Download or read book Nature s Embrace written by Satsuki Kawano and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive fieldwork, Nature’s Embrace reveals the emerging pluralization of death rites in postindustrial Japan. Low birth rates and high numbers of people remaining permanently single have led to a shortage of ceremonial caregivers (most commonly married sons and their wives) to ensure the transformation of the dead into ancestors resting in peace. Consequently, older adults are increasingly uncertain about who will perform memorial rites for them and maintain their graves. In this study, anthropologist Satsuki Kawano examines Japan’s changing death rites from the perspective of those who elect to have their cremated remains scattered and celebrate their return to nature. For those without children, ash scattering is an effective strategy, as it demands neither a grave nor a caretaker. However, the adoption of ash scattering is not limited to the childless. By forgoing graves and lightening the burden on younger generations to care for them, this new mortuary practice has given its proponents an increased sense of control over their posthumous existence. By choosing ash scattering, older adults contest their dependent status in Japanese society, which increasingly views the aged as passive care recipients. As such, this study explores not only new developments in mortuary practices, but also voices for increased self-sufficiency in late adulthood and the elderly’s reshaping of ties with younger generations. Nature’s Embrace offers insightful discussion on the rise of new death rites and ideologies, older adults’ views of their death rites, and Japan’s changing society through the eyes of aging urbanites. This book will engage a wide range of readers interested in death and culture, mortuary ritual, and changes in age relations in postindustrial societies.
Download or read book Nature s Embrace written by Satsuki Kawano and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive fieldwork, Nature’s Embrace reveals the emerging pluralization of death rites in postindustrial Japan. Low birth rates and high numbers of people remaining permanently single have led to a shortage of ceremonial caregivers (most commonly married sons and their wives) to ensure the transformation of the dead into ancestors resting in peace. Consequently, older adults are increasingly uncertain about who will perform memorial rites for them and maintain their graves. In this study, anthropologist Satsuki Kawano examines Japan’s changing death rites from the perspective of those who elect to have their cremated remains scattered and celebrate their return to nature. For those without children, ash scattering is an effective strategy, as it demands neither a grave nor a caretaker. However, the adoption of ash scattering is not limited to the childless. By forgoing graves and lightening the burden on younger generations to care for them, this new mortuary practice has given its proponents an increased sense of control over their posthumous existence. By choosing ash scattering, older adults contest their dependent status in Japanese society, which increasingly views the aged as passive care recipients. As such, this study explores not only new developments in mortuary practices, but also voices for increased self-sufficiency in late adulthood and the elderly’s reshaping of ties with younger generations. Nature’s Embrace offers insightful discussion on the rise of new death rites and ideologies, older adults’ views of their death rites, and Japan’s changing society through the eyes of aging urbanites. This book will engage a wide range of readers interested in death and culture, mortuary ritual, and changes in age relations in postindustrial societies.
Download or read book Endless Horizons written by Eber and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kindred Nature written by Barbara T. Gates and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Centers on what a number of British Victorian and Edwardian women said and did in the name of nature -- what part they played in the cultural reconstruction of nature that transpired in the years just proceeding the publication of Darwin's major work and in the wake of the Darwinian revolution"--Introduction.
Download or read book Forest Therapy written by Sarah Ivens and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your practical guide to better health, stronger relationships, and a happier life--by reconnecting with nature There is something simply soul-soothing about being in nature. In fact, research shows that spending time outside can improve the immune system, combat stress hormones, lower blood pressure, and boost self-esteem. Around the globe, rising movements are driving us to reconnect with Mother Nature--from shinrin-yoku ("forest bathing") in Japan to friluftsliv ("open-air life") in Scandinavia--yet our everyday lifestyles have distanced us from the great outdoors. For stressed-out professionals, reclusive bookworms, worn-out parents, and their cooped-up kids, Forest Therapy shares why getting back to nature is critically important for our well-being, and offers fun, easy practices to break out of hibernation. Forest bathing is a rising trend, but what to do if you're not near the woods or if the weather is dreary? Forest Therapy offers practical steps and inspiration to tap into nature's restorative power, no matter the season or the weather. Chapters address ideas for all four seasons, as well as ways to use experiences in nature as ways to deepen your relationships with your children, partner, and friends. Ivens's creative ideas and strategies range from a simple walk in the woods and countryside couples' therapy to DIY natural beauty products and simple ways to bring the great outdoors into your home. Illustrated with charming black-and-white line art, Forest Therapy is a warm, witty, and personal guide to improving your health, finding happiness, and living a fabulous al fresco life.
