4: Practice the Rocking Motion for the Seven Rocking Massage Exercises*
Breathing for the Rocking Massage
Yoga teaches that your breath or “life force” runs through each of your “energy centers” or chakras. The most important element of The Rocking Massage is deep relaxation breathing. This aids in muscle relaxation and the fluid rocking motion. If you hold your breath or breathe shallowly the muscles tighten. Deep relaxation breathing involves long, slow, even inhalations and exhalations through your nose.
Preparation for the Rocking Massage
- This time is just for you. Work out away from outside distractions. You may want to play soft music or light a candle. You will need a slightly cushioned mat, a blanket, or a towel placed on a carpet. A yoga sticky mat will not work. Your body cannot slide along it. It may be necessary to slightly elevate your head. Place a folded towel under your head. Keep the towel flat. The back of your head needs to gently slide during the rocking motion.
Starting Position for the Rocking Massage Exercises:
To start, lie on your back down on the mat with knees bent, feet flat, and legs hip-width apart, arms resting across your chest. Place your heels about 12 inches away from your hips.
Discover that the actual motion is a continuous, slow rhythmic action. The body rocks backward and automatically rolls forward in response. The rhythm seamlessly repeats itself without pausing. Breathe slowly and smoothly as you progress through the movements.
Start Practicing the Rocking Massage Motion:
- Keep your feet in place and initiate the rock and roll motion of your body from a gentle push of your feet against the floor. The motion starts from the heels and reverberates into your pelvic floor. This is called your “heel/sit-bone connection.” Your sit bones are the bones located at the base of your pelvis. (You can feel them when you rock side to side in a sitting position.)
- Your entire body moves as a unit, backwards and forward, with no pauses. These are tiny ranges of motion weight shifts of the entire body. Your body moves approximately 1-2 inches backward and 1-2 inches forward. This is a sliding motion of your body along the floor produced by the rocking.
- Keep your lower back and abdominal area relaxed. Your lower back does not press against the floor. That would tighten your lower back. This is the opposite intention. The small rocking motion allows your lower back to gently lengthen (when the body moves backward) and “naturally arch” (when the body slides forward). Gradually allow all of the tension within your back muscles to dissipate.
- Relax your neck, jaw area, and directly behind your ears. The head will gently slide. Your chin moves up and down as a natural reaction to the slight push from your feet.
- Drape your arms across your body. Relax your arm and hand muscles by allowing the weight of them to give into gravity. You are in the “zone” when the back of your shoulder girdle and head slide along the floor.
Try not to make the gentle rock happen. Allow the rocking motion to sequence freely through your whole body. Your entire body naturally knows what to do — if you relax each part.
*© 2012 Quest Books, Inc. This excerpt may not be used for commercial purposes without the permission of Quest Books. For more information contact publicity@questbooks.net.
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