Imagery in Healing

Imagery in Healing
Author: Jeanne Achterberg
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2002-01-15
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0834826291

This influential book shows how the systematic use of mental imagery can have a positive influence on the course of disease and can help patients to cope with pain. In Imagery in Healing, Jeanne Achterberg brings together modern scientific research and the practices of the earliest healers to support her claim that imagery is the world's oldest and most powerful healing resource. The book has become a classic in the field of alternative medicine and continues to be read by new generations of health care professionals and lay people. In Imagery in Healing, Achterberg explores in detail the role of the imagination in the healing process. She begins with an exploration of the tradition of shamanism, "the medicine of the imagination," surveying this time-honored way of touching the nexus of the mind, body, and soul. She then traces the history of the use of imagery within Western medicine, including a look at contemporary examples of how health care professionals have drawn on the power of the imagination through such methods as hypnosis, biofeedback, and the placebo effect. Ultimately, Achterberg looks to the science of immunology to uncover the most effective ground for visualization, and she presents data demonstrating how imagery can have a direct and profound impact on the workings of the immune system. Drawing on art, science, history, anthropology, and medicine, Imagery in Healing offers a highly readable overview of the profound and complex relationship between the imagination and the body.

Healing Visualizations

Healing Visualizations
Author: Gerald Epstein, M.D.
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1989-07-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0553346237

The comprehensive guide to imagery therapy for: the common cold, bone fractures, arthritis, hypertension, headaches, asthma, infertility, depression, pms, anxiety, obesity, and much more For years it has been widely known that the mind exerts a tremendous influence on our physical well-being—often determining the difference between health and disease. In Healing Visualizations, Dr. Gerald Epstein, a psychiatrist and pioneer in waking dream therapy, provides a new vision of how the mind can help heal the body through the power of “imaginal medicine.” Developed over fifteen years of clinical practice, Dr. Epstein’s safe, potent techniques for tapping the mind’s healing energy enable us to influence our own health with remarkably fast, positive results. More than seventy-five exercises cover specific health problems form common ailments such as allergies, colds, backaches, headaches, and arthritis to life-threatening illnesses such as heart disease and cancer. Each exercise takes just one to five minutes. And there are special visualizations for overall wellness that you can personalize to fit your own daily health and fitness needs. A revolutionary and inspiring program, Healing Visualizations is a major contribution to understanding, restoring, and maintaining the healthful unity of body and mind.

Healing and Transformation Through Self Guided Imagery

Healing and Transformation Through Self Guided Imagery
Author: Leslie Davenport
Publisher: Celestial Arts
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2009
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1587613247

Emphasizes the transformative power of creative visualization techniques to help those suffering from trauma, crisis, PTSD, addiction, emotional upheaval, grief, conflict, and illness through the healing process, explaining how to use the challenges of life as an opportunity for growth and self-realization. Original.

Guided Imagery for Self-Healing

Guided Imagery for Self-Healing
Author: Martin L.Rossman
Publisher: H J Kramer
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2010-09-07
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1932073299

Using methods he has taught to thousands of patients and health-care professionals since 1972, Dr. Rossman teaches a step-by-step method of harnessing the power of the mind to further one's own physical healing. Versatile and easy-to-learn, mental imagery as explained by Dr. Rossman, can be used to: Achieve deep physiological relaxation Stimulate healing responses in the body Create an inner dialogue and gain a better understanding of one's health Improve health and general well-being. The idea of guided imagery as an aid to the healing process is a recognized key component in the health care equation of mind/body healing. Starting with a discussion of the nature of imagery and how it works, Dr. Rossman presents specific scripts that can be used directly. Scripts include: Exploring Your Imagery Abilities, Basic Relaxation Skills, Deepening Techniques, Your Healing Imagery, Meeting Your Inner Advisor, Symptoms are Symbols, Grounding Your Insight, Learning From Your Resistance, and Your Image of Wellness. A practical and helpful book not only for those facing specific health problems but for all who wish to use the imagination for a wide range of individual purposes unlimited to health situations.

Rituals of Healing

Rituals of Healing
Author: Jeanne Achterberg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994
Genre: Imagery (Psychology)
ISBN:

Healing Imagery and Music

Healing Imagery and Music
Author: Carol A. Bush
Publisher: Sterling
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Imagery (Psychology)
ISBN: 9780915801503

"Introduces The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM), a powerful technique that uses the harmonies and melodies contained in classical music to unlock deep inner stresses and explore experiences embedded within the psyche."--Back cover.

Navaho Symbols of Healing

Navaho Symbols of Healing
Author: Donald Sandner
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1991-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780892814343

A Jungian-trained psychiatrist explores ancient Navaho methods of healing that use vibrant imagery to bring the psyche into harmony with natural forces.

The Healing Waterfall

The Healing Waterfall
Author: Max Highstein
Publisher: Bookbaby
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-01-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780979424410

Bestselling guided imagery author Max Highstein offers 100 of his best scripts for counselors, healers, clergy, teachers, psychology students and others. Choose from 100 evocative guided inner journeys that soothe, inspire, and delight. Topics include: - Finding Peace and Calm- Healing and the Mind-Body Connection- Improving Sleep- Emotional Wellbeing and Happiness- Visualization for Success- Learning to Meditate- Higher Guidance and Insight- Connecting with Spiritual Figures- Kids and Family- 12-Step Programs

Lightning at the Gate

Lightning at the Gate
Author: Jeanne Achterberg
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781570628580

A leading figure in alternative medicine recounts her personal story of healing from cancer through dream-work, shamanism, imagery, prayer, rituals, songs, immune-stimulation therapy, and the loving care of friends.