Dancing with Cancer: Cancer Self-Empowerment Through Art, Meditation and a Joyous Mindset - Softcover

Judy Erel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786781190 ISBN 13: 9781786781192

Publisher: Watkins Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

The wisdom and knowledge that Judy has learned from her experience with cancer can be our guide and coach. - Bernie Siegel MD, Author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and The Art of Healing

This extraordinary book is for anyone whose life has been touched by cancer, whether as a patient or as someone who supports cancer patients either personally or professionally. Author Judy Erel's brave account of her own journey, which began with the diagnosis of incurable bone marrow cancer, offers helpful, friendly guidance for every cancer challenge, from diagnosis through radiation, chemotherapy, surgery and a bone marrow transplant to remission and beyond. Throughout the book are detailed instructions for her Thought Work practical exercises designed to create a positive, proactive mindset that maximizes recovery potential and supports conventional cancer treatment.

Alongside these exercises, which include journaling, mandala creation, setting healing intentions, mindful breathing and guided meditations, Judy offers her own transformative artworks with the reminder that any creative self-expression can be healing. You absolutely do not have to be artistic to benefit from her methods as it is not the outcome but the actual physical process of doing that matters, ultimately empowering and transforming both mind and body.

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Judy Erel has a survivor personality and shares her experience with us. I have learned from my patients that self-induced healing is not a lucky spontaneous event. It takes courage and the willingness to change yourself and your life so your body gets the message. The wisdom and knowledge that she has learned from her experience with cancer can be our guide and coach. I could write a book just pointing out the wisdom she shares with us. She has learned what healing your life and body is about versus waging a war against cancer. She guides us and shows us the path to healing and how to awaken our body to the joy of life and understand the value and wisdom of our consciousness. --Bernie Siegel, MD author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and The Art of Healing

I was called to see Judy in 2007, when she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. From our first encounter, she was full of energy and ready to fight for her life. She had a plan. With her amazing willpower and optimism, she would replace the bad diseased cells in her body with smiling healthy cells. During her third chemotherapy treatment she developed a severe reaction and felt herself slipping away. She willed herself to life and pulled out of it. Side by side with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and the help of her loving children, Judy utilized all her resources and her artistic gift and drew herself to recovery. Her book will empower travellers setting out in the not so simple and not easy journey from sickness to health. -- --Dr Naomi Rahimi-Levene, Haematologist and Head of the Blood Bank, Asaf Harofe Hospital Haematological Institute

About the Author

Judy Erel is a painter, a poet, an art teacher and a meditation guide. In 2009 she began providing guided meditations and mandala-drawing activities in the haematology and oncology departments of major Israeli hospitals supported by the Roche Pharmaceuticals 'Roche Lends a Hand' project. Her degrees include aBSc from Cornell University in human development, an MA in educational psychology from Hebrew University and a fine arts and art-teaching degree from Ramat Hasharon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Watkins Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1786781190
• ISBN 13: 9781786781192
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208