The Mind-Body Connection in Healing

Science, spirituality and medicine come together in the mind-body connection. There have been so many books coming out recently on the effect of thoughts on illness, wellness and the body’s ability to heal, that I thought it would be good to bring some of the best ones to your attention. Make no mistake, dear friends, this is the cutting edge of healing.

Healing with Source: A Spiritual Guide to Mind-Body Medicine by David Markowitz – Reading this book is like having a conversation with someone who knows and understands the mind-body relationship intimately. The emerging paradigm in health care—which is that physical health is interconnected with our emotional and spiritual well being—just seems obvious and accessible when it is articulated so fluidly.

We’re not surprised then, when author gently leads us along a pathway to wellness by getting to the root cause of unwanted core emotional issues such as anger, guilt, resentment, or ego-driven behavior. Such issues, and their derivatives, can manifest in the guise of illness, stress, and pain: while there are many valuable and valid approaches to treatment and reversal of illness, unless our core issues are addressed, and our “Source” activated, it is unlikely that we will achieve the full bloom of our health and wellbeing.

Medical intuitive Dave Markowitz shares his client’s stories and his years of experience to illustrate how to get to the core issues, how they can affect our health, how to transform them, and how his clients benefited from their new understanding about the mind-body connection—and how anyone else can too.

The Secret Language of Your Body: The Essential Guide to Health and Wellness by Inna Segal – the secrets to understanding the messages of the body and the underlying energetic causes of over 200 symptoms and medical conditions.

Healing by David Elliott -Once in a while I read a book that carries me all the way through it on a current of undivided attention. “Healing” is such a book, because sometimes an author manages to say in clear language exactly what we have longed to hear, at the moment we most need to hear it. And what I hear author David Elliott saying is that self-love is the key to healing. That love is the most desired of human emotions and it is how we connect and exchange with the Universal Energy Flow. And that the Universal Energy Flow occurs when “love spirals out of the heart leading to an exchange with all things.” And, “love expressed…contains all the wisdom of the Universe because it is the Universe.”

The healing offered in this book is about filling the gaps in our creativity, energizing our flow of love and energetic exchange, and freeing the places where we feel stuck or the ways in which our innate ability to heal ourselves—physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually—has been hijacked by the absence of self-love.

Relaxation Revolution: Enhancing Your Personal Health Through the Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing by  Herbert Benson, MD – a thorough and authoritative overview of the history and science behind mind-body medicine. Harvard professor Herbert Benson has been researching this field for 30 years, and has demonstrated the benefits of meditation and mind-body techniques on  the genetic markers of wellness and aging.

Unlock the Secret Messages of Your Body by Denise Linn – This is a delightful, uplifting book that will have you celebrating your body, freeing your mind, and energizing your spirit. Using the properties of the elements as guidelines for clearing out the energetic elements of our being, one for each week, Denise Linn blends Earth wisdom with modern psycho-spirituality for healthful living.The 28-day program offers many stimulating ways to engage with your commitment to physical transformation and radiant health. This book is well-written, easy to follow, lighthearted, and filled with wisdom and inspiration.