Meditation As Medicine

Meditation As Medicine
Author: Guru Dharma Singh Khalsa
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2011-02-22
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1439117535

Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa “shows us how the tremendous power of medical meditation can heal not only the body but also the mind and soul” (Deepak Chopra) in this practical and engaging guide to natural healing. Proven effective by scientific research and presented here by Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa and Cameron Stauth, the practice of Medical Meditation revolutionizes the healing process. By balancing and regenerating the body's ethereal and physical energies through simple meditations, Medical Meditation unites the mind, body, and spirit into a powerful triad. Each Medical Meditation here has a specific physiological effect, targeting afflictions from arthritis to ulcers to cancer. Dr. Khalsa details the five unique attributes that endow this type of meditation with far more power than standard meditation. The combination of special postures and movements; exact positioning of the hands and fingers; particular mantras; specific breathing patterns; and a unique focus of concentration can change your entire biochemical profile, easing you into a calm, healing state. Practiced in conjunction with conventional or alternative medical treatments, cutting-edge Medical Meditation activates the healing force within you.

Rhythms of Recovery

Rhythms of Recovery
Author: Leslie E. Korn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 100044953X

The classic edition of Rhythms of Recovery sheds light on rhythm, one of the most important components of our survival and well-being. It governs the patterns of our sleep and respiration and is profoundly tied to our relationships with friends and family. But what happens when these rhythms are disrupted by traumatic events? Can balance be restored, and if so, how? What insights do eastern, natural, and modern western healing traditions have to offer, and how can practitioners put these lessons to use? Is it possible to do this in a way that’s culturally sensitive, multidisciplinary, and grounded in research? Rhythms of Recovery examines and answers these questions and provides clinicians with effective, time-tested tools for alleviating the destabilizing effects of traumatic events. It also explores integrative medicine, East/West medicine, herbal medicine, psychedelic medicine, complex trauma, yoga, and somatic and feminist therapies. For practitioners and students interested in integrating the insights of complementary/alternative medicine and 21st-century science, this deeply appealing book is an ideal guide.

Sacred Therapies: The Kundalini Yoga Meditation Handbook for Mental Health

Sacred Therapies: The Kundalini Yoga Meditation Handbook for Mental Health
Author: David Shannahoff-Khalsa
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012-04-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 039370775X

A simplified version, for consumers, of yoga protocols for optimal mental health. This comprehensive, user-friendly handbook offers readers an innovative clinical approach using 100 different Kundalini yoga techniques in select disorder-specific protocols for treating all of the major and common psychiatric disorders. Readers will gain insight into their own symptoms by reading the official American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual definitions along with the associated disorders and features, and learn the step-by-step strategies essential for self-healing and relief. Seventy black-and-white illustrations are included. Topics covered: Generalized Anxiety Disorder • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder • Body Dysmorphic Disorder • Trichotillomania • Phobias • Panic Disorders • Acute Stress Disorder • PTSD • The Abused and Battered Psyche • Depression • Grief • The Bipolar Disorders • The Addictive, Impulse Control, and Eating Disorders • Insomnia and other Sleep Disorders • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome • ADHD and Co-morbid Disorders (Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder) • Dyslexia and Other Learning Disorders • Schizophrenia and the Variants of the Psychoses • The Personality Disorders (Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcississtic, Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder) • Autism and Asperger’s Disorder

Nutrition and Integrative Medicine

Nutrition and Integrative Medicine
Author: Aruna Bakhru
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1034
Release: 2018-08-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1351649191

While medical professionals continue to practice traditional allopathic medicine, the public has turned toward nutritional and integrative medical therapies, especially for addressing the proliferation of chronic diseases. Written by leaders in the academic and scientific world, Nutrition and Integrative Medicine: A Primer for Clinicians presents various modalities to help restore health. This book provides users with a guide to evaluating and recommending nutritional and integrative therapies. The book offers insights on the microbiome of the human body, examines the relationship of human health to the microbiome of the food we ingest, and introduces the concept of "food as information." It provides enlightenment on anti-aging and healing modalities, mind–body medicine, and an investigation of psychological trauma as related to disease causation. Integrative therapies, including water, light, and sound therapy, are explored, and information on healing chronic disease through nutrition, the tooth–body connection, the role of toxins in disease causation, and electromagnetic field hypersensitivity, as well as its management, is presented.

Holistic Engagement

Holistic Engagement
Author: Loretta Pyles
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2016
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0199392722

With stories from the classroom, this book invites and challenges social work, human services and counseling educators to seek meaning in their methods and content in the processes of teaching. Empirically grounded, the authors propose a new model for advancing pedagogy to draw from many ways of knowing and wisdom across traditions. Through rich analysis of globalization, higher education, and the social work profession, as well as first person accounts, they co-create a story of holistic pedagogies that are being employed across the globe.

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Chakras

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Chakras
Author: Cyndi Dale
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 1106
Release: 2015-11-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738745707

The Ultimate Guide to Chakras and Energy Systems As powerful centers of subtle energy, the chakras have fascinated humanity for thousands of years. Llewellyn's Complete Book of Chakras is a unique and empowering resource that provides comprehensive insights into these foundational sources of vitality and strength. Discover what chakras and chakra systems are, how to work with them for personal growth and healing, and the ways our understanding of chakras has transformed throughout time and across cultures. Lively and accessible, this definitive reference explores the science, history, practices, and structures of our subtle energy. With an abundance of illustrations and a wealth of practical exercises, Cyndi Dale shows you how to use chakras for improving wellness, attracting what you need, obtaining guidance, and expanding your consciousness. Praise: "In one thoroughly researched and beautifully written book you can learn...what it took ancient seekers a lifetime to uncover."—Steven A. Ross, PhD, CEO of the World Research Foundation and author of And Nothing Happened...But You Can Make It Happen "A shining constellation of timeless wisdom and brilliant insights on chakras. This groundbreaking book is an essential conduit to whole-self healing."—Dr. Deanna Minich, founder of Food & Spirit "Expertly researched, well written, and easy to understand. The go-to guide for understanding subtle energy systems."—Madisyn Taylor, bestselling author and editor-in-chief of DailyOM "Cyndi's exploration of cross-cultural systems is stunningly complete...Very impressive."—Margaret Ann Lembo, author of Chakra Awakening