This is a very troubling time for each of us as individuals, for our families, our nation and our world as a whole. Remember, you are not in this alone, we are in it together.   At times like this it is also well to remember Weiji, the Chinese word and character for “crisis,” which is said to be made up of two separate characters, Wei 危, meaning Danger, and Ji 机 meaning opportunity. Success comes when we see the danger, confront it, and find the opportunity that is always hidden within the crisis.    For me, it is an opportunity to share with you some of the very powerful tools I have developed over the last 50 years of working on a very intimate level with people confronting all sorts of major life problems: from catastrophic loss to serious infection, from childhood trauma to metastatic cancer, and everything in between. As the world shuts down to stop the spread of this infectious disease and people are more isolated, you have the opportunity to learn some very important skills; learn to dispel fear, build resilience, and strengthen your body’s ability to heal and fight off infection from the comfort (and privacy) of your own home. Virtual Town Hall Meeting In early March, as we were beginning to see the pandemic emerging, our community got together for our first Virtual Town Hall Meeting. Our purpose was twofold:  To inform the community at-large about what is likely to happen in the near future coming down the pike and To offer some guidance about why we should begin to isolate ourselves to enhance our ability to protect ourselves and others from the virus.  My presentation was rerecorded and I want to offer it to you now. You can listen to the podcast (top of this page), or watch the video below (re-recorded and re-titled Calm COVID Fear, Anxiety, Stress: Strengthen Immune System)  If you’d like to watch the original virtual town hall meeting you may do so here. View All Of Dr. Miller’s Outsmarting COVID Free Resources  Dr. Miller will be updating DrMiller.com/COVID as he publishes new content and finds positive information that he feels is most important and useful during this Pandemic. This includes the new 3-Part Antivirus Guided Imagery/Meditation. Those imageries and resources will support us all to stay healthy and keep our communities and nation healthy as well.  The most important time to relax is when you feel like you don’t have the time. But, you do.   Receive all Dr. Miller’s free offerings when you register for Healing Times eNewsletter.  Meet Emmett Miller MD Widely acclaimed for his role in creating the field of Mind-Body Medicine, Dr. Emmett Miller continues to apply his innovative thinking in the development of new approaches and techniques of Integrative Medicine, psychotherapy, wellness, stress management, psychoneuroimmunology, meditation, guided imagery and self-hypnosis for optimal health and performance.

<a href="https://www.drmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/MP3Programs/Coronavirus/How_to_Dispel_Fear_and_Resist_Viral_Infection_Talk_and_Guided_Imagery_Emmett_Miller_MD.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>This is a very troubling time for each of us as individuals, for our families, our nation and our world as a whole. Remember, you are not in this alone, we are in it together. At times like this it is also well to remember Weiji, the Chinese word and character for “crisis,” which is said to be made up of two separate characters, Wei 危, meaning Danger, and Ji 机 meaning opportunity. Success comes when we see the danger, confront it, and find the opportunity that is always hidden within the crisis.  For me, it is an opportunity to share with you some of the very powerful tools I have developed over the last 50 years of working on a very intimate level with people confronting all sorts of major life problems: from catastrophic loss to serious infection, from childhood trauma to metastatic cancer, and everything in between. As the world shuts down to stop the spread of this infectious disease and people are more isolated, you have the opportunity to learn some very important skills; learn to dispel fear, build resilience, and strengthen your body’s ability to heal and fight off infection from the comfort (and privacy) of your own home. <h2>Virtual Town Hall Meeting</h2> In early March, as we were beginning to see the pandemic emerging, our community got together for our first Virtual Town Hall Meeting. Our purpose was twofold: <ol> <li>To inform the community at-large about what is likely to happen in the near future coming down the pike and</li> <li>To offer some guidance about why we should begin to isolate ourselves to enhance our ability to protect ourselves and others from the virus.</li> </ol> My presentation was rerecorded and I want to offer it to you now. You can listen to the podcast (top of this page), or watch the video below (re-recorded and re-titled <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6bAAMd0Dlc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Calm COVID Fear, Anxiety, Stress: Strengthen Immune System</a>) If you’d like to watch the original virtual town hall meeting you may do so <a href="https://youtu.be/vijfYR1EeNI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <h2>View All Of Dr. Miller’s Outsmarting COVID Free Resources </h2> Dr. Miller will be updating <a href="https://www.drmiller.com/covid/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DrMiller.com/COVID</a> as he publishes new content and finds positive information that he feels is most important and useful during this Pandemic. This includes the new 3-Part Antivirus Guided Imagery/Meditation. Those imageries and resources will support us all to stay healthy and keep our communities and nation healthy as well.  The most important time to relax is when you feel like you don’t have the time. But, you do.   Receive all Dr. Miller’s free offerings when you register for Healing Times eNewsletter. <h2>Meet Emmett Miller MD</h2> Widely acclaimed for his role in creating the field of Mind-Body Medicine<a href="https://www.drmiller.com/learning-center/aboutmindbodymedicine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">,</a> Dr. Emmett Miller continues to apply his innovative thinking in the development of new approaches and techniques of Integrative Medicine, psychotherapy, wellness, stress management, psychoneuroimmunology, meditation, guided imagery and self-hypnosis for optimal health and performance.

Coronavirus: How to Dispel Fear and Resist Viral Infection (Free Heart-to-Heart Talk, Guided Imagery, & More)

Our featured free meditation for this month will show you an effective way to touch that deeper place of life within that is necessary to discover the power of “That By Which All Can Be Accomplished.” It will guide you to experience your ability to feel the emotion of Love. You have felt love at certain times in your life, and it is the feeling you learned to feel during these times that are revived when you are touched by a beautiful love story, a romantic film that makes you cry, or touching family photos. The state one enters when feeling these emotions is ideal for creativity, play, healing, or peak performance. One of the most powerful mind-tools, in addition to deep relaxation/meditation, is the ability to touch your capacity to love and to awaken that feeling. Enjoy The Love Meditation, and if you would like to join us and discover how to use it to defeat the ravages of stress and harness its power for healing and peak performance, join Healing Times eNews (you will also get review of past issues and techniques you missed along with 2 gifts from Dr. Miller). Buy this meditation! If you would like to listen to this meditation offline and have a copy on your computer or device you can purchase it here Shop.DrMiller.com/love-meditation.  Every purchase supports Dr. Miller offering more free content in Healing Times eNewsletter AND here on his website.

