Bonding with your future child begins before conception! Life is in love with itself. As William Blake said, "eternity is in love with time." What we call bonding is just that, which begins with mother and her infant and expands to embody the entire universe. - M. Mendizza
Control Yourself! Cocktail or cola? Banana or banana split? Understanding how we handle such decisions makes it easier to keep our cravings in check. Withstanding temptation takes self- discipline--no easy trick when immediate gratification plumpsour sense of well-being. But it is well worth the effort. Self-control saves us and other people from embarassing or worsedamagingconsequences. By Wilhelm Hofmann and Malte Friese, www.ScientificAmerican.com/Mind
Vital Emotions Tested for Clues to Dementia. The subject sits alone in a room, puts on a pair of headphones, and sings along with the old Temptations hit "My Girl". She's being filmed but doesn't kow it. A few minutes after the song ends, a video appears on a screen in front of her,she's forced to watch her performance, without the accompanying music.Researchers at UC Berkeley and UCSF have been performing the test onpatients with frontotemporal dementia, a disease that, among other things, damages people's ability to sense and experience emotions like embarrasment.The test is helping doctors understand and diagnose the disease--and along the way, they're learning a lot about how the healthy brain works. By Erin Allday,S.F.Chronicle Writer 4/23/11. . Ouch! Does Pain Change the Brain? For some of us, it is a deep secret. We ache, we suffer andspend part of our lives full of misery. We know that allof us, our students and ourselves, experience pain. Whether it's a headache, or a more serious back, leg or shoulder pain, we feel miserable when we hurt. Refer to: www.jensenlearning.com/news/ouch-does-pain-change-the -brain/ brain-based learning. "Neuroaesthetics"may be a new discipline, we do know some things about perception,such as what parts of the brain respond to pleasure and that our sensory input is "pixellated " rather than the steady stream it feels like at the moment. Panelists spoke of the science behind visual arts, dance, architecture, sculpture, and, especially, music. Artists and perceptual researchers start a conversation on what they can learn from one another. By Nicky Pentilla, Dana.org. 10/26/10
Can you study someone's brain by looking at his or her skin cells? About four years ago, some scientists in Japan discovered that you can turn skin cells into stem cells. In fact, the stem cells that you get are almost identical to embryonic stem cells, which means that they can make every cell type found in the adult body. For our experiment, we first turn the skin cells into stem cells. Then we can make brain cells from the stem cells. So we have to go: skin cells to stem cells to brain cells. As a result, we have an incubator full of brain cells that should, in theory, have the same characteristics as the brain cells in the brain. Scientist Kristen Brennand uses stem cells to understand Brain Disorders, by Susan Gaidos, Science News 9/10/10.
What Happens to a Linebacker's Neurons? A blow to the head can changethe neural architecture of the brain from elastic to brittle with devastating consequences. By, Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine. August, 2010.
Brains to the Outside World, by Claudia Dreifus. New York Times, 2010.
Q. What exactly is braingate? A. It's a way for people who have been paralyzed by strokes,spinal cord injuries or A.L.S. to connect their brains to the outside world. The system uses a tiny sensor that's been implanted into the part of a person's brain that generates movement commands. This sensor picks up brain signals, transmits them to a plug attached to a person's skull. The signals then go to a computer which is programmed to translate them into simple actions. Read more in Brain in the News, September 2010.
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The ABC News article, "Musician Plays Violin as Surgeons Operate on His Brain," is so remarkable you almost have to see it to believe it. The good news; you can, by watching a video that includes that footage of the surgery, an interview with the violinist and commentary from neurologists. View at http://bit.ly/bwiQMO...
You can listen to a podcast about the research on infant brains athttp://bit.ly/bHkMGD.This study suggests that as early as seven months babies can distinguish betweenhuman voices and other sounds. This Harvard Researcher's findings reported in the New York Times points to,"Infection Defense may spur Alzheimer's." His study also indicates, plaques that are known causes of Alzeimer's disease may also serve a beneficial function. Read the article at nytimes.com/2010/03/09/health/09alzh.html.
