Return to Wholeness: Embracing Body, Mind, and Spirit in the Face of Cancer »

DAVID SIMON, M.D., is Medical Director of the Chopra Center for Well Being. He was formerly chief of staff at the Sharp Cabrillo Hospital in San Diego and is a frequent speaker throughout the country.

"I hope to inspire and encourage you with the thought that through the power inherent in your heart and mind, you can steer a course to a place of profound healing." — Dr. David Simon, from his introduction Seamlessly merging the deep intuition and practices of Eastern natural healing with the advanced technology of Western medicine, Return to Wholeness is a revelation. Over the course of a lifetime, almost half of all North American men and nearly 40 percent of North American women will get cancer. For the millions coping with this disease, David Simon breaks new ground with the innovative holistic mind-body approaches developed at the Chopra Center for Well Being. The guiding theme of this book is wholeness, as Simon demonstrates to readers the value of integrating the best of traditional and alternative medicines with ancient Eastern, Ayurvedic principles and practices in order to forge the most effective path to wellness. Richly annotated, Return to Wholeness features advice and recommendations on every aspect of living with illness, including:

• Designing a simple nutritional program to purify, rejuvenate, and provide balance
• Benefiting from the healing properties of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and herbs
• Withstanding the toll exacted by chemotherapy and other medical techniques
• Incorporating various kinds of meditation, creative visualization, and aro-matherapy into the larger Return to Wholeness program
• Specific advice on dealing with breast, prostate, and colon cancers
• Weathering emotional cycles through art therapy, journaling, laughter, and music

Guiding those with cancer—along with families and caregivers—toward a new environment where the physical and the spiritual are one, Dr. David Simon provides unprecedented support and hope in our ultimately rewarding return to wholeness.

Library Journal

Simon, medical director for the Chopra Center for Well Being, has developed an excellent program that will prove valuable to many people--not just those confronted with a diagnosis of cancer. He presents strategies and therapies that can assist traditional Western medicine (surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation) and help improve the outcome for the patient. He presents compelling evidence concerning the connections among mind, body, and spirit and demonstrates how these connections can be used by patients, whether they recover or not, to improve the overall quality of their lives. Among the practices Simon discusses are therapeutic touch, meditation, healing sights and aromas, stress reduction, self-talk, journaling, and many others. Although geared specifically to the person who is ill, the program does not focus on the disease, and, except for some early sections dealing with terminology and definitions concerning cancer, Simon concentrates on healing techniques that could be used by anyone facing life's challenges. Expertly delivered by the author, this production is highly recommended to all libraries whose patrons want to know more about the full array of health options open to them.--Kathleen A. Sullivan, Phoenix P.L. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Understanding Cancer	7
2	Eavesdropping on the Mind-Body Conversation	25
3	Nutritional Healing	37
4	Heroic Biochemicals	61
5	The Wisdom of Herbs	71
6	Contending with Cancer	86
7	Envisioning Wholeness	101
8	Sensual Healing	115
9	A Time to Every Purpose	142
10	Emotional Healing	153
11	Healing through Expression	173
12	The Best Medicine	186
13	Weighing the Options	195
14	Holistically Specific	211
15	The Unknown Destination	237
	Postscript	254
	Appendix: General Ayurvedic References	255
	Notes	257
	Index	269