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The Biology of Belief
by Bruce H Lipton, PhD
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It has been over ten years since Bruce Lipton’s seminal book The Biology of Belief was published. This book, which explored the relationship between mind and body, changed the way we think about our lives, our health, and our planet. During that time, research in this field has grown exponentially. Lipton’s groundbreaking experiments have now been endorsed by more than a decade of rigorous scientific study.
In this greatly expanded edition, Lipton, a former medical school professor and research scientist, explores his own experiments and those of other leading-edge scientists that have unravelled in ever greater detail how truly connected the mind, body, and spirit are. It is now widely recognized that genes and DNA do not control our biology. Instead, they are controlled by signals from outside the cell, including energetic messages emanating from our thoughts.
This profoundly hopeful synthesis of the latest and best research in cell biology and quantum physics puts the power to create a healthy, joyous life back in our own hands. When we transform our conscious and subconscious thoughts, we transform our lives and, in the process, help humanity evolve to a new level of understanding and peace.
You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter
by Dr Joe Dispenza
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Is it possible to heal by thought alone-without drugs or surgery?
The truth is that it happens more often than you might expect. In You Are the Placebo,
best-selling author, international speaker, chiropractor, and renowned researcher of epigenetics, quantum physics, & neuroscience, Dr. Joe Dispenza shares numerous documented cases of those who reversed cancer, heart disease, depression, crippling arthritis, and even the tremors of Parkinson’s disease by believing in a placebo.
Similarly, Dr. Joe tells of how others have gotten sick and even died the victims of a hex or voodoo curse, or after being misdiagnosed with a fatal illness. Belief can be so strong that pharmaceutical companies use double- and triple-blind randomized studies to try to exclude the power of the mind over the body when evaluating new drugs.
“In his paradigm-altering book, You Are the Placebo, Dr. Joe Dispenza catapults us beyond thinking of the placebo effect as an anomaly. Through 12 concise chapters that read like a true-life scientific thriller, Dispenza gives us rock-solid reasons to accept the game-changer of our lives – that the placebo effect is actually us, proving to ourselves the greatest possibilities of healing, miracles, and longevity! I love this book and look forward to a world where the secret of the placebo is the foundation of everyday life.”
~Gregg Braden, New York Times best-selling author of The Spontaneous Healing of Belief and The Divine Matrix
Chapters:
Foreword by Dawson Church, Ph.D.
Part I – Is It Possible?
A Brief History of the Placebo
The Placebo Effect in the Brain
The Placebo Effect in the Body
How Thoughts Change the Brain and the Body
Suggestibility
Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceptions
The Quantum Mind
Three Stories of Personal Transformation
Information to Transformation- Proof That You Are the Placebo
Part II – Transformation
Meditation Preparation
Changing Beliefs and Perceptions Meditation
Becoming Supernatural
Dr. Joe does more than simply explore the history and the physiology of the placebo effect. He asks the question, “Is it possible to teach the principles of the placebo, and without relying on any external substance, produce the same internal changes in a person’s health and ultimately in his or her life?”
Then he shares scientific evidence (including color brain scans) of amazing healings from his workshops, in which participants learn his consciousness-shifting model of personal transformation based on practical applications of the so-called placebo effect.
The book ends with a “how-to” calming meditation for changing limiting beliefs and mental perceptions that hold us back from the first step in healing. You Are the Placebo combines the latest research in neuroscience, biology, psychology, hypnosis, behavioural conditioning, and quantum physics to demystify the workings of the placebo effect… and show how the seemingly impossible can become possible.
“I discovered that if I could teach people the scientific model of transformation (bringing in a little quantum physics to help them understand the science of possibility), combine it with the latest information in neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, epigenetics, and psychoneuroimmunology; give them the right kind of instruction; and provide the opportunity to apply that information, then they would experience a transformation…
This book is about empowering you to realize that you have all the biological and neurological machinery to do exactly that. My goal is to demystify these concepts with the new science of the way things really are so that it is within the reach of more people to change their internal states in order to create positive changes in their health and in their external world.”
~Dr. Joe Dispenza
Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
by Mark Hyman, MD
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In this instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Dr. Mark Hyman presents the definitive guide to reversing disease, easing pain, and living younger longer that “will revolutionize how we approach aging” (Jay Shetty, author of 8 Rules of Love).
Aging has long been considered a normal process. We think disease, frailty, and gradual decline are inevitable parts of life. But they don’t have to be. Science today sees aging as a treatable disease. By addressing its root causes, we can not only increase our health span and live longer but also prevent and reverse the maladies of aging–including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and dementia.
In Young Forever, Dr. Mark Hyman challenges us to reimagine our biology, health, and the process of aging. To uncover the secrets to longevity, he explores the biological hallmarks of aging, their causes, and their consequences–then shows us how to overcome them with simple dietary, lifestyle, and emerging longevity strategies. You’ll learn:
- How to turn on your body’s key longevity switches
- How to reduce inflammation and support the health of your immune system
- How to exercise, sleep, and de-stress for healthy aging
- How to eat your way to a long life, featuring Dr. Hyman’s Pegan Diet
- Which supplements are right for you
- Where the research on aging is headed
- And much more
With dozens of science-based strategies and tips, Young Forever is a revolutionary, practical guide to creating and sustaining health–for life.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
by Eckhart Tolle
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It’s no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 2 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest selves and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light.
In the first chapter, Tolle introduces readers to enlightenment and its natural enemy, the mind. He awakens readers to their role as a creator of pain and shows them how to have a pain-free identity by living fully in the present. The journey is thrilling, and along the way, the author shows how to connect to the indestructible essence of our Being, “the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.”
