Women’s health Books

Book SynopsisA star debater at school, Norman Haire had always wanted to be an actor. Forced to study medicine, he followed his other passion: saving the world from sexual misery. When he arrived in London in 1919 he was a poor Jewish outsider from Australia. By 1930 he had a flourishing gynaecology practice in Harley Street, a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce and a country house. His parties were attended by the medical, intellectual and cultural elite.As a prominent sexologist and a campaigner for birth control, Haire took a leading role in the world's first international conference on birth control in 1922 and organised, with Dora Russell, the World League for Sexual Reform's highly successful 1929 Congress in London. He lectured in America, Germany, France and Spain, and wrote and edited many accessible books on sex education.In 1940 Haire returned to Australia where he attracted a loyal following, but was also hounded by the security service. The ABC Board was censured in parliament for choosing him as the key speaker in a population debate, and his weekly advice column in the magazine Woman was strongly opposed by the Catholic Church. Peter Coleman called Haire 'one of Australia's most famous freethinkers and sex reformers'. This biography pays a tribute to this tenacious, humane, witty, innovative and brave man's contribution to birth control, sexology and human rights history.Trade Review'[Wyndham] adds a wealth of detailed research to the narrative about this period in the history of sexology and the status of those who took their place in the forefront of a movement that aimed to counter repression and prudery with rational and humanistic approach to sex and sexuality.' -- Gina Perry -- Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences'Wyndham has created a fascinating account of a remarkable Australian who made his mark overseas in medicine. Norman Haire, born Norman Zions in Sydney in 1892, was an internationally known gynaecologist and sexologist ... ' -- Clive Moore -- Health and History'Wyndham does a fine job recovering the life and times of Haire, covering aspects of the private as well as the public man.' -- Professor Stephen Garton -- Journal of the History of Sexuality'This fine biography of one of the western world's most tenacious reformers in the field of birth control and sexual reform is replete with arcane, yet useful, information. For example, Wyndham reminds us that George Bernard Shaw had the unique distinction of winning both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar.' -- Ross Fitzgerald -- Sydney Institute Quarterly'Wyndham paints a vivid picture of the politics seething within the birth control arena in the UK in the inter-war period.' -- Jennie Stuart -- Australian HumanistTable of ContentsFigures Acknowledgements Foreword by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC, CMG 1. Introduction: Norman Haire - a man of valour2. Early years3. Zions the scapegoat4. Haire the phoenix5. Making his mark6. Moving up in the world7. Organising the 1929 congress8. The darkening years9. Escalating troubles10. Mounting gloom on most fronts11. Haire's homecoming12. Dr Wykeham Terriss writes for Woman13. The ABC population debate14. Final years15. ConclusionAbbreviationsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisOver the years, conditioning - both internal and external - has taught you to suppress emotions, suspect others, live in a stilted manner, create dis-ease, and above all, inhibit yourself. Your concentration and focus are overwhelmed with too much data!If you're afflicted by any of these conditions, you're living in a disempowered manner and are leading an unsatisfying life. In this book, Rohini Singh will help you change all that. She explains how to keep the base of your well-being - the energy system - clean and clear, teaching you how to listen to your body and maintain your physical health. You'll learn how to plug emotional leaks, stay away from emotional traps, and recognize the ego's manipulations - and avoid them. You'll discover the wisdom of "switching off" your mind in order to recharge it, and realise that the only way out is within.

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of the bestselling Yoga for WitchesYin Magic shows how ancient Chinese Taoist alchemical practices can mingle with yoga and magic to enhance our wellbeing from sleep to stress-levels, helping us to move beyond burnout cycles and embody the beauty of letting go.Yin Magic shares: What yin is...and why it matters. An introduction to the practice of yin yoga Yin yoga journeys for each season and the meridians. Insight from cutting-edge neuroscience research. Connections between Celtic, witch and Chinese medicine traditions. Sympathetic magic and how to bring it into your yoga practice. How to embrace the magic in the darker times of night, new moon and winter. Yin Magic helps us to make everyday magic at a sumptuously slow pace as an antidote to the busyness of modern life.

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