Download or read book Nature s Embrace written by Ivan Bunin and published by Patrick Wang. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ivan Bunin was the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. For his poetry, he was twice awarded Russia’s highest literary honor, the Pushkin Prize. While Bunin’s prose writing is well known, his poetry—though highly praised by critics and contemporaries such as Blok, Gorky and Nabokov—has been unjustly ignored. This collection of over 100 verse translations is the first English language book of Bunin’s poetry. Spanning a long period of poetic output (1886-1952), this selection includes both published and unpublished poems. In a variety of forms, they cover an astonishing range of topics and reveal a writer with singular artistic precision and deep humanity.
Download or read book The Nature Fix Why Nature Makes Us Happier Healthier and More Creative written by Florence Williams and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Highly informative and remarkably entertaining." —Elle From forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to eucalyptus groves in California, Florence Williams investigates the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. Delving into brand-new research, she uncovers the powers of the natural world to improve health, promote reflection and innovation, and strengthen our relationships. As our modern lives shift dramatically indoors, these ideas—and the answers they yield—are more urgent than ever.
Download or read book A Gap in Nature written by Tim Fridtjof Flannery and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short description of the extinct animal along with a color drawing.
Download or read book Nature s Embrace written by JoeBaby and published by . This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories tell of one man's journey back to life. Through his encounters with the natural world, JoeBaby takes us on an adventure that is passionate, intimate and joyous. Evocative and stirring, these stories awaken a longing to embrace the world around us with all it's beauty, power and magic. After reading this book, the touch of the wind will never feel the same.
Download or read book Freedom s Embrace written by J. Melvin Woody and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be free is to escape all limitations and obstacles&—or so we think at first. But if we probe further, we discover that freedom embraces its own necessities, a set of conditions without which it could not exist. Freedom's Embrace explores these necessities of freedom. J. Melvin Woody surveys competing conceptions of freedom and traces debates about the nature and reality of freedom to confusions about knowledge, humanity, and nature that are rooted in some of the most fundamental assumptions of modern Western thought. The preemption of freedom as an exclusively human privilege with all nature relegated to mechanical necessity is a fatal error that renders both humanity and nature equally unintelligible. What distinguishes human beings from other animals is not freedom but the use of symbols, which vastly extends the range of available options and enables us to envision freedom as an ideal by which customary institutions and norms may be judged and transformed. By carefully surveying its necessary conditions and limitations, Woody reconciles the salient competing conceptions of freedom and weaves them together into a richer and broader theory that resolves old controversies and opens the way toward an ethics of freedom that can meet the challenges of relativism and nihilism that arise from recognizing the historicity and malleability of culture.
Download or read book Wishing Leaves written by Wayne Visser and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection brings together nature poems by poet and writer, Wayne Visser, celebrating the diversity, beauty and ever-changing moods of our planet. The anthology includes many old favourites like "I Think I Was a Tree Once" and "A Bug's Life", as well as brand new poems like "Monet's Dream" and "The Environmentalist". Then as we turned our faces to the moon Our hands entwined, our hearts in sync, in tune We felt the fingers of the silken breeze And made our wishes on the falling leaves
Download or read book The Better Angels of Our Nature written by Steven Pinker and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think this is the most violent age ever seen. Yet as bestselling author Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true.
Download or read book Dancing with Transcendence in Nature s Embrace written by Britteny Corrin Godar and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Dancing with Transcendence in Nature's Embrace explores metamorphosis, the cyclical nature of the universe, the blossoms and the decay, and, ultimately, spins you into nature's dances. It takes you through deep canyons, grandiose mountains, moon cycles, turbulent oceans, wandering rivers, whirling wind, and the inevitable sunrise and sunset. It is an immersion in wisdom, absurdity, transitions, transcendence, and the enduring and scattered energy of the soul. It brings you to embrace all the high leaps, low curtsies, and twirls in your own life's dance. It is a tale of love, loss, and love again ignited by the tail of a precious dog, of a life force.""
