Vital Energy

Simon David

Description

The roller-coaster life of the flamboyant creator of General Motors

"A well-written biography."--New York Times

"A well-executed glimpse of one of the giants of the automobile industry."--Publishers Weekly

Long before Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch, and Bill Gates, there was William C. Durant (1861-1947), the flamboyant businessman who made deals at warp speed to build General Motors and the automotive industry. Now in paperback, The Deal Maker brings Durant, a self-starter obsessed with making it and being seen as making it, to thrilling life. Thriving on the art of the deal, Durant was buying companies at the rate of one every thirty days at the height of his career. By 1910, he had brought together twenty-five automobile firms into what would become the General Motors empire. Then, gambling on a run on GM stock, Durant was forced into a buyout, which unseated him from GM, leaving him without the financial wherewithal to ever succeed again. Featuring some of the most important figures in the history of the automotive industry and American business, including Henry Ford, David Buick, Albert Champion, Louis Chevrolet, Alfred P. Sloan, and Pierre Du Pont, The Deal Maker is a fast-paced, rousing tale of Durant's dizzying success and abject failure.
Vital Energy Key #1: Seek Your Self.

Vital Energy Key #2: Clear Your Toxins, Digest Your Past.

Vital Energy Key #3: Feed Your Body, Nourish Your Soul.

Vital Energy Key #4: Release Depleting Emotions, Cultivate Love.

Vital Energy Key #5: Move to Nature's Beat.

Vital Energy Key #6: Work with Meaning, Play with Passion.

Vital Energy Key #7: Celebrate the Magic of Being.

Postscript: Embracing Vital Energy.

Sources.

Vital Energy Enhancing Suggestions.

Recommended Audiotapes.

Index.

Sujets

• health
• David Simon
• Healing
• Mind

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 02 mai 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780470352632
• Langue: English

Extrait

Praise for Dr. David Simon s
VITAL ENERGY
I am really grateful to David Simon for making the complex seem wonderfully simple. The information here can change your life.
-Neale Donald Walsch, author of the Conversations with God books
This book is a treasure trove of information. Vital energy is our most precious personal resource, and David Simon teaches us how to create it and maintain it.
-Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love and Enchanted Love
David Simon s vast experience as a physician and healer is distilled into one of the best books on health ever written. I was thrilled to discover my own body type and how small, individually tailored changes in lifestyle can optimize energy, emotional balance, creativity, and health. Every person could benefit from his brilliant and simple program.
-Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind and A Woman s Journey to God
This is a magnificently written book ... Vital Energy is a powerful, practical plan to reinvigorate your life at every level. Use your highlighter when you read it!
-Wayne Dyer, Ph.D., author of Manifest Your Destiny
When you are ready a teacher will appear-and this book can be your teacher.
-Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine and Miracles
Vital Energy is a wonderful book-a must for those who want to stay healthy. Dr. Simon s approach is at once spiritual and practical. The book is full of tests and exercises that are exciting and revealing. David Simon is a visionary doctor for the new millennium.
-Margot Anand, author of The Art of Everyday Ecstasy
Written by one of the wisest healers of our time, Vital Energy provides us with the tools to create a passionate and extraordinary life.
-Debbie Ford, author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers
Vital Energy presents practical guidelines for optimal living today and a dramatic new paradigm of health and disease that can revolutionize how we approach healing ourselves and the world.
-David Frawley, author of Ayurveda and the Mind
Vital Energy shows you how to get in touch with your own vital energy and how to apply it to energize the body, mind, and soul-and your surrounding environment. This is a powerful, wonderful book.
-Horst Rechelbacher, author of Aveda Rituals
Other Books by David Simon, M.D.
Return to Wholeness
A Simple Celebration
(with Ginna Bragg)
The Wisdom of Healing
Vital Energy

The 7 Keys to Invigorate Body, Mind, and Soul
David Simon, M.D.