Will Science Take the Field? This warning appeared in The Journal of the American Medical Association."There is a definite brain injury due to single or repeated blows to the head or jaw which causes multiple concussion hemorrhages. Autopsies of athletes consistently found dark clusters of nerve cell proteins, formations more common to elderly Alzheimer's patients."Dana Foundation article written by, Beborah Blum, 2/ 4/ 2010, goes on to state:"Only in December, 2009 did the NFL finally concede publicly that concussions can lead to long term problems."
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Head Games, Concerns About the Long-Term Effects of Concussions Prompt Companies to Redesign Football Helmets, because concussions can result from helmet-to-helmet collisions during practice with teammates.
Brain Do's and Brain Don'ts
Do optimimize brain function and break bad brain habits by:
1. Wearing a helmet in at-risk situations.
2. Thinking positive, healthy thoughts.
3. Eating healthfully, adjusting the proportion of protein and carbs to your brain needs.
Brain Don'ts:
1. Isolate a developing baby.
2. Use alcohol, drugs, tobacco, or too much caffeine when pregnant.
3. Lie around the house and never exercise.
Refer to Dr. Amen's book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. NY Times Bestseller! www.brainplace.com
Test your creative capabilities. To get an idea of your brain's creativity level go to http://My CreativitySkills.com and take the Epstein Creativity Competencies Inventory. It takes only a few minutes.
If you are a manager or teacher, see if you have the skills to stimulate creativity in others by going to http://MyCreativity Skills.com/managers
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Delicious! Disgusting! So Say Our Brains, by Scott P. Edwards."We all emember occasions when we ate something that just did not taste right: the overripe apple, the rotten meat, the sour milk. Our ability to reject these foods as unpleasant, even dangerous, resides in part in the gustatory cortex, a small region of the insula, deep inside the brain. Recent findings indicate that reduced activity in the gustatory cortex may be connected to anorexia nervosa." Context and Emotional Responses to Taste, by Scott P. Edwards."The gustatory cortex is the primary pathway for taste, connecting the ventromedial prefontal cortex (an area of the brain that is involved with emotion).
"While I was under the influence of the cocktail of hormones that creates the fight-or-flight response (9/11/01 horrific day), my wife was being lulled by a very different chemical a fascinating molecule called oxytocin that plays an essential role in some of life's most profound emotional events: falling in love, forming strong social attachments, having a baby. Oxytocin was keeping my wife calm and nurturing." Mind Wide OpenMind Wide Open by Steven Johnson.
'If you fill your heart with love and gratitude, you will find yourself surrounded by so much that you can love and that you can feel grateful for, and you can even get closer to enjoying "the life of health and happiness that you seek. But what will happen if you emit signals of hate, dissatisfaction, and sadness? Then you will probably find yourself in a situation that makes you hateful, dissatisfied, and sad. The life you live and the world you live in are up to you."The Hidden Messages In Water by Masaru Emoto.
Einstein said, "Music and scientific research are nourished by the same source of longing and they complement one another in the release they offer." The image is one of music embedded in everything, perhaps in human tissue itself. Could different body parts "have their own music," music that is more differentiated than the DNA music shared by all cells as suggested by Professor Ohno? Could they respond to certain music?" The Body As Musicby Larry Dossey, M.D.,Music and Miracles
This Is Your Brain On Music:"Endlessly stimulating, a marvelous overview, and one which only a deeply musical neuroscientist could give. Daniel Levitin has a huge knowledge of music developed since the 1950s (and of blues and jazz before this), and not merely a formal but a deep personal knowledge as an expert performer no lessthan as a listener. I liked the discussion of 'safe' and 'dangerous' music, and I very much liked the final chapter on the evolutionary origins of music. An important book."--Oliver Sacks, M.D.
Growing Up to Prozac, by Tina Hesman Saey"Peter Pan won't be pleased to hear the latest theory about how Prozac works. A new study shows that the anti-depressant stimulates growth of neurons in the hippocampus and speeds the young brain cells towards maturity. The maturation process could be the mechanism by which the drug relieves depression."
