How to Manage Body, Mind and Spirit?

Body-mind-spirit. Attending to holistic care.

Spirit, Mind and Body in Chumash Healing

This article discusses the importance of the spirit and mind in health and well-being among Chumash people. Prayer was the first step in healing since prayer invites the participation of God. Initiation practices are discussed that encouraged young people to develop the maturity and spiritual strength to become productive members of society. Pictographs were used in healing usually not only as ...

Living in relation to mystery: addressing mind, body, and spirit.

ADVANCES Summer 2003, VOL. 19, NO. 2 I want to thank Dr Rossman for so thoughtfully articulating a dilemma faced by many clinicians who work with and support patients, as well as their families, who are struggling with cancer. This dilemma arises when mind/body is divorced from spirit. Addressing spirit enables clinicians to resist the proclivity of conventional medicine to standardize care, ev...

P35: How to Manage Anxiety

Anxiety is a mental state that is elicited in anticipation of threat or potential threat. Sensations of anxiety are a normal part of human experience, but excessive or inappropriate anxiety can become an illness. Anxiety is part of the normal human experience. We may speculate that it served human survival during evolution by enhancing preparedness and alertness. However, anxious manifestations...

Mind and Spirit