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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
December 15, 2002 |
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DANCING WITH THE WIND
a True Story of Zen in the Art of Windsurfing
by Laurie Nadel |
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After living through last fall’s terrorist attacks,
bioterrorism, and the first wave of war in Afghanistan, many
people are searching for inspiration and oases of calm. Laurie
Nadel’s memoir, Dancing with the Wind is an antidote
for these times.
Based on journals she started keeping in the 1980’s, when she
took up windsurfing as a counterbalance to a hectic TV news
job, Dancing with the Wind tells how she began studying
Zen as a way of staying centered when life throws a curve or
two. The 1953 classic Zen in the Art of Archery by
Eugen Herrigel, which describes a Westerner’s attempts to find
the inner balance needed to shoot arrows effortlessly, became
a model for her writing and windsurfing. With humor and
humility, Nadel describes her simultaneous struggle to
overcome a klutzy self-image while balancing marriage,
motherhood, and career.
Her inner journey began when she came down with chronic
fatigue syndrome in 1987 and spent two years on disability.
Since there is no conventional medical cure for chronic
fatigue syndrome, Nadel learned how to meditate and searched
out natural healing alternatives that enabled her to recover
and begin a new career as an author. In 1990, after her
nonfiction bestseller, Sixth Sense, was published to critical
acclaim, she started working on her PH.D. in psychology.
She was just getting back on her feet when a series of
financial and real estate problems took their toll. At the age
of 43, Laurie Nadel came down with sudden-onset asthma and
nearly died. She had her Near-Death Experience in which she
was told she would never recover, despite conventional medical
wisdom. Doctors insisted that she would be permanently
disabled and would never recover sufficiently to work or
windsurf again.
Nadel’s determination to heal led her to alternative
methodologies: hypnotherapy and neurolinguistic programming.
Replaying highlights of her peak windsurfing experiences on
eastern Long Island – which Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard
calls “remembered wellness” – regenerated optimism, and a
sense of well-being.
CBS News anchor Dan Rather writes, “Dancing with the
Wind inspires and invigorates. Excellent.”
It has also been praised by Ellen Slawsby, Ph. D. of
Harvard Medical School and Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee as
courageous, gutsy and motivational.
Nadel writes with revealing honesty about the painful breakup
of her marriage, her struggles with Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder, low self-image, and a heartbreaking love which led
to a remarkable “spiritual emergency” and magical breakthrough
so astonishing, she earned the name “Princess X-Files.”
As she takes the reader on a real expedition into the Amazon
where she an her companions are taken hostage by a tribe of
headhunters, Nadel’s adventures lead to a swinging bridge,
boiling mud, giant insects, and another Near-Death Experience
when she slips while scaling a rock face above a sheer gorge.
Whether she is hiking in South America or windsurfing off the
Long Island coast, Nadel writes clearly about her passion for
wild places, adventurous spirit, and reflective search for
meaning.
If Bridget Jones had written The Bell Jar, with a guest
appearance by Carlos Castaneda, the result would be Dancing
with the Wind¸ a spiritual adventure that can inspire,
rejuvenate, and heal anyone who is struggling with the
uncertainty of the times.
*****
There is a story of a man in Sarajevo who used to play his
violin in the town square every afternoon, with the bombs
exploding all around him. When people asked him why, he said,
“Because the world needs music more than anything.” Dancing
with the Wind is like his music.
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About Laurie Nadel |
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LAURIE NADEL spent the first twenty years of her career
working for such major news organizations as Newsweek, United
Press International, Reuters Television, the United Nations
news service, ABC News and CBS News. She now writes features
on the marine environment for The New York Times. The author
of five books, including the 1990 nonfiction bestseller Sixth
Sense, Nadel has appeared on “Oprah” and dozens of other shows
around the country and in Europe. Articles about her work have
appeared in Investors’ Business Daily, Woman’s Day, New Woman,
Ladies Home Journal, McCalls, and United Press International.
She holds a Ph.D. in psychology. Visit
www.laurienadel.com |
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Dancing with the Wind
By Laurie Nadel
Paraview Press (Trade Paperback),
Pub. Date: May 15, 2002
ISBN: 1931044-31-7, Mind, Body, Spirit
DOI:
6x9, 321 pages, $17.95 |
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This book is available through
amazon.com,
barnesandnoble.com, and can be ordered through local and
online bookstores nationwide. |
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About Paraview Press |
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Paraview Publishing is a publisher that utilizes new media
technology to publish quality works in body, mind, and spirit
and the frontiers of science and culture -- areas related to
the transformation of society. Our imprints include Paraview
Press, print-on-demand books for niche audiences; Paraview
Special Editions, reprints of select out-of-print books and
international books; and Paraview Pocket Books, traditionally
published works for a wide audience. Based in New York City,
Paraview targets a global audience, including over 50 million
Americans who are interested in health lifestyles, personal
development and the transformation of society. |
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For author interviews and review copies
contact: (212) 989-3616
E-mail: publisher@paraview.com |
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