The Memory Doctor, by Douglas J. Mason, LSCW, Psy.D., & Michael Lee Kohn, Psy.D Fun, simple techniques to improve memory & boost your brain power. This book teaches readers that our memory doesn't actually "go." Instead, we start forgetting important details because our lives have gotten so busy.
BRAIN-BASED TEACHING
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Brain-Friendly Strategies for Developing Student Writing Skills, Second Edition, by Anne Hanson. Information teachers can share with their students on how the brain learns .Activities for elementary, middle and high school students. Cross cultural writing activities, brain-compatible activities for a diverse student population.
How the Brain Learns to Read, by David Sousa.Learn what the most current neuroscientific research has revealed about phonics and the whole language approach to reading.
How the Brain Learns Mathematics, by David Sousa.Winner of 2008 Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award!Text connects NCTM standards and curriculum along with environmental and developmental factors that contribute to mathematical difficulties. Discusses methods to help teachers detect difficulties.
How the Brain Learns, Third Edition by David A. Sousa.Use the power of neuroscience to develop better students in your class.Also available in a 4-book collection which includes how the the gifted brain learns, along with how the special needs brain learns.
40 Engaging Brain-Based Tools for the Classroom, by Michael A. Scaddan. For the k-12 classroom, a holistic model, that provides fun and effective techniques that improve learning and test results. Includes stimulating quotes, stories, songs, poems and anecdotes throughout the text.
Engage the Brain: Games, by Marcia Tate.Based on the bestseller Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites. Adapted by subject and grade levels.
Brain-Based Teaching with Adolescent Learning in Mind, Second Edition by Glenda Beamon Crawford.The latest research designed to link brain-based teaching to the students' social, emotional and cognitive needs.
Mindful Learning, 101 Proven Strategies for Student and Teacher Success, by Linda and Bruce Cambell. Based on the latest findings about learning with ready-to-use forms and checklists with a greater emphasis on teaching special populations. Proven to work with diverse languages, abilities and socio-economic status.
More Than 100 Brain-Friendly Tools and Strategies for Literacy Instruction, by Kathy Perez.Translates research into standards-based acrivities, planning templates, reproducibles, and resources that promote literacy development.
Teaching the Female Brain, How Girls Learn Math and Science, by Abigail Norfleet James.Provides research based applications for differentiating instruction. Also find ways of dealing with Girls' stress, up-to-date findinggs on left- vs. right-brain learning and math anxiety + resources, figures, charts.
Teaching the Male Brain, How Boys Think, Feel, andLearnin School, by Abigail Norfleet James. Explains cognitive gender differences and develops differentiated teaching strategies that are responsive to boys.
Engaging 'Tweens and Teens, A Brain-Compatible Approach to Reaching Middle and High School Students, by Raleigh Philip.Uses music, movement and brain-based activities to invigorate as well as understand adolescent behavior.
Differentiation for the Adolescent Learner, Accommodating Brain development, Language, Litercy, and Special Needs, by Glenda Beamon Crawford.Addresses how to activate learning in all adolescents--including ELLs and advanced learners. Asix-point differentiation model.
Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everday Objects, Hands-On Instructional Strategies That Promote Active Learning in Grades 3-8, by Amy Edmonds Alvarado, Patricia R. Herr.Allows students to investigate essential questions while meeting curriculum standards and experiencing. new learning.
Mediated Learning, Teaching, Tasks, and Tools to Unlock Cognitive Potential, by Mandia Mentis, Marilyn Dunn-Bernstein, Martene Mentis. Includes case studies, reflect activities and in-depth coverage of metacognition, metalearning, metateaching, and metatasking.
How to Reach and Teach Children and Teens with Dyslexia:A Parent and Teacher Guide to Helping Students of All Ages Academically, Socially, and Emotionally, by Cynthia Stowe, M.Ed.
A Love Like No Other, Stories From Adoptive Parents, Edited by Pamela Kruger and Jill Smolowe. "This collection offers an exploration of raising adopted children as multidimensional as the experience itself". Kate Washington, a writer in Sacramento, Ca.
