Inner Alchemy: The Urban Monk's Guide to Happiness, Health, and Vitality

It's a good book, but I already have it. It's annoying when publishers do this. This is the exact same book as "Rise and Shine" published a few years earlier. If you're gonna republish under a new title, then please make them prominent on the cover,.

Timely and informative. Love it

Great read!

Had I known that the author considers Atlantis to be the source of much of the material he shares in this book, I would probably not have chosen to read this. If that doesn’t bother you, then you may appreciate this book more than I did.I was curious about Taoism and qi gong, and this book does offer a decent introduction to these topics. I think my understanding was hindered in certain sections because the figures and tables didn’t show up correctly in my unproofed ARC, but that issue is likely to be resolved in the published version. In addition, I thought the health and lifestyle suggestions made sense and I liked some of the recommended exercises.Where I struggled most is when the author started discussing vampires, zombies, ghosts, demons, and entities from other planets and dimensions. Some of this language seemed clearly metaphorical, and that’s fine, but in some places, it sounded like the author was being literal. I find it hard to trust health advice from someone who believes in the need for exorcisms.References are provided in endnotes, and a glossary is included at the end.I was clearly not the intended audience for this book. I think this book is most likely to appeal to those with a strong interest in New Age spirituality as well as Taoism and Traditional Chinese Medicine.I was provided an unproofed ARC through NetGalley that I volunteered to review. Because I have not seen the final published version, I cannot comment on the final editing and formatting.

Inner Alchemy is by the author of the Urban Monk. In both books, Taoist principles are explained and used to reduce the reader’s stress and challenges with modern life and free their minds for more spiritual thoughts. The Urban Monk is a more user-friendly book. True beginners will be able to quickly learn the exercises and improve their thinking. Inner Alchemy is the more advanced book and is better for either people already familiar with some Taoist principles or at least read the Urban Monk first.Therefore, I recommend Inner Alchemy only for readers already familiar with the core principles of the Urban Monk. Read that book first and then this book will make much more sense. For those ready for more advanced topics, this book gets 4 stars.Thanks to Sounds True Publishing for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

Not interesting. Boring. Puts you right to sleep.

whatever valuable ideas the author had he lost along the way as he tried to express his thoughts. awkward, poorly built phrases with endless repetitions and circular reasoning. really hard to paddle through and gets worse the further you read.

Very good