Release your natural powers for healing, endurance, and longevity

With this guide, you will learn foru simple and remarkably effective technqies to release your natural powers for healing. The methods-gentle movement, self-applied massage, breathing exercises, nd meditation-are drawin from the ancient Chinese healing system of Qigong (chi kung) and are easily adaptable to every lifestyle. You can practice them almost anywhere-in the car, in line at the bank, at your desk, while walking, even in bed. Using these methods for as little as ten minutes a day can dramatically increase your endurance, vitality, and longevity. Self-care has never been so easy!

'This book is a gem: it is full of simple yet profoundly effective practices that anyone can use to regain or maintain optimal health.'-Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

'Practical and inspiring.'-Deepak Chopra, M.D.

'Both inspirational and immensely practical....The kind of book you will keep close at hand, make notes in, and actually use.'-Body, Mind & Spirit

'The wisdom in this book will lead you not just to better health but to greater serenity and peace as well.'-Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Prayer is Good Medicine and executive editor of Alternative Therapies

Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., an internationally known doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, has lectured on Mind/Body medicine for nearly twenty-five years. He directs the Health Action Clinic in Santa Barabara; leads training at hospitals, corporations, and communtiy agencies; and speaks throughout the world on self-healing, Taiji (tai chi), and Qigong (chi kung). He is a key Chinese medicine authority for the popular 'HealthWorld' site on the World Wide Web. You can visit The Healer Within site at Http://www.healerwithin.com

Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface Declaration of health independence
Introduction Making a miracle
Part 1 The medicine
Chapter Our power of self-healing
Chapter 2 Placebos, remissions, and miracles
Part 2 The tools and the methods
Chapter 3 Your personal practice
Guidelines for your practice
Applications and benefits
The sensation of the healer within
Four methods, one integrated practice
Weaving the practices into your day
Chapter 4 Method 1: Gentle movement
The preliminary posture
The flowing motion
Right and left bending of the spine
Front and back bending of the s;ine
Reaching upward, strateching outward
Spontaneous movement practice
cahpter 5 Method 2: Self-applied massage
Two simple approaches to self-massage
Massage technique
Massging the hands
Massaging the feet
Massaging the ears
Massaging the neck and shoulders
Tracing the acupuncture energy channels
Massaging the abdomen
Energizing the organs
Massaging the face and eys
Massaging reflexes firt, then finding the pain
Connecting the spots, then wiggling
Chapter 6 Method 3: Breathing practices
The essential breath
The remembering breath
A sigh of relief
In, in, out: two inhalations,one exhalation
The gathering breath
Chapter 7 Method 4: Deep relaxation and meditation practices
Progressive relaxation
Gathering nature's healing resources
Mindfulness and insight
Part 3 The practice
Chapter 8 Bringing the methods into your life
Chapter 9 Deepening your practice
Part 4 The way of nature
Chapter 10 Declaration of interdependence
Chapter 11 The empowering influence of mind and spirit
Part 5 The future
Chapter 13 What could be
Appendix
Bibliography and suggested reading
Resources
Index

With this revolutionary guide, you will learn four simple and remarkably effective techniques to release your natural powers for healing. The methods--gentle movement, self-applied massage, breathing exercises, and meditation--are drawn from the ancient Chinese healing system of Qigong (Chi Kung) and are easily adaptable to every lifestyle. You can practice them almost anywhere--in the car, in line at the bank, at your desk, while walking, even in bed. Using these methods for as little as ten minutes a day can dramatically increase your endurance, vitality, and longevity. Self-care has never been so easy!

This book is the best guide I've found for dealing with MS -- as well as the everyday stresses of life. ( )