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    The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine
    The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine
    The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine

    Written by Anne Harrington

    Narrated by Christina Traister

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    About this audiobook

    "A splendid history of mind-body medicine...a book that desperately needed to be written." ―Jerome Groopman, New York Times

    Is stress a deadly disease on the rise in modern society? Can mind-body practices from the East help us become well? When it comes to healing, we believe we must look beyond doctors and drugs; we must look within ourselves. Faith, relationships, and attitude matter.

    But why do we believe such things? From psychoanalysis to the placebo effect to meditation, this vibrant cultural history describes mind-body healing as rooted in a patchwork of stories, allowing us to make new sense of our suffering and to rationalize new treatments and lifestyles.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateApr 16, 2019
    ISBN9781721339587
    The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine
    Author

    Anne Harrington

    Anne Harrington is the Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science and director of undergraduate studies at Harvard University, as well as the author of three books, including Reenchanted Science and The Cure Within. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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    • 4/5
      Like any human endeavor, mind-body medicine has a history which can help us make sense of the present. The author highlights 6 different narratives that have shaped our understanding (and even our experience) of the way the mind and body are related. Very relevant for the modern yogi - much of what we consider "ancient yogic wisdom" has a long history in the West.