Victoria Pendragon

Being in a Body is a kind of "owner's guide"—driving instructions for the elegant and finely tuned vehicle that is the human body. The book also functions as a sort of maintenance manual for aspects of your being that one doesn't generally learn much about growing up, such as the cellular intelligence of your body. Being in a Body also...

The Phoenix is a creature described in Greek mythology that is cyclically regenerated or reborn. Associated with the Sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. The phoenix—asleep—is the symbol of the glorious bird of fire in transition. Our bodies are programmed from before birth at a cellular level by everything that goes on...