Guided Imagery

Finally Figuring Out What Helps Troops With Posttraumatic Stress

Belleruth Naparstek | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living


Belleruth Naparstek

The tools that work so well are neither complicated nor expensive. They're interventions that ping on the primitive structures in the brain, where posttraumatic stress sits and wreaks its havoc. These are tools like guided imagery, relaxation, meditation, hypnosis, breath work...

O. Carl Simonton Dies At 66: Pioneer Of Mind-Body Approach To Battling Cancer

Los Angeles Times | Valerie J. Nelson | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living


Dr. O. Carl Simonton, a radiation oncologist who popularized the mind-body connection in fighting cancer and helped push the once-controversial notion...

Inviting Health: Using Our Minds to Set the Stage for Well-Being (Part Two)

Kay Goldstein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living


Kay Goldstein

If there are any negative emotions, have them be carried out of the body on the flow of appreciation.

Inviting Health: Using Our Minds to Set the Stage for Well-Being (Part One)

Kay Goldstein | Posted 09.27.2008 | Living


Kay Goldstein

Think of the body as an energy system: the less fuel needed to keep our muscles tight and ready to run, the more that is available for other body functions -- such as the brain.