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Vol. 3 HEALING FROM WITHIN
This episode of Healing and the Mind examines two therapies that involve neither drugs nor surgery. One is a form of Buddhist meditation; the other, group psychotherapy. Both teach patients to use their minds to improve the healing capacities within their bodies.
Ancient medical science told us our minds and bodies are one. So did philosophers of old. Now modern science and new research are helping us to understand these connections. In Healing and the Mind Bill Moyers talks with physicians, scientists, therapists, and patients - people who are taking a new look at the meaning of sickness and heal
Vol. 3 HEALING FROM WITHIN
This episode of Healing and the Mind examines two therapies that involve neither drugs nor surgery. One is a form of Buddhist meditation; the other, group psychotherapy. Both teach patients to use their minds to improve the healing capacities within their bodies.
Ancient medical science told us our minds and bodies are one. So did philosophers of old. Now modern science and new research are helping us to understand these connections. In Healing and the Mind Bill Moyers talks with physicians, scientists, therapists, and patients - people who are taking a new look at the meaning of sickness and health. In a five part series of fascinating and provocative interviews, he discusses their search for answers to perplexing questions: How do emotions translate into chemicals in our bodies? How do thoughts and feelings influence health? How can we collaborate with our bodies to encourage healing?
With the incisive style that has made Bill Moyers's skills as an interviewer legendary and the dynamic interplay of the many patients and professionals interviewed. Healing and the Mind is a documentary series destined to influence how millions thing about sickness and health.
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Release date: 31 October 1995
Number of discs: 1
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