The Energy Prescription: Give Yourself Abundant Vitality with the Wisdom of America's Leading Natural Pharmacist »

Connie Grauds, R.Ph., is assistant professor of Clinical Pharmacy at University of California, San Francisco, and at the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing. She is an initiated shamana and expert on natural medicines, who wrote Kava and Anxiety (Prima 1999), and her self-published memoir, Jungle Medicine. Grauds is founder and president of the Association of Natural Medicine Pharmacists, an 4,000 member strong organization that provides education on natural medicines to tens of thousands of pharmacists. Director of the Center for Spirited Medicine, Grauds conducts workshops on natural medicines and healing on the U.S. mainland, in Hawaii, and in Peru. She is a regular at Omega, Esalen, The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, Alternative Therapies, etc. Pax TV flimed and aired a 20 minute documentary called Rainforest Cures.

Doug Childers is a freelance book doctor, ghostwriter, editor, writing coach, and novelist. He has published on East-West spirituality, psychology, shamanism, political history, and mind-body health. He coauthored the critically acclaimed memoir The White Haired Girl, and Divine Interventions, a nonfiction work on the miraculous. He lives in San Rafael, California.

Larry Dossey, the Foreword writer, is author of many key mind/body titles. His book Healing Words is a recognized classic in integrative medicine.

Are You Suffering from a Personal Energy Crisis?

In this groundbreaking book, renowned educator, natural medicine pharmacist, and initiated shamana Connie Grauds helps you tap into the wellsprings of vital positive energy that lie within you——but are often blocked by the dispiriting negative energy of fear. Combining cutting-edge Western science with the ancient healing principles of shamanism, Grauds explains how fear and its side effects are at the root of a variety of ailments, from lethargy, depression, and insomnia to the most serious illnesses——and provides a practical program that will revitalize every area of your life. From restoring physical and emotional health to gaining harmony in work and personal relationships, here are exercises that will teach you how to: Eliminate energy-depleting habits and create new, energy-generating behaviors, identify your energy “leaks”, release stress and tension through a deeper somatic awareness and to restore the dynamic flow of energy through the eight primary entradas, or gateways: mind/soul, breath, water, food, exercise, nature, relationships, and altruism.

In addition, Grauds shares personal experiences from her fascinating ten-year apprenticeship in the Amazon with a master healer. Now you can begin on a path of balance, wisdom, sanity, and self-knowledge that will support even the most demanding lifestyle and help you achieve the optimum health that is naturally yours.

Library Journal

Collaborating with editor/ghostwriter/ novelist Childers, Grauds (clinical pharmacy, Univ. of California, San Francisco) here applies a decade of Peruvian shamanic training to a leading American health complaint: low energy. The focus is on what Amazon shamans describe as susto, or primal fear, a condition of negative "spirit" long considered the cause of physical, psychological, and spiritual malady. Susto arises from an imbalance in our lives via the primary gateways of energy-breath, food, water, exercise, and relationships; exercises meant to remedy that balance and facilitate connection can help alleviate its occurrence. The authors also discuss how to identify primary "energy leaks," like anxiety, depression, insomnia, adverse sexual behavior, and addiction. An energy assessment provides readers with the means to create a realistic schedule for practice and healing. Popular works on shamanism abound, many of which introduce core concepts and/or specific tribal practices. By focusing on personal energy, Grauds and Childers's work finds a niche in the existing field. Recommended for public libraries.-Andy Wickens, King Cty. Lib. Syst., WA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.