The 5 Minute Healer

by Capone, Mary; Rupp, Janet

• ISBN13: 9781555662776
• ISBN10: 1555662773
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Johnson Books

Summary

The 5-Minute Healer is targeted to the millions of Americans looking for positive ways to navigate today's accelerated world. The authors have mined ten time-tested healing traditions to provide simple but effective techniques for those in search of quick solutions. Unlike other self-help books, this book covers a range of healing disciplines: sound therapy, yoga, color therapy, aromatherapy, breath, meditation, angels, chakras, prayer, and positive thinking and the subconscious mind. Each chapter offers a brief introduction to its subject, followed by simple-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that make these age-old healing formulas available to everyone.

The 5-Minute Healer could not be more timely -- Americans everywhere are constantly on the go. Anxiety, insomnia, chronic fatigue, auto-immune disease, depression, and other stress-related diseases have become as familiar as the common cold. Tranquilizers, along with anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medications account for more than forty percent of the written prescriptions in the U.S. each year. There i

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Sound Therapy: Arias for the Aura, Symphonies for the Soul	1	(14)
Color Therapy: Beating the Blues	15	(18)
Aromatherapy: Only Your Nose Knows	33	(18)
Breathing Techniques: Portable Prana	51	(14)
Yoga: Asanas for Everyone	65	(26)
The Mind: Blueprints for a Better You	91	(18)
Meditation: Don't Just Sit There . . . Meditate!	109	(18)
Chakras: A Layperson's Guide	127	(20)
Angels, Devas, and Spirits of the Earth: Heavenly and Earthly Assistants	147	(16)
Prayer and Positive Thoughts: Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the Negative	163	(16)
Bibliography	179