THE SCIENCE OF MEDITATION AND MIND BODY HEALING
Psychoneuroimmunology

A bibliography of mind-body healing

The Mind-Body Connection - Health is a state of mind. By Tad James.

An article on NLP and mind body healing.

Time Line Therapy™ - A powerful tool to support the healing of cancer. By Tad James.

The application of NLP, Hypnosis and Time-Line to cancer and other illness which have an emotional component.

The New Medicine of Dr Hammer. By Walter Last.

The research of Dr Hammer shows conclusively that cancer is primarily a disease caused by an emotional shock that the person was unable to resolve. Dr Hammer states that the current medical model of a carcinogen causing a cancer, which needs to be destroyed with drugs, radiation or surgery is totally incorrect and antiquated.

The Basics of Quantum Healing by Deepak Chopra

A lecture by Deepak Chopra applying the Quantum Physics model to health and healing.

The Placebo Effect. By Robert Todd Caroll

Cloning Experiment Shows Cancer Is Reversible. By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent

Healing Cancer: NLP Meets Chi Kung. By Dr Richard Bolstad and Margot Hamblett.

Laughing Matters by Maggie Scott-Weathers

Laughter: A Universal Language by Angela Bennett.

Happiness and the Immune System

Heartfelt Fear: Findings link stress and cardiac symptoms by Nathan Seppa

In a study published in the journal Stroke in 2005, 60 African-Americans with hardening of the arteries practiced meditation over a six to nine month period. (African Americans were chosen for the study because they suffer from heart disease twice as much as do whites.) Over the period of the study the meditators showed a significant decrease in the thickness of their arteries while the non meditators showed an increase. This could potentially mean a 11% decrease in the risk of heart attack and a 7.7% - 15% reduction in the risk of stroke. (Stroke: Effects of Stress Reduction on Carotid Atherosclerosis in Hypertensive African Americans 2000;31:568) Reported in: The Science of Meditation by Cary Barbor Psychology Today Magazine May/Jun 2001. http://cms.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20010501-000025.html. The Science of Meditation: By Cary Barbor

Studies show that, “Long-term meditators experience 80% less heart disease and 50% less cancer than non meditators.” Reference: Meditation as Medicine By Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D. and Cameron Stauth.

Meditation has been shown to be effective in reducing stress, lowering blood pressure, lessening anxiety, reversing heart disease, stopping smoking, weight loss, eating disorders, addictions, boosting the immune system, dealing with negative emotions, and improving scholastic and sports performance. (2) Reference: Meditation: Focussing your mind to achieve stress reduction.

Stress has been linked to hypertension, heart attacks, diabetes, asthma, chronic pain, allergies, headache, backache, various skin disorders, cancer, and immune system weakness.

(1) Reference: Nation’s Business, December, 1994 in Research on Stress and Meditation.

A study on meditation in the workplace showed
That meditation was effective in:
- Reducing anxiety, job tension insomnia and fatigue.
- Reducing cigarette and alcohol abuse.
- Increasing effectiveness on the job.
- Increasing job satisfaction.

(3) Reference: TM is a Cost Effective Solution to Job Stress.

A study on the effectivness of meditation to reduce chronic pain.

Do germs really cause disease? There is substantial evidence to show that germs may not be the cause of disease as is the popular belief. With a number of viral diseases the virus is only found in about 50% of patients. And in fact the symptoms for poisoning by vehicle pollution, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides in many cases is identical to that of a virus, yet is ignored by the medical establishment in favour of blaming a sometimes non existent virus.

Wendy M Gonsalkorale, Lesley A Houghton and Peter J Whorell from the Department of Medicine , University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, clearly demonstrated that hypnotherapy is an extremely effective treatment for irritable bowel syndrome. (Source: Australian Hypnotherapists Association workshop flier 23/10/05)

"Biofeedback has been helpful in treating about 150 medical conditions, including: Asthma, Reynaud's disease, Irritable bowel syndrome, Hot flashes, Nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy, Incontinence, Headaches, Irregular heartbeats (cardiac arrhythmias), High blood pressure and Epilepsy."

To read some interesting articles on meditation and health please do an internet search. You might want to try the Mayo Clinic and the TM websites.