Turn On Your Inner Light: Fitness for Body, Mind and Soul (Hardcover)

by Debbie Mandel (Author) "Stressful lifestyles prompt us to engage in the process of self-exploration..." (more)
Key Phrases: hold your abdominals, relax your breaths, weighted medicine ball, Garden of Eden, Little Red Riding Hood (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"Debbie is high on life and a sunshine girl, leading us on an exhilarating journey and providing essential coping skills." -- Dr. Tobias Jungreis, author of How to be a Great Husband

"I especially like the intelligence and originality of her stress reduction solutions. She transforms life struggles to an easy smile." -- Laszlo Papp, M.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University

The exercises are easy to follow and effective. They reduce stress, increase focus and strength. And they are fun!" -- Dr. Charles Tobey, Chairman Physical Education and Exercise Science, City University of N.Y.

Product Description
Feel Better .... Live Better - Recognize and Appreciate the Essentials of Happiness

Inside every individual exists a powerful capacity for healing and transformation to stand up for the self-- truthfully. Our life path nudges us to move beyond personal doubts and fears through positive perception. Some people let defeat ruin them; others let victory ruin them. It is neither the win nor the loss that makes you triumphant, only the feelings about yourself.

In Turn On Your Inner Light Debbie Eisenstadt Mandel draws the reader out of the cocoon, the dark place where there is no room to breathe or feel and into the light of creativity and empowerment. She frees the mind with original recipes for fitness, meditation and prescriptions for health. The workouts are physical affirmations for specific, corresponding mindsets and are progressive as the reader advances in strength and spirit. Debbie’s warm and loving style creates a series of shared confidences to help the reader find a personal balance between earth practicality and spiritual vision. Turn On Your Inner Light inspires you to read life in order to live with a sense of "who you are."

Turn on Your Inner Light offers a creative merger of original exercises, meditations, and mind/body prescriptions for 29 common life challenges. The exercises are clearly and entertainingly delineated with over 200 artistic illustrations. Stress reduction techniques and positive perceptions help the reader move beyond personal doubt and fear to empowerment and true identity. Foreword by Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Busy Bee Group (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972216693
• ISBN-13: 978-0972216692
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #745,631 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A whole-body and whole-psyche self-help guide, December 12, 2002

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Turn On Your Inner Light: Fitness For The Mind, Body, And Soul by motivational speaker and stress reduction expert Debbie Mandel is a compilation of stretching and physical exercises as well as straightforward advice to improving the quality of one's emotional, spiritual, and corporeal health. From learning to love oneself to using exercise to overcome desperation, Turn On Your Inner Light is an easy-to-follow, supportive and recommended whole-body and whole-psyche self-help guide for non-specialist general readers seeking to improve their physical/emotional/spiritual well-being.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book for Our Time, October 3, 2004

By	M. Jackson "Maggie" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

At a time when many people are hungering for spiritual guidance and fighting a losing battle to care for themselves, Debbie Mandel offers a powerful combined antidote to our stresses and angst in Turn On Your Inner Light. She combines a nurturing tone with a fearless ability to tackle issues that are often discomfiting - deception in ourselves and others, fear and anger. As an author and columnist who writes about work-family balance and societal change, I highly recommend this book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I hate to exercise, yet I love this book., January 20, 2003

By A Customer

Imagine finding a book about maintaining health and fitness that has a chapter written just for me. I hate to exercise, but this book has made it fun. By focusing on the interrelationship between mind, body, and spirit, this book makes sense for those of us who want to keep fit but don't want to spend all day in a gym. I feel like the author is a cheerleader, a voice in my head encouraging me to greater accomplishments. Following the easy suggestions has helped me find ways to include fitness activities (mental and physical) in my daily routines. I hardly feel like I'm working out, but I do feel better already. Bravo!