For many their 40th birthday is a challenge to stay fit and attractive without succumbing to the youth craze trumpeted by the media. This work is a newly conceptualized Wellness-Training developed as a synthesis of Eastern and Western tradition from the authors' many-years experience with different health systems. Physical exercises from the areas of fitness, yoga, and qigong und creative expressive dance are combined with mental meditation and visualization techniques. This training is especially suited for women in mid-life who are a little gentler with their bodies and who want to maintain mobility and a trim figure. The exercises are easy to learn but extremely effective and allow much latitude for personal preferences. Training programmes can be individually assembled from the different training building blocks. The book takes the reader on a journey of new and creative possibilities to break with daily routine and do good for oneself.

Extensive encyclopedia documents more than 500 flowers, including growing advice and selection tips.Photos of nine region-specific gardens show how to successfully design, plant, and care for a beautiful flower garden.Advice for different growing regions and appropriate cultivars.Instructions on drying flowers.Combines beautiful photography with practical growing advice.

Presents ideas and step-by-step instructions for improving and expanding upon existing decks and patios using basic tools and skills.

A beautifully landscaped yard provides pleasure to you and increases the value of your home. Ortho's Guide to Creative Home Landscaping is an easy-to-follow guide that takes you through every step of the landscaping process from helping you to pick an appropriate landscape style and drawing the plans, to selecting plants, installing and maintaining them. The extensive plant encyclopedia makes it easy to choose plants for every yard.

Expert insights help the home gardener select and grow beautiful plants. Add spectacular color to a landscape with the latest gardening information from Ortho. Includes scores of photos and in-depth instructions.

A guide to gardening throughout the year that includes care of plants, shrubs, trees and annuals.

This handy guide covers all aspects of growing vegetables, from soil preparation to harvesting.

Shows how to build 12 stylish decks -- simple ground level to multilevel. Projects explained in detail with materials list. Illustrated with 85 full-colour illustrations and 14 full-colour photos.