Beautiful Body, Beautiful Mind: The Power of Positive Imagery: Over 80 Exercises and a 10-Day Beauty Program [Paperback]

Eric Franklin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2009

Emphasizing lifestyle and mental attitude rather than surgery, creams, or pills, this fantastic manual is the key to staying young through mental stimulation, self-talk, setting of goals, motivation, and relaxation. The revolutionary Franklin Method of health proposes that living healthily is mostly a question of habits and that these habits are mirrored in the quality of our thoughts and in our daily life. Focusing on methods of concentration, measured breathing, and the power of imagination, this program provides a selection of different mental techniques from the Franklin Method designed to produce results that can be seen and felt in only 10 days. More importantly, when combined with a balanced diet, these exercises can awaken even the sleepiest of minds to the possibility of a longer and more fulfilling life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Author Eric Franklin offers much advice for improving oneself through belief . . . An inspirational testimony many women would do well to read."  —Small Press Bookwatch

"The Franklin Method uses positive imagery to change the quality of our thoughts, body, and daily life. I personally have found it pivotal in my return to health and well-being." —New Consciousness Review

About the Author

Eric Franklin is the author of several self-help books, including Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery; Inner Focus, Outer Strength; Pelvic Power; and Relax Your Neck, Liberate Your Shoulders. He is the founder of the Franklin Method Institute in Uster, Switzerland, and travels worldwide conducting workshops on the use of imagery and mental exercise in bodywork.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Book Company (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871273098
• ISBN-13: 978-0871273093
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eric Franklin is the director of the Franklin Method Institute in Uster, Switzerland, and travels worldwide conducting workshops. He is a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science and has taught at the Institute for Psychomotor Therapy in Zurich. He is the author of Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance; Relax Your Neck, Liberate Your Shoulders; and Pelvic Power.

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars vitality in the body and well-being in the mind, July 10, 2009

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This review is from: Beautiful Body, Beautiful Mind: The Power of Positive Imagery: Over 80 Exercises and a 10-Day Beauty Program (Paperback)

The Franklin Method, devised by author Eric Franklin, uses positive imagery to change the quality of our thoughts, body, and daily life. Take a moment to scan your body and ask yourself, "How does my body feel?" Now ask yourself how you would like to feel. Set goals and create a vivid plan for how this new experience would feel and look. When you use The Franklin Method, you implement that plan through positive thoughts, imagery, and movement.

Not just any imagery, however, and not just any thoughts. Focusing on body structures and systems--the joints and cartilage, the bones, the muscles, the organ, the glands, the brain and nervous system--Franklin first provides a concise yet considerable description of their anatomical function. Just knowing what the parts are and how they work is extremely valuable--for example, how many of us know what releases our endorphins, the "feel good" hormones, or how to imagine stimulating this release?

This anatomical overview gives us specific biomechanical images to focus on, which are then combined and interwoven with metaphorical imagery (...breathe deeply into the heart and imagine it floating easily, like a small balloon, or as if suspended, like a cloud...). Subtle movements, either literal or mentally simulated, accompany the positive imagery, providing embodiment and feedback. Positive words and phrases also accompany the positive imagery ("I breathe gladness in to my heart; I breathe ease and relaxation into my heart"). When you put all of these components together, along with motivation, breathing, and relaxation in a consistent practice, you can achieve a direct experience of enhanced flexibility, posture, and health of joints, muscles and organs. All of which adds up to staying young!

The Franklin Method mobilizes vitality in the body and well-being in the mind: which in turn generates vitality in the mind and well-being in the body. It is an embodied, energetic synergy--a graceful and powerful dance of mind and body. I personally have found it to be a pivotal point in my return to health and well-being and would encourage anyone to discover this for himself or herself. The ten-day beauty program outlined in the book is a great way to get started.

Eric Franklin, who developed the method in 1984, is a dancer and movement educator, teaching and conducting workshops at prestigious universities and arts educational schools around the world.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An inspirational testimony many women would do well to read, June 9, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beautiful Body, Beautiful Mind: The Power of Positive Imagery: Over 80 Exercises and a 10-Day Beauty Program (Paperback)

You are what you think you are. "Beautiful Body, Beautiful Mind: The Power of Positive Imagery" is a self-help and health guide that encourages positive thinking in finding one's inner and outer beauty. Calling for the Franklin Method, a series of lifestyle changes reinforced through building beneficial habits, author Eric Franklin offers much advice for improving oneself through belief. "Beautiful Body, Beautiful Mind" is the inspirational testimony many women would do well to read.