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Yoga Nidra, or yogic sleep, is an immensely powerful meditation technique and one of the easiest relaxation methods to develop and maintain. While you lie comfortably on your back, this systematic meditation takes you through the Pancha Maya Kosha (five layers of self), lowering your stress, increasing dopamine levels, and leaving you to feel replenished afterward.

À la fin de "Celle qui fuit et celle qui reste", Lila montait son entreprise d'informatique avec Enzo, et Elena réalisait enfin son rêve : aimer Nino et être aimée de lui, quitte à abandonner son mari et à mettre en danger sa carrière d'écrivain. Car elle s'affirme comme une auteure importante et l'écriture l'occupe de plus en plus, au détriment de l'éducation de ses deux filles, Dede et Elsa. L'histoire d'Elena et de Nino est passionnelle, et bientôt Elena vit au gré de ses escapades pour retrouver son amant.

Adalyn Reyes siempre ha estado centrada en los Miami Flames. Sin embargo, su impecable carrera se ve afectada cuando el vídeo de un altercado con la mascota del equipo se hace viral. En consecuencia, el dueño del club (que casualmente es también su padre) la manda a un pueblo en mitad de la nada para que reflote el equipo de fútbol local. Adalyn está dispuesta a dejarse la piel para conseguirlo, pero no contaba con que sus jugadores serían un grupo de niñas de nueve años con tutú y una cabra como mascota.

Zoe thought she could accept the terms of their affair: exceptionally hot, no-strings-attached sex. But when Andrew coldly informs her of his impending move to New York - and unknowingly turns her world upside down - Zoe tries to forget her unspoken wishes for something more and attempts to move on with her life.

Una donna ancora giovane, serena e appagata, tutt’altro che inattiva nel cerchio sicuro della famiglia, viene abbandonata all’improvviso dal marito e precipita in un gorgo scuro e antico. Rimasta con i due figli e il cane, profondamente segnata dal dolore e dall’umiliazione, Olga, dalla tranquilla Torino dove si è trasferita da qualche anno, è risucchiata tra i fantasmi della sua infanzia napoletana. Comincia a questo punto una caduta rovinosa, un racconto che cattura e trascina fino al fondo più nero, più dolente dell’esperienza femminile.

When the castle she works in is sacked by the army of Prince Edward of England, kitchen maid Agnes Fitzgerald manages to escape north of Inverness to throw herself at the mercy of the Lord and Lady at Ravenscraig Castle. Although safe for now, the people of Scotland are fighting hard for their independence, and the threat of the English hangs heavy over the land. But when Agnes spies Cam Buchanan swimming in the loch, her mind turns away from war and towards love. Agnes even dares to dream of a happy future, until she learns that Cam must go and fight alongside Robert de Brus.

Un libro que nos cuenta sobre el amor eterno de Dios y el sacrificio de entregar a su propio hijo para la salvación de la humanidad y derrotar el pecado y al propio Satanás. Esta obra es un minucioso examen de la autora sobre el amor del Padre Celestial, fuente de vida y sabiduría. Una narración que ayuda al desarrollo espiritual y comprender así el amor supremo en busca de la paz interior.

In 2020, Claire Luchette in O, The Oprah Magazine described the beloved Italian novelist Elena Ferrante as “an oracle among authors”. Here, in these four crisp essays, Ferrante offers a rare look at the origins of her literary powers.

Carico di speranze e tensioni, arriva il vento degli anni Settanta che ogni cosa scompagina. Elena, laureata alla Normale di Pisa, pubblica un fortunato romanzo che segna il suo ingresso nell'ambiente colto e intellettuale. Lila, lasciato il marito, si ammazza di lavoro in una fabbrica di salumi alla periferia di Napoli. Anche se lontane, le due amiche nelle loro battaglie quotidiane continuano a specchiarsi l'una nell'altra, unite da un legame forte e ambivalente.

Catalina está desesperada. Cuatro semanas no son demasiado para que encuentre a alguien dispuesto a acompañarla a la boda de su hermana al otro lado del Atlántico, y menos aún que finja que la ama.

Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiraled out of control. Now everyone she knows—including her ex and his fiancée—will be there and eager to meet him. She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight and her raucous family won’t be easy to fool. Enter Aaron Blackford—her tall, handsome, condescending colleague—who surprisingly offers to step in.

Here is the dazzling saga of two women: the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Both are now adults; many of life's great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women's friendship has remained the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up - a prison of conformity, violence, and inviolable taboos.

Il bel viso della bambina Giovanna si è trasformato, sta diventando quello di una brutta adolescente. Ma è proprio così? E in quale specchio bisogna guardare per ritrovarsi e salvarsi? La ricerca di un nuovo volto oscilla tra due Napoli consanguinee che però si temono e si detestano: la Napoli di sopra, che s'è attribuita una maschera fine, e quella di sotto, che si finge smodata, triviale. Giovanna oscilla tra alto e basso, in una città che pare non offrire né risposte né scampo.

Leda, a middle-aged divorcee, is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father. Her initial, unexpected sense of liberty turns to ferocious introspection following a seemingly trivial occurrence. Throughout the novel, Ferrante's language is as finely tuned and intense as ever, and she treats her theme with a fierce, candid tenacity.

Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fewer calories. This is the story of a girl whose armor against anxiety becomes artillery against herself as she battles on both sides of a lose-lose war in a struggle with anorexia.

Charlie Wolfe jumps at the chance to help his uncle renovate a tumbledown cottage overlooking Nomansland Common. Number One Constable’s Cottages was once the home of the man charged with ridding the common of the highwaymen who terrorised travellers. But it’s the story of The Wicked Lady, the notorious female highway robber, that captures Charlie’s imagination, and some long winters’ nights he’s sure he can the hoofbeats of her horse echoing across time.

La noche en la que la vida de Rune cambió para siempre, la sangre corría por las calles. Ahora, tras una revolución devastadora, las brujas se han convertido en criminales perseguidas. Durante el día finge no ser más que una joven superficial de la alta sociedad, pero por la noche es la Polilla Carmesí, una bruja justiciera que salva a las suyas de la purga. Cuando la vida de la única familia que le queda se pone en peligro, decide conseguir la información confidencial que tan desesperadamente necesita cortejando al apuesto Gideon Sharpe, un cazador famoso, implacable y leal a la revolución.

Convertida en leyenda, tanto por su vida como por su obra, Tina Modotti tuvo una existencia llena de pasión y de furia, que encontró en la fotografía el medio ideal para expresar su disconformidad y compromiso con el tiempo que le tocó vivir. Tras dejar su natal Italia y después de un efímero paso por California, donde trabaja temporalmente en Hollywood, su relación con Edward Weston la traslada a México.

Pedro y Elizabeth no se conocían y nada indicaba que hubiera entre ellos la menor afinidad, salvo que la infelicidad de ambos los había llevado a ponerse en manos del mismo psiquiatra. El doctor Weiss supo intuir que Pedro y Elizabeth estaban ligados indisolublemente. Fueron necesarias muchas sesiones de hipnosis y el entusiasmo de un médico capaz de transgredir el marco de la ciencia al uso para que ambos recuperasen la memoria de sus vidas pasadas y fueran capaces de descubrir los lazos que les unían.