Download or read book Healing Spaces written by Esther M. Sternberg MD and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Esther Sternberg is a rare writer—a physician who healed herself...With her scientific expertise and crystal clear prose, she illuminates how intimately the brain and the immune system talk to each other, and how we can use place and space, sunlight and music, to reboot our brains and move from illness to health.”—Gail Sheehy, author of Passages Does the world make you sick? If the distractions and distortions around you, the jarring colors and sounds, could shake up the healing chemistry of your mind, might your surroundings also have the power to heal you? This is the question Esther Sternberg explores in Healing Spaces, a look at the marvelously rich nexus of mind and body, perception and place. Sternberg immerses us in the discoveries that have revealed a complicated working relationship between the senses, the emotions, and the immune system. First among these is the story of the researcher who, in the 1980s, found that hospital patients with a view of nature healed faster than those without. How could a pleasant view speed healing? The author pursues this question through a series of places and situations that explore the neurobiology of the senses. The book shows how a Disney theme park or a Frank Gehry concert hall, a labyrinth or a garden can trigger or reduce stress, induce anxiety or instill peace. If our senses can lead us to a “place of healing,” it is no surprise that our place in nature is of critical importance in Sternberg’s account. The health of the environment is closely linked to personal health. The discoveries this book describes point to possibilities for designing hospitals, communities, and neighborhoods that promote healing and health for all.

Download or read book Make Room for Healing written by Travis Brady and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible, heartfelt, and witty, this short collection of simple, practical tips offers self-care, healing, and recovery, from a stage-3 breast cancer survivor. “Before I started my treatment, I spoke to an oncologist at Johns Hopkins. He said, ‘Travis, you have to make room for treatment.’ He knew by speaking with me for just a few minutes I was trying to systematically plan each step like a project at work. That was not going to do. I heeded his advice, allowing myself the time and space to check in every day to see how I felt—to see what I needed and how to support myself.” When Travis Brady was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, she sought advice from friends, and their friends, and their friends of friends—women who had been treated before her. She needed tips to make this process smoother, gentler, and more manageable. With this book, Travis offers you all the information she wished she had when she was first diagnosed—tips and practices that made her feel more in control in an uncontrollable situation. The organization of this book is designed to sequentially walk with you through treatment. The first section, Support, helps you get started by assembling your care team, seeking a second opinion, and advocating for your health. In the next section, Prepare, Travis shares specific practices that helped her physically cope and find comfort. In Nourish, she gives you a short-cut to the nutritional choices that supported her body. Heal takes you through holistic health practices you may not have considered but might be open to now. And finally, Enjoy reminds you to cultivate experiences where you derive great pleasure and satisfaction. In it, you will learn how to: Assemble your care team Numb your port Get a second opinion Combat "chemo brain" Detoxify your life Explore sound bathing . . . and more! “The key to all of this was asking for help and getting answers. I’ve put all that I learned and experienced in this guide. My hope is that it walks with you and helps you on your journey.”

Download or read book Handle with Care written by Lore Ferguson Wilbert and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it’s fearful side hugs on one side or sexual abuse on the other, both the culture and the church aren’t doing very well with touch. Singles are staying single longer, dating is wrought with angst over purity, and marriages struggle to not interpret all forms of touch as sexual. Even the Bible seems to have endless rules about not touching things. There is simply no place where touch doesn’t seem threatened or threatening. But a curious thing happens when Jesus comes into His ministry: He touches. Jesus touches the sick and the outcast, the bleeding and the unclean. What could it mean for families, singles, marriages, churches, communities, and the world to have healthy, pure, faithful, ministering touch? Somewhere in the mess of our assumptions and fears about touch, there is something beautiful and good and God-given. As Jesus can show us, there is ministry in touching.

Download or read book Healing written by Francis MacNutt and published by Hodder Faith. This book was released on 1997 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The million-copy bestselling introduction to the healing ministry, re-issued with a beautiful new cover. Does healing happen today? Why is there prejudice against the healing ministry? Why are some people not healed? These topical and vital questions are just some of the issues addressed by Francis MacNutt in Healing. A wideranging and broad-based overview, it is essential reading for all involved in the healing ministry. 'Prayer for healing is so central to the gospel, ' writes MacNutt, 'that it should be an integral part of the life of every community of believers. My heart cries out to see it restored to the place it had in the early Christian church.

