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Authors: Deepak Chopra
ISBN-13: 9780395755150, ISBN-10: 0395755158
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: September 1995
Edition: None

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Author Biography: Deepak Chopra

Bestselling author Deepak Chopra is widely recognized as one of the world s leading authorities in the field of holistic medicine. His belief that the mind, body, and spirit are closely interknit has won him legions of followers.

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

A Note on the Revised Edition
Introduction
1How to Be Perfectly Healthy and Feel Ever Youthful3
2Ill Health4
3High Blood Pressure, Heart Attack, and Stroke6
4Cancer18
5Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol, and Drug Abuse29
6Weight Control and Obesity36
7Chronic Fatigue41
8Gastrointestinal Disorders45
9Sexual Inadequacy48
10Sleep and Insomnia53
11Stress and the Burned-out Syndrome57
12Emotional Illness and Depression62
13The Psychophysiological Connection - Some Dramatic Case Histories66
14All Health Originates in One Place79
15Happiness and the Brain Chemistry of Health81
16Thoughts, Impulses of Intelligence - The Human Mind, a Reservoir of Intelligence85
17Evolution89
18Health - The Sum of Positive and Negative Impulses of Intelligence92
19Living and Longevity - The Problem of Aging94
20From Man to Superman105
21Self-awareness111
22Living in the Present114
23Ego Gratification117
24The Importance of Job Satisfaction120
25Channeling the Unconscious Mind - The Force of Habit123
26Diet and Destiny129
27Rhythms, Rest, and Activity139
28Having an Open Mind143
29Wonder and Belief146
30The Way of Compassion150
31A Vision of Wholeness and Love155
32Reality, Manifest and Unmanifest161
33The Nature and Range of Intelligence167
34The Mechanics of Creation173
35Techniques of Meditation181
36Intuitively Ethical Behavior and Higher States of Consciousness186
37One Is All, and All Is One196
Epilogue: The Future203

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