Alternative Medicine-Mind/Body

Powerful tools. Learn how to control those states of mind that can affect your physical health. This section covers everything from Art Therapy to Yoga, and from Biofeedback to Zen Meditation.

Start here for an eye-opening overview. Discover the latest leading-edge therapies that show how the mind exerts a significant impact on the body and promotes healing.	Helping people express their inner feelings and release emotional blocks through drawing, painting and craftwork. The official site of the American Art Therapy Association.
How music can bring about postive change in people with health or educational problems. The official site of the National Association for Music Therapy.	An unusual site that covers everything from aging to spirituality, and from alcohol to sexuality. Be sure to click "What's Hot" and "Library."
You'll enjoy this site associated with the American Institute on Hypnotherapy. Scroll way down to "The Official FAQ" and click to get the facts.	Learn how to tense and relax your muscles to ultimately achieve profound relaxation. A how-to-do-it site with easy-to-follow instructions.
Discover how to achieve Dr. Herbert Benson's meditative technique for deep relaxation. Follow the specific instructions to learn how to reverse the flight-or-fight response.	A simple, effortless procedure that settles down the mind and body and produces a state of restful alertness.
An excellent overview of the many types of Yoga with sample lessons, loads of links and Yoga newsgroups. You can spend a lot of worthwhile time on this site.	How prayers produce a significant effect in laboratory experiments. An interview with Dr. Larry Dossey, based on 130 studies. There's growing interest in this field.
Evidence that humor and laughter affect healing and well-being. The official site of the American Association for Therapeutic Humor. Click "Articles from Humor Literature."	The power of imagination can be guided to stimulate changes in body functions. Especially helpful in conditions caused or aggravated by stress. Explained well here.
Discover how to improve health by monitoring signals from your own body. A therapy backed by lots of research.	An overview of how meditation can be beneficial to health. Cites research studies and explains different types of meditation. Even shows you how to meditate.
A meditative technique that has existed for 2500 years. A simple practice that anyone can learn. This site offers a step-by-step lesson with illustrations.

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