Intentional Healing: A Guide to the Mind/Body Healing System [Paperback]

Elliott Dacher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1991

A practicing physician shows exactly how to use current thinkinkg on the mind-body connection to improve one's health. In 18 easy-to-follow exercises that use imagery, meditation, and biofeedback, Dr. Dacher shows how to maintain the health of various systems of the body. "I highly recommend this book."--Deepak Chopra.

Product Details

• Paperback: 219 pages
• Publisher: Marlowe & Company (January 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569248311
• ISBN-13: 978-1569248317
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,459,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Elliott S. Dacher, M.D.

Dr. Dacher attended medical school at S.U.N.Y., Buffalo, and completed his post-graduate training at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and on the Harvard Medical Service at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston.

In 1975 Dacher moved to Washington, D.C. He served as a practicing internist, physician/administrator, and director of wellness and health promotion services for the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. Seeking to investigate and model an innovative approach to healing, in 1984 Dr. Dacher established a private medical practice in Virginia. He began exploring approaches such as meditation, imagery, yoga, biofeedback, alternative therapies and counseling to assist individuals in expanding consciousness, and developing self-regulation and self-healing capacities.

In 1995 Dr. Dacher left his medical practice to begin an in-depth study of the healing process. This work has taken him to the east where he has studied the theory and practices of eastern healing. This study and research has led to his most recent book, Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing (Basic Health, 2006) where Dr. Dacher introduces us to the principles and practices of a far-reaching vision of health and healing that synthesizes the wisdom of the East and West.

Dr. Dacher is the author of Whole Healing published by Dutton in 1996, and Intentional Healing published by Marlowe in June 1996 and subsequently translated into two languages. His forth-coming book is titled Human Flourishing. It explores the full range of human potential for enduring happiness, profound serenity, and optimal well being. He has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, is a past fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and a former medical advisor to Healthy Living, a Hearst periodical. He has regularly contributed to books and periodicals, and is a frequent speaker and presenter at conferences and workshops.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very effective, June 14, 2000

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This review is from: Intentional Healing: A Guide to the Mind/Body Healing System (Paperback)

It's worth every penny and more. This book is based on the recently popularized theory of PNI (psycho-neuro-immunology). The basic theory is based on the premise that people are a whole being (body/mind/soul). The text is very effective in communicating the reasons for disease, and offers MANY wonderful exercises to achieve health - at all levels (physical, emotional, etc.). I have found this book so helpful that I use the exercises in teaching a meditation class. Each of the students in the class has their own book. They have been recommending it to their friends.