Meditation As Medicine: Activate the Power of Your Natural Healing Force

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From the bestselling authors of BRAIN LONGEVITY (Century) and THE PAIN CURE (Pocket) comes a premier guide to a cutting-edge advance in integrative medicine- medical meditations to help remedy a range of physical and emotional ailments. Imagine being able to rid yourself of a host of medical or psychological maladies without medication or psychotherapy. You can- with the noninvasive, cost-free and scientifically proven method outlined here by the internationally renowned Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa and Cameron Stauth. MEDITATION AS MEDICINE highlights an array of revolutionary techniques doctors and patients can use in conjunction with conventional medicine, to target and alleviate afflictions ranging from arthritis to ulcers to cancers. Simple and easily adaptable to suit your lifestyle, Khalsa's medical meditations are presented with detailed instructions on everything from posture and movement to particular mantras and specific breathing patterns. Far more powerful than standard meditation, medical meditation has been proved to balance and regenerate the body's ethereal and physical energies, forging an extraordinary healing alliance.

Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., is a diplomat of the American Academy of Pain Management and the founding director of the Acupuncture Stress Medicine and Chronic Pain Programme at the University of Arizona. Cameron Stauth is the author of nine critically acclaimed books and has written over 100 articles for the NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, PREVENTION, NATURAL HEALTH and others.

Andrew Weil, M.D. author of Spontaneous Healing and Eating Well for Optimum Health Meditation as Medicine is a new concept, but the techniques that it uses are ancient, part of the wisdom tradition of India...Clear and engaging...I found much practical advice here. Deepak Chopra, M.D. author of How to Know God In Meditation as Medicine, 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. I strongly recommend it. The Dallas Morning News Intelligent, accessible, and free of cant and hyperbole.