Our featured free meditation for this month will show you an effective way to touch that deeper place of life within that is necessary to discover the power of “<a href="https://www.drmiller.com/the-secret-word-by-which-all-may-be-accomplished/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">That By Which All Can Be Accomplished</a>.” It will guide you to experience your ability to feel the emotion of Love. You have felt love at certain times in your life, and it is the feeling you learned to feel during these times that are revived when you are touched by a beautiful love story, a romantic film that makes you cry, or touching family photos. The state one enters when feeling these emotions is ideal for creativity, play, healing, or peak performance. One of the most powerful mind-tools, in addition to deep relaxation/meditation, is the ability to touch your capacity to love and to awaken that feeling. Enjoy The Love Meditation, and if you would like to join us and discover how to use it to defeat the ravages of stress and harness its power for healing and peak performance, <a href="https://www.drmiller.com/newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join Healing Times eNews</a> (you will also get review of past issues and techniques you missed along with 2 gifts from Dr. Miller). <h3><a href="https://shop.drmiller.com/love-meditation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy this meditation!</a></h3> If you would like to listen to this meditation offline and have a copy on your computer or device you can purchase it here <a href="https://shop.drmiller.com/love-meditation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shop.DrMiller.com/love-meditation</a>.  Every purchase supports Dr. Miller offering more free content in Healing Times eNewsletter AND here on his website.

The Love Meditation

If you would like to buy this track visit https://shop.drmiller.com/letting-go. In our culture we would say that someone has “died”, but many sects of Buddhism would say that only the body dies, but that a deeper, more essential aspect of ourselves enters the “Bardo,” the state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth. In this state evaluate your spiritual progress during this pause in your movement towards Nirvana, a heavenly place of peace and happiness, the highest spiritual state attainable, the state of pure enlightenment and freedom from suffering and desire (according to teachers of Buddhism and Hinduism. Death and the New Year Curiously, this is exactly the kind of thing we have the opportunity to do, at a deep level, at this beginning of a new year. Where are you at this point in your life’s journey? How are you moving towards your goals of spiritual or personal development and living a life reflecting your true values and purpose? Like the residents of the Bardo, think of the past as dying to make space for the newborn year, and like them, you can choose to let it go and choose the juicy challenges you want to take on this next year. In fact, every time one meditates there is a release of the past, at least from the highest levels, conscious thought, the acknowledgment of faith in the present and whatever higher power or guide may dwell there. In the end, when you open your eyes you are born again into the realm of endless possibility, along with the deeper truths (algorithms) you may have read into. In Everything Is The Seed Of Its Apparent Opposite Isn’t it interesting how the states of life and death come together, and how they can be used effectively on our journey? Instead of framing life and death as opposites, we have the option of choosing to adopt a perspective like that of the followers of the Tao. Their symbol, the interlaced Yin (receptive) and Yang (creative) energies, represented by the opposite appearing black and white, are seen to merge into each other, to be complementary, not in opposition. In fact, the white dot in the middle of the black Yang and the black one in the middle of the white Yin symbolizes that in everything lies the seed of its apparent opposite. Pablo Picasso held that “Every act of creation is also an act of destruction.” And in our meditations we allow each preceding breath to die so that the new breath can be born. So, if we wish something new and beautiful to be born into our lives in this next year, it would be very wise to become aware of what you need to allow to die to make room for that which you wish to be born in your life. As we learn to do this in each meditation, and then in every moment, we end up being open and able to make wise choices that lead to maximum health, growth, and creativity. And, if the Buddhists turn out to be right about the Bardo, we will already be well-practiced in making the best decision about our next lifetime. So, with your permission, I would like to share some experiences to help you develop a way to do that. Enjoy listening to, “A New Year’s Imagery on Letting Go“.

If you would like to buy this track visit <a href="https://shop.drmiller.com/letting-go" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shop.drmiller.com/letting-go</a>. In our culture we would say that someone has “died”, but many sects of Buddhism would say that only the body dies, but that a deeper, more essential aspect of ourselves enters the “Bardo,” the state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth. In this state evaluate your spiritual progress during this pause in your movement towards Nirvana, a heavenly place of peace and happiness, the highest spiritual state attainable, the state of pure enlightenment and freedom from suffering and desire (according to teachers of Buddhism and Hinduism. Death and the New Year Curiously, this is exactly the kind of thing we have the opportunity to do, at a deep level, at this beginning of a new year. Where are you at this point in your life’s journey? How are you moving towards your goals of spiritual or personal development and living a life reflecting your true values and purpose? Like the residents of the Bardo, think of the past as dying to make space for the newborn year, and like them, you can choose to let it go and choose the juicy challenges you want to take on this next year. In fact, every time one meditates there is a release of the past, at least from the highest levels, conscious thought, the acknowledgment of faith in the present and whatever higher power or guide may dwell there. In the end, when you open your eyes you are born again into the realm of endless possibility, along with the deeper truths (algorithms) you may have read into. In Everything Is The Seed Of Its Apparent Opposite Isn’t it interesting how the states of life and death come together, and how they can be used effectively on our journey? Instead of framing life and death as opposites, we have the option of choosing to adopt a perspective like that of the followers of the Tao. Their symbol, the interlaced Yin (receptive) and Yang (creative) energies, represented by the opposite appearing black and white, are seen to merge into each other, to be complementary, not in opposition. In fact, the white dot in the middle of the black Yang and the black one in the middle of the white Yin symbolizes that in everything lies the seed of its apparent opposite. Pablo Picasso held that “Every act of creation is also an act of destruction.” And in our meditations we allow each preceding breath to die so that the new breath can be born. So, if we wish something new and beautiful to be born into our lives in this next year, it would be very wise to become aware of what you need to allow to die to make room for that which you wish to be born in your life. As we learn to do this in each meditation, and then in every moment, we end up being open and able to make wise choices that lead to maximum health, growth, and creativity. And, if the Buddhists turn out to be right about the Bardo, we will already be well-practiced in making the best decision about our next lifetime. So, with your permission, I would like to share some experiences to help you develop a way to do that. Enjoy listening to, “<a href="https://www.drmiller.com/?powerpress_pinw=98478-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A New Year’s Imagery on Letting Go</a>“.

