Healing with the Arts (embedded videos): A 12-Week Program to Heal Yourself and Your Community

by Michael Samuels M.D., Mary Rockwood Lane Ph.D.

Overview

Heal yourself and your community with this proven 12-week program that uses the arts to awaken your innate healing abilities.

Acclaimed by hospitals and caretakers from around the world, Healing with the Arts brings a tried and true program out of the medical field and into your home and neighborhood. Improve your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health in just 12 weeks. Whether you are ill, suffering from emotional trauma, or looking to unite your community, the arts become the conduit to restore your wellness and thrive in life.

Dr. Michael Samuels and Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane created and developed this unique and powerful process to help anyone heal. Through innovative art projects—from the visual arts, movement and dance, writing, and music—along with spiritual practices and guided imagery, readers learn to get in touch with their inner muse and inner healer. Based on years of research and experience in the medical community, Healing with the Arts sets the stage for a more meaningful and healthier existence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476754550
Publisher:	Atria Books/Beyond Words
Publication date:	11/05/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,069,435
File size:	534 MB
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About the Author

Michael Samuels, MD, is the founder and director of Art as a Healing Force and currently teaches at San Francisco State University in the Institute of Holistic Studies. He is the author of nineteen books, including the bestsellers The Well Body Book and The Well Baby Book.

Mary Rockwood Lane, PhD, is a professor, painter, and nurse. In addition to her role as cofounder and codirector of the Arts in Medicine process at the University of Florida, Gainseville, she is an assistant professor of nursing there with an emphasis on creativity and spirituality in healthcare.