Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine"Perhaps our real work, whether offering or seeking care, is to recognize that the healing relationship--the field upon which patient and practitioner meet--is, to use the words of the mythologist Joseph Campbell, a 'self-mirroring mystery'--the embodiment of a singular human activity that raises essential questions about self, other, and what it means to heal thy self." --Saki Santorelli Today we are experiencing extraordinary technological advances in the diagnosis and treatment of illness while at the same time learning to take more responsibility for our own health and well-being. In this book, Saki Santorelli, director of the nationally acclaimed Stress Reduction Clinic, explores the ancient roots of medicine, and shows us how to introduce mindfulness into the crucible of the healing relationship, so that both patients and caregivers begin to acknowledge that we are all wounded and we are all whole. His approach revolutionizes the dynamics of the patient/practitioner relationship. In describing the classes at the clinic and the transformation that takes place in this alchemical process, he offers insights and effective methods for cultivating mindfulness in our everyday lives. As he reveals the inner landscape of his own life as a health care professional and we join him and those with whom he works on this journey of human suffering and courage, we become aware of and honor what is darkest and brightest within each one of us. |
Contents
Part Two DONT TURN YOUR HEAD | 23 |
Part Three KEEP LOOKING AT | 85 |
Part Four THATS WHERE THE LIGHT | 171 |
Collegial Sangha | 178 |
Week Six | 190 |
Vow and Humility | 203 |
Surrender | 209 |
The AllDay Retreat | 218 |
Letting Be | 226 |
Week Seven | 233 |
Speech | 239 |
Epilogue | 249 |
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