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rest, prayer, meditation, and other modalities of re-balancing the
system may be needed, but all these require us to change our mental
behaviour in order to apply them. Thus, the mind-body axis is
always primary in healing yourself. Change Your Mind – Change
Your Life.
11.10 The Six Steps of Self Healing
1. Education — Obtain as much accurate information as possible
about health and healing. Learn as much about your constitution and
about your condition, the symptoms, aetiology, and therapy,
including the role of stress, diet, emotions and exercise. Learn about
the different options for treating your condition. To begin your
education consider reading about Mind-Body Medicine.
2. Relaxation — Deep Relaxation is essential for rapid healing
because it is the direct antidote to stress. In addition, relaxation
empties your mind of distractions, and thus allows you to selfprogram new, more desirable self healing behaviours — both at the
visible (macroscopic) level, and in the microscopic behaviour of the
cells of your body. Deep relaxation is also the key to programming
mind and body for peak performance in any endeavour — sports,
profession, or personal life (yes, even sexual).
3. Entering “The Healing State” — Here the mind is open to rescripting and the body accepts new healthy images and emotions.
Re-scripting is a powerful way to mentally rehearse desired
behaviours of the mind and body, much as athletes or actors
mentally rehearse their performances. These guided imagery &
meditation CDs and .MP3 downloads will teach you to do this
through simple, logical, straightforward, and highly enjoyable
guided imagery experiences. The experience and your ability to use
the Healing State becomes progressively more powerful with a few
minutes a day of pleasurable practice.

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