Between Lives: A New Year’s Imagery on Letting Go

This FREE guided imagery experience is a perfect way to begin to learn to heal deeply. Because stress is such a major factor in our individual as well as collective illness and dysfunction, the most powerful tool in combating it is deep relaxation. Deep relaxation directly inhibits the brain neurons that cause the stress reaction and the resulting ills. You may be familiar with the phenomenon of deep relaxation if you have learned such skills as meditation, deep prayer, self-hypnosis, or autogenic training. Here is a brief introduction to the process of what I call Deep Relaxation. Listen to it and practice daily for a week, then practice doing it from memory sometimes, without listening. This will prepare you for the tools I will share in the next issue of Healing Times eNewsletter (sign up here). I also recommend you check out these products, each of which will provide you with further training and experience of the most fundamental skill:  Healing Journey – Using techniques drawn from meditative and prayerful disciplines as well as soothing music, the Healing Journey program helps melt away stress whether you’re anxious and overwhelmed by everyday life or trying to recover from a specific illness or chronic condition. Rainbow Butterfly – For these two deeply relaxing guided meditations, Dr. Miller is accompanied by the exquisite harp of Georgia Kelly. In fact, Georgia’s rise from obscurity to become one of the world’s most honored harpists and peace activists, with the coaching assistance of Dr. Miller, was the inspiration for this program. I AM: Awakening Self-Acceptance – This program is designed to enable deep Self-Acceptance. Let Dr. Miller’s expert guided imagery and Heart-to-Heart talk help you discover your true inner self — the big Self that exists at a deeper level than the little limited self that insists that you’re not good enough, not smart enough, or in some other way not capable of succeeding at whatever it is you want to do. The Serenity Prayer – All behaviors are based on decisions made by the deeper mind. Use this beautiful program every day, while you drive, to choose your wisest behavior. You will hear affirmations to enable you to access the serenity to accept what you cannot change, and the courage to confront and change what you can change. The words of wise men and women from many times and cultures, intoned over soothing music, awaken within you the wisdom to choose well.  Be sure to sign up for Healing Times eNewsletter

This <a href="https://drmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/MeditationsPodcasts/IslandofPeaceAudioDrMiller.com.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FREE guided imagery experience</a> is a perfect way to begin to learn to heal deeply. Because stress is such a major factor in our individual as well as collective illness and dysfunction, the most powerful tool in combating it is deep relaxation. Deep relaxation directly inhibits the brain neurons that cause the stress reaction and the resulting ills. You may be familiar with the phenomenon of deep relaxation if you have learned such skills as meditation, deep prayer, self-hypnosis, or autogenic training. Here is a brief introduction to the process of what I call Deep Relaxation. <a href="https://drmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/MeditationsPodcasts/IslandofPeaceAudioDrMiller.com.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen to it</a> and practice daily for a week, then practice doing it from memory sometimes, without listening. This will prepare you for the tools I will share in the next issue of Healing Times eNewsletter (sign up here). I also recommend you check out these products, each of which will provide you with further training and experience of the most fundamental skill: <ul> <li><a href="https://shop.drmiller.com/healing-journey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Journey</a> – Using techniques drawn from meditative and prayerful disciplines as well as soothing music, the Healing Journey program helps melt away stress whether you’re anxious and overwhelmed by everyday life or trying to recover from a specific illness or chronic condition.</li> <li><a href="https://shop.drmiller.com/heal-your-body/rainbow-butterfly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rainbow Butterfly</a> – For these two deeply relaxing guided meditations, Dr. Miller is accompanied by the exquisite harp of Georgia Kelly. In fact, Georgia’s rise from obscurity to become one of the world’s most honored harpists and peace activists, with the coaching assistance of Dr. Miller, was the inspiration for this program.</li> <li><a href="https://shop.drmiller.com/balance-mind-and-emotions/i-am-awakening-self-acceptance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I AM: Awakening Self-Acceptance</a> – This program is designed to enable deep Self-Acceptance. Let Dr. Miller’s expert guided imagery and Heart-to-Heart talk help you discover your true inner self — the big Self that exists at a deeper level than the little limited self that insists that you’re not good enough, not smart enough, or in some other way not capable of succeeding at whatever it is you want to do.</li> <li><a href="https://shop.drmiller.com/change-habits-and-behaviors/serenity-prayer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Serenity Prayer</a> – All behaviors are based on decisions made by the deeper mind. Use this beautiful program every day, while you drive, to choose your wisest behavior. You will hear affirmations to enable you to access the serenity to accept what you cannot change, and the courage to confront and change what you can change. The words of wise men and women from many times and cultures, intoned over soothing music, awaken within you the wisdom to choose well.</li> </ul> Be sure to sign up for Healing Times eNewsletter

Creating Your Island of Peace Meditation

The new year is a perfect time to take the time and discover how you can make a difference through passion, compassion and love. In your heart is the future of our planet; learn how to empower your mental imagery to serve your most deeply held values. To help you on your way Dr. Miller is excited to share with you a Global Peace Meditation from his guided imagery program, “Healing Our Planet”.  You can listen to it for free for the next 2 weeks. The future is not somewhere we’re going, it’s a place we’re creating, in each moment, with each thought, with each image we hold in our minds. This Global Peace Meditation (20mins) opens with a Native American Prayer for “All My Relations,” then recalls your inner truth – your purpose and values, your resources and spirituality. Next you will apply the Master Skill, creative visualization, to create the world your heart longs to see, and empower it with your love, compassion, and enthusiasm. Add your voice to the growing chorus of hearts who are creating our shared future. Listen alone, or with others, for more power, daily or as frequently as desired. IF you would like to listen to the rest of this program you may do so by purchasing “Healing Our Planet” at Shop.DrMiller.com

