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The book deserves the designation groundbreaking. It is very user friendly and not full of psycho babble. Excellent and very interesting information. A must-read for health care professionals and senior service providers.
Ellen langer's new book, mindfulness and the power of possibility, is published by simon & schuster. Langer is an optimist who believes that mindfulness can help people recover from cancer.
Ellen langer is one of the most vivacious women i have ever met. Mindfulness energizes and engages us and opens us to new possibilities.
Langer of harvard recounts her seminal study of how aging was reversed by taking elderly men for a week-long experience where they relived the past as though it were still occurring.
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One week after believing they were younger showed demonstrable improvements in their hearing memory dexterity appetite and gene... Read More
The differences were dramatic34the experimental group showed greater improvement on joint flexibility finger length their arthr... Read More
The fullness of the present moment itself and the possibility space that opens by virtue of the fusion of present moment with t... Read More
Buy the book but strap on your snowshoes unless you are matriculating
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This mp3 is so packed with information on mindfulness which has become a catch phrase now that i am listening to it again and again
However the factory packaging on the 34counterclockwise34 audio book is ecowasteful
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Professor langer goes on to share other studies that demonstrate how mindfulness has important benefits for quality of life and longevity
She challenges a lot of the things i have challenged like western medicine diagnoses big pharma and most of all aging stereotypes
I dont recommend these practices for others but i do think like ellen that we know our bodies better than the clinicians who se... Read More
Those participants who were led to believe that the disorder was less relevant to them and who simply read through the informat... Read More
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The new book is probably written better and maybe edited better but its only in hard back and very expensive
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My heart started beating on its own and it took a lot of fight but i got my pacemaker removed
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I rejected hand surgery and a general anesthesia and went to accupuncture for a cure to pain
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I routinely dont take antibiotics in order to protect my gut flora
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These are just a few examples of how i navigate the medical arena
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I dont get dexascans mammograms or colonoscopies
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Im a huge believer in life style however and know my body can heal itself
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I dont recommend these practices for others but i do think like ellen that we know our bodies better than the clinicians who see us for a few minutes and scan our chart in even less time
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