Vital Energy : The 7 Keys to Invigorate Body, Mind, and Soul

by Simon, David

• ISBN13: 9780471332268
• ISBN10: 0471332267
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-24
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The roller-coaster life of the flamboyant creator of General Motors "A well-written biography."--New York Times "A well-executed glimpse of one of the giants of the automobile industry."--Publishers Weekly Long before Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch, and Bill Gates, there was William C. Durant (1861-1947), the flamboyant businessman who made deals at warp speed to build General Motors and the automotive industry. Now in paperback, The Deal Maker brings Durant, a self-starter obsessed with making it and being seen as making it, to thrilling life. Thriving on the art of the deal, Durant was buying companies at the rate of one every thirty days at the height of his career. By 1910, he had brought together twenty-five automobile firms into what would become the General Motors empire. Then, gambling on a run on GM stock, Durant was forced into a buyout, which unseated him from GM, leaving him without the financial wherewithal to ever succeed again. Featuring some of the most important figures in the history of the automotive industry and American business, including Henry Ford, David Buick, Albert Champion, Louis Chevrolet, Alfred P. Sloan, and Pierre Du Pont, The Deal Maker is a fast-paced, rousing tale of Durant's dizzying success and abject failure.

Author Biography

DAVID SIMON, M.D., is the Medical Director of the Chopra Center for Well Being. The author of Return to Wholeness, The Wisdom of Healing, and A Simple Celebration, Dr. Simon regularly conducts seminars and workshops.

