The Healing Power of Meditation

You have an amazing capacity for self-healing. You can unlock this healing power by practicing meditation for a few minutes a day. Backed by years of experience, solid scientific research, and a clear understanding of neuroscience, Gabriel Weiss, MD, explains how meditation can be used to treat or prevent many common illnesses and maladies, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, asthma, stomach ulcers, insomnia, chronic fatigue, premenstrual syndrome, stress, and chronic pain. In addition to helping you establish a daily meditation practice, the author prescribes specific alternate meditation exercises for specific health problems, as well as Zen concepts like the cultivation of mindfulness, to expand your practice and fully benefit from meditation's healing power. Book jacket.

Gabriel Weiss, MD, a graduate of Stanford University Medical School, practices general medicine at his two offices in Oceanside and San Marcos, California. He is founder and medical director of the Asclepius Wellness Center, a center for whole-person health care and comlementary medicine, where he has taught meditation for many years