DESCRIPTION A very informative book! Susi Amendola, a renowned yoga therapist, combines her wealth of expertise with a compassionate understanding of the human condition to deliver an innovative guide to heart health. I believe this book serves a s a beacon of knowledge for anyone seeking a holistic approach to heart well-ness. The Centered Heart is a vital resource, providing insights on healing, improving heart health, and achieving a better quality of life.” ….Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, secretary to the government of India Ministry of Ayush: former vice chancellor Gujarat Ayurved University; recipient of the Padma Shri From the president of India “Instead of trying to find time in your day for self-care, yoga-therapist Amendola suggests scheduling your life around your practices, aiming for a stress-free, healing existence. Under her expert guidance, this not only seems enticing but possible.” - Booklist, Starred Review "An excellent starting point for those of all abilities and in all walks of life looking to create habits that support their cardiac and spiritual health.” - Library Journal Awards Gold Medalist, Relaxation and Mindfulness Category, Living Now Book Awards, 2024 Distinguished Favorite, NYC Big Book Awards 2024 Booklist Starred Review About Author Stress is often the first domino in chronic illness and disease. Too often, however, doctors have little training or information to offer patients about managing stress. In The Centered Heart, yoga therapist, stress management expert and senior trainer for Ornish Lifestyle Medicine, Susi Amendola, navigates the intricate relationship between stress management and overall health. She invites readers into transformative experience with the ancient and time-tested somatic practices of yoga that have been shown to improve cardiac outcomes as well as outcomes from many of the chronic diseases that plague our society. Developing a daily stress management practice that includes gentle movements, breathing, relaxation, meditation, imagery, compassion, and a connection to nature gradually shifts awareness to an internal locus of control. Practitioners will feel better, connect with their innate inner wisdom, and come to understand that through lifestyle choices they control they can be their own first line of intervention. While we may not be able to affect what is happening around us, with the wisdom and insights offered in The Centered Heart, we can make a difference in the quality of our own lives, change the way we react to stress, calm our hearts, and reclaim our health Susi Amendola is an internationally certified Yoga therapist who brings over forty years of experience utilizing Yoga to help others heal. She served as a stress management specialist for Ornish Lifestyle Medicine, a Medicare-approved intensive cardiac rehab program. As founder and director of Yoga Now in Omaha Nebraska, she leads one of the longest running yoga certification programs in the Midwest and has developed yoga based stress management programs for schools, business and hospitals through the country. She has contributed over 150 articles to Ornish Living Magazine and has also been an esteemed speaker at many symposiums on health and wellness. Susi currently resides in Omaha Nebraska.
