<P><B>The concept of self-care is, in fact, thousands of years old. This buzzword is rooted in a 2,500-year old Chinese philosophy. ‘Yang sheng’ means to nourish life – fostering your own health and wellbeing by nurturing body, mind and spirit.</B></P><P>In this book, Katie Brindle teaches readers how to harness this powerful natural healing system to improve every aspect of their life.</P><P><I>Yang Sheng</I> fits and works brilliantly in modern life. Some of the techniques may seem unusual, but they are all simple, quick and effective. Even more appealing, a key principle of Chinese medicine is balance; that means not being perfect or excluding foods or having too many rules or pushing yourself to exhaustion with overwork or over-exercise. And so, <I>Yang Sheng</I> encourages you to have the green juice and the glass of wine, a full-on day at work and a night out dancing.</P><P>For people who are overtired and overtaxed, stressed, lacking a sex drive, or who feel an