Emily A. Francis - Whole Body Healing Create Your Own Path to Physical, Emotional, Energetic & Spiritual Wellness

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Whole Body Healing: Create Your Own Path to Physical, Emotional, Energetic & Spiritual Wellness 2020 by Emily A. Francis.

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First e-book edition 2020

E-book ISBN: 9780738762524

Cover design by Shannon McKuhen

Figurative illustrations by Mary Ann Zapalac

Somatic Emotion Chart on by Llewellyn Art Department

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Names: Francis, Emily A., author.

Title: Whole body healing : create your own path to physical, emotional,

energetic & spiritual wellness / Emily A. Francis.

Description: First edition. | Woodbury, Minnesota : Llewellyn Publications,

2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary:

Summary: For people interested in alternative health, shows a more

science-related approach to mind-body-spirit healing as part of an

integrated whole-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019059145 (print) | LCCN 2019059146 (ebook) | ISBN

9780738762180 (paperback) | ISBN 9780738762524 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Alternative medicine. | Mind and body.

Classification: LCC R733 .F782 2020 (print) | LCC R733 (ebook) | DDC

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Dedication

I dedicate this book to each and every one of you.

Thank you for joining this journey with me.

Remember Always

You Are Capable

You Are Fierce

You Are Powerful

You Are Mighty

Your Intuition Is on Point

You Can Rock Any Challenge That Comes Your Way

You Deserve to Live a Happy and Healthy Life

Dont

Ever

Stop

Acknowledgments

Thank you God, my Angels, and Guides.

Thank you: Scott, Hannah, Ava, and the rest of my family for being everything I love most in this world.

Thank you to everyone at the Upledger Institute for your incredible support of my work. Forever I will hold dear what you have given to our family.

To my team at Llewellyn: Having people such as yourselves is invaluable in bringing this book into the world. Thank you: Angela Wix and Kat Sanborn.

Thank you: Paul Levine, literary agent.

Thank you for the endorsements and support of this work: Amy B. Scher, Sara Wiseman, Jennie Lee, Dayna Macy, Elisa Lottor, Sarah Shockley, and Marianne Pestana.

Sincere gratitude for your contributions and insight: Dr. Rachel Jack, Jessica Silva, Kristina Duffy, and Lindy Pals.

And an incredible thank you to those who joined me for a weekend in the mountains to help me brainstorm as well as offer incredible knowledge and insights for the creation of this work. I purposely chose the best of the best to help me create a full and detailed offering of healing practices through each of you. That weekend will mean more to me than I can possibly express. I will only list by name and not credentials because there are too many following each of your names to share! Thank you: Tom Dill, Tami Goldstein, David Mitchell, Carola Kauffhold, Stephen Watson, Heather Hale, Ashli Callaway, Eden Callaway. Thank you: Bonnie Cole for your gift of handmade mala beads that helped make that weekend so very special. Lastly, a special thank you and love to the one weve lost between that weekend and the publication of this book, Pamela Bellamy. The world will never look quite the same without you in it. I pray you are dancing in the light joyfully on the other side.

Contents

List of

: Whole Body Integration

: Setting Yourself Up for Healing

: The Five Pillars for Whole Body Wellness

: The Physical Body

: Getting Started

: The Physical Body Defined

: The Physical Experience

: The Emotional Body

: Mental and Emotional Therapies

: Foundations of Emotions and Personal Relationships

: The Somatic Emotions

: The Energetic Body

: Healthcare Practices and Therapies for the Energy Body

: Hands-On Healing Practices

: Energy Cords, the Empath, and Psychic Protection

: The Spiritual Body

: Introduction to Spirit Work