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"My Migraine Story" From Darkened Room to Writer by T. Stedman

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Trials, tribulations and triggers, from diet and vitamins to exercise and mindfulness. More than a list of common triggers and remedies, My Migraine Story is an emotionally candid personal account, learned through trial and error and bitter experience. *** Tracy is a life-long migraine sufferer. By the time she was forty-five she was out of action for half of every month. She’d been made redundant, her marriage had broken down and she’d become suicidal. Something needed to be done. With only her love of the outdoors, health and wellbeing, she set out on a journey to chase her dream of being a writer. But first she must fight her curse. She started by examining herself closely – what she did, what she ate and how she felt, and recorded it all. Looking closely at diet, supplements, hormones, cosmetics and mental wellbeing, no stone is left unturned. Tracy developed a positive mental attitude to migraine and really started to live. This is a concise and detailed account of how she did ...

Review: Rowga- The Yoga of Rowing by Jim Lindsey

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 "The practice of rowga involves an exercise and a principle that bring body and mind together in a sanity that is irrevocable and indestructible—an invincible sanity. From the well of this well-being flows all good qualities—love, compassion, creativity, generosity, focus, effort, patience, peacefulness, strength, protection, leadership, discipline, equanimity, joy. The list goes on and on, because the well is so deep it can never run dry. The exercise is rowing. With a real boat and water and sky overhead. A machine in a gym will not do, any more than the meal the snail brought—of chalk bread, cardboard chicken and alabaster fruit—would do for poor Pinocchio, the wooden puppet who wanted to be a real person..." Book Information: Genre : Non-fiction, health (yoga, exercise, rowing, meditation) Version : eBook, hardcopy Length : 53 pages, full color Release date: estimated December 2013   Review: by Jessi The book, Rowga, is a little different t...