{"product_id":"the-centered-heart-susi-amendola-9781538183243","title":"The Centered Heart: Evidence-Based, Mind-Body Practices to Stress Less and Improve Cardiac Health","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Instead of trying to find time in your day for self-care, yoga-therapist Amendola suggests scheduling your life around your practices, aiming for a stress-free, healing existence. Under her expert guidance, this not only seems enticing but possible.\" - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist, Starred Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eStress is often the first domino in chronic illness and disease. Too often, however, doctors have little training or information to offer patients about managing stress. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Centered Heart, \u003c\/i\u003eyoga therapist, stress management expert and senior trainer for Ornish Lifestyle Medicine, Susi Amendola, navigates the intricate relationship between stress management and overall health. She invites readers into transformative experience with the ancient and time-tested somatic practices of yoga that have been shown to improve cardiac outcomes as well as outcomes from many of the chronic diseases that plague our society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeveloping a daily stress management practice that includes gentle movements, breathing, relaxation, meditation, imagery, compassion, and a connection to nature gradually shifts awareness to an internal locus of control. Practitioners will feel better, connect with their innate inner wisdom, and come to understand that through lifestyle choices they control they can be their own first line of intervention. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile we may not be able to affect what is happening around us, with the wisdom and insights offered in \u003ci\u003eThe Centered Heart, \u003c\/i\u003ewe can make a difference in the quality of our own lives, change the way we react to stress, calm our hearts, and reclaim our health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susi Amendola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538183242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538183243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024 pg. 8","brand":"Susi Amendola","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44810033660159,"sku":"9781538183243","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87cf0e0c-ace3-4b13-9506-568230007baf.jpg?v=1707928150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-centered-heart-susi-amendola-9781538183243","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}