The new year is a perfect time to take the time and discover how you can make a difference through passion, compassion and love. In your heart is the future of our planet; learn how to empower your mental imagery to serve your most deeply held values. To help you on your way Dr. Miller is excited to share with you a Global Peace Meditation from his guided imagery program, “Healing Our Planet”.  You can listen to it for free for the next 2 weeks. The future is not somewhere we’re going, it’s a place we’re creating, in each moment, with each thought, with each image we hold in our minds. This Global Peace Meditation (20mins) opens with a Native American Prayer for “All My Relations,” then recalls your inner truth – your purpose and values, your resources and spirituality. Next you will apply the Master Skill, creative visualization, to create the world your heart longs to see, and empower it with your love, compassion, and enthusiasm. Add your voice to the growing chorus of hearts who are creating our shared future. Listen alone, or with others, for more power, daily or as frequently as desired. IF you would like to listen to the rest of this program you may do so by purchasing “<a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/peak-performance/healing-our-planet-cd/34" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Our Planet</a>” at <a href="http://Shop.DrMiller.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shop.DrMiller.com</a>

Global Peace Meditation [Preview]

Because much of my work has been helping people heal from trauma and abuse, I have been asked to comment on the recent school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. In this podcast I will be sharing some suggestions of how you can: 1) Release and heal from any trauma you might feel in the wake of this tragedy. 2) Suggestions as to what you can do to answer deeper questions like: Why did this shooting happen? Why do these things continue to happen? And is there something that I can do about it? Thank you so much for spending time with me, I wish you infinite blessings, unconditional love, and the presence to fully enjoy them.   Free Podcast: Healing Trauma and Treating PTSD Program  Please be patient as the media loads… ***If you are unable to download this MP3, please send us an email. Programs for Healing and Recovering from Trauma, Crisis, and Preventing PTSD You don’t have to be there at ground zero to be impacted and even profoundly traumatized by an event as horrific as the Newtown Massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Even President Obama cried. Dealing effectively with such challenges requires you to: Phase 1. Go through the appropriate grieving period with sufficient relaxation that you do not develop post-traumatic stress issues, yet remain sensitive and responsive to the naturally healing feelings of grief. Phase 2.  Discover what it is that you need to learn from what has happened. Phase 3.  Develop the focus, courage, and commitment to take the actions that you know are the right ones, no matter how difficult.  The Audio programs below have been prepared by Dr. Emmett Miller. You can learn more about Mind-Body Medicine and the use of Mind-Tools at his Informational Website.    Phase I – Surviving the Initial Trauma and Feelings of Loss  Use the following programs while there are still acute symptoms of shock, sadness, grief, despair, and depression – it may continue for one or more weeks. Their use may be continued into later phases of recovery and renaissance.  Letting Go Of Stress – Tools and techniques for keeping your body balanced and free from excess stress and its damaging chemicals.  Healing Journey and Rainbow Butterfly – two beautiful programs weaving the guidance of Dr. Miller’s words together with original music – pure relaxation and peace. Easing Into Sleep – When it is difficult to turn off the mind and quiet the emotions enough to get to sleep try this.  Goodbye Insomnia (MP3 only) – is another program to listen to after you climb in bed.  The Silent Path – This music-only CD provides the perfect background for meditation or just relaxation. Escape From Depression – When feelings of helplessness and hopelessness persist beyond a few weeks, this two-CD program will help you rediscover the spark of life (in severe cases of despair and exhaustion, evaluation by a mental health professional is wise).     Phase II – Discovering Deeper Learnings – Who am I Now, and What Is My Mission?  After one or several weeks, the acute pain becomes less intense, and there is more emotional and mental space available. While continuing your relationships with loved ones, it is now time to reassess who you are now, and what are the changes that you want to bring into your life. I Am: Awakening Self-Acceptance – A Heart-to-Heart talk followed by two guided meditations take you to a special place within, where you go past superficial aspects to the deepest part of your being. There you discover the ever growing core (your capital “S” Self), nurture it, and embody it in your everyday life.  Accepting Change and Moving On – Through two deeply relaxing guided imagery experiences you will learn the secret of letting go that occurs with each breath, the comfort and freedom of releasing, and the peace of completion and new opportunities.   The Serenity Prayer – Heart-to-Heart wisdom and guided imagery: understand the true source of wisdom, serenity and courage, and use them intelligently.  Phase III – Spirit in Action: Your Duty to the Deepest Part of Yourself  Sometimes the process of healing from a great loss or trauma awakens you to the fact that your life is not meaningless – you have a mission. The following programs help you further identify your goals and stay on focus. There are things we have to do – play your part.  Awakening the Leader Within – Stage a revolution and seize control of your life; guide it with your deeper Self, then play your part in leading in your community.   Begin Your Day the Olympian Way –Dr. Miller and 3-time Olympic Athlete Marilyn King: trains you in the use of the strategies and visualization skills of top athletes, leaders, performers, and others. Personal Excellence – a 6 part program for discovering your true value and purpose and how to create a compelling vision of the future you want to create and empowering yourself to create it.  Abolish Anxiety –An effective set of inner exercises to decondition the anxious part of yourself and awaken the courage to meet your challenges.   Healing Our Planet – A guided meditation to bring healing to all of humanity as well as the Life force on the entire planet.         PRESS RELEASE:  December 19, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact:  Aeron Miller, General Manager (800) 528-2737; Aeron@DrMiller.com Healing Trauma &amp; Treating PTSD  Recovering from the Newtown School Shooting and Preventing Another You don’t have to be a direct victim of trauma to be profoundly traumatized by an event as horrific as the Newtown Massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Even President Obama cried, notes Dr. Emmett Miller of Nevada City. An internationally recognized physician specializing in healing and recovery from trauma, Dr. Miller is offering a free mp3 (a downloadable online recording) on how we can cope with our own anguish, help those whom we love – and change a nation, culture and media that glorify violence. “Healing Trauma &amp; Treating PTSD – Recovering from the Newtown School Shooting and Preventing Another” is a two-part presentation from one of the pioneers of mind-body medicine. Part One analyzes how we can respond – not just react – to this tragedy. An appeal to both our deepest emotions and highest intellect, Part One takes us from our most intense feelings of loss and grief through the trauma healing process to the most practical and political solutions of how we can turn this crisis into an opportunity to, literally, change the world. Using the precepts of his recent book “Our Culture on the Couch – 7 Steps to Global Healing,” Miller takes us on a journey from the most basic step of being in, and accepting, the present reality to the ultimate step of committing to staying on course to changing ourselves and the world. While Part One challenges our most fundamental fears and beliefs in a positive way, Part Two gives us respite from the horrors we face via guided imagery meditation. In his hypnotically soothing voice, Miller leads us to a place of both peace and empowerment. “Healing Trauma &amp; Treating PTSD – Recovering from the Newtown School Shooting and Preventing Another” is available for free at www.DrMiller.com/healingtrauma/. “When news of yet another outbreak of senseless violence, the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, my heart was deeply saddened.” Said a passionate Dr. Miller, “I knew this event would traumatize many people, and so I create this program to help people heal, grow, and respond effectively to this nationwide crisis.” For those who want to explore more deeply how we can change the world by changing ourselves, Dr. Miller is offering a free e-book copy of “Our Culture on the Couch – 7 Steps to Global Healing.” To obtain a copy, just sign up for the free Healing Times newsletter at www.drmiller.com/newsletter/. For more information, visit www.drmiller.com or call 530-478-1807. Additional resources include facebook.com/AskDrMiller, twitter.com/DocMiller and youtube.com/EmmettMillerMD.  # # #

