The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body

Fehmi, Les; Robbins, Jim

ISBN 10: 1590306120 / ISBN 13: 9781590306123

Published by Trumpeter, 2008

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Title: The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power ...

Publisher: Trumpeter

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

In this breakthrough health book, Dr. Les Fehmi - a pioneering researcher and clinician - teams up with an award-winning science writer to present a disarmingly simple idea: the way we pay attention in daily life plays a critical role in our health and well-being. Through decades of clinical practice and research, Dr. Fehmi has found that different forms of attention affect the brain's electrical activity, which in turn has a profound impact on our mental and physical health. Too many of us are stuck in an emergency, fight-or-flight mode of attention: a tense, narrow survival mode in which we focus only on avoiding danger and calamity, to the exclusion of all else.Many of us have simply lost access to a more relaxed, diffuse, and creative form of attention, which Dr. Fehmi calls 'Open Focus'. This highly readable and empowering book offers straightforward explanations and simple exercises on how to shift away from narrow-focus attention to a calmer, more open style of attention that reduces stress, improves health, and enhances performance. The book features seven essential attention exercises for improving health, along with an audio CD in which the author guides the reader through the two most important and effective exercises.

About the Author:

Jim Robbins is an award-winning journalist and science writer, with frequent contributions to the New York Times, Smithsonian, Scientific American, Discover, and Psychology Today. In connection with his reporting, he has appeared on ABC's Nightline and on NPR's All Things Considered and Morning Edition.