Spirit Body Healing: Using Your Mind′s Eye to Unlock the Medicine Within - Softcover

Samuels M.D., Michael; Lane PH.D., Mary Rockwood

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471176745 ISBN 13: 9780471176749

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2002

Synopsis

"Dr. Mike Samuels provides us with new tools and ways of thinking about our capacity to heal. He has been a wonderful teacher for me and can be for you. . . . His work is inspiring."
Bernie Siegel, MD

A forefather in the field of mind–body medicine and one of the world′s leading experts on healing through creative imagery explore the power of the spirit–body–mind connection. Filled with inspiring and beautifully written stories of people who have recovered from such life–threatening illnesses as cancer, heart disease, and severe depression, Spirit Body Healing is the first book on spiritual healing to emerge from a research study in a major university healthcare center. By showing readers how to deepen the spiritual dimension in their daily lives, the authors teach us how to help heal physical illness. The authors present a series of exercises, activities, and guided imagery visualizations that allow readers to use their mind′s eye to unlock the medicine within.

About this title

About the Author

MICHAEL SAMUELS, M.D., has used guided imagery with cancer patients for over twenty–five years. Dr. Samuels has often appeared on television and radio, including the Today show and Good Morning America.
MARY ROCKWOOD LANE, R.N., Ph.D., one of the world’s experts on art and healing, is the cofounder and codirector of the Arts in Medicine Program at the University of Florida, where the Spirit Body Healing study was conducted.

From the Back Cover

a revolutionary program designed to heal and inspire

"Healing is a creative process. These heartfelt stories and beautiful visualizations inspire the reader to see all life as a healing journey."
David Simon, M.D., Medical Director of the Chopra Center for
Well Being and author of the Nautilus Award winning Vital Energy
and Return to Wholeness

"Dr. Michael Samuels provides us with new tools and ways of thinking about our capacity to heal. He has been a wonderful teacher for me and can be for you. . . . His work is inspiring."
Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles

"Dr. Michael Samuels is one of the leading pioneers in exploring creativity as an important part of every person′s healing journey."
Dean Ornish, M.D., author of Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for
Reversing Heart Disease

Based on a landmark seven–year study, Spirit Body Healing is the first book on spiritual healing to emerge from a research study in a major university healthcare center. Through visualizations, meditations, and exercises to increase your creativity, Dr. Michael Samuels and Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane teach you the eight steps of spiritual healing. In this book, you will discover how to get in touch with your own spirit as a path to healing physical, emotional, and spiritual illness. Filled with inspiring, beautifully written stories, Spirit Body Healing offers practical, proven methods that you and your loved ones can use to create immediate positive changes in your lives.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471176745
• ISBN 13: 9780471176749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272