Because much of my work has been helping people heal from trauma and abuse, I have been asked to comment on the recent school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. In this podcast I will be sharing some suggestions of how you can: 1) Release and heal from any trauma you might feel in the wake of this tragedy. 2) Suggestions as to what you can do to answer deeper questions like: Why did this shooting happen? Why do these things continue to happen? And is there something that I can do about it? Thank you so much for spending time with me, I wish you infinite blessings, unconditional love, and the presence to fully enjoy them. <blockquote> <h2></h2> <h3>Free Podcast: Healing Trauma and Treating PTSD Program</h3> <h4></h4> <a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/UVJnN3RXcWY5bEROTzhUQw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Please be patient as the media loads… ***If you are unable to download this MP3, please <a href="mailto: aeron@drmiller.com">send us an email.</a></blockquote> <h1>Programs for Healing and Recovering from Trauma, Crisis, and Preventing PTSD</h1> You don’t have to be there at ground zero to be impacted and even profoundly traumatized by an event as horrific as the Newtown Massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Even President Obama cried. Dealing effectively with such challenges requires you to: Phase 1. Go through the appropriate grieving period with sufficient relaxation that you do not develop post-traumatic stress issues, yet remain sensitive and responsive to the naturally healing feelings of grief. Phase 2. Discover what it is that you need to learn from what has happened. Phase 3. Develop the focus, courage, and commitment to take the actions that you know are the right ones, no matter how difficult. The Audio programs below have been prepared by <a href="/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Emmett Miller</a>. You can learn more about <a href="http://drmiller.com/learning-center/aboutmindbodymedicine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mind-Body Medicine</a> and the use of <a href="http://drmiller.com/learning-center/mindtools/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mind-Tools</a> at his Informational Website. <h2>Phase I – Surviving the Initial Trauma and Feelings of Loss </h2> Use the following programs while there are still acute symptoms of shock, sadness, grief, despair, and depression – it may continue for one or more weeks. Their use may be continued into later phases of recovery and renaissance. <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=18&amp;parent=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Letting Go Of Stress</a> – Tools and techniques for keeping your body balanced and free from excess stress and its damaging chemicals. <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Journey</a> and <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=108" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rainbow Butterfly</a> – two beautiful programs weaving the guidance of Dr. Miller’s words together with original music – pure relaxation and peace. <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=14&amp;parent=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Easing Into Sleep</a> – When it is difficult to turn off the mind and quiet the emotions enough to get to sleep try this. <a href="/browse-mp3-downloads/goodbye-insomnia-deep-sleep-through-hypnosis-mp3-download/156" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Goodbye Insomnia</a> (MP3 only) – is another program to listen to after you climb in bed. <a href="/dr.-miller-recommends/the-silent-path-robert-haig-coxon-cd/101" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Silent Path</a> – This music-only CD provides the perfect background for meditation or just relaxation. <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Escape From Depression </a>– When feelings of helplessness and hopelessness persist beyond a few weeks, this two-CD program will help you rediscover the spark of life (in severe cases of despair and exhaustion, evaluation by a mental health professional is wise). <h2>Phase II – Discovering Deeper Learnings – Who am I Now, and What Is My Mission? </h2> After one or several weeks, the acute pain becomes less intense, and there is more emotional and mental space available. While continuing your relationships with loved ones, it is now time to reassess who you are now, and what are the changes that you want to bring into your life. <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=41" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Am: Awakening Self-Acceptance</a> – A Heart-to-Heart talk followed by two guided meditations take you to a special place within, where you go past superficial aspects to the deepest part of your being. There you discover the ever growing core (your capital “S” Self), nurture it, and embody it in your everyday life. <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Accepting Change and Moving On</a> – Through two deeply relaxing guided imagery experiences you will learn the secret of letting go that occurs with each breath, the comfort and freedom of releasing, and the peace of completion and new opportunities. <a href="/change-habits-and-behaviors/serenity-prayer/21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="/change-habits-and-behaviors/serenity-prayer/21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Serenity Prayer</a> – Heart-to-Heart wisdom and guided imagery: understand the true source of wisdom, serenity and courage, and use them intelligently. <h2>Phase III – Spirit in Action: Your Duty to the Deepest Part of Yourself </h2> Sometimes the process of healing from a great loss or trauma awakens you to the fact that your life is not meaningless – you have a mission. The following programs help you further identify your goals and stay on focus. There are things we have to do – play your part. <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=33" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Awakening the Leader Within</a> – Stage a revolution and seize control of your life; guide it with your deeper Self, then play your part in leading in your community. <a href="/browse-cds/begin-your-day-the-olympian-way-the-fastrack-to-leadership-gold-cd/159" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="/browse-cds/begin-your-day-the-olympian-way-the-fastrack-to-leadership-gold-cd/159" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Begin Your Day the Olympian Way</a> –Dr. Miller and 3-time Olympic Athlete Marilyn King: trains you in the use of the strategies and visualization skills of top athletes, leaders, performers, and others. <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=31" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal Excellence</a> – a 6 part program for discovering your true value and purpose and how to create a compelling vision of the future you want to create and empowering yourself to create it. <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=28" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abolish Anxiety</a> –An effective set of inner exercises to decondition the anxious part of yourself and awaken the courage to meet your challenges. <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=34" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="/index.php?p=product&amp;id=34" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Our Planet</a> – A guided meditation to bring healing to all of humanity as well as the Life force on the entire planet. <h1></h1> <h1></h1> <h1></h1> <h1>PRESS RELEASE:</h1> <h1><a href="http://drmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HealingTraumaTreatingPTSDPressReleaseDrMiller.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></h1> December 19, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: Aeron Miller, General Manager (800) 528-2737; <a href="mailto:Aeron@DrMiller.com">Aeron@DrMiller.com</a> Healing Trauma &amp; Treating PTSD Recovering from the Newtown School Shooting and Preventing Another You don’t have to be a direct victim of trauma to be profoundly traumatized by an event as horrific as the Newtown Massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Even President Obama cried, notes Dr. Emmett Miller of Nevada City. An internationally recognized physician specializing in healing and recovery from trauma, Dr. Miller is offering a free mp3 (a downloadable online recording) on how we can cope with our own anguish, help those whom we love – and change a nation, culture and media that glorify violence. “Healing Trauma &amp; Treating PTSD – Recovering from the Newtown School Shooting and Preventing Another” is a two-part presentation from one of the pioneers of mind-body medicine. Part One analyzes how we can respond – not just react – to this tragedy. An appeal to both our deepest emotions and highest intellect, Part One takes us from our most intense feelings of loss and grief through the trauma healing process to the most practical and political solutions of how we can turn this crisis into an opportunity to, literally, change the world. Using the precepts of his recent book “Our Culture on the Couch – 7 Steps to Global Healing,” Miller takes us on a journey from the most basic step of being in, and accepting, the present reality to the ultimate step of committing to staying on course to changing ourselves and the world. While Part One challenges our most fundamental fears and beliefs in a positive way, Part Two gives us respite from the horrors we face via guided imagery meditation. In his hypnotically soothing voice, Miller leads us to a place of both peace and empowerment. “Healing Trauma &amp; Treating PTSD – Recovering from the Newtown School Shooting and Preventing Another” is available for free at <a href="http://www.DrMiller.com/healingtrauma/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.DrMiller.com/healingtrauma/</a>. “When news of yet another outbreak of senseless violence, the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, my heart was deeply saddened.” Said a passionate Dr. Miller, “I knew this event would traumatize many people, and so I create this program to help people heal, grow, and respond effectively to this nationwide crisis.” For those who want to explore more deeply how we can change the world by changing ourselves, Dr. Miller is offering a free e-book copy of “Our Culture on the Couch – 7 Steps to Global Healing.” To obtain a copy, just sign up for the free Healing Times newsletter at <a href="https://www.drmiller.com/newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.drmiller.com/newsletter/</a>. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.drmiller.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.drmiller.com</a> or call 530-478-1807. Additional resources include <a href="http://facebook.com/AskDrMiller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/AskDrMiller</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/DocMiller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/DocMiller</a> and <a href="http://youtube.com/EmmettMillerMD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com/EmmettMillerMD</a>. <h1><a href="http://drmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HealingTraumaTreatingPTSDPressReleaseDrMiller.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></h1> # # #

