Meditation as Medicine: Activate the Power of Your Natural Healing Force » (First Fireside Edition)

Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., is board certified in anesthesiology, pain management, and antiaging medicine. President and medical director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation in Tucson, he conducts workshops on brain longevity and Medical Meditation at the Miraval, Life in Balance resort. Dr. Khalsa is one of just a few individuals in the world who are both physicians and yogis.

In medicine, the mind, body, and spirit are one, and miraculous healing only occurs when that powerful triad is united.

Imagine being able to rid yourself of a host of medical or psychological maladies without medication or psychotherapy. You can—with noninvasive medical meditation, proven effective and one of the most overlooked forms of therapy available today.

Backed by scientific research and presented here by Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa and Cameron Stauth, bestselling authors of Brain Longevity and The Pain Cure, medical meditation utilizes an array of remarkable techniques that revolutionize how doctors and patients approach the healing process. Each medical meditation has a specific physiological effect, targeting afflictions from arthritis to ulcers to cancer. The clinical precision of this method is extraordinary, yet the meditations are surprisingly simple and can be done on your own, at home, at your own pace. Practiced in conjunction with conventional or alternative medical treatments, medical meditation activates the healing force within you.

Medical meditation balances and regenerates the body's ethereal and physical energies, forging an extraordinary healing alliance. Dr. Khalsa details the five unique attributes that endow this type of meditation with far more power than standard meditation: special postures and movements; exact positioning of the hands and fingers; particular mantras; specific breathing patterns; and a unique focus of concentration. The combination of those elements can change your entire profile of endocrine, neurotransmitter, and hormonal secretions, easing you into a calm, healing state.

This is not the meditation of yesterday. This cutting-edge advance in integrative medicine will help you live a healthier, pain-free, more balanced life.

About the Author:

Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine and trained at the University of California at San Francisco and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Khalsa is board certified in anesthesiology, pain management, and antiaging medicine. He is president/medical director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation, and on the advisory board at the Miraval, Life in Balance resort in Tucson, where he conducts workshops on brain longevity and medical meditation. Dr. Khalsa is one of just a few individuals in the world who are both physicians and yogis.

Library Journal

Here, Khalsa presents a compelling look at the value of "medical meditation," a form of therapy based on the principles of kundalini yoga, a discipline that he has practiced for over 20 years. Using references to current medical research and case histories from his medical practice, Khalsa builds a case for the efficacy of medical meditation to assist in healing many diseases. A firm proponent of the power of mind, body, and spirit to overcome illness, he believes that the ethereal body can help the physical body to heal and vice versa. Throughout the program, the author stresses the need to use traditional Western medical techniques in combination with medical meditation to achieve the best results. Khalsa's narration is excellent; however, it is hard to follow some of his instructions for meditation positions. Those who are not already motivated to meditate, or who are not facing life-threatening illness, may find his daily regimen for maximum results overwhelming. Highly recommended for libraries that serve audiences interested in current techniques to increase the healing connection of mind and body. Kathleen Sullivan, Phoenix P.L. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.