An Odd Sense of Timing - The question of how changes in the environment give rise to the subjective experience of time in our brain continues to challenge psychologists and brain researchers, By Pascal Wallisch Feb/Mar 08, Scientific American Mind.
A new understanding of health and illness and how important the interconnections between our minds and bodies are. States of Mind enables you to share in the thrill and wonder of the very latest explorations into the nature and function of the human mind. States Of Mind, edited by Roberta Conlan.
"A groundbreaking new way of thinking about the emergence of the human mind--the process by which each of us becomes a feeling, thinking, remembering individual. Illuminating how and why neurobiology matters, this book is essential reading for clinicians, educators, researchers, and students interested in human experience and development across the life span." The Developing Mind, Daniel J. Siegel.
Musicophillia, Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks, M.D. "Oliver Sack's compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In Musicophillia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people --from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a painist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Willaims syndrome who are hypermusical from birth, etc"
The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Geniusby Nancy C. Andreasen M.D., Ph.D. "Our leading authority on creativity reveals herself with this splendid book as one of the most valuable creative persons of our time." Kurt Vonnegut. "Drawing on her expertise as a scientist, physician and scholar of literature, Nancy Andreasen gives a clear, readable, synopticaccount of current knowledge in human creativity." Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Education and Cognition, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Lifeby Joseph Le Doux, M.D. "You might think that this would be a crowded field of research. Emotions, after all, are the threads that hold mental life together. They define who we are in our own mind's eye as well as in the eyes of others. What could be more important tounderstand about the brain than the way it makes us happy, sad, afraid, disgusted or delighted" the author states. "Joseph Le Doux is a superb guide to that ultimate frontier in understanding our emotional life, thebrain."-- Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence.
The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and The Civilized Mind The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and The Civilized Mindby Elkhorn Goldberg. Foreword by Oliver Sacks. "In this book I explore the one part of your brain that makes you who you are and defines your identity, that encapsulates your drives, your ambitions, your personality, your essence..."
Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Areby Joseph Le Doux author of The Emotional Brain The Emotional Brain Some topics are: The Big One (Dad, What is the mind?); Seeking the Self; The Most Unaccountable of Machinery; Building The Brain; What makes us who we are? etc...
Your Body Doesn't Lie Your Body Doesn't Lieby John Diamond, M.D. Everything you see, hear, touch, or smell affects your body's vital energy. Renowned physician John Diamond explains and proves how this happens in this classic, interactive guide to holistic well-being. It will show you how to reinvigorate every area of your life including work, diet, exercise, sports,and music and art expession, as well as increase your overall productivity. Understanding Emotions Understanding Emotionsby Keith Oattley, Dacher Keettner, Jennifer M. Jenkins. Imagine you could flip a switch in your nervous system that would shut down your experience of emotions. Entangled Minds Entangled Mindsby Dean Radin - Bestselling author of The Conscious Universe The ConsciousUniverse. "From the Einstein of consciousness research comes a work that could change forever how we viewthe nature of human consciousness and our origins anddestiny."-- Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing WordsHealing Words.
TEN TIPS- TO MAINTAIN YOUR BRAIN:
1. Head first. Good health starts with your brain. It's one of the most vital body organs and needs care and maintenance.
2. Take brain health to heart. What's good for the heart is good for the brain. Do something every day to prevent heart disease, gigh blood pressure, diabetes and stroke -- all of which can increase your risk of Alzheimer's.
3. Numbers count. Keep your weight, blood pressure,cholesterol and blood sugar levels within recommended ranges.
4. Feed your brain. Eat less fat and more antioxidant rich foods: (fish, leafy vegetables, whole grains, nuts.)
5. Work your body. Exercise keeps the blood flowing and may encourage new brain cells. Do what you can-- like walking 30 minutes a day -- to keep both body and mind active.
6. Jog your mind. Keeping your brain active and engaged increases its vitality and builds reserves of brain cells and connections. Read, write, play games, learn new things, do cross-word puzzles.
7. Connect with others. Leisure activities that combine physical, mental and social elements may be most likely to prevent dementia. Be social, converse, volunteer, join a club or take a class.