Download or read book In Amma s Healing Room written by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""[I]t is extremely salubrious to see the ways Islam works in the lives of ordinary people who are not politicized in their religious lives.... No other book on South Asia has material like this."" --Ann Grodzins Gold In Amma's Healing Room is a compelling study of the life and thought of a female Muslim spiritual healer in Hyderabad, South India. Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger describes Amma's practice as a form of vernacular Islam arising in a particular locality, one in which the boundaries between Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity are fluid. In the ""healing room,"" Amma meets a diverse clientele that includes men and women, Muslim, Hindu, and Christian, of varied social backgrounds, who bring a wide range of physical, social, and psychological afflictions. Flueckiger collaborated closely with Amma and relates to her at different moments as daughter, disciple, and researcher. The result is a work of insight and compassion that challenges widely held views of religion and gender in India and reveals the creativity of a tradition often portrayed by Muslims and non-Muslims alike as singular and monolithic.

Download or read book Revealing Heaven written by Kat Kerr and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Caught up by the Spirit of God, taken on tours of Heaven and now commissioned to reveal the truth and give hope for eternity."--page 4 of cover.

Download or read book The Wounded Healer written by Henri J. M. Nouwen and published by Image. This book was released on 1979-02-02 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radically fresh interpretation of how we can best serve others from the bestselling author of The Return of the Prodigal Son, hailed as “one of the world’s greatest spiritual writers” by Christianity Today “In our own woundedness, we can become a source of life for others.” In this hope-filled and profoundly simple book, Henri Nouwen inspires devoted men and women who want to be of service in their church or community but who have found traditional outreach alienating and ineffective. Weaving keen cultural analysis with his psychological and religious insights, Nouwen presents a balanced and creative theology of service that begins with the realization of fundamental woundedness in human nature. According to Nouwen, ministers are called to identify the suffering in their own hearts and make that recognition the starting point of their service. Ministers must be willing to go beyond their professional, somewhat aloof roles and leave themselves open as fellow human beings with the same wounds and suffering as those they serve. In other words, we heal from our wounds. The Wounded Healer is a thoughtful and insightful guide that will be welcomed by anyone engaged in the service of others.

Download or read book Spiritual Housecleaning written by Kathryn L. Robyn and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide for transforming the home into a sacred place, "Spiritual Housecleaning" leads readers through the first spring cleaning of the second millennium.

Download or read book You Can Heal Yourself written by Julie K. Silver and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An assistant professor at Harvard Medical School offers a guide to physical and emotional recovery after injury or illness. Original.

Download or read book The Healing Handbook written by Tara Ward and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use this Healing Handbook to Revitalise Your Life Force. For thousands of years our ancestors relied on spiritual healing in times of illness, sorrow or distress. Tara Ward taps into this this ancient wisdom, presenting a range of techniques to heal yourself and others. These methods will help you: • Heal physical conditions • Create a healing sanctuary • Release anger and resentment • Increase relaxation • Develop chakra awareness • Use healing tools, including crystals, color and pendulums Open a door in the wondrous world of spiritual healing through simple exercises and align your physical, mental and spiritual self.

Download or read book The Complete Book of Healing written by Tara Ward and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people view healing as a purely physical experience, one which is achieved through the use of pills and potions. But for thousands of years our ancestors relied on spiritual healing in times of illness, sorrow and distress. This type of healing is about dealing with the whole person and acknowledging the connection between the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the self. In The Complete Book of Healing, author Tara Ward presents a range of techniques and tools for healing yourself and others, including members of the family.

Download or read book How We Heal written by Alexandra Elle and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved wellness author and teacher Alexandra Elle shares this practical and empowering guide to self-healing. In How We Heal, bestselling author Alexandra Elle offers a life-changing invitation to heal yourself and reclaim your peace. In these pages, readers will discover essential techniques for self-healing, including journaling rituals to cultivate innate strength, accessible tools for processing difficult emotions, and restorative meditations to ease the mind. Alex Elle elegantly weaves together themes like self-healing, mindfulness, inner child work, and boundary setting and presents the reader with easy-to-follow practices that have changed her life and the lives of the thousands of people she has taught. Her 4-part framework for healing will appeal to anyone who wants a clear process, while the compelling personal stories leave the reader feeling connected and ready to begin again. Complementing the practices are powerful insights from Alex Elle's own journey of self-discovery using writing to heal, plus remarkable stories of healing from a range of luminary voices, including Nedra Tawwab, Morgan Harper Nichols, Dr. Thema Bryant, Barb Schmidt, and many more. Brimming with encouragement and delivered with Alex Elle's signature warmth and candor, How We Heal is a must-have companion for anyone that wants to unlock their inner wisdom and confidence to heal on their own.

