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p155: Lizard. Shuttershock
p157: Bonfires. Harriet Purkey
p164: Wave. Shuttershock
p168: Pouring tea into cup. Shuttershock
p177: Trigger point complex. Lucia Parks
p177: Anal massage. David Wise, Ph.D. and Rodney U. Anderson, M.D.
p183: Eisack. Andy Turton, www.andyturton.com
p194: The author kayaking. Andy Turton
p198: Scafell. Richard Adam, www.richardadam.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
p212: Shiatsu points on feet. Bastari Alessandro & Sinerbiotica, www.sinerbiotica.eu
p215: Shiatsu charts. Shiatsu Society (UK), www.shiatsusociety.org
p225: Wisteria. Cathy Smith
p226: Maroggia building. Edoardo Parisi, www.imcitalia.it
p229: Cushions. Lanfranco Brisighelli
p240: Valley. Massimo Dei Cas, www.paesidivaltellina.it and www.webalice.it/massimodeicas
p250: Vedic fire altar. Lucia Parks
p254: Crossed legs. Zen Center of Los Angeles, www.zcla.org
p258: Monastery. Il Convento di Sandetole, www.sandetole.it
p271: Garden. Il Convento di Sandetole
p281: Detail from The Waterseller of Seville. Diego Velázquez, Galleria degli Uffizi/Bridgeman
p283: Coals. Shuttershock
p292: La mente tranquilla book cover. IMC Italia, International, Meditation Center Italia, Via Borsieri, 14, Milano, www.imcitalia.it
p294: Monastery corridor. Il Convento di Sandetole
p301: Dark window. Susan Hayek
p307: Sculpture. Giles Penny, www.gilespenny.co.uk
p318: Pots and pans. Lucia Parks
p324: St Paul’s. Shuttershock
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