CARDIFF BY THE SEA, Calif. - s4story -- Betsy Polatin, MFA, SEP, internationally recognized breathing/movement specialist and best- selling author, has a new book, HUMANUAL (a manual for being human) An Epic Journey to Your Expanded Self.

Each of us has an everyday self that we assume our self to be. But what if there is more to us than meets the eye? What if there is an expanded version of our self that includes not only the habitual patterns, the lost parts, and the innate organization but also a connection to the grand, scintillating space of the universe and the possibilities it offers us?

HUMANUAL is a unique and comprehensive approach to self-knowledge and self-improvement, offering a clear, concise, and rather simple set of explanations and exercises to facilitate understanding and unity of body, mind, and spirit. Many of us have lost our connection to each other, the planet, ourselves, and our bodies, causing distress and discomfort. But in actuality, we have a wealth of resources inside of us that we can learn to activate and use to our advantage to access health and well-being. Anyone can use the exercises in this book for personal exploration and growth.

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You will learn: how to become aware of habitual thought and movement patterns, how to breathe to full capacity, how to cope with and resolve overwhelming experiences, and how to awaken your inherent potential by finding the support from the ground that can lead to full stature and expansion, while noting how trauma and overwhelm can interfere with this process.

        HUMANUAL will help you learn to use what you already have within you . . . and expand your full potential!  Learn to do whatever you do with just a bit more presence in every minute. The book is both instructional and inspirational.

To learn more, visit http://www.humanual.com/.

"In HUMANUAL, Betsy Polatin provides us with a richly illustrated guided tour to help us

connect deeply and consciously to our bodies, minds, souls, and spirits."

—Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

"Read, experience, and learn what it means to be fully human."

—Peter A. Levine, PhD, author of Waking the Tiger