Creating Health: How to Wake Up the Body's Intelligence (Paperback)

by Deepak Chopra M.D. (Author) "HEALTH IS OUR NATURAL STATE..." (more)
Key Phrases: psychophysiological connection, creating health, infinite intelligence, Rabindranath Tagore, Abraham Maslow, Bhagavad Gita (more...)

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"'Perfect health is our natural state - we simply must allow the intelligence of Nature to work for us. This book shows us how.' Tony Nader, neuroscientist, Harvard Medical School; 'The poet-prophet of alternative medicine' Time; 'Undoubtedly one of the most lucid and inspired philosophers of our time' Mikhail Gorbachev; 'The rock star of the new spirituality' Guardian" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Dr. Deepak Chopra, author of the best-selling Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, offers his thousands of fans a newly revised edition of Creating Health, his groundbreaking book about the healing power of the mind. First published in 1987, Creating Health introduces the basic premises of Ayurveda, the six-thousand-year-old tradition of health care from India, and guides readers toward a sound understanding of the mind-body connection. Dr. Chopra is considered the preeminent spokesman for Ayurveda, which he blends with Western medical philosophy to create an intelligent and balanced approach to health. Dr. Chopra has revised Creating Health for the many people who are turning to alternative methods of health care as a result of the escalating crisis in traditional care. This edition incorporates a number of advances based on Dr. Chopra's recent work and new perspectives, including the techniques of mindfulness meditation, a simple but powerful form of breath-focused meditation.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Mariner Books; Revised edition (September 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395755158
• ISBN-13: 978-0395755150
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #377,665 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A tool to know the invisible, February 3, 2000

By	David Diniz Loubeh (São Paulo,Brazil) - See all my reviews

This book,as most Chopra's works,are extraordinary tools in a search for the invisible realm of the human universe.That realm includes our feelings,intuition,emotions,desires,and every inner aspect of the human mind and soul,and finally that shall also includes God.That book can be an important door for a person who seeks the meaning of spirituality,as well as the meaning of life. Deepak Chopra has an astonishing inspiration, and a very solid scientific education.My life has just turned upside-down,in a good direction,after knowing his works.I wish every single person in this planet knew what this man has discovered.Don't miss this author!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A REFRESHINGLY POSITIVE VIEW OF HEALTH, September 11, 2003

By	Theresa Welsh "The Seeker" (Ferndale, Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This little book is full of helpful insights for anyone wondering how to restore or preserve good health. Instead of dwelling on sickness, Chopra shows us how our health is really in our own hands. It is wonderfully refreshing to find a doctor who is not in the business of pushing pills for every ill and ache. Instead of giving us the five-minute look-over and writing a prescription, Dr. Chopra shows us the way to influence our body so it can cure itself. He tell us what we already know, but always wanted to hear from a doctor: That all drugs have side effects and most are expensive. Don't we all want an alternative?

Chopra provides beginning chapters on common illnesses and at times gives typical doctor instructions on what to eat and what to avoid ("don't drink alcohol, even in moderation"). But he moves beyond that, looking inside the sick person and inviting us to look inside ourselves. Our emotions and attitudes affect our bodies, and if we learn to control emotions we can improve our health. Chopra recommends meditation as a means of marshalling our inner resources.

While there must be some limit to this approach to health, there nevertheless is much evidence for its effectiveness. I particularly enjoyed his case histories and anecdotes. In one case, he admits lying to a patient. She had cancer, but he told her he removed gall stones. She believed him and the cancer went away! He attributes her recovery to her belief that she was well, a manifestation of the placebo effect that no one can explain, other than "mind over matter." Doctors dismiss diseases that go away by themselves by saying the patient is "in remission." But that is not an explanation. Chopra looks at these spontaneous healings as the body's ability to heal itself through the power inside the person, the body's natural intelligence. Intelligence, says Dr. Chopra, is in everything that's alive. I think of Chopra's nature intelligence when I see my cat make a graceful leap from porch to pillar. His body is using its built-in intelligence to make a perfect landing! Perhaps if we can become aware that our bodies use built-in intelligence, we can, as Dr. Chopra suggests, create health.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Connects the mind and the body, January 28, 2001

By	Daniel Gladis (Czech Republic) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creating Health (Newly Revised) (Audio Cassette)

The basic idea of Deepak Chopra's work is that your attitude to the world, the way you think and interpret the reality creates different chemicals and hormones which have an enormous impact on your body and your health. This is how mind connects to the body. But the best part is, that your attitude and your thinking is in your hands, which means that your health is also in your hands. Chopra is a big promotor of alternative health care methods and an opponent of the traditional medicine.

Chopra builds on old tradition from India and introduces his own advances including a breath-focused meditation. The book is easy to follow since Chopra uses very logical sequence of ideas and has a very clear syntax.

If you like this book then I would recommend to you also Deepak Chopra's most famous Ageless Body, Timeless Mind.