The Healing Power of Meditation: Your Prescription for Getting Well and Staying Well with Meditation
Medical research confirms something that Buddhists have maintained for centuries: meditation can cause physical changes in the brain and body. This book combines medical studies, neuroscientific research, clinical case histories, spiritual wisdom, jazz lyrics, poems, paintings and Zen philosophy, weaving together a set of principles and meditative practices that you can easily integrate into your daily life.
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Book details
- Author
- Gabriel Weiss
- Imprint
- Basic Health Publications, Inc., an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness › Alternative Therapies
Self-Help › Meditations - Topics
- holistic wellness · mindfulness · Zen philosophy · neuroscience · mind-body connection · spiritual wisdom · mental health
- ISBN-13
- 9781591202462 (Paperback)9781681628066 (Hardcover)
About the author
GABRIEL STEPPEN WEISS was a physician who practiced primary care internal medicine for over forty years and founded the Asclepius Wellness Center in Oceanside, California. He is the author of No Death, No Life, a Doctor’s Search for the Meaning of Death and the Joy of Life.
Weiss held an undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego and a medical degree from Stanford University Medical School. He served as Chief of Internal Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, California.
When not writing, Weiss wrote and directed four educational films, including Protein Synthesis: An Epic on the Cellular Level, which became a cult classic in biology classrooms. He also taught meditation classes and worked as a musician.