Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine
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ISBN: 0609805045 / Publisher: Harmony, March 2000
An introduction to mindfulness practices explains how to use this alternative therapy to promote healing and calls for a radical change in the relationship between healthcare providers and their patients. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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Today we are experiencing extraordinary technological advances in the diagnosis and treatment of illness while at the same time learning to take more responsibility for our own health and well-being. In this book, Saki Santorelli, director of the nationally acclaimed Stress Reduction Clinic, explores the ancient roots of medicine, and shows us how to introduce mindfulness into the crucible of the healing relationship. His approach revolutionizes the dynamics between the patient and the practitioner. In describing the classes at the clinic and the transformation that takes place in this alchemical process, he offers insights and effective methods for cultivating mindfulness in our everyday lives. As he reveals the inner landscape of his own life as a health care professional and we join him and those with whom he works on this journey of human suffering and courage, we become aware of and honor what is darkest and brightest within each one of us.
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