Download or read book Nature s Essence written by Barrett Williams and published by Barrett Williams. This book was released on 2024-08-25 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the transformative power of nature with "Nature's Essence," the ultimate guide to unlocking the mysteries and benefits of essential oils. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or a curious newcomer, this comprehensive eBook offers a deep and enlightening dive into the world of aromatherapy. Begin your journey with a rich historical overview of essential oils, and master the art of extraction and aromatherapy basics. Explore the botanical sources of these potent oils, from delicate floral and herbal elixirs to invigorating citrus and resinous extracts. Experience the therapeutic benefits firsthand as you delve into chapters on stress reduction, pain management, and immune support. Ground your understanding in science with insights into the chemical constituents and mechanisms of action behind essential oils, fortified by the latest research. Enhance your emotional well-being with targeted sections on oils for anxiety, depression, and sleep, while also addressing diverse physical health needs, spanning respiratory, digestive, and skin care solutions. Applying essential oils safely and effectively is simpler than ever with expert guidance on diffusion, topical use, and internal applications. Unlock your creative potential with personalized blending techniques and bespoke recipes tailored to your needs. Incorporate essential oils seamlessly into your daily life with practical tips for household cleaning, personal care products, and even culinary uses. Drawing from real-life case studies and testimonials, this book provides a wealth of inspiring personal healing stories, clinical insights, and expert advice. Mindfulness enthusiasts will appreciate the dedicated section on using oils in meditation, enhancing the mind-body connection, and creating sacred spaces. Learn how to safely introduce essential oils into family life, from children and elderly care to pet aromatherapy. Stay ahead of trends and innovations in the field while navigating sustainability and ethical sourcing practices. Build your essential oil toolkit with must-have oils, essential accessories, and storage tips. Finally, embrace the global essence of essential oils with an exploration of traditional uses, cultural significance, and the global marketplace. Dive into exciting DIY projects, including crafting candles, making natural cosmetics, and creating herbal remedies. Overcome common challenges and misconceptions, and become confident in your choices with clear guidance on allergies, sensitivities, labeling, and quality control. Embark on your essential oil education with "Nature's Essence" and let the natural world enlighten and empower your life. Your journey to holistic health and well-being starts here.
Download or read book Invisible Nature written by Kenneth Worthy and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolutionary new understanding of the precarious modern human-nature relationship and a path to a healthier, more sustainable world. Amidst all the wondrous luxuries of the modern world—smartphones, fast intercontinental travel, Internet movies, fully stocked refrigerators—lies an unnerving fact that may be even more disturbing than all the environmental and social costs of our lifestyles. The fragmentations of our modern lives, our disconnections from nature and from the consequences of our actions, make it difficult to follow our own values and ethics, so we can no longer be truly ethical beings. When we buy a computer or a hamburger, our impacts ripple across the globe, and, dissociated from them, we can’t quite respond. Our personal and professional choices result in damages ranging from radioactive landscapes to disappearing rainforests, but we can’t quite see how. Environmental scholar Kenneth Worthy traces the broken pathways between consumers and clean-room worker illnesses, superfund sites in Silicon Valley, and massively contaminated landscapes in rural Asian villages. His groundbreaking, psychologically based explanation confirms that our disconnections make us more destructive and that we must bear witness to nature and our consequences. Invisible Nature shows the way forward: how we can create more involvement in our own food production, more education about how goods are produced and waste is disposed, more direct and deliberative democracy, and greater contact with the nature that sustains us.
Download or read book Surrender to Freedom written by Sergio Rijo and published by SERGIO RIJO. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Surrender to Freedom: Letting Go for Conscious Living" is an enlightening and transformative guide that invites readers to embark on a profound journey of self-discovery, spiritual growth, and liberation. In this empowering book, the author explores the liberating power of surrender as a transformative tool to embrace conscious living and find true freedom. The book delves into the essence of surrender, guiding readers to release the burdens of the past, transcend egoic limitations, and embrace the present moment with grace and authenticity. Each chapter unfolds a new dimension of surrender, providing profound insights and practical techniques to let go of self-imposed boundaries and limitations, heal emotional wounds, and cultivate inner resilience. Through heartfelt anecdotes and timeless wisdom, the author encourages readers to surrender to the flow of life, trusting in the universe's divine plan. By doing so, readers discover a newfound sense of inner peace, purpose, and alignment with their true selves. "Surrender to Freedom" is a transformative masterpiece that empowers readers to embrace surrender as an act of strength and courage, rather than a sign of weakness. It serves as a guiding light, illuminating the path to conscious living and empowering readers to embrace the beauty of surrender in all aspects of life. In this book, readers will learn to nurture loving relationships, find joy in the present moment, and release the need for control. By surrendering to the flow of life, readers open themselves to boundless possibilities, discovering the transformative power of surrender in every aspect of life. "Surrender to Freedom: Letting Go for Conscious Living" is a heartfelt and compelling book that resonates with seekers of wisdom and those on a quest for inner peace and fulfillment. With its practical guidance and profound insights, this book is an invaluable companion for anyone seeking to transcend limitations and live a life of conscious surrender and authentic freedom.
Download or read book The Harmony of WHISPERS written by Navroz chamadia and published by Navroz chamadia . This book was released on with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Harmony of Whispers" is a poetic journey through the delicate and profound moments of life, where words serve as both the vessel and the destination. This collection of poems invites readers to explore the intricate symphony of emotions, from the quiet serenity of solitude to the grand crescendo of love's embrace. With each verse, it seeks to capture the essence of the human experience, allowing readers to find their own resonance within the gentle cadence of whispers.This book offers a lyrical exploration of the harmonious interplay between the ordinary and the extraordinary, revealing the beauty that lies within life's subtlest melodies. "The Harmony of Whispers" is a poetic reflection that both soothes and inspires, inviting readers to listen closely to the whispers that shape our existence.
