Bernie S. Siegel - The Art of Healing: Uncovering Your Inner Wisdom and Potential for Self-Healing

PRAISE FOR THE ART OF HEALING

Behind the visible world of the body lies an invisible, unconscious domain that can be a powerful force in healing. Dr. Bernie Siegel is a pioneer in teaching individuals to bring this factor into conscious awareness. The result can be not only physical healing, but also peace, fulfillment, and joyful living. When we combine the art of healing with the science of curing, modern medicine becomes whole. Thanks, Bernie, for showing the way.

Larry Dossey, MD, author of One Mind

Bernie Siegel was already a very successful surgeon when he discovered the subtle forms of communication the human mind is capable of. He started to explore the unconscious, the work of Carl Jung, and the power to heal which is innate in all living things. He began a journey that resulted in more of his patients getting well. It caused him to change the direction of his career and to begin writing about what he had learned. With this latest book he tempers scientific knowledge with compassion as he uses his trained professional eye to take a warm and personal look at how perception, intention, and nonverbal/psychic communication affect healing and well-being. This upbeat new book is full of ways in which [readers] can learn to better access and utilize that power for themselves.

Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight

PRAISE FOR A BOOK OF MIRACLES BY BERNIE S. SIEGEL, MD

As these stories show, love and magic can find us in any situation, no matter how difficult. This warm, uplifting book opens the door to seeing the miracles that are happening all around us, every day.

Gerald Jampolsky, MD, author of Love Is Letting Go of Fear

A call to take an evolutionary leap not through some kind of automatic unfoldment but by using conscious choice. Love, intelligence, and creativity are seeds waiting to be touched and awakened. The more you touch them, the more they flourish.

Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

PRAISE FOR 365 PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE SOUL BY BERNIE S. SIEGEL, MD

Bernie Siegel dispenses spiritual medicine thats good for you, and feels good too! I highly recommend these daily doses of eternal wisdom.

Marianne Williamson, author of Everyday Grace

Bernie is one of the worlds most respected doctors. I would pay close attention to any prescription he offers. I read from this each day.

Wayne Dyer, author of Getting in the Gap

Dr. Siegels soul medicine is dispensed in perfect doses to uplift, inspire, enlighten, and heal you. As always, Bernies wisdom and love gave me goosebumps, or should I say god-bumps. Buy a carton of this medicine-in-a-book and administer it to everyone you love.

Joan Borysenko, PhD, author of Inner Peace for Busy People

PRAISE FOR 101 EXERCISES FOR THE SOUL BY BERNIE S. SIEGEL, MD

Another loving, wise, practical, and life-changing book from Dr. Bernie. This step-by-step fitness guide is for the part of you that has wings.

Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom

This simple book has all the wisdom you need to live life from your best self. Bernie has the gift of taking complex ideas and making them simple and accessible. Follow his workout plan, and youll create a life more wonderful than any you might ever have imagined.

Joan Borysenko, PhD, author of Inner Peace for Busy People

From one of Americas master healers, a practical guide that provides a step-by-step entry into a healthier, more fulfilling way of being. Siegel is a genius for inspiring people to reach beyond themselves and attain what they thought not possible.

Larry Dossey, MD, author of Healing Words

A beautiful, heartfelt book by a legendary physician to help you nurture mind, body, and soul.

Judith Orloff, MD, author of Second Sight and Positive Energy

I have always admired Dr. Bernie Siegel as one of the most remarkable minds of our time. He combines an analytical scientific mind with a deep knowingness of spirituality. His 101 Exercises for the Soul will help you understand and learn from that part of you which is the ultimate and supreme genius and mirrors the wisdom of the universe.

Deepak Chopra, author of The Book of Secrets

Dr. Siegels inspiring exercises for achieving enlightenment in daily life bring together the wisdom of the ages into one crisp, precise, and highly readable book. Its a valuable addition to every spiritual travelers essential library.

Allen and Linda Anderson, authors of Angel Dogs and Horses with a Mission

THE ART OF HEALING

OTHER BOOKS BY BERNIE S. SIEGEL, MD

101 Exercises for the Soul

365 Prescriptions for the Soul

A Book of Miracles

Faith, Hope & Healing

Help Me to Heal

How to Live between Office Visits

Love, Magic & Mudpies

Love, Medicine & Miracles

Peace, Love & Healing

Prescriptions for Living

CHILDRENS BOOKS

Buddys Candle

Smudge Bunny

POETRY

Words & Swords

Copyright 2013 by Bernie S. Siegel, MD

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The material in this book is intended for education. No expressed or implied guarantee of the effects of the use of the recommendations can be given nor liability taken. Some names have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.

Text design by Tona Pearce Myers

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Siegel, Bernie S.

The art of healing : uncovering your inner wisdom and potential for self-healing / Dr. Bernie S. Siegel with Cynthia J. Hurn.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-60868-185-3 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-60868-186-0 (ebook)

1. Mental healing. 2. Consciousness. 3. Spiritual healing. 4. Mind and body. 5. Self-care, Health. I. Hurn, Cynthia. II. Title.

RZ400.S6215 2013

615.8'528dc232013012986

First printing, September 2013

ISBN 978-1-60868-185-3

Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper

New World Library is proud to be a Gold Certified Environmentally Responsible Publisher. Publisher certification awarded by Green Press Initiative. www.greenpressinitiative.org

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