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Radiant Body, Restful Mind: A Woman's Book of Comfort

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Rebeccasreads highly recommends RADIANT BODY RESTFUL MIND as a lively & fun way to a more joyous life:
Joie de Vivre: How to Enjoy and Energize the Body You Inhabit.
Nourishment: How to Savor the Bounteous Flavors of Health.
Beauty: How to Be Lovelier -- Inside and Out.
Sanctuary: How to Make Your House a Home.
Love: How to Nurture Your Relationships.
Repose: How to Relax and Revive Your Body and Mind.
Bliss: How to Be simply, Spiritually Happy.

From exercising while you're sitting, Kegel muscles & shoulders, arms & legs, to brushing your teeth, to drinking more water, to palming your eyes, to adding scents to your senses, the help simply pours from every page, & is a delightful way to get your humdrum life humming.

When I read the name on the cover, I thought this was yet another book of been-there-tried-that tips. But as I read through the pages, I discovered that it has some very valuable, easy-to-use ideas on how to improve the way I eat, look after my home, relate to people, work and relax.

To my mind, this is not a book that can change my life overnight, but it can certainly change the way I live, bit by bit, or should I say, tip by tip!

The information contained in the book is golden, and the writer's easy style is a bonus.

I recommend it highly.

Read the beautiful introduction, and I challenge you to resist picking up this gem of a book. Lovely, exhilerating ideas on how to harness almost everything around you--friends, kids, flowers, fragrances, oils, herbs, music, sunsets and silences to heal and nurture yourself. The best part about the book is its sheer simplicity, which a woman like me, pressed for time and sapped of energy, wants from a book of 'comfort tips'.

The pages where real women across different professions and age-groups have put down their thoughts and ideas on self-nurture are wonderful. I could relate to each one of these women--from the one who finds therapy in cooking, to the one who gives her skin the occasional treat with cold milk!

You absolutely must own a copy of this book, and gift it to as many friends as you can!

Despite its appealing title, cover, and organization, this book is nothing more than an Ayurvedic "Helpful Hints from Heloise." I was hoping for something with more depth, not tips (some so silly as "Keep a pitcher of herb tea or sparkling mineral water in the fridge") on how to cram more into an already hectic life.

Every woman (and man) should own a copy of this book. Refreshing and new tips on balancing our hectic, stressful lives by doing small things to rejuvenate our mind, body and surroundings inexpensively.