Healing Trauma and Treating PTSD – Recovering from the Newtown School Shooting and Preventing Another [Free Podcast]

Unwanted habits, addictions, self-defeating patterns of behavior are something we all have to deal with – and we often fail to make the changes we want to make. This guided imagery audio experience is an excerpt from Dr. Miller’s Lecture: How to Change Your Habits, Addictions, and Behaviors. Guided Imagery and Meditation are effective tools that can give us the power to tune into our minds and bodies and gently convince them to behave in ways that support our lives. Learn how to access the power of your emotions, quiet the intensity of your cravings, and use mental imagery to create new goals and motivations for your unconscious mind. Just as a dog or monkey can be trained to behave in certain ways, your mind and body (in essence, the “animal” part of you) have been trained to behave. And just as a computer can be reprogrammed, you can reprogram your mind and body to overcome urges, impulses, and addictions. Use this meditation to support the changing of such maladaptive patterns as overeating, overspending, over drinking, smoking, and gambling – as well as more subtle ones as procrastination, impulsiveness, or failing to establish positive patterns of exercising or relating to others. [1] Miller, Emmett, Our Culture on the Couch – 7 Steps to Global Healing   Connect online: If you enjoyed this Guided Meditation Podcast, please subscribe to our Free Guided Meditation Podcast Channel! Please Connect with Dr. Miller Online:      Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes or with another podcatcher Join the Ask Dr. Miller Facebook Page Follow Dr. Miller on LinkedIn! Receive 2 Free Gifts when you sign up for Healing Times eNewsletter. We will make sure you are notified of any new Free Guided Meditations!    