8. Protect your brain. Take precautions against head injuries. Use seat belts, unclutter your house to avoid falls, and wear a helmet when cycling, rollerblading or riding a horse.
9. Use your head. Avoid unhealthy habits. Don't smoke, drink, alcohol excessively or use street drugs.
10. Think ahead. Do something today to protect your tomorrow.
Source:Alzheimer's Association.
The Better Brain Book, by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN and Carol Colman. Discover brain toxins in your medicine cabinet, household products,and the food you eat. How to bring back clarity and mental vigor. What your doctor won't tell you about preventing and treating stroke, Alzaheimer's, Parkinson's, and other neurological conditions.
Scattered MindsScattered Minds by Leonard Adler, M.D. Director, Adult ADHD Program, NYU School of Medicine with Mari Florence. Foreword by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. coauthor of Driven to Distraction. Hope and Help for Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Shadow SyndromesShadow Syndromes by John J. Ratey, M.D. co-author of Driven to Distraction and Answers to Distraction, Catherine Johnson, Ph.D. author of When to Say Goodbye to Your Therapist.
The heart and key to wellness lies in how we nurture our young--enabling them to thrive, rather than merely survive." John W. Travis, MD, MPH author of Simply Well and Wellness Workbookon The Biology Of Transcendence by Joseph Chilton Pearce.
Terms Of Empathy; Your Pain is My Pain -- if You Play a Fair Game by Thomas S. May. What enables us to feel empathy-- to experience or share another person's pain, joy, fear or any other emotion? Empathy, research indicates is made possible by a special group of nerve cells called mirror neurons, at various locations in the brain. These special cells enable us to "mirror" emotions.
"The self is a united duality as Tao, and Yang and Yin. It appears as the mandala." Practical Jung, by Harry A. Wilmer.
The "inner guide" may surface in the form of an earlier, younger you, reawakening in a child material, or dormant memories and experiences whose time has finally arrived. The Education of Oversoul Seven, Amber Allen, San Rafael, CA.
Eyes closed, see your inner being in detail. Thus see your true nature! NY Anchor Books, 1989. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones.
The Spiritual Universeis a comprehensive and provocative examination of the place where religion and philosophy, science and spirituality intercept. Physicist Fred Wolf clearly demonstrates how quantum physics proves the existence of the soul - says Angelis Arrien, Ph.D. author of The Four-Fold WayandSigns ofLife.
The Secret Spiritual World Of Childrenby Tobin Hart, Ph.D. Children have a secret spiritual life. They have spiritual capacities and experiences--profound moments that shape their lives in enduring ways. These are sometimes stunning, often tender, and reveal a remarkable spiritual world that has been kept largely secret. From moments of wonder to finding inner wisdom, from asking the big questions about meaning and life to expressing compassion and even to seeing beneath the surface of the material world, these experiences serve as touchstones for our life as spiritual beings on Earth.
The Mind of Sound. Everything is alive and singing, or nothing is. What we recognize as the vibrancy of our minds is at the heart of everything created, pervading in minerals, and gravity. Each order vibrates in its fashion; every octave sings. Everywhere the oscillating flux is crooning its heart out. TheMusical Life And How To Live It by W. A. Mathieu.
Miracles of Mind - Exploring Nonlocal Consciousness And Spiritual Healing by Russell Targ and Jane Katra, Ph.D. "This book...goes beyond scientific facts and technical breakthroughs. It sheds new light on the Great Questions humans have always asked--questions about our essential nature, our origin, our destiny,and the meaning of life. So, dear reader, be forewarned: In this book you will be handling spiritual andphilosophical dynamite."--from the foreword by Larry Dossey, M.D.
Children have a remarkable spiritual lives full of wonder, wisdom, and pure joy. It is the gift they give to us, a remender of our greater possibilities. This deep connection to the spiritual realm can include divine encounters and visions of ethereal worlds, beyond our own. But such spiritual experiences are often dismissed, or worse, labeled as pathology by adults with no map for understanding them. This "signal" can close down a child and stunt spiritual growth in all areas.