Download or read book Healing with Gems and Crystals Flash written by Kristyna Arcarti and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Healing with Gems and Crystals is a short, simple and to-the-point guide to learning the basic properties of gems and stones in a few short steps. Whether you seek healing, peace or are just interested, in just 96 pages you will discover how to harness the powers of gemstones and the healing properties of crystals.

Download or read book Healing Yourself with Light written by LaUna Huffines and published by H J Kramer. This book was released on 1995 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete method for bringing the healing light of the soul, the Solar angel, and the angelic healers into the physical body. taught in workshops for many years, these easy-to-learn processes have helped thousands to heal and upgrade the cells in their body.

Download or read book Healing with the Arts embedded videos written by Michael Samuels and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heal yourself and your community with this proven 12-week program that uses the arts to awaken your innate healing abilities. Acclaimed by hospitals and caretakers from around the world, Healing with the Arts brings a tried and true program out of the medical field and into your home and neighborhood. Improve your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health in just 12 weeks. Whether you are ill, suffering from emotional trauma, or looking to unite your community, the arts become the conduit to restore your wellness and thrive in life. Dr. Michael Samuels and Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane created and developed this unique and powerful process to help anyone heal. Through innovative art projects—from the visual arts, movement and dance, writing, and music—along with spiritual practices and guided imagery, readers learn to get in touch with their inner muse and inner healer. Based on years of research and experience in the medical community, Healing with the Arts sets the stage for a more meaningful and healthier existence.

Download or read book Somatic Trauma Healing written by Astral Shadow Publishing and published by Astral Shadow Publishing. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you been suffering in mind & body, & can’t seem to get to the bottom of it? It could be that you need somatic therapy techniques. Talk therapies can be great for working out painful memories, traumas, & feelings, but they often forget to acknowledge a major component: the mind is only part of what makes up the body. In many cases, our society has separated symptoms of chronic illness from the root cause: trauma. This means that we are often only putting bandaids on surface symptoms. The issue is that we don’t actually have the room that trauma is now taking up within us, & this is often a cause of chronic illnesses & pain. Not to mention the added strain of our body constantly existing in a state of stress & fear. Even if we aren’t actively experiencing a trigger, our neuroception is most likely hardwired to think most things that are not threats are, and we’re burning through our feel-good resources. As we encounter trauma in our everyday lives, the effects build up in our system, which is why it is important to take the time to clear it. The good news is, you can! Take a second to imagine how you’d feel if you could get to the root cause of your ailments & pull the roots out with both hands. What if you could tend to your somatic garden & uproot the damage that has been inflicted upon you, much like removing weeds? This is where somatic therapies come in. You’ll encounter the truth to: Why something as small as insults can compound & affect you as much as a monstrous traumatic event The overlooked methods to determine whether your ailments are caused by trauma or something else The forgotten element that could be subtracting decades from your life expectancy Why everyone else is getting mindfulness wrong & the more potent way to approach it The amazing anatomical breathing centers that no one seems to be paying attention to How to give back to yourself by creating a trauma-repelling forcefield How to get to the bottom of your subconscious & let it speak in a tangible form Why a blank canvas & paintbrush could help you lower blood pressure, help the immune system, reduce inflammation, & improve brain function A wealth of accompanying online material and downloads! & a whole lot more! Best of all, using somatic methods at home doesn’t require you to break the bank or use any unnecessary tools. Many somatic exercises are extremely easy to learn on your own & are available to everyone! So if you want to know how to skyrocket your well-being in a new, easy, & exciting way, then buy now!

Download or read book Healing After Loss written by Madeline Holden and published by Jordan Editor. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grief is one of those emotions that touches each of us in life. We all experience the pain, emotional and physical effects, stresses and anxiety it brings in one way or another but incredibly each experience is unique and personal. Whether you are mourning the loss of a partner, friend, child, parent or a much loved pet, your experience is yours alone and your coping and healing journey is equally personal Inside the pages of this book you will gain a new understanding of the stages of grief and how your recovery will improve with each passing phase, dealing with the real issues that must be faced each day and finding workable solutions to every problem. Not just a book that centres on helping you to mentally survive the pain of death or loss, this is also a practical guide which offers advice on supporting others in their grief, dealing with the inevitable financial implications that accompany it, as well as overcoming the difficult memories and anniversaries you will face without a loved one. Through daily reflection, spiritual wisdom, meditation, mindfulness and a host of other proven tools, you can deal with the grief that threatens your happiness and emerge as a more self-confident and assured person, ready to be happy once more. With courage and self-love you can truly achieve anything. If that sounds like something you and your loved ones would benefit from, this book is the answer to your questions