Featuring a new preface by the author, this paperback shows that only after regaining awareness of Being, liberated from Mind, and intensely in the Now can one attain Enlightenment.
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
by John E Sarno, MD
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Dr. John E. Sarno’s groundbreaking research on Tension Myositis Syndrome reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back pain and how you can be pain-free without drugs, exercise, or surgery.
Dr. Sarno is a medical pioneer whose program has helped thousands of people find relief from chronic back conditions without drugs, physical therapy, or dangerous surgery. In this bestselling guide to overcoming back pain, you’ll find out:
- Why self-motivated and successful people are prone to Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS)
- How anxiety and repressed anger trigger muscle spasms
- How people “train themselves” to experience back pain
- How you may get relief from back pain within two to six weeks by recognizing TMS and its causes
With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno describes how patients recognize the emotional roots of their TMS and sever the connections between mental and physical pain… and how, just by reading Healing Back Pain, you may start recovering from back pain today.
You Can Heal Your Life
by Louise Hay
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This New York Times and international bestseller has sold over 50 million copies worldwide.
Louise’s key message in this powerful work is “If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.”
Louise explains how limiting beliefs and ideas are often the cause of illness, and how you can change your thinking… and improve the quality of your life! Packed with powerful information – you’ll love this gem of a book!
The Art of Living
by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Nobel Peace Prize nominee, internationally renowned Zen master, and bestselling author Thich Nhat Hanh shares his mindful techniques in mastering the art of living.
The bestselling author of The Miracle of Mindfulness presents, for the first time, seven transformative meditations that open up new perspectives on our lives, our relationships, and our interconnectedness with the world around us. Thich Nhat Hanh reveals an art of living in mindfulness that helps us answer life’s deepest questions, experience the happiness and freedom we desire, and face aging and dying with curiosity and joy instead of fear.
Stimulating and inspiring, The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now teaches us the importance of looking inside ourselves and developing compassion, before we can turn to our relationships at home and in the wider world. Full of remarkable stories from Thich Nhat Hanh’s own experiences and mindful practices for engaging with life, this will be a book that will help us generate happiness, understanding, and love so we can live deeply in each moment of our life, right where we are.
Heal Yourself: The Remarkable Journeys of Ordinary People Healing Themselves of Dis-ease in Extra Ordinary Ways
by Sarah Dawkins
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Heal Yourself details real, everyday people healing themselves through natural means, proving that what doctors tell us about self-healing being impossible, is incorrect.
Follow the author’s journey from an array of health issues and the depths of suicidal despair, to wellness and vibrant health. Learn how she found the secret of natural, self-healing, without the use of pharmaceutical and prescription drugs, by utilising a combination of methods and techniques.
Read the many other healers’ journeys, too, from a wide variety of dis-eases and health problems, using various techniques, giving insight into how you can use them, whether you are on your own journey or simply interested in natural healing.
Healing knows no boundaries and comes from a sense of wholeness of self. Follow the author, Sarah Dawkins, and others on their very personal journeys to health and well-being.
As the author says: “If I can do it, so can you.”
Healing Sounds: The Power of Harmonics
by Jonathan Goldman
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This new 30th-anniversary edition of the classic guidebook on sound healing presents a step-by-step process of vibrational activation using sacred and healing sounds. It explains in detail how to perform vocal harmonics to transform and heal.
Sharing many easy-to-follow sound healing exercises, such as “Vowels as Mantras” and “Overtoning,” Goldman explains in detail how to perform vocal harmonics — a form of overtone chanting — and experience their transformative and healing powers. He shows how harmonics can be used as sonic yoga for meditation and deep relaxation as well as to enhance energy and resonate the chakras, the energy centers of the body. Exploring the vibrational principles that underlie the framework of the universe, including frequency and resonance, Goldman explains how harmonics represent the colors of sound and affect us on all levels, bridging body, mind, and spirit. He explores mantra and chakra chanting, sacred vowels, vocal toning, conscious listening, cymatics, sonic shamanism, magical incantations, and many other vibrational and sound healing techniques.
This edition of Healing Sounds: The Power of Harmonics provides the basis for how and why sound can heal and transform. It also offers more than 100 minutes of exclusive audio downloads featuring recordings of sound healing exercises, guided meditations, and sonic excerpts to help you experience and embody the power of harmonics.
The Hidden Messages in Water
by Masaru Emoto
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In this New York Times bestseller, internationally renowned Japanese scientist Masaru Emoto shows how the influence of our thoughts, words, and feelings on molecules of water can positively impact the earth and our personal health.
The Hidden Messages in Water has the potential to profoundly transform your worldview. Using high-speed photography, Dr. Masaru Emoto discovered that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes when specific, concentrated thoughts are directed toward them. He found that water from clear springs and water that has been exposed to loving words shows brilliant, complex, and colorful snowflake patterns. In contrast, polluted water, or water exposed to negative thoughts, forms incomplete, asymmetrical patterns with dull colors. The implications of this research create a new awareness of how we can positively impact the earth and our personal health.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
by Bessel van der Kolk, MD
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Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence.
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments — from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga — that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity.
Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal — and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
by Gabor Maté MD
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In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal” when it comes to health?
Over four decades of clinical experience, Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of “normal” as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today’s culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines emotional balance. Now Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society — and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Cowritten with his son Daniel, The Myth Of Normal is Maté’s most ambitious and urgent book yet.