Sexual Radiance: A 21-Day Program of Breathwork, Nutrition, and Exercise for Vitality and Sensuality [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Susan L. Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 27, 1998

Years ago, we called it It, that indefinable quality that some women have and others don't. Later we called it sex appeal. Women who have it don't have to be overly physically attractive--men would flock to them anyway. Their dresses are no shorter or more revealing; they do not parade around in Lycra. These women have sexual radiance, a quality innate in all women. If you don't have it now, you can evoke it. If you've lost it, you can bring it back.
        
Sexual radiance is the combination of physical vitality and the free flow of sexual energy. For the first time, Dr. Susan Taylor offers a comprehensive system combining Western medicine and Eastern mysticism to achieve sexual radiance. Sexual Radiance features a step-by-step 21-day program that incorporates the latest findings from scientific research and simple exercises derived from ancient yogic practices.
        
Drawing on her background in biochemistry, Dr. Taylor explains how surprisingly simple adjustments to diet can radically enhance metabolism, thus fueling the creation of energy, specifically sexual energy. By following Dr. Taylor's program of nutrition, exercise, and breath work in Sexual Radiance, readers can achieve a more profound level of sexual fulfillment, a healthier life, and that most alluring quality of all--It.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Sex appeal--that mysterious, sensual, alluring quality--has nothing to do with good looks or seductive dress. It's "sexual radiance," a quality of vitality and sexiness that all women can evoke or recapture, says nutritional biochemist Susan Taylor. "It's as simple as understanding your metabolism--and learning ways to invigorate it." The keys are diet, movement, and breathing, and Sexual Radiance shows you how to use them to unlock your vigor and sensuality. Half the book explains the concepts--such as when and what to eat to regulate your energy, how to breathe from the diaphragm, how food affects hormonal function, and how to activate the second and third chakras (energy centers) with diet, breathing, and exercise. Taylor introduces Tantric sex, discusses how a woman can have a powerful orgasm, and describes how our emotions and experiences can affect our sexual response. Plenty of anecdotes personalize the information. Next Taylor presents her 21-day program, including diet (herbs, spices, and supplements as well as menus and recipes), breathing, and exercises that energize sexual vitality and release lower-body tension. Follow this plan, and Taylor promises you enhanced energy and sexual radiance. --Joan Price

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Years ago, we called it It, that indefinable quality that some women have and others don't. Later we called it sex appeal. Women who have it don't have to be overly physically attractive--men would flock to them anyway. Their dresses are no shorter or more revealing; they do not parade around in Lycra. These women have sexual radiance, a quality innate in all women. If you don't have it now, you can evoke it. If you've lost it, you can bring it back.
        
Sexual radiance is the combination of physical vitality and the free flow of sexual energy. For the first time, Dr. Susan Taylor offers a comprehensive system combining Western medicine and Eastern mysticism to achieve sexual radiance. Sexual Radiance features a step-by-step 21-day program that incorporates the latest findings from scientific research and simple exercises derived from ancient yogic practices.
        
Drawing on her background in biochemistry, Dr. Taylor explains how surprisingly simple adjustments to diet can radically enhance metabolism, thus fueling the creation of energy, specifically sexual energy. By following Dr. Taylor's program of nutrition, exercise, and breath work in Sexual Radiance, readers can achieve a more profound level of sexual fulfillment, a healthier life, and that most alluring quality of all--It.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harmony Books/Crown; 1st edition (October 27, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609601601
• ISBN-13: 978-0609601600
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,611,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Advice if You Have the Time and Money, January 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sexual Radiance: A 21-Day Program of Breathwork, Nutrition, and Exercise for Vitality and Sensuality (Hardcover)

Susan Taylor's very readable and engaging book makes some very good points, but as with many books of its type, successful practitioners of everything she advocates would need to fit the profile of her anecdotal cases - who all seem to be actors, opera singers, etc. That is, women in glamor professions with very flexible hours and plenty of money, not to mention leisure for endless self-focus. As a single working woman of average income (and a one-hour lunch break), I don't have TIME for her elaborate meal preparations, especially at lunch, or the money to afford the multitude of ingredients. (With the recent citrus freeze, her fruit shake recipes alone make for a $5 breakfast.) And if it's hard enough for a single woman, how many married women or women with children have time to toast their own oats for breakfast? Sounds like a Martha Stewart parody. I started trying to follow the plan, but I can see I won't make it until the next payday. Home-made falafil for lunch? Wouldn't it be nice. And who eats the rest of the four cups of chickpeas, since the recipe plan changes daily? As for never eating after 7 p.m., I rarely make it HOME before 6:45! Just once I'd like to read a book of health recommendations NOT written for the leisured upper middle class - a book that acknowledges that affording vitamins can sometimes be a problem, and that it's NOT "simple" to track down all of this rotating fresh produce. As for Taylor's book, I'd like to see the recipes re-written as single portions - OR an acknowledgement that this one serves 4 (at least, I can't believe that two pounds each of three leafy vegetables is a single serving!). In other words, a tiny dose of reality to go with the pep talk and the illustrations that reinforce the idea that sexual love is for the physically perfect (or maybe that's her point).

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is not only an inspiration--THE PROGRAM WORKS, December 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Sexual Radiance: A 21-Day Program of Breathwork, Nutrition, and Exercise for Vitality and Sensuality (Hardcover)

A close friend of mine recommended Dr. Taylor's book to me, as she had taken a workshop Dr. Taylor gave at the Learning Annex in NYC, and thought highly of her work and ideas. I have only been on the program laid out in the book for 2 weeks, but the difference I am feeling in my energy and vitality is downright extraordinary. I read the entire book in one night, as I found it so engaging and readable (she has a great sense of humor too). I was impressed to discover how deeply the her ideas are grounded, academically and scientifically. Normally pretty skeptical about things that smack or even hint of new age nonsense, it became clear very quickly that this was a book rooted in research, wisdom-and common sense not common enough. I have changed my diet, and am in the process of changing my way of looking at myself in terms of sensuality and vitality--and the reaction I am already getting from friends and strangers suggests that it's not all in my imagination. This is an integrated, holistic view and treatment, of the mind and body-and I recommend it HIGHLY to anyone wishing to recover -or maintain vitality, health, and radiance. (Don't get waylaid by the title-it's about that but also so much more!).

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous and good for those who don't have time to cook, February 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sexual Radiance: A 21-Day Program of Breathwork, Nutrition, and Exercise for Vitality and Sensuality (Hardcover)

Dr. Taylor provides a simple presentation of the fundamentals of metabolism combined with sexuality. For those who come from different walks of life, her program is adaptable. It is for those who want to take charge of their health. What I liked most is it is authentic offering clear difinitive ways that people can restore their vitality. This is definitely material for Oporah. I hope we see Dr. Taylor in the media. Her message supports the health and welfare of humanity. Three cheers to Dr. Susan Taylor. You have helped me change my life. I will pass your book on to others.