Philip Shepherd

Radical Wholeness

Andrei Yakovenko

An empirically-based strength-training program that's simple, quick, and maximizes results while increasing enjoyment. Deep Fitness shows us that 30-minutes of focused and intensive resistance training sessions done as little as once or twice a week can have an enormous effect on our health, sense of well-being, and longevity. What's more, clinical studies have shown that short, focused strength-training routines are actually more effective than hours of aerobic workouts--a fact long-known by health professionals but only now coming to the attention of the general public. Authors Philip Shepherd and Andrei Yakovenko have designed a revolutionary workout technology known as Mindful Strength Training to Failure(TM) (MSTF). Similar to high-intensity interval training, users choose from a variety of resistance sources: barbells, kettlebells, machines, elastic band, or individual body weight. MSTF targets specific muscle groups, working them slowly to the point of momentary muscle failure. With proper resistance, sets can be done in as little as two minutes, and do not require repetition. MSTF is also an embodied routine, incorporating mindfulness techniques developed by Shepherd over the past 20 years that have been shown to boost dopamine levels and enhance workout enjoyment. With over a dozen of illustrated exercises that can be done at home or the gym, Deep Fitness is the perfect book for all types of readers, from professional athletes to anyone who cares about their health but faces the crunch of a busy life. The controlled pace of the workout routines also make it ideal for older adults as well as those managing injuries.

The Mindful, Science-Based Strength-Training Method to Transform Your Well-Being in Just 30 Minutes a Week

Deep Fitness

New Self, New World challenges the primary story of what it means to be human, the random and materialistic lifestyle that author Philip Shepherd calls our “shattered reality.” This reality encourages us to live in our heads, self-absorbed in our own anxieties. Drawing on diverse sources and inspiration, New Self, New World reveals that our state of head-consciousness falsely teaches us to see the body as something we possess and to try to take care of it without ever really learning how to inhabit it. Shepherd articulates his vision of a world in which each of us enjoys a direct, unmediated experience of being alive. He petitions against the futile pursuit of the “known self” and instead reveals the simple grace of just being present. In compelling prose, Shepherd asks us to surrender to the reality of “what is” that enables us to reunite with our own being. Each chapter is accompanied by exercises meant to bring Shepherd’s vision into daily life, what the author calls a practice that “facilitates the voluntary sabotage of long-standing patterns.” New Self, New World is at once a philosophical primer, a spiritual handbook, and a roaming inquiry into human history.

Recovering Our Senses in the Twenty-First Century

New Self, New World

Christopher J. Dean

Monoclonal Antibodies: A Practical Approach covers the preparation, testing, derivation, and applications of monoclonal antibodies. New immunological techniques incorporating tried and tested methodologies are described, making the book of interest to established and inexperienced immunologists. Both the standard somatic hybridization technique and recombinant techniques, including the use of phage libraries, for the preparation of rodent and human monoclonal antibodies are described. Protocols for both the small and large scale production are detailed, as well as purification and labelling (with both radioisotopes and non-radioisotopes) methods. The applications of monoclonal antibodies in immunoblotting, enzyme linked immunoassays, immunofluorescence, and FACS analysis are all covered in detail. Finally protocols are given for the use of monoclonal antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis, tissue typing, detecting DNA modified during chemotherapy, and in the clinical analysis of transplantation samples for malignancy. This book will therefore be an invaluable laboratory companion to anyone using monoclonal antibodies in their research.

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