Books published by Agio Publishing House

The sequel to Faces of Dual Diagnosis With Foreword by Joseph Eliezer In Reflections of Dual Diagnosis: A Canadian Perspective, the follow-up to his 2011 book, Faces of Dual Diagnosis, Dr. Robert Pereira reflects on his own life path, discusses treatment approaches and offers case studies. An estimated 90,000 Canadians are affected by both mental health problems and addictions - a condition referred to as "dual diagnosis" or DD. Although the impacts on society are considerable - on our health system's resources; on our legal and social welfare programs; on employers, friends, neighbours and family; and on the individual him or herself - remarkably little has been written about this widespread problem in the popular media. There is also inadequate awareness and training within the health, legal and social welfare systems. The author, Robert B. Pereira, MD, has a diploma in Addiction Medicine from the American Board of Addiction Medicine, and is accredited by the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Pereira practices medicine in Surrey and downtown Vancouver, specializing in the treatment of DD clients. I Am That I Am I Am That - Always I Am That is I Am I Am becomes I Am That I Am was before I Am That I Am That then became I Am Therefore, I Am is Always -- That - Robert B. Pereira

"Karen McCoy is in a league of her own." - Crystal Andrus, bestselling author of Simply... Woman!, founder of The SWAT Institute"One Rep at a Time will strike your soul and touch you where it matters most." - Dr. Cory Holly, president, Cory Holly InstituteIn One Rep at a Time, body builder Karen McCoy tells of her fall from grace after her son was diagnosed with a terminal disease. Her body, once a pinnacle of health and strength, fell apart. With mainstream medicine offering little hope, Karen began a long journey into the unseen world of mysticism, energy medicine and spiritual healers as she desperately searched for answers. With patience, tenacity and fearlessness she was able to heal her body and her spirit in new and profound ways, and to see her son's challenges with fresh eyes. She now teaches these lessons to women everywhere through her various training and lifestyle programs. "Being healthy, truly healthy, is about being healthy on all levels - physically, mentally and spiritually. It's about reclaiming our power and living from a different place, with purpose and passion. It's truly ours for the taking!"Karen's 8-Week BLISS(tm) Body Makeover Program will help you get fit, lean, toned and sexy for life! It can be done by anyone, anywhere. All you need is an internet connection, a few weights and a desire to create a strong, shapely body and a peaceful mind.Karen is a Certified Trainer and a Sports Nutritionist (CSNA) and she holds a degree in Journalism. She has sweated it out in gym for over 30 years, teaching women the fine art of lifting weights. She can be reached through her website at www.warriorwomanfitness.com.

THE SECOND SERAPH is an autobiographical fiction trilogy and is a suspenseful psychic drama.As a chosen handmaiden and an esoteric teacher sandwiched between the forces of Divine Love and the Dark Shadow Angels, Lori teaches Sister Immaculata, the ex-Nun now known as Alicia, about esoteric realities. The timing is critical because the Dark Forces are aligning to sabotage her and the Child -- a female, who is yet to become the Second Coming of the Christ Light upon Earth.Experience the footpath of a seer who, through the use of prophecy, revelation and intuition, awakens our own Divine Child, enabling us to transform our lives to ones of peace, harmony and everlasting joy.The Angels -- Lori's Guardian Beings -- share profound truths that Lori now shares with you, the reader. Everyone has a life purpose; this book will help you to discover yours and reveals The Keys.About the author: Reverend LORI HOLMES-BOYLE, a seer, is an Ordained Spiritualist Medium of Canada holding a doctorate in therapeutic counselling. At the age of seven she realized she had psychic abilities and was able to predict her own destiny and the paths of others. She lives in France and Canada.