John Wiley Sons, Inc.
New York Chichester Weinheim Brisbane Singapore Toronto
Copyright 2000 by David Simon. All rights reserved Published by John Wiley Sons, Inc.
Published simultaneously in Canada
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The information contained in this book is not intended to serve as a replacement for professional medical advice. Any use of the information in this book is at the reader s discretion. The author and the publisher specifically disclaim any and all liability arising directly or indirectly from the use or application of any information contained in this book. A health care professional should be consulted regarding your specific situation.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Simon, David
Vital energy : the 7 keys to invigorate body, mind soul / David Simon.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-471-33226-7 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 0-471-39859-4 (paper)
1. Health 2. Vitality. 3. Self-care, Health. I. Title.
RA776.S5936 2000
613-dc21 99-28661
CIP
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5
To Pam, Max, and Sara,
whose unwavering love nourishes my body, mind, and soul.
Acknowledgments
My heartfelt gratitude goes to:
Tom Miller
for your wise and gentle shepherding of this book,
Muriel Nellis and Jane Roberts
for your unfailing support,
Deepak Chopra
for your friendship and inspiration,
Eric Levine, Gayle Rose, Mallika Chopra, Sumant Chopra, Rita Chopra, Nan Johnson, Roger Gabriel, Jenny Hathaway, Margaret Hansley, Leanne Backer, Sandi Dean, Arielle Ford,
Debbie Ford, and Bill Elkus
for your faithful commitment to our shared dream,
Jennie Pugh and Carolyn Rangel
for your impeccability in thought, word, and deed,
and
to the entire staff of The Chopra Center for Well Being
and our worldwide IPK educators
for your ceaseless dedication to healing and transformation.
Contents
Preface
Introduction: The Quest for Vitality
Vitality Questionnaire
The Timeless Search for Vital Energy
The Vital Voyage
Vital Energy Key #1: Seek Your Self
Envision a Fulfilling Life
Making Vital Energy Real: Imagine Fulfillment
Tune In to the Wisdom of Life
The Three Vital Elements
Making Vital Energy Real: Earth, Fire, and Wind Scenarios
Understand Your Mind Body Nature
Determine Your Mind Body Nature: A Questionnaire
The 7 Mind Body Types
Making Vital Energy Real: Know Your Nature
Find and Understand Your Imbalance Score
Interpreting Your Mind Body Imbalance Scores
Making Vital Energy Real: Focus on Balance
Choose Your Reality
Making Vital Energy Real:
Observe the Mind Body Patterns around You
Vital Energy Key #2: Clear Your Toxins, Digest Your Past
Explore the Layers of Your Life
Making Vital Energy Real: Navigate Your Layers
Embrace Your Environment
Light One Candle: Eliminate One Toxin at a Time
Making Vital Energy Real: Clean Your Space
Clear Your Senses
Sound
Touch
Sight
Smell
Making Vital Energy Real: Nourish Your Senses
Purify Your Body: What Is Your Toxin Load?
The Oxygen Paradox
Eliminating Toxic Behaviors
Making Vital Energy Real: Banish Toxicity from Your Life
Simplify and Detoxify
Making Vital Energy Real: Purifying Action Steps
A Word on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Remove the Obstacles to Vital Energy
Vital Energy Key #3: Feed Your Body, Nourish Your Soul
Kindle Your Digestive Fire
Listening to Your Appetite
How to Eat
Lighting the Fire
Your Mind Body Appetite
Making Vital Energy Real: Awaken Your Fire
Add Flavor to Your Life
The Six Vital Tastes
Vital Meals
Making Vital Energy Real: Be Aware of the Six Tastes
Seek Nature s Nourishment
Phytoestrogens
Focus on Balance
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Nutrition
Personalize Your Diet
The Flavors of Earth, Fire, and Wind
Making Vital Energy Real: Eating for Your Mind Body Nature
Use Herbs and Vitamins Wisely
Plant-Based Medicines
The Essentials of Vitamins
Vitamins and the Heart
Making Vital Energy Real: Respect Your Nutritional Allies
Other Nutrients
Vital Energy Key #4: Release Depleting Emotions, Cultivate Love
Be Flexible
Describe Your Reality
Embrace Diversity
Don t Waste Your Energy
Making Vital Energy Real: Practice Flexibility
Look into the Mirror of Relationships
Reintegrate Your Shadow
Meeting the Shadows of Earth, Fire, and Wind
Making Vital Energy Real:
Acknowledge the Positive and the Negative
Create Emotional Balance
Regaining Mind Body Balance
A Question of Balance
Making Vital Energy Real: Maintain Your Equilibrium
Observe the Laws of Your Emotions
The Five Emotional Laws
Making Vital Energy Real: Make Use of the Laws
Metabolize Your Feelings
Making Vital Energy Real: Process and Release
Vital Energy Key #5: Move to Nature s Beat
Dance to the Music
Early to Bed, Early to Rise: Honoring Chronobiology
Ideal Daily Routine
How to Sleep Better
Your Mind Body Nature and Your Daily Routine
Making Vital Energy Real: Establish Your Rhythm
Breathe into Vitality
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Breathing
Stretch Your Limits
Yoga-Conscious Stretching
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Stretching
Get Up and Move
The Benefits of Exercise
What Kind? How Much? How Often?
Mind Body Type-Specific Exercise
Recovering Fitness
Exercise Precautions
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Movement
Get Stronger
Making Vital Energy Real: Enhance Your Strength
Honor Your Body
Vital Energy Key #6: Work with Meaning, Play with Passion
Find Your Dharma
Work for Your Mind Body Type
Making Vital Energy Real: Discover Your Purpose
Create Wealth Consciousness
Mind Body and Money
Abundance Consciousness
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Abundance
Enjoy Your Friends
Accept Yourself, Accept Others
Demonstrate Your Caring
Open Your Heart
Receive Love
Express Your Love
Friends in Deed
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Friendship
Go Outside to Play
Space Energy
Air Energy
Fire Energy
Water Energy
Earth Energy
Five Elements, Three Codes of Nature
Enjoy the Planet
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Play
Delight in What You Have
Celebrate the Anniversaries of the Heart
Living Fully
Making Vital Energy Real: Enjoy
Vital Work, Vital Play
Vital Energy Key #7: Celebrate the Magic of Being
Dive within through Meditation
Making Vital Energy Real: Find the Stillness within
Practice Sacred Sex
Centers of Vital Energy, Centers of Transformation
Making Love Energy
Your Mind Body Nature and Sex
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Sex
Choose Your Happiness
Offer Luscious Food to All Your Senses
Laugh at the World, Laugh at Yourself
Keep Learning
Love with Abandon
Liberate Your Self
Making Vital Energy Rea