"Magical Child"was probably before its time, but this book, which captures and propels forward the best of what Pearce has written, may be a civilization-transforming book. Every parent and grandparent should read this book, study it, demand that it reveal its secrets, and watch the whole world transform itself as aresult." says Peter Kline, author of Why American Children Can'tThink, aboutMagical Parent Magical Child by Michael Mendizza with Joseph Chilton Pearce.
Conventional science has long held the position that "the mind" is merely an illusion, a side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. Now comes a major work, grounded in two decades of research, that argues exactly the opposite: that the mind has a life of its own. The Mind And The Brain by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., and Sharon Begley.
Frames of Mind by Howard Gardner - "This book has significance for all of us...Gardner is mindful in everysense of the word, and his book deserves to be read by mindful people." Colin M.Turnbull, Philadelphia Inquirer.
"If modern medicine is truly to be a healing art," says Dr. Larry Dossey, "it must embrace three ideas it has too long ignored. It must address not only our bodies, but our minds and spirits as well; it must deal not only with mechanism of illness, but with its meaning; and it must recognize that our power to heal and be healedextends beyond our physical bodies." Healing BeyondThe Body,Medicine And The Infinite Reach of The Mind by Larry Dossey, M.D.
The soundscape of the world is changing. Modern man is beginning to inhabit a world with an acoustic environment radically different from any he has hitherto known. These new sounds, which differ in quality and intensity from those of the past, have alerted many researchers to the dangers of an indiscriminate and imperialistic spread of more and larger sounds into every corner of man's life. OurSonic Environment And The Soundscape:TheTuning of The World by R. Murray Schafer.
You are humming with the energy as you read these words, your energy is merging with all the energy around you, and anyone who chooses to try to tune in to your energy may be able to sense it. If you really want to know what the body looks like, look up to the evening sky and see the stars, the cells of cosmic energy scattered in the infinite vacuum of the dark night sky...The Heart's Codeby Paul Pearsall, Ph.D.
Without an awareness of your emotions you are not able to experience reverence. Reverence is not an emotion. It is a way of being, but the path to reverence is through your heart, and only an awareness of your feelings can open your heart. The Seat of The Soul by Gary Zukav.
Five musicians walk into a first-grade classroom, instruments in tow. Without a word, they begin playing, to the delight of the children who sit and watch. More than two years after that first visit, these same children do strikingly better on state tests than the third-grade class that preceded them. The improvement continues for future classes that have experienced the musical sessions. It is clear the quintet's intervention has had a positive impact...This charming story straight from the classroom gives us a taste of things to come in one of the newest areas of brain research: the effect of music on the brain. A Well- Tempered Mind by Peter Perret & Janet Fox.
Passion for the Possibleby Jean Houston, Ph.D., Harper San Francisco. Now you can explore and expand your own unique possibilities on all four levels of your being--the physical, psychological, symbolic, and spiritual--using the practical and creative tools in this remarkable guide. In her most keeply transforming book to date, Houston leads you on a profound journey of self-discovery and shows how you can courageously commit to experiencing your real potential.
Biomedical research on internal coherence shows how detrimental stress is to humans. Internal coherence within an individual can be measured by monitoring the heart's rhythmic patterns. When a system is coherent, virtually no energy is wasted; power is maximized. Coherence is efficiency in action. Coherent people thrive mentally, emotionally, and physically. They have the power to adapt, to innovate. As a result, they experience little stress. The Heartmath Solution by Doc Childre and Howard Martin with Donna Beech.
It is of the utmost importance that we recognize and nurture all of the varied human intelligences, and all of the combination of intelligences....If we recognize this, I think we will have at least a better chance of dealing appropriately with the many problems that we face in the world...Perhaps if we can mobilize the full range of human intelligences and ally them to an ethical sense, we can help to increase the likelihood of our survival on this planet, and perhaps even contribute to our thriving. Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind on Multiple Intelligences.
Vibrational Medicine, the #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies by Richard Gerber, M.D. "A veritable encyclopedia of new and old healing practices in which concepts of energy form the basis for diagnosis and/or treatment....provides enough solid evidence and provocative insights to be of interest to both advocates and skepticsof unconventional medicine." Utne Reader