• "Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life."
    — William Shatner
  • "Once we begin to change our perception, our thinking, it's amazing how other things in our lives start changing also. The domino effect begins with the first step within ourselves. It's not esoteric; it's human energy."
    — Kingsley Dennis
  • "Energy and persistence conquer all things."
    — Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Cardillo is an expert in the fields of health, mind-body-spirit, and psychology. He is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and the author of Be Like Water, the body-energy classic.

All of us wish we had more energy. Joseph Cardillo sets out in this ambitious work to present the energy resources that are available to us. He outlines the kinds of negative energy which drain and exhaust us and the positive energy that lifts our bodies, minds, and spirits. A fine exercise for the latter is this one:

"Make a list of people and words that energize you. Bring them to the forefront of your awareness as you want to heighten your alertness at various times of the day."

In a series of robustly rendered chapters, Cardillo reveals how energy impacts the whole person by boosting alertness, reversing stress, dealing with harmful moods, handling conflict and aggression, coping with obsession, enhancing physical strength, and improving memory.
This paperback contains as treasure trove of practical exercises and practices. Here are a few short ones:

  • "The next time you are feeling bored and burnt-out, instead of laying back, push the pedal to the metal. Switch tasks to something more deeply rewarding. Feel yourself flow again."
  • "Spend a day trying to see the positive side of everything."
  • "Consider going to museums and galleries to discover what types of art you respond to most positively to, or look at images online or in an art book. You may like to make an album of your favorites and place them in your home, office, or on your cellphone so you can carry your self-prescription with you everywhere."

We enthusiastically have used Body Intelligence and have found it to be a lively and relevant addition to our collection of spiritual resources for health and well-being. A few more thought-provoking quotes:

  • "We are just like tuning forks, copying the resonances we 'touch' energetically."
    — Penney Peirce
  • "Memory is like a spiderweb that catches new information. The more it catches, the bigger it grows. And the bigger it grows, the more it catches."
    — Joshua Foer
  • "Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness."
    — Shakti Gawain