{"product_id":"warrior-poseisbn-9781937856694","title":"Warrior Pose","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom covering the front lines of the Gulf War to investigating Colombian drug lords to living with freedom fighters in the mountains of Afghanistan, war correspondent Brad Willis was accustomed to risk. But when mortal danger came, it was from an unexpected direction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the pinnacle of his career, a broken back and failed surgery left Willis permanently disabled and condemned to life in a body brace. Then came a diagnosis of terminal, stage IV throat cancer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt his 50th birthday party, friends gathered around Willis, who was crippled, almost mute, depressed, strung out on narcotic medications, and dying. Halfway through the celebration Willis realized the party's true purpose—his friends were there to say goodbye.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone knew Willis was on his way out...everyone except his 2-year-old son, who urged, “Get up, Daddy!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis son's words ringing in his ears, Willis chose to abandon Western medicine and embrace the most esoteric practices of Yoga to heal his body, mind, and soul—ridding himself of cancer and fully restoring his back. As a symbol of his journey, he took the spiritual name Bhava Ram, which stands for “Living from the Heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarrior Pose\u003c\/i\u003e is an adventure chronicling some of the most momentous events of our time through a journalist's eyes, an unforgettable story about the power of love between father and son, and a transformational journey of self-healing, inner peace, and wholeness.\"\u003ci\u003eWarrior Pose\u003c\/i\u003e is Indiana Jones merged with Gautama Buddha, a miraculous affirmation of the power of self-healing, a war story, a love story, and a spiritual journey of epic proportion. It is your story, my story, the human story ... writ large.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDr. Emmett Miller, Pioneer of Mind-Body Medicine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bhava Ram leads us on an amazing life journey of courage, passion, hope, despair, and never-die spirit. His war stories, tender moments with his son, and transformative lifestyle are beacons of light for everyone seeking to find their path of well-being. \"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar, Director of Ayurvedic Healing, California Integrative Medicine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWarrior Pose\u003c\/i\u003e not only takes us on an amazing journey through war zones and global crises, it leads us on an inner journey of profound self healing and personal transformation that reminds us all of our own potential to access our inner power and live our truth.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eFelicia Tomasko, Editor-in-Chief, \u003ci\u003eLA Yoga Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Whoever you are, whatever your challenges, this text is a treasure that can lead you into a new understanding about your life and how to live it fully.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRebecca Tolin, Journalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a bright beacon of practical wisdom and guidance, inspiring us to reach for greatness and reminding us that we each posses an amazing capacity to achieve a more healthy and joyful life as well as our most heartfelt dreams. Read it and you too will be emboldened to soar.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRod Stryker, Para Yoga\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkable recoveries and miraculous healings of incurable cancers … Brad Willis has written the most exciting, original, and vividly relevant book yet on this topic. Its concise, hard-hitting prose makes a page turner about the shockingly grim world behind the nightly news as revealed to a top television reporter.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCandace Pert, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, RAPID Laboratories, Inc.; author, \u003ci\u003eEverything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMolecules of Emotion: The Scientific Basis Behind Mind-Body Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWarrior Pose\u003c\/i\u003e is riveting, beautiful, informative, inspiring, compelling, honest, and so very stirring to my heart strings. I'm recommending it to everyone. And I will be putting it on my reading list for my next semester's class on the History of Yoga. It feels like \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of a \u003c\/i\u003e(Modern)\u003ci\u003e Yogi....\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMarcy Braverman Goldstein, founder of Sanskrit Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An often engrossing and uplifting story, well written, that conveys his struggle to break free of the prison of pain.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeWord Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrad Willis a.k.a. Bhava Ram\u003c\/b\u003e is a former NBC News war correspondent who reported from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and beyond. He is the recipient of the prestigious Alfred I. duPont Award, considered the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, for his work inside Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelf-healed from a broken back, failed surgery, and cancer, he is now devoted to teaching the sister sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda. He is the founder of Deep Yoga, based in San Diego, the author of two previous books, a spiritual musician, and leader of Mastery of Life trainings, retreats, and workshops in the United States and India.","brand":"BenBella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304220283109,"sku":"NP9781937856694","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781937856694.jpg?v=1730756662","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/warrior-poseisbn-9781937856694","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}