Table of Contents

Preface	xvii
Introduction: The Quest for Vitality	1	(2)
Vitality Questionnaire	3	(3)
The Timeless Search for Vital Energy	6	(3)
The Vital Voyage	9	(4)
Seek Your Self	13	(34)
Envision a Fulfilling Life	14	(4)
Making Vital Energy Real: Imaging Fulfillment	18	(1)
Tune In to the Wisdom of Life	18	(3)
The Three Vital Elements	19	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Earth, Fire, and Wind Scenarios	20	(1)
Understand Your Mind Body Nature	21	(10)
Determine Your Mind Body Nature: A Questionnaire	22	(3)
The 7 Mind Body Types	25	(5)
Making Vital Energy Real: Know Your Nature	30	(1)
Find and Understand Your Imbalance Score	31	(9)
Interpreting Your Mind Body Imbalance Scores	33	(6)
Making Vital Energy Real: Focus on Balance	39	(1)
Choose Your Reality	40	(7)
Making Vital Energy Real: Observe the Mind Body Patterns around You	44	(3)
Clear Your Toxins, Digest Your Past	47	(28)
Explore the Layers of Your Life	49	(5)
Making Vital Energy Real: Navigate Your Layers	52	(2)
Embrace Your Environment	54	(4)
Light One Candle: Eliminate One Toxin at a Time	55	(2)
Making Vital Energy Real: Clean Your Space	57	(1)
Clear Your Senses	58	(4)
Sound	58	(1)
Touch	59	(1)
Sight	60	(1)
Smell	61	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Nourish Your Senses	62	(1)
Purify Your Body: What Is Your Toxin Load?	62	(6)
The Oxygen Paradox	64	(2)
Eliminating Toxic Behaviors	66	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Banish Toxicity from Your Life	67	(1)
Simplify and Detoxify	68	(7)
Making Vital Energy Real: Purifying Action Steps	70	(1)
A Word on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	71	(1)
Remove the Obstacles to Vital Energy	72	(3)
Feed Your Body, Nourish Your Soul	75	(38)
Kindle Your Digestive Fire	76	(7)
Listening to Your Appetite	78	(1)
How to Eat	79	(1)
Lighting the Fire	80	(1)
Your Mind Body Appetite	81	(2)
Making Vital Energy Real: Awaken Your Fire	83	(1)
Add Flavor to Your Life	83	(5)
The Six Vital Tastes	84	(2)
Vital Meals	86	(2)
Making Vital Energy Real: Be Aware of the Six Tastes	88	(1)
Seek Nature's Nourishment	88	(5)
Phytoestrogens	90	(1)
Focus on Balance	91	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Nutrition	92	(1)
Personalize Your Diet	93	(5)
The Flavors of Earth, Fire, and Wind	94	(4)
Making Vital Energy Real: Eating for Your Mind Body Nature	98	(1)
Use Herbs and Vitamins Wisely	98	(15)
Plant-Based Medicines	100	(7)
The Essentials of Vitamins	107	(2)
Vitamins and the Heart	109	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Respect Your Nutritional Allies	110	(1)
Other Nutrients	110	(3)
Release Depleting Emotions, Cultivate Love	113	(36)
Be Flexible	114	(5)
Describe Your Reality	115	(1)
Embrace Diversity	116	(1)
Don't Waste Your Energy	117	(2)
Making Vital Energy Real: Practice Flexibility	119	(1)
Look into the Mirror of Relationships	119	(5)
Reintegrate Your Shadow	121	(1)
Meeting the Shadows of Earth, Fire, and Wind	122	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Acknowledge the Positive and the Negative	123	(1)
Create Emotional Balance	124	(6)
Regaining Mind Body Balance	125	(3)
A Question of Balance	128	(2)
Making Vital Energy Real: Maintain Your Equilibrium	130	(1)
Observe the Laws of Your Emotions	130	(10)
The Five Emotional Laws	132	(8)
Making Vital Energy Real: Make Use of the Laws	140	(1)
Metabolize Your Feelings	140	(9)
Making Vital Energy Real: Process and Release	146	(3)
Move to Nature's Beat	149	(32)
Dance to the Music	150	(10)
Early to Bed, Early to Rise: Honoring Chronobiology	151	(2)
Ideal Daily Routine	153	(5)
How to Sleep Better	158	(1)
Your Mind Body Nature and Your Daily Routine	159	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Establish Your Rhythm	160	(1)
Breathe into Vitality	160	(4)
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Breathing	164	(1)
Stretch Your Limits	164	(4)
Yoga---Conscious Stretching	165	(3)
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Stretching	168	(1)
Get Up and Move	168	(9)
The Benefits of Exercise	169	(1)
What Kind? How Much? How Often?	169	(1)
Mind Body Type-Specific Exercise	170	(2)
Recovering Fitness	172	(4)
Exercise Precautions	176	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Movement	177	(1)
Get Stronger	177	(4)
Making Vital Energy Real: Enhance Your Strength	179	(1)
Honor Your Body	179	(2)
Work with Meaning, Play with Passion	181	(30)
Find Your Dharma	182	(7)
Work for Your Mind Body Type	186	(3)
Making Vital Energy Real: Discover Your Purpose	189	(1)
Create Wealth Consciousness	189	(5)
Mind Body and Money	192	(1)
Abundance Consciousness	193	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Abundance	194	(1)
Enjoy Your Friends	194	(6)
Accept Yourself, Accept Others	195	(1)
Demonstrate Your Caring	196	(1)
Open Your Heart	196	(1)
Receive Love	197	(1)
Express Your Love	198	(1)
Friends in Deed	199	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Friendship	199	(1)
Go Outside to Play	200	(5)
Space Energy	200	(1)
Air Energy	201	(1)
Fire Energy	202	(1)
Water Energy	202	(1)
Earth Energy	203	(1)
Five Elements, Three Codes of Nature	203	(1)
Enjoy the Planet	204	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Play	205	(1)
Delight in What You Have	205	(6)
Celebrate the Anniversaries of the Heart	207	(2)
Living Fully	209	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Enjoy	209	(1)
Vital Work, Vital Play	210	(1)
Celebrate the Magic of Being	211	(30)
Dive within through Meditation	213	(5)
Making Vital Energy Real: Find the Stillness within	217	(1)
Practice Sacred Sex	218	(6)
Centers of Vital Energy, Centers of Transformation	218	(3)
Making Love Energy	221	(1)
Your Mind Body Nature and Sex	222	(2)
Making Vital Energy Real: Vital Sex	224	(1)
Choose Your Happiness	224	(9)
Offer Luscious Food to All Your Senses	225	(1)
Laugh at the World, Laugh at Yourself	226	(1)
Keep Learning	227	(1)
Love with Abandon	228	(2)
Liberate Your Self	230	(2)
Making Vital Energy Real: Cultivate Happiness	232	(1)
Strive for Integrity, Embrace Ambiguity	233	(3)
Vital Environmental Values	234	(1)
Vital Physical Health Values	234	(1)
Vital Emotional Health Values	235	(1)
Vital Spiritual Values	235	(1)
Making Vital Energy Real: Integrate Your Body, Mind, and Soul	236	(1)
Live a Magical Life	236	(5)
Postscript: Embracing Vital Energy	241	(2)
Sources	243	(4)
Vital Energy Enhancing Suggestions	247	(2)
Recommended Audiotapes	249	(2)
Index	251