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Body Mind Connection
A Christian Analysis
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Mind-Body Connection
OverviewThoughts and feelings
have an effect on
health either for health
or hastening death
and/or disease.
The patient has power to
influence outcome
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Selected Studies
Ellen Langer and Roden Plants in
nursing homes Redford Wms at Duke - Hostility andcynicism Speigel at Stanford - Stage 4 breastcancer Dennis Ornish - heart disease
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Studies Continued
Susan Kaboss PsychologicalHardiness Jon Kabat-Zinn StressReduction Clinic at U of MassMedical Center with Sense ofCoherence and PsychologicalHardiness Scales A new drug response
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Completely Inter-Connected
Candice Pert - Peptides Chemistry of tears
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MBC Philosophical Assumptions
Like Good Blended Scotch
Blend of ideas, beliefs and traditions
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Philosophical Presuppositions
Interaction Mind-
Body
There is a balance Holistic therapy
Hello
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The Theories about the Origin
of Diseases and TraumasIn the Beginning. . .
Eastern TheoryThe Ki energy It is a subtle energy, vital energy It is not. . .
It cant be measured Western TheoryIf you cant measure it. . . It aintreal
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There Can Be a Problem
Ethics of blaming the
victim
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Attitude On ScientificInvestigation
The Reality of the Spirit World In the East
Validation is
assured byTraditionEmpirical results in
the real world
Sacred texts
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Attitude On ScientificInvestigation
The Reality of the Physical World In the West
Its an alternative to
the real thing
It complements thereal thing Pioneering researchfinds a connection PNI =
psychoneuroimmunology
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Model Of Personality
It All Depends
Hindu Biological Determinism Physiological InterventionsMeridian, e.g. TFTBrain Pathways, EMDRReichian and Neo-Reichian Models Bioenergetics/ FeldenkraisTherapeutic Touch
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Models Of Abnormality
HinduImbalance of body type (Ayurvedic: Vada,Pitta, Kapha)
Biological DeterminismGet over itImagery, Meditation
Reichian and Neo-Reichian ModelsMeridian, e.g. TFTBrain Pathways, EMDRBioenergetics, Feldenkrais, Reike, etc.
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Model Of Health
Goals for Intervention & Psychotherapy
Homeostasis Balance Energy flowsTherapeutic Touch
Delores Krieger, PhD, Rn
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Models Of Psychotherapy
Non-Contact Meditation, (Mindfulness) Hypnosis, imagery & PNI (Simonton, MD, Ernest Rossi,PhD, NLP) Prayer (Larry Dossey MD, Wm. Johnston, S.J.)
Physical Contact Meridians Body Movements Foods, herbs
Belief System (Wayne Dyer, PhD, DeepakChopra, MD)
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Demonstrated Effectiveness
Norman Cousins Larry Dossey, MD Herbert Benson, MD,Hans Seleye, David Felton,
MD, PhD
Roger Callahan, PhD &Francine Shapiro, PhD
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Thought Field Therapy
Applied Kenesiology Energy points createthe thought Psychological reversal Varied applications
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EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
Destroy emotional-memory pathways Bypass conscious defensesand SDM Metaphors andabreactions
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Mindfulness Meditation
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD Buddhist Vipassana Youre not your thoughts
or feelings Power and non- attachment
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Music and Physiology
Brain Balancing Beta and Theta Mozart Effect Harp
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Yanni and Halpern
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Neuro-Linguistic Programming
John Grinder, PhD Co-developer of NLP
Eye Movement The Map Is Not theTerritory Rapport Anchoring Swish Pattern
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Mind Body Connection
A Christian Analysis
