Staying Well With Guided Imagery [Paperback]

Belleruth Naparstek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1995

Using the techniques of imagery, total body wellness can be achieved without prescriptive medicine. With this comprehensive, user-friendly primer, readers will learn just what guided sensory imagery is and how to create powerful images in the mind that direct the body to heal--both emotionally and physically.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Well-known guided imagery authority and psychotherapist, Naparstek provides a clear guide for using one's imagination for self-healing and health maintenance. She outlines a wide variety of imagery exercises and suggests these not only for general health but also for emotional resiliency and for dealing with common complaints. She provides the reader with ideas for developing specific imagery for individual needs, based on her experiential finding that our bodies do not distinguish between mental images and reality. Highly recommended for public libraries.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition (December 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446671347
• ISBN-13: 978-0446671347
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Belleruth Naparstek is a practicing psychotherapist, author of Staying Well with Guided Imagery and Invisible Heroes, and creator of the bestselling Health Journeys guided imagery audiotapes.

Customer Reviews

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars smart, inspiring, clear and practical -- excellent resource!, May 18, 2000

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j.k. mcneeley - See all my reviews

This review is from: Staying Well With Guided Imagery (Paperback)

i found this book to be just what i needed, both for myself (insomnia, back pain) and the people i work with in my practice (psychotherapy). it gave me enough information and examples to inspire confidence, both in the tool of guided imagery and in myself as its practitioner. i use the scripts. at first i wouldn't veer from them, but now i do, because i got very comfortable from having the printed guidelines to take off from. i also think it's very well written and intelligent, but with some humor and humanity. i keep referring back to it. i expect i'll be using it for a long time.

i would say this book is good for people who want to use guided imagery for themselves or apply it to others. one of my friends used it to help her child get over night fears.

it's definitely worth every penny.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Explains the mind body connection for healing wonderfully!, October 13, 1998

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This review is from: Staying Well With Guided Imagery (Paperback)

This book is excellent for beginning to understand how the mind can control our physiological responses and effect our ability to heal. Ms. Naperstek's imagery exercises are deceivingly simple yet effective. As a veteran hypnotherapist myself, I can attest to the power of guided imagery exercises and it comes from their repeated use! I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to discover how to use more of their mind to control physical symptoms and to feel better.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars JUST THE INFORMATION I NEEDED!!!!!, June 28, 2002

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Lila Lansing (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Staying Well With Guided Imagery (Paperback)

I'm relatively new to mind-body health techniques, but this book taught me exactly what I was looking to learn. I've been struggling with several chronic health issues, and I started using Naparstek's Fibromyalgia tape first, found it very helpful, and then wanted to learn more about what it was doing and how it worked. This book was a great complement. I'm a nurse myself, so I know a lot about the traditional side of medicine. This book made a lot of sense to me and provided extra encouragement to continue with my meditation and guided imagery tools.