[PDF] Sex And The Intelligence Of The Heart eBook

Author : Julie McIntyre
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 33,78 MB
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1594776989

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Explores how Nature underlies sexuality and intimacy • Examines how to regain intimacy in our relationships in a way that embraces our hidden wild nature and restores the sacred to our lives • Provides sacred sex and intimacy-building practices for partners and exercises to reconnect with the intuitive intelligence of the heart, remove our emotional armor, and cultivate a deeper relationship with the Earth • Shows how by healing our relationship with Nature and our sexuality, we move toward healing the whole planet Nature is having sex all the time--that’s one of the reasons we feel so alive when we are immersed in it. Sexuality is essential to the sensation of Nature in your own body, of connecting to the piece of Earth closest to you--your own flesh and bones. Many a couple has been overcome by passion while walking in the woods or on the beach; many a soul has found solace or epiphany in Nature. Living in accordance with Nature depends on you being your true, whole self--a sexual, sensual, erotic, fully alive human being. Exploring the territory of intimacy, sacred sex, and emotional healing as a journey to wholeness, Julie McIntyre examines the sacred relationship between sexuality and the Earth and reveals how to create deep, lasting intimacy with your lover by recapturing the wild, spontaneous, natural sexuality that is your birthright. Detailing the process of moving from your head to the secret garden of your heart, she provides exercises to heal your psyche of old emotional trauma, reconnect with the intuitive intelligence of the heart, and cultivate a deeper relationship with the Earth in order to trust yourself and become vulnerable and open with your lover and thus truly intimate. She shows how there is a direct relationship between our beliefs and values about sex and intimacy and our beliefs and values about the environment and the Earth. She reveals how, by healing our separation from Nature and our sexuality, we can bring the sacred back into our lives, shape our own ecstatic sexual experiences, and move toward healing the whole planet.

Author : Alexandra Katehakis
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,60 MB
Release : 2010-05-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0757314376

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ENJOYABLE, EXCITING SEX IS POSSIBLE AFTER SEX ADDICTION In the journey to sexual sobriety, many sex addicts find themselves wondering, 'How am I going to have a normal relationship?' or 'Will it be possible to repair my marriage now that I've confessed my destructive behavior?' and 'Will I ever have great sex again?' As a sex, marriage, and family therapist, Alexandra Katehakis introduces a successful program for sufferers and their loved ones that will help them hone their erotic intelligence by making sense of the past, creating healthy habits in the present, and looking toward a more intimate relationship that nurtures honesty and closeness. With Katehakis's help, sex addicts can get in touch with their healthy sexual side—and embrace true intimacy and acceptance in themselves and in their mates. - Features true stories of people coming to terms with their sexuality on the other side of sex addiction, as well as couples finding a new path to sexual trust and fulfillment - Helps to build the four cornerstones of intimacy that are essential for healthy relationships

Author : Diana Richardson
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 34,77 MB
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1846946379

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'One of the most revolutionary books on sexuality ever written.' Ruth Ostrow, Sex, Relationship and Spirituality journalist, News Ltd. After many years of exploration, Diana Richardson found that the ancient practice of Tantra, with its unique, intelligent approach to sex, had the effect of enhancing intimacy and deepening love. Here she has adapted Tantra for modern Western lovers in a practical, sympathetic way. Tantric Sex can transform your experience into a more sensual, loving and fulfilling one. First published in 2003, the bestselling Heart of Tantric Sex has become the standard in its field.

Author : Alexander Lowen
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780140194784

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A renowned psychotherapist shows how exercises that release tension and increase your sexual energy can put more love in your life and strengthen your heart. For centuries the heart has been a symbol of love and sexual desire. But as Dr. Alexander Lowen shows in this bold study, the connection between love and the heart is far more than symbolic - itʼs real. Repressed emotions - especially unresolved sexual conflicts - and deep psychic hurts can actually rigidify the chest, so it becomes like an armored breastplate. In this way trapped emotional energy can literally constrict your heart. Lowen traces his revolutionary thesis through poignant case histories, applying the principles of his mentor, the great Wilhelm Reich, to analyze the effects of emotional trauma on the body. Diagrams show how we experience pain at various points in life and how pain can damage our overall health as well as inhibit our ability to express and receive love. Lowenʼs physical and psychological exercises teach you how to release the pain of the past to become more flexible, more sensual, and more personally fulfilled. The results are a softening of your bodily ʺarmor, ʺ an expansive feeling in the chest, the exhilarating discovery of sexual pleasure and a stronger, healthier heart.

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 39,94 MB
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1101622776

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A New York Times Notable Book Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award A personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy, from the author of Orwell's Roses Apricots. Her mother's disintegrating memory. An invitation to Iceland. Illness. These are Rebecca Solnit's raw materials, but The Faraway Nearby goes beyond her own life, as she spirals out into the stories she heard and read—from fairy tales to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein—that helped her navigate her difficult passge. Solnit takes us into the lives of others—an arctic cannibal, the young Che Guevara among the leprosy afflicted, a blues musician, an Icelandic artist and her labyrinth—to understand warmth and coldness, kindness and imagination, decay and transformation, making art and making self. This captivating, exquisitely written exploration of the forces that connect us and the way we tell our stories is a tour de force of association, a marvelous Russian doll of a book that is a fitting companion to Solnit's much-loved A Field Guide to Getting Lost.

