Mind-Spirit Therapies

Mind and Spirit

Spirit, Mind and Body in Chumash Healing

This article discusses the importance of the spirit and mind in health and well-being among Chumash people. Prayer was the first step in healing since prayer invites the participation of God. Initiation practices are discussed that encouraged young people to develop the maturity and spiritual strength to become productive members of society. Pictographs were used in healing usually not only as ...

Body-mind-spirit. Attending to holistic care.

Mind-body therapies for headache.

Headache is one of the most common and enigmatic problems encountered by family physicians. Headache is not a singular entity, and different pathologic mechanisms are involved in distinct types of headache. Most types of headache involve dysfunction of peripheral or central nociceptive mechanisms. Mind-body therapies such as biofeedback, cognitive behavior therapy, hypnosis, meditation, and rel...

Bodŷ Breathy Mind^ and Spirit: The Pursuit of Inner Health

Illness and suffering inevitably bring one face to face with the ultimate questions of life. Thus it is no surprise that spirituality is currently the subject of intense study in medicine and allied disciplines. But these studies are floundering for want of a defmition of spirituality, for one cannot research what one cannot clearly defme. With very few exceptions Western investigators have yet...