<a href="https://drmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Lotus-4.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Unwanted habits, addictions, self-defeating patterns of behavior are something we all have to deal with – and we often fail to make the changes we want to make. This <a href="https://drmiller.com/category/free-audio/freemeditationandguidedimagery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">guided imagery audio</a> experience is an excerpt from Dr. Miller’s Lecture: How to Change Your Habits, Addictions, and Behaviors. <a href="https://drmiller.com/learningcenter/guidedimagery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Guided Imagery</a> and Meditation are effective tools that can give us the power to tune into our minds and bodies and gently convince them to behave in ways that support our lives. Learn how to access the power of your emotions, quiet the intensity of your cravings, and use mental imagery to create new goals and motivations for your unconscious mind. Just as a dog or monkey can be trained to behave in certain ways, your mind and body (in essence, the “animal” part of you) have been trained to behave. And just as a computer can be reprogrammed, you can reprogram your mind and body to overcome urges, impulses, and addictions. Use this meditation to support the changing of such maladaptive patterns as overeating, overspending, over drinking, smoking, and gambling – as well as more subtle ones as procrastination, impulsiveness, or failing to establish positive patterns of exercising or relating to others. [1] Miller, Emmett, Our Culture on the Couch – 7 Steps to Global Healing Connect online: If you enjoyed this Guided Meditation Podcast, please subscribe to our <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/DrMillerMeditationsAndGuidedImagery" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Free Guided Meditation Podcast Channel</a>! <h3>Please Connect with Dr. Miller Online:</h3> <ul> <li> <ul> <li> <ul> <li>Subscribe, rate, and review <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id356411613" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">in iTunes</a> or with <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/DrMillerMeditationsAndGuidedImagery" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">another podcatcher</a></li> <li>Join the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AskDrMiller" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ask Dr. Miller Facebook Page</a></li> <li>Follow <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmettmillermd/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Miller on LinkedIn!</a></li> <li>Receive 2 Free Gifts when you sign up for <a href="https://drmiller.com/newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Times eNewsletter</a>. We will make sure you are notified of any new Free Guided Meditations!</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li></ul>

Change Habits, Addictions, and Behaviors [Free Guided Imagery Meditation]

Enjoy this guided imagery journey within to the source of light, an experience and reaffirmation of Love, and an opportunity to kindle compassion and joy and radiate peace and spirit to the world. Listen Now:    Transcription Below: Journey within Come to your senses, and notice to what degree you are seeing, hearing, feeling and thinking about things in the external world. As I count, relax and allow your senses to release any hold on the exterior, allow your awareness to come within. Find a place in your heart and mind in which you feel stable, calm, peaceful, and loving. Use whatever spiritual, psychological, energetic, and physical tools or technique to help you accomplish this. Experience yourself being visited by those you love and have loved, and those who love you and have loved you. Be aware of what a gift love is. Feel it kindling warmth in your heart. • Imagine as clearly and lovingly as you can, your connections to the rest of humanity, to the world of nature and the land, and to whatever spiritual forces and images of sacredness are meaningful to you. Feel those connections enhance your presence by enabling you to be part of a larger wholeness, one graced with compassion, love and an intelligent, wise awareness. • Hold your sense of yourself within that enhanced presence and feel its energy go out to your immediate environment, connecting in loving ways with the specific world around you. Imagine you are overflowing with this energy, that it radiates from you like a beautiful golden light, spreading out to all around you. Feel yourself respecting and honoring the light of those around you. And if you wish, imagine it spreads out from you and from your kindred spirits and loved ones, that it flows out to the community, and even planetwide, drawing together in peaceful collaboration, people who have been split apart by differences of race, politics, ethnicity, religion, geography. As you feel and see them, hold them in the grace of a loving, peaceful spirit, and imagine they discover peaceful ways to communicate with each other. And if there’s a specific area of conflict you wish to direct this energy towards, visualize that conflict dissolving into peace and agape – true love. Now, as you gradually return your senses and awareness to the world around you, imagine that your very being radiates light, like a lighthouse, a beacon of stability, peace, calm, forgiveness, love, and compassion. Imagine waves of light and love spreading out and joining with the waves of other, similar, lighthouses – other people working to express peace, compassion and love in their lives. And as these waves connect, they are weaving a web of light that is spreading all around, empowering all of us, everywhere. Imagery inspired by David Spangler    Related programs: Expand on the Beacon of Love and Peace Guided Imagery you just experienced with Healing Our Planet: Global Peace Meditations. Journey deeper and explore Dr. Miller’s global healing mediation, ‘Healing Our Planet‘.  Discover how you can make a difference through passion, compassion and love. In your heart is the future of our planet; learn how to empower your mental imagery to serve your most deeply held values. Experience the wisdom of the ages wedded to cutting-edge mind-body and peak performance technology. Relax and enjoy the uniquely beautiful voice of Dr. Miller. One of the fathers of Holistic Healing, Dr. Miller introduced the world to the power of creative visualization, and the use of meditation cassettes and CD’s. The future is not somewhere we’re going, it’s a place we’re creating, in each moment, with each thought, with each image. Here’s how to intentionally choose to transform the world the way you want. Read the full description…

