Herbert Benson (1935–2022)

A practical program that may help you
Relieve headaches, backaches, chest pains
Lower blood pressure and cholesterol
Eliminate insomnia and decrease anxiety

In just minutes a day you can easly master the stress reduction techniques that have helped millions cnquer or alleviate one of todayy's most serious and widespread health problems. Employing neither drugs nor doctors, Dr. Benson's program is considered by many to be the most benefical step forward in personal health and well-being in our time.

'It gives me a great deal of excitement to have Dr. Benson's strsoang statement!'-Robert Schulller, author of Tough Times Never Last But Tough People Do!

'An important contribution...workable and tested solutions for liberating the mind and body from tension, despair and panic that predispose the human organism to disease.'-Norman Cousins, author of Anatomy of an Illness

Herbert Benson, M.D., the author of The Relaxation Response and The Mind/Body Effect, teaches medicine at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital and is Director of the hospital's Division of Behavioral Medicine and Hypertension Section.

Contents

Part One An introduction to the power of the faith factor
Chapter One What is the faith factor?
Chapter Two Frontiers of scientific research
Part Two An adventure in the Himalayas
Chapter Three The road to Upper Dharmsala
Chapter Four The phenomenon of the 'Fierce Woman'
Chapter Five The lessons of the Lamas
Part Three A practical guide to greater physical and mental well-being
Chapter Six How to work with your doctor toward optimal health
Chapter Seven The fundamentals of the faith factor: How to combine the relaxation response with your personal beliefs
Chapter Eight The way to power over physical and mental problems
Chapter Nine what are the outer limits?
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When Dr. Herbert benson introduced this simple, effective, mind/body approach to relieving stress twenty-five years ago, his book became an instant national bestseller. Since that time, milions of people have learned the secret-without high-priced lectures or prescription medicines. The Relaxation Response has become the classic reference recommended by most health care professionals and authorities to treat the harmful effects of stress.

Discovered by Dr. Benson and his colleagues in the laboratories of Harvard Medical School and its teaching hospitals, this revitalizing, therapeutic approach is now routinely recommended to treat blood pressure, chronic pain, insomnia, and many other physical ailments. It requires only minutes to learn, and just ten to twenty minutes of practice twice a day.

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