Author : Rolando del Toro
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2020-11-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781801134675

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Are you sexually intelligent? What are the qualities that make a truly great lover? Is it about being able to swing from chandeliers or knowing every page of the "Kama Sutra" by heart? Or are there deeper qualities to being "good in bed" that speak more to the spirit of our actions than their substance? In his new book, "Sexual Intelligence," Rolando del Toro - a renowned sex therapist with a past as a porn actor, challenges readers to think about their sex lives as though they suddenly woke up to the South Pole tomorrow, without any knowledge of the language and only a handful of rubles in their pockets. "To figure out what to do, you'd need more than knowledge - you would need intelligence," he writes. "You'd need the ability to figure out what questions to ask, how to find people who can help you, how to make decisions in a different culture, and so on. "That's what sexual intelligence is like - not the ability to be great in bed, or to function the way you did when you were 22. Rather, sexual intelligence is expressed in the ability to create and maintain desire in a situation that's less than perfect or comfortable; the capacity to adapt to your changing body; curiosity and open-mindedness about the meaning of pleasure, closeness, and satisfaction; and the ability to adjust when things don't go as expected." Rolando builds on his premise of sexual intelligence by offering us a beguilingly simple equation: sexual intelligence = information + emotional skills + body awareness. Accurate information is indeed crucial. Many of us get our sexual information from all the wrong sources. And I agree with Rolando's calculus that only by adding body awareness - not just of your own body, but also of your partner's - can you hope to become truly sexually intelligent. In sensate focus, sex is initially taken off the table for couples, and then gradually reintroduced, one aspect at time, through a gradual process of touching, connection, and awareness, during which each partner takes turns as giver and receiver. The object of these exercises is for partners to develop a heightened sense of sexual self-awareness and a keener understanding of what feels good to their partner. People change. Relationships change. Why shouldn't sex? And yet it's the natural changes of the sexual life cycle that so many couples in long-term relationships find bedeviling - and that's another reason why sexual intelligence is so important. Rolando encourages readers to cultivate "erotic intelligence" and reconcile the need for what's safe and predictable with the wish to pursue what's exciting, mysterious and awe-inspiring. "We are born sensuous; we become erotic. To cultivate the erotic is also to engage with sexuality as a quality of aliveness and vitality that extend beyond a mere repertoire of sexual techniques. We learn to play, be curious, engage with our imagination, anticipate. Erotic intelligence is our ability to bring novelty to the enduring, mystery to the familiar, and surprise to the known." "Sexual intelligence is useful in different ways at different times of our life, in our 20s, in exploring the sexual world; in our 30s, in bonding with a partner and establishing a sexual rhythm; in our 40s, in tolerating and adapting to change; in our 50s, in saying goodbye to youthful sex; in our 60s and beyond, in creating a new sexual style." Now that's really smart!

Author : Alfonso Limon
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 32,41 MB
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 032390629X

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Intelligence-Based Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery: Artificial Intelligence and Human Cognition in Cardiovascular Medicine provides a comprehensive survey of artificial intelligence concepts and methodologies with real-life applications in cardiovascular medicine. Authored by a senior physician-data scientist, the book presents an intellectual and academic interface between the medical and data science domains. The book's content consists of basic concepts of artificial intelligence and human cognition applications in cardiology and cardiac surgery. This portfolio ranges from big data, machine and deep learning, cognitive computing and natural language processing in cardiac disease states such as heart failure, hypertension and pediatric heart care. The book narrows the knowledge and expertise chasm between the data scientists, cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, inspiring clinicians to embrace artificial intelligence methodologies, educate data scientists about the medical ecosystem, and create a transformational paradigm for healthcare and medicine. Covers a wide range of relevant topics from real-world data, large language models, and supervised machine learning to deep reinforcement and federated learning Presents artificial intelligence concepts and their applications in many areas in an easy-to-understand format accessible to clinicians and data scientists Discusses using artificial intelligence and related technologies with cardiology and cardiac surgery in a myriad of venues and situations Delineates the necessary elements for successfully implementing artificial intelligence in cardiovascular medicine for improved patient outcomes Presents the regulatory, ethical, legal, and financial issues embedded in artificial intelligence applications in cardiology

Author : Paul Joannides
Publisher :
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 48,18 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781885535108

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More irreverent than ever, the popular guide to fully understanding and enjoying sex has now been revised with new chapters such as "Sex When You're Really Old, " "When Sex Gets Boring, " and "How to Be Cool When You're Not." 65 illustrations.

Author : Christopher P. Steidle
Publisher : Wellness Partners LLC
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,78 MB
Release : 2006-08
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781425952884

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This is a short and to the point book on pastors and preaching. It is designed for the busy biovocational pastor who may not have the time nor desire to read a larger book on preaching. Much of the material in this book reflects the material in other books on preaching, but this book does contain some ideas that will not be found in any other book on preaching. This book suggests that a pastor who desires to see his people grow spiritually and in Biblical understanding would be well served to develop the practice of preaching through the books of the Bible. It points our some distinct advantages to the preacher and the congregation in this plan of preaching. The last section of the book contains some sermons that were prepared in the manner suggested by the author.