In Rowland: A Heart of Sunshine, the sequel to Surviving the Shadows, author Caroline Whitehead meets her long-lost elder brother, Rowland Marshall, for the first time in 1991 when he is 72 years old. Rowland had heard about Caroline's existence when he was thirteen, but had been denied any details. He'd searched for her in vain for almost sixty years. Caroline tells Rowland of being raised as an orphan by nuns, how she was forced into war work in 1942, and of her struggle to exist on low wages and wartime rations. Her thwarted political ambitions, emigration to Canada, raising a family, and always searching for her roots...Caroline reveals to her brother the existence of three other siblings raised as orphans - William, Kathleen and Elizabeth - about whom he was totally unaware. Rowland's boyhood vision of living with his sister Caroline becomes a reality when the two of them decide to share a home together in Canada. This realized dream continued for the next sixteen years.Characters, events and settings that portray an era and culture that few today could imagine... Identical telepathic senses that allowed two siblings who had been complete strangers to understand each other in their later years, sharing laughter, fun and sorrow... "My brother had a talent for putting words into verse, and he never failed to surprise me with his intelligence on various matters, including his worldly travels. He could mimic different dialogues with such gusto, and have me rolling around in fits of laughter." ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Caroline Whitehead (née Marshall) was born in London, England, and raised in an orphanage in Kent. Knowing the importance of family bonds she pushed forward for forty years to discover her brothers' and sisters' identities, overcoming many obstacles so the story could finally be told. She lives in Sidney, B.C.

For the first time in decades, a major figure in Oriental medicine is offering a book redefining the meridian system upon which the field is based. Author Tetsuro Saito is one of few international figures in shiatsu therapy with schools in Europe and North America.Shin So Shiatsu: Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems -- a rich compendium of 40,000 words, 300 figures and charts, and 130 black-and-white photographs -- is presented in two parts. The first book details the history, theory, principles, and techniques of Shin So Shiatsu. The second, a handy Practitioner's Reference Manual, is intended for use in the treatment room.Shin So Shiatsu is for shiatsu therapists, acupuncturists, acupressurists, and practitioners of other energy-based approaches. Anyone who engages with Oriental medicine or is interested in the human energy system will want to read this major revision to a centuries-old approach. Its theoretical and practical uses will make it an essential textbook for schools and workshops.Highly regarded as the "father of shiatsu" in Canada, where he is now based, Saito introduced Canadians to the Japanese art of "finger pressure" in 1971, just as the West was discovering acupuncture.For the past 40 years, Saito has treated thousands of patients, trained hundreds of therapists worldwide, and pursued his own research on energy-based healing with a rare diligence. Shin So Shiatsu: Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems represents this lifetime of work.Saito picked up where his mentor, renowned meridian-therapy pioneer Shizuto Masunaga left off when he died in 1981. Until now, Masunaga's Zen Shiatsu (Japan Publications Inc, 1977) has been unsurpassed as the primary guide for beginning students and experienced practitioners alike. Shin So ("deeper level") Shiatsu is a long-awaited step forward, and promises to reach a far broader audience of healing artists.Saito links the most ancient and forgotten tendrils of Chinese meridian theory with Masunaga's insights, his own remarkable findings, and the invaluable research being undertaken by other contemporary Oriental medical pioneers. Born in Japan and trained there -- first as an engineer and then a shiatsu therapist -- Saito merges the frontiers of science and healing arts to take our view of the human energy matrix far beyond the familiar Traditional Chinese Medicine meridian chart. His alternative is a far more complex, yet comprehensible view of the human body at work.A natural teacher, he illustrates with striking clarity how our road map of the Regular Meridian system has been abridged over time for simplicity's sake. He presents in painstaking detail the complete view of the Regular Meridians as they manifest at three levels of imbalance. He then fully details each of the lesser known, but equally important, Extra, Divergent, Ocean, and Cosmic energy systems, and explains how they interrelate with each other.He grounds us in this theory, then tells us exactly what to do with it. This is the crux of his work: Shin So Shiatsu enables any ordinary practitioner to "sense" and precisely trace the multitude of meridian pathways in the human body, to identify the levels at which energy imbalances occur, and to treat those imbalances -- with astonishing results.Practitioners of meridian-based therapies will instantly recognize the veracity and sincerity of this master's approach. Shin So Shiatsu is not a beginner's guide: Saito asks his readers to have a basic working knowledge of shiatsu or other meridian-based modalities. But with even a minimum of experience, practitioners from a diversity of backgrounds will quickly be able to integrate the key elements of Shin So Shiatsu into their own work.