Enjoy this <a href="https://drmiller.com/learningcenter/guidedimagery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">guided imagery</a> journey within to the source of light, an experience and reaffirmation of Love, and an opportunity to kindle compassion and joy and radiate peace and spirit to the world. <h3>Listen Now:</h3> <h4></h4> <h3></h3> <h3>Transcription Below:</h3> Journey within Come to your senses, and notice to what degree you are seeing, hearing, feeling and thinking about things in the external world. As I count, relax and allow your senses to release any hold on the exterior, allow your awareness to come within. Find a place in your heart and mind in which you feel stable, calm, peaceful, and loving. Use whatever spiritual, psychological, energetic, and physical tools or technique to help you accomplish this. Experience yourself being visited by those you love and have loved, and those who love you and have loved you. Be aware of what a gift love is. Feel it kindling warmth in your heart. • Imagine as clearly and lovingly as you can, your connections to the rest of humanity, to the world of nature and the land, and to whatever spiritual forces and images of sacredness are meaningful to you. Feel those connections enhance your presence by enabling you to be part of a larger wholeness, one graced with compassion, love and an intelligent, wise awareness. • Hold your sense of yourself within that enhanced presence and feel its energy go out to your immediate environment, connecting in loving ways with the specific world around you. Imagine you are overflowing with this energy, that it radiates from you like a beautiful golden light, spreading out to all around you. Feel yourself respecting and honoring the light of those around you. And if you wish, imagine it spreads out from you and from your kindred spirits and loved ones, that it flows out to the community, and even planetwide, drawing together in peaceful collaboration, people who have been split apart by differences of race, politics, ethnicity, religion, geography. As you feel and see them, hold them in the grace of a loving, peaceful spirit, and imagine they discover peaceful ways to communicate with each other. And if there’s a specific area of conflict you wish to direct this energy towards, visualize that conflict dissolving into peace and agape – true love. Now, as you gradually return your senses and awareness to the world around you, imagine that your very being radiates light, like a lighthouse, a beacon of stability, peace, calm, forgiveness, love, and compassion. Imagine waves of light and love spreading out and joining with the waves of other, similar, lighthouses – other people working to express peace, compassion and love in their lives. And as these waves connect, they are weaving a web of light that is spreading all around, empowering all of us, everywhere. Imagery inspired by <a href="http://www.davidspangler.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Spangler</a> <h3>Related programs:</h3> Expand on the Beacon of Love and Peace Guided Imagery you just experienced with <a href="https://drmiller.mypinnaclecart.com/peak-performance/healing-our-planet-cd/34" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Our Planet: Global Peace Meditations</a>. Journey deeper and explore Dr. Miller’s global healing mediation, ‘<a href="https://drmiller.mypinnaclecart.com/peak-performance/healing-our-planet-cd/34" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Our Planet</a>‘.  Discover how you can make a difference through passion, compassion and love. In your heart is the future of our planet; learn how to empower your mental imagery to serve your most deeply held values. Experience the wisdom of the ages wedded to cutting-edge mind-body and peak performance technology. Relax and enjoy the uniquely beautiful voice of Dr. Miller. One of the fathers of Holistic Healing, Dr. Miller introduced the world to the power of creative visualization, and the use of meditation cassettes and CD’s. The future is not somewhere we’re going, it’s a place we’re creating, in each moment, with each thought, with each image. Here’s how to intentionally choose to transform the world the way you want. <a href="https://drmiller.mypinnaclecart.com/peak-performance/healing-our-planet-cd/34" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read the full description…</a>

A Beacon of Love and Peace [Free Guided Imagery Meditation]

Guided Imagery offers us an opportunity to calm our minds and feel deep appreciation for the beautiful things in our lives.  For many of us, the world moves along so quickly, and the endless stream of appointments, phone calls, emails, and other Things That Need To Be Done Next continually distracts us from the all important step of positive feedback. The nature of our world is such that many decisions need to be made by the unconscious levels of the mind. Unless we create a clear, compelling image of the way we want to be and the life we want to create, that part of us may head in the wrong direction. And with so many negative messages (eg, economic woes, climate change, illness, pollution, politics), it is easy to lose our way and succumb to the toxicity of stress and depression. Actually, there are many more positives within than negatives, and here is a way to make these known to your faithful unconscious mind – to really assume leadership in your life – by touching the positive experiences of the recent past and connecting them to the deepest level of your being. In this way you are setting your compass – and empowering the behaviors and experiences you want more of in your life. So find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed for ten minutes and recharge!

<a href="https://www.drmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/shutterstock_10763500-copy.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://drmiller.com/learningcenter/guidedimagery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Guided Imagery</a> offers us an opportunity to calm our minds and feel deep appreciation for the beautiful things in our lives.  For many of us, the world moves along so quickly, and the endless stream of appointments, phone calls, emails, and other Things That Need To Be Done Next continually distracts us from the all important step of positive feedback. The nature of our world is such that many decisions need to be made by the unconscious levels of the mind. Unless we create a clear, compelling image of the way we want to be and the life we want to create, that part of us may head in the wrong direction. And with so many negative messages (eg, economic woes, climate change, illness, pollution, politics), it is easy to lose our way and succumb to the toxicity of stress and depression. Actually, there are many more positives within than negatives, and here is a way to make these known to your faithful unconscious mind – to really assume leadership in your life – by touching the positive experiences of the recent past and connecting them to the deepest level of your being. In this way you are setting your compass – and empowering the behaviors and experiences you want more of in your life. So find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed for ten minutes and recharge!

A Warm Winters Guided Imagery Meditation on Gratitude

In honor of everyone who is confronting cancer in their lives, I have prepared this special free deep relaxation and guided imagery experience. I had the honor of co-founding the second cancer self-help center in the world, and the first that began to train interns. It’s hard to believe these days, where EVERY self respecting hospital, medical center, and clinic has patient self-help groups, that in 1977 there were NONE. In those days patients could not utter the word “cancer” without trembling in fear, and physicians and families would often hide from people the fact that they had cancer. We discovered that patients who visualized their white cells as aggressive, even vicious, attacking agents, and the cancer cells as being weak and confused had much more favorable outcomes. The imagery here is based on that which we used at the center, where i remained as medical director for 20 years.     Dr. Miller’s Cancer Support Products and Free Resources:   • This Anti-Cancer imagery is a great addition to my other CDs of imagery for cancer patients. I have recently published 2 new CDs for those in chemo or radiation therapy. • Feel free to forward to anyone with any kind of cancer, with my best wishes for complete healing. • Learn more about How Guided Imagery and Meditation Can Assist in Cancer Treatment• About Dr. Miller’