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"Mary McGuire-Wien has created one of the most original, inspiring, exciting programs
I've ever come across. Who knew cleansing could be this fun? Whether you're already deep into your journey or just finding your way, THE SEVEN-DAY TOTAL CLEANSE will
revitalize your mind, body, and spirit."
-Rory Freedman, author of Skinny Bitch

THE SEVEN-DAY TOTAL CLEANSE is not simply a "detox diet" or a "fast." It is a revolutionary seven-day program of renewal, reflection, and revitalization that will literally change your life. As you follow the daily schedules in this book, you are offering your body, mind, and spirit a great gift-
the opportunity to truly rebuild, renew, and revitalize.
-Mary McGuire-Wien, from the Preface of THE SEVEN-DAY TOTAL CLEANSE

SEVEN DAYS, SEVEN JUICES - ONE TOTALLY CLEANSED BODYMIND

Yoga guru Mary McGuire-Wien guides readers through the first
combined juice cleanse and yoga ritual that will renew, rebuild,
and revitalize the body and mind - in just one week.

Every holiday season the $40-billion-per-year diet industry releases a glut of books advertising quick weight-loss. Their methods may differ, but their promise is always the same: "With just a few simple steps, this diet will change your life!"

THE SEVEN-DAY TOTAL CLEANSE (McGraw-Hill, November 2009) isn't just another diet book, and it's much more than a detox. It combines raw juice cleansing, a raw food diet, the yogic lifestyle, and other daily self-care rituals to achieve true mind-body connection. The result is not only weight loss, but renewed energy, greater serenity, and real, lasting health.

This may seem like a lot to bite off for time- and cash-strapped consumers, but the yoga rituals and recipes in THE SEVEN-DAY TOTAL CLEANSE can be undertaken anytime, anywhere, as long as you're ready to permanently banish harmful toxins from your body and mind. In addition to detailed instructions for first-time cleansers and an appendix of further resources for those looking to continue their journey, Mary McGuire-Wien provides readers with daily instructions for completing a successful seven-day total cleanse, including:

• Delicious and varied juice recipes
• Easy beauty indulgences
• Hour-by-hour guidelines to keep cleansers focused and calm
• Meditations
• Raw food recipes for post-cleanse meals

The millions of Americans pursuing yoga each year already understand the importance of balancing the body's yogic energy centers, or chakras. Traditional Indian medicine holds that these seven powerful energy centers are aligned along the center of the body. When they function in harmony, the mind and body come into balance. In McGuire-Wien's unique weeklong cleanse, every daily juice, fresh food, exercise, and meditation supports a separate chakra:

Day 1 - The First Chakra
Juice Color: Red • Body Area: Base of Spine and Lower Back • Emotion: Grounding

Day 2 - The Second Chakra
Juice Color: Orange • Body Area: Hips, Sacrum • Emotion: Joyful Self-Expression

Day 3 - The Third Chakra
Juice Color: Yellow • Body Area: Spine and Naval • Emotion: Confidence and Fearlessness

Day 4 - The Fourth Chakra
Juice Color: Green • Body Area: Heart • Emotion: Devotion and Unconditional Love

Day 5 - The Fifth Chakra
Juice Color: Bright Blue • Body Area: Throat • Emotion: Truthfulness

Day 6 - The Sixth Chakra
Juice Color: Deep Blue • Body Area: Brow and Brain • Emotion: Intuition and Mental Clarity

Day 7 - The Seventh Chakra
Juice Color: Violet • Body Area: Top of the Head • Emotion: Pure and Universal Consciousness

The result is what McGuire-Wien calls the balanced bodymind, or a wholly integrated, totally cleansed being. She has guided thousands of people toward complete health at her yoga and fasting retreat in New York. Now the life-changing benefits of the total cleanse - a reshaped body, retrained hunger, and revitalized mind in just one week - are available to readers of THE SEVEN-DAY TOTAL CLEANSE.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mary McGuire-Wien, aka the American Yogini (www.americanyogini.com), is a certified kundalini and vinyasa yoga instructor and runs the American Yogini yoga and fasting retreat center in the Hamptons. She is a yoga, health, and food columnist at Yahoo.com and has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Newsday, Natural Health, Woman's World, OK Magazine, and Yoga Journal.

THE SEVEN-DAY TOTAL CLEANSE
A Revolutionary Juice Fast and Yoga Plan to
Purify Your Body and Clarify Your Mind
By Mary McGuire-Wien with Jill Parsons Stern
Pub Date: November 2009
$16.95, Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-07-162374-2