Mind Body Medicine

The Book of Awakening, by poet and teacher Mark Nepo, provides small doses of what really matters, simple truths and stories from everyday lives, plus inspiration from the great wisdom traditions. Each day’s entry is accompanied by simple, yet profound, practices designed to help us live the life we want by being present to the life we have. For, in the words of St. Francis of Assisi, “You are that which you are seeking.”

Is stress a deadly disease on the rise in modern society? Can mind-body practices from the East help us become well? When it comes to healing, we believe we must look beyond doctors and drugs; we must look within ourselves. Faith, relationships, and attitude matter. But why do we believe such things? From psychoanalysis to the placebo effect to meditation, this vibrant cultural history describes mind-body healing as rooted in a patchwork of stories, allowing us to make new sense of our suffering and to rationalize new treatments and lifestyles.

When people try to meditate or relax, they find that their mind wanders and they get more stressed. Use the power of sound to bring balance, relaxation, and a sense of well-being to your mind, body, and spirit. This unique collection of singing bowls, OM mantra chants & healing sounds gives you.

Not many people in the medical world are talking about how being afraid can make us sick - but the truth is that fear, left untreated, becomes a serious risk factor for conditions from heart disease to diabetes to cancer. Now Lissa Rankin, MD, explains why we need to heal ourselves from the fear that puts our health at risk and robs our lives of joy - and tells us how fear can ultimately cure us by opening our eyes to all that needs healing in our lives.

We live in a time when technology surrounds us with human made wavelengths that disrupt the natural frequency of the Earth. Wi-Fi, cell phones, and an array of electronics are part of our everyday lives. It is also why our personal biofields are often out of balance with the Earth's electromagnetic frequency. It has been shown through scientific experiments that attunement with the planet's own natural frequency of 7.83Hz allows people to experience benefits such as enhanced learning/memory, cellular rejuvenation, energetic balance, reduced stress, grounding, and deep relaxation.

The Art of Vinyasa takes a unique look at Ashtanga yoga as meditation in motion that produces profound inner change. Two of the most well-respected teachers of the Ashtanga style of yoga, Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor, explore this rigorous practice not as a gymnastic feat but as a meditative form.

For centuries, people from all over the world have immersed themselves in cold water for its healing properties. Leading expert in cold water therapy Dr. Mark Harper offers long-awaited evidence that cold water swimming can achieve powerful, tangible health benefits in his revolutionary debut work, Chill. Dr. Harper illuminates the ways in which cold water can positively impact us physiologically and psychologically.

This transformative guide uncovers effective practices to free you from tension and foster lasting change for a more peaceful life. If you've been struggling with stress, trauma, or anxiety despite talk therapy, you're not alone. Many individuals carry unprocessed emotions in their bodies, leading to exhaustion and disconnection. Somatic therapy revolutionizes how we approach these issues by highlighting the vital connection between body and mind.

Unveil the secrets of your body and mind – transform your life with the power of somatic therapy! Have you ever felt disconnected from your own body, as if it's a stranger to you? Do emotions sometimes hit you out of nowhere, leaving you overwhelmed or numb? Are you tired of traditional therapies that focus only on your mind, ignoring the powerful language of your body? You start to think that maybe you're flawed or broken. You think if you could just figure out where these emotions are coming from, you could fix yourself and finally feel whole.

Drawing on his own profound healing experience as a young man, Martin Brofman developed a system of healing that effectively and seamlessly blends Western psychology and Eastern philosophies: the Body Mirror System. He explains how the chakra system connects to both mind and body to form a body/mind interface, allowing us to read the physical body as a mirror of the consciousness within, track the route from symptom to cause, and then work on releasing the causes on all levels.

Toma el control de tu salud y de tu ánimo, atrévete a verte más joven y saludable por dentro y por fuera en este viaje hacia la plenitud total.

The process of healing is one of self-realization. It is a peeling away from the fears, concepts, and negativity that obscure the light of our own true nature and its innate essence of compassion, creativity, wisdom, and love. As negativity is transformed, the physical body often heals as well.

Charge is a word for the basic life force running through us. This force is crucial if we are to meet the challenges of difficult situations, heal past wounds and traumas, and manage the stress of modern life. Even more, it is essential for understanding how to master your own life force and become all you can be. This book makes an important contribution to the growing field of energy medicine, by looking at charge as the interface between mind and body, and the missing ingredient in mind-body healing.

Harness the ancient Five Elements of Chinese Medicine to unlock your unique Adaptation Type, transforming stress into resilience and mastering cortisol management for holistic health. Power of the Five Elements is your evidence-based, comprehensive guide to better health and wellness. Dr. Charles Moss melds three decades of acupuncture expertise with the Five Elements of Chinese Medicine and delivers actionable insights, including the impact of cortisol—a key stress hormone linked to various health issues like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

Mindfulness offers a path to well-being and tools for coping with life's inevitable hurdles. And though mindfulness may sound exotic, you can cultivate it - and reap its proven benefits - without special training or lots of spare time. Trusted therapist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel shows exactly how in this inviting guide. You'll get effective strategies to use while driving to work, walking the dog, or washing the dishes, plus tips on creating a formal practice routine in as little as 20 minutes a day.

Developed over 5000 years ago in ancient India, there is a reason why Ayurveda is still one of the best natural health systems in the world for bringing holistic benefits. The reason Ayurveda is still relevant today is because it delivers on its promises! In simpler terms, it works to bring various benefits. If you’ve never come across words like “dosha”, “vata”, “pitta”, “kapha”, “ama”, and others, don’t worry. By the end of this book, you will know exactly what each one means and how they matter in making you healthy!

I want you to imagine you're starting a new job, and you're very happy because it pays twice as much as your old job. But when you walk into the room, you see 96 small scales—each about the size of a quarter—and your job is to balance out all the scales. So what's the challenge? Well, what you discover is when you put a weight on scale 14, scale 32 goes down. When you put one on scale 16, scale 48 goes up. So as you try to balance all the scales, you begin to learn what causes what specific scale to go down and which scale or group of scales causes another scale to rise up.

Maybe you’re looking for an alternative treatment for a medical condition, or want to know about the dangers and side effects of marijuana. Or, maybe you simply want to educate yourself about this drug so you can have an informed opinion. Whatever your motivation for uncovering the truth about marijuana, you’re in the right place. Marijuana is a potent and complex drug with a wide range of effects. With everything you need to know about the drug at your fingertips, you can be empowered to make the best decision about whether to use or avoid it.

More than three decades ago, Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School proposed a theory in his multimillion-copy best seller The Relaxation Response, which stated that by calming the mind, one could calm the body and alleviate stress, pain, and illness.

Break the cycle of anxious thinking and rumination that are at the root of insomnia. In this much-needed guide, a trained mindfulness expert teams up with a behavioral sleep specialist to present evidence-based meditations in an innovative four-week protocol clinically demonstrated to address the emotional stresses and anxieties that lie at the root of sleep issues. Following this guide, listeners will learn to unwind their mind, relax their body, feel less tense, and finally get the sleep they need.