Sentences with phrase «on ancient practices»

What you will learn is based on an ancient practice that was designed for people with busy minds and busy lives.

Based on an ancient practice, this relaxing float uses 1,500 pounds of Epsom salts to cradle you in comfort.

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His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

Over the last decade, Davidson and his colleagues have produced scientific evidence for the theory that meditation - the ancient eastern practice of sitting, usually accompanied by focusing on certain objects - permanently changes the brain for the better.

None of this is intrinsic to the Missa Normativa, but accretions and excesses have so often become identified with it in practice that it has fuelled the false perception, on both sides of the progressive / traditional divide, that the ancient (Extraordinary) and modern (Ordinary) forms of the Roman Rite embody two opposing ecclesiologies.

I speak throughout Canada and internationally to churches, conferences, women's groups, universities, and workshops on topics ranging from spiritual formation, a sacramental view of living, being a Christian feminist, the ways that we can navigate change throughout our faith journey, the embrace of ancient church practices as a charismatic Christian, writing, social justice, and many other topics.

I honestly don't care if Mitt Romney wears Mormon undergarments beneath his Gap skinny jeans, or if he believes that the stories of ancient American prophets were engraved on gold tablets and buried in upstate New York, or that Mormonism's founding prophet practiced polygamy (which was disavowed by the church in 1890).

Democracy (first practiced on a historically notable scale by the ancient Greeks) predates Christianity by a rather long time.

Only a pundit like Friedman, however, could blind himself to this actuality, intent as he is on realizing in American practice what his beloved Chinese government has made possible only in theory: the marriage of ancient Egyptian despotism with the modern dynamism of Hong Kong.

The ancient human civilizations gradually developed by the conserving and handing on of the knowledge and practices which had proved themselves in the past.

Amundsen, a professor of classics at Western Washington University, focuses on medical practice and ethics in ancient and medieval times.

Once we take into account the capacity of the ancient Jewish mind to create a story as a way of expounding and showing the relevance of a Biblical text (this practice will be described in Chapter 9), it is not at all difficult to see how the story of Joseph of Arimathea could have been partly shaped by Isaiah 53:9, «And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death,» found in the famous chapter on the suffering servant, which was certainly interpreted by the early Christians as a prophecy of the death of Jesus.

which is reminiscent of the laying on of hands, an ancient healing practice in the Christian heritage.

It is allowed on all Hands, that the primitive way of breaking Eggs, before we eat them, was upon the larger End: But his present Majesty's Grand - father, while he was a Boy, going to eat an Egg, and breaking it according to the ancient Practice, happened to cut one of his Fingers.

11 and 12) In chapter 15, he violates the explicit commandment of Samuel, which is tantamount to the commandment of Yahweh: he fails to observe the ancient practice known among the Hebrews as the herem, by which the defeated enemy is totally destroyed on the spot as an act of devotion to the deity.

Transformed by God's Word combines the ancient Western practice of lectio divina (sacred reading) with the Eastern Orthodox tradition of visio divina (sacred seeing) by pairing reflections on twenty gospel readings with a series of beautiful, never - before published contemporary icons.

The problem of the slave is not so easily handled; for the thinking of today, the widespread and legalized practice of slavery constitutes a very black stain on the social attainments of ancient Israel.

Here the ancient Jewish emphasis on what was actually done continues to inform Christian practice.

All Year: The Bible (There are many translations available at biblegateway.com)- Anchor Bible Commentary Series - The Women's Bible Commentary, Edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe - Living Judaism: The Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice by Wayne D. Dosick - Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical books, and the New Testament, Edited by Carol Meyers, Toni Cravien, and Ross Shepard Kraemer - Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem - Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy, Edited by Ronald W. Pierce, Rebecca Merrill Groothuis and Gordon D. Fee - Women in the World of the Earliest Christians: Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life by Lynn Cohick - God's Word to Women by Katharine C. Bushnell - Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned by Kenneth C. Davis - «On The Dignity and Vocation of Women» by Pope John Paul II - The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs

What little they have to say in their ancient texts on this topic (and many other topics) reflects their distate for the practices of all foreign peoples and cultures, as well as their discomfort with all things pertaining to the erotic, such as nudity, intimacy and bodily fluids — things that they themselves kept hidden and quiet about.

When grown with organic practices, ancient grains are also easy on the planet.

The article — proclaiming that the «common thread running through the most prestigious vineyards» on the Central Coast is SIP - Certified practices — details farming approaches and the resulting wines at Ancient Peaks in Santa Margarita, Halter Ranch in Paso Robles and Chamisal Vineyards and Niven Family Wines in Edna Valley.

While archaeobotanists and archaeologists today have a much clearer picture of the range of foods used by ancient peoples of Mesoamerica in their daily subsistence and dietary practices, the information on the nature, extent, structure, and timing of chili pepper use or consumption in the archaeological record remains scant.

Many parents are frantic, reaching for whatever levers they can put their hands on: hiring therapists, looking to medications, and trying ancient practices to calm everyone down.

Ancient people practiced EC and possibly even your grandmother did it to save on washing cloth diapers.

Swaddling is an ancient practice that has been repopularized by Dr. Harvey Karp's book, The Happiest Baby on the Block.

Physiologic studies on swaddling: an ancient child care practice, which may promote the supine position for infant sleep

Acupressure Acupressure is based on principles from Traditional Chinese Medicine, an ancient and holistically focused wellness practice.

A museum's forgotten cache of preserved creatures shines a light on an ancient, possibly unethical, practice.

This may have been part of an ancient healing practice based on similar principles to acupuncture.

I know many passionate students who are delving deeper into Yoga on their own volition, using their free time to read and study about the many principles and ancient insight the practice has brought our way.

In mbg's newest class, Acupressure 101: Relieve Back Pain, Reduce Headache Tension & Calm Your Anxiety, Paige introduces you to the ancient Chinese medicine practice of acupressure, teaching you how to relieve pain and tension on your own, as well as learning meditation and visualization techniques to feel like the best version of yourself.

To follow up on my piece introducing the Ayurvedic doshas and the best practices lifestyle practices for each, I'd now like to introduce you to an ancient Ayurvedic skin care practice.

In ancient tantric practices and in the Kamasutra, they focus on learning to balance between the two.

Follow all of the tips above and I assure you, you will never regret the effort it took you to get on your mat and practice this ancient art.

Firmly rooted in Chinese, Ayurvedic and other ancient medicinal practices that have been around (and working) for thousands of years, Sun Potion operates on the idea that pretty much anything can be cured with the right blend of herbs, known to the initiated as «potions.»

Namely, this ancient practice heavily relies on proper breathing techniques which can do wonders for the respiratory system.

Yoga originated in ancient India, and these days millions of Westerners of any age and fitness level practice yoga on a regular basis.

This holistic health practice dates back to ancient India and it has had a strong influence on medical practices throughout the southern region of Asia.

A former model uses tales of sex, drugs and rock and roll in a book hitting stores on Monday to introduce the healing power of yoga sequences and demonstrate how the ancient practice of breath and meditation can fortify the mind as well as the body.

Ancient Ayurvedic beauty and self - care practices make liberal use of oils on the body, for aesthetic, emotional, and physiological benefits.

Practice yoga by the side of a river stream or meditate on a glorious hill top, go for mid-night boat ride or explore distinct meditation techniques in the most ancient Gompas, the beautiful country of Nepal has truly inspired us to conduct our Yoga programs in its embrace.

As fermented foods expert Sally Fallon asks in Nourishing Traditions, with the proliferation of all these new mysterious viruses, intestinal parasites and chronic health problems, despite ubiquitous sanitation, «Could it be that by abandoning the ancient practice of pasteurisation, and insisting on a diet in which everything has been micro-organisms have compromised the health of our intestinal flora and made ourselves vulnerable to legions of pathogenic microorganisms?»

Coconut oil's origins: «In parts of the world, using coconut oil on your hair and skin has been an ancient practice.

Shamanism is a spiritual and healing tradition drawing on the wisdom and practices of ancient indigenous people from around the world.

Bellabaci cups are based on the ancient Chinese practice of cupping therapy.

On the much - desired expedition to the learning and practice of the most ancient forms of science ever explored, it becomes equally painstaking to get in touch with the right place which can deliver the knowledge of this science with veracity.

We draw on Ayurveda and accessible ancient healing practices to help you attain your ideal health and weight, reduce stress, and increase energy.

«Summer and Sarah lift up ancient nutritional practices with modern day flair, weaving historical preparations of whole foods and healing herbs, with an emphasis on the ease and convenience needed for today's busy lifestyle.

Based on traditional Indian Tantra, and presented with relevant information from Taoism and alchemy, Monika guides you in the ancient practices of harnessing and focusing your sexual energy.