Body Mind Connection

A Christian Analysis

Mind-Body Connection
Overview

Thoughts and feelings have an effect on health either for health or hastening death and/or disease. The patient has power to influence outcome

Selected Studies
Ellen Langer and Roden Plants in nursing homes Redford Wms at Duke - Hostility and cynicism Speigel at Stanford - Stage 4 breast cancer Dennis Ornish - heart disease

Studies Continued
Susan Kaboss Psychological Hardiness Jon Kabat-Zinn Stress Reduction Clinic at U of Mass Medical Center with Sense of Coherence and Psychological Hardiness Scales A new drug response

Completely Inter-Connected
Candice Pert - Peptides Chemistry of tears

MBC Philosophical Assumptions

Like Good Blended Scotch

Blend of ideas, beliefs and traditions

Philosophical Presuppositions
Hello Interaction MindBody There is a balance Holistic therapy

The Theories about the Origin of Diseases and Traumas

In the Beginning. . .

Eastern Theory
The Ki energy It is a subtle energy, vital energy It is not. . . It cant be measured

Western Theory
If you cant measure it. . . It aint real

There Can Be a Problem

Ethics of blaming the victim

Attitude On Scientific Investigation

The Reality of the Spirit World In the East

Validation is assured by
Tradition Empirical results in the real world Sacred texts

Attitude On Scientific Investigation

The Reality of the Physical World In the West

Its an alternative to the real thing It complements the real thing Pioneering research finds a connection
PNI = psychoneuroimmunology

Model Of Personality
It All Depends

Hindu Biological Determinism Physiological Interventions

Meridian, e.g. TFT Brain Pathways, EMDR Reichian and Neo-Reichian Models Bioenergetics/ Feldenkrais Therapeutic Touch

Models Of Abnormality
Hindu
Imbalance of body type (Ayurvedic: Vada, Pitta, Kapha)

Biological Determinism
Get over it Imagery, Meditation

Reichian and Neo-Reichian Models

Meridian, e.g. TFT Brain Pathways, EMDR Bioenergetics, Feldenkrais, Reike, etc.

Model Of Health
Goals for Intervention & Psychotherapy

Homeostasis Balance Energy flows

Therapeutic Touch Delores Krieger, PhD, Rn

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, Deepak Chopra, MD)

Demonstrated Effectiveness
Norman Cousins Larry Dossey, MD Herbert Benson, MD, Hans Seleye, David Felton, MD, PhD Roger Callahan, PhD & Francine Shapiro, PhD

Demonstrations

Experiential

Thought Field Therapy

Applied Kenesiology Energy points create the thought Psychological reversal Varied applications

EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing

Destroy emotionalmemory pathways Bypass conscious defenses and SDM Metaphors and abreactions

Mindfulness Meditation
Buddhist Vipassana Youre not your thoughts or feelings Power and non- attachment
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

Music and Physiology

Brain Balancing Beta and Theta Mozart Effect Harp

Yanni and Halpern

Neuro-Linguistic Programming
John Grinder, PhD Co-developer of NLP

Eye Movement The Map Is Not the Territory Rapport Anchoring Swish Pattern

Mind Body Connection

A Christian Analysis