Schlitz, Marilyn,

Consciousness & healing : integral approaches to mind-body medicine / Consciousness and healing Marilyn Schlitz, Tina Amorok with Marc S. Micozzi. - lx, 585 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm + 1 videodisc (12 cm)

"More than 60 contributing essayists, including: Deepak Chopra, Larry Dossey, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Dean Ornish, Candace Pert, Rachel Naomi Remen, Ken Wilber"--Cover. Accompanied by: 1 videodisc (DVD)

Includes bibliographical references.

Defining integral medicine / Towards a post-modern integral medicine / An integral approach to medicine / From integrative to integral medicine : a leap of faith / Mapping the healing system / MIND-BODY MEDICINE -- Mind and mindlessness in mind-body research / The psychosomatic network : foundations of mind-body medicine / Psychological aspects of mind-body medicine : promises and pitfalls from research with cancer patients / NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE BODY Meaning and the history of the body : toward a postmodern medicine / Breathing, moving, sensing, and feeling : somatics and integral medicine / Transformational surgery : symbol, ritual, and initiation in contemporary cosmetic surgery / Healing and transformation through expressive arts / RE-VISIONING ILLNESS -- What does illness mean? / Living with cancer : from victim to victor, the integration of mind, body, and spirit / Our evolving views of health and illness : what does it all mean? / HONORING THE SPECTRUM OF LIFE -- The conflict of biological and cultural imperatives / Aging with awareness / Timeless mind, ageless body / An integral approach to the end of life / Consciousness beyond death? / Healing : a move toward wholeness / PSYCHOLOGY'S MOVEMENT TOWARD WHOLENESS -- Integral psychology : psychology of the whole human being / Psychology of the future : lessons from modern consciousness research / Transpersonal images : implications for health / SPIRITUALITY, RELIGION AND HEALING -- Etiology recapitulates ontology : reflections on restoring the spiritual dimension to models of the determinants of health / The practices of essential spirituality / Opening your heart : anatomically, emotionally, and spiritually / The return of prayer / ESSENTIAL CAPACITIES -- A prolegomenon to an epidemiology of love : theory, measurement, and health outcomes / The art and science of forgiveness / Gratefulness / The contemplative mind in society / Honoring multiple ways of knowing / EPISTEMOLOGICAL PLURALISM -- The implications of alternative and complementary medicine for science and the scientific process / The technologies of shamanic states of consciousness / Multiple ways of knowing / INTEGRATING THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD'S HEALING SYSTEMS -- Restoration of dynamic balance : traditional ways of healing expressed through Navajo consciousness / The spiritual heart of Tibetan medicine : its contribution to the modern world / Changing perspectives on healing energy in traditional Chinese medicine / Envisioning a new story for health and healing / TRANSFORMATIONS OF MEDICINE -- Recapturing the soul of medicine / Through conventional medicine to integral medicine : challenges and promises / Transformation of the healer : the application of Ken Wilber's integral model to family practice medicine / Metaphysics of virtual caring communities / SOCIOPOLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF INTEGRAL MEDICINE -- The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy [WHCCAMP] and the future of health care / Sociopolitical challenges of integral medicine / HEALTHY EARTH-HEALTHY HUMAN-- The ecozoic era / Living in the earth : ecopsychology, health, and psychotherapy / Surviving the great dying / Healing through collective consciousness : the therapeutic nature of the human/animal bond / SOCIAL HEALING -- Social healing : Herald of a shift in human consciousness / Reinventing the human / Marilyn Schlitz -- Elliott S. Dacher -- John A. Astin and Alexander W. Astin -- William Benda -- Marilyn Schlitz and Tina Amorok -- Harris Dienstfrey -- Candace B. Pert, Henry E. Dreher and Michael R. Ruff -- Stephanie Simonton-Atchley and Allen C. Sherman -- David Michael Levin -- Don Hanlon Johnson -- Loren Eskenazi -- Anna Halpin and Michael Samuels -- Larry Dossey -- Caryle Hirshberg -- Richard B. Miles -- Joseph Chilton Pearce -- Ron Valle and Mary Mohs -- Deepak Chopra -- Karen Wyatt -- Marilyn Schlitz -- Marilyn Schlitz and Tina Amorok -- Bahman A. K. Shirazi -- Stanislaw Grof -- William Braud -- Jeff Levin -- Roger Walsh -- Dean Ornish -- Larry Dossey -- Jeff Levin -- Frederic Luskin -- David Steindl-Rast -- Jon Kabat-Zinn -- Marilyn Schlitz and Tina Amorok -- Marilyn Schlitz and Willis Harman -- Stanley Krippner -- Frances Vaughan -- Nancy C. Maryboy and David H. Begay -- Sogyal Rinpoche -- Garret Yount, Yifang Qian and Honglin Zhang -- Marilyn Schlitz, Tina Amorok and Marc S. Micozzi -- Rachel Naomi Remen -- Tom Janisse -- Lawrence E. George -- Jean Watson -- James S. Gordon -- Sumedha Khanna -- Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry -- Sarah A. Conn -- Michael Lerner -- William Benda and Rondi Lightmark -- James O'Dea -- Thomas Berry. PART ONE: PART TWO: SECTION ONE : SECTION TWO : SECTION THREE: SECTION FOUR: PART THREE: SECTION ONE: SECTION TWO: SECTION THREE: PART FOUR: SECTION ONE: SECTION TWO: PART FIVE: SECTION ONE: SECTION TWO: SECTION THREE : SECTION FOUR;

"Consciousness & Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine brings together 67 of the foremost authorities on health and healing to consider the creation of a new, integral perspective. This unique text transcends any singular approach to medicine and addresses how health professionals and patients alike are rethinking the nature of healing."--BOOK JACKET.

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Mind and body.
Health.
Medicine, Psychosomatic
Relaxation
Holistic medicine
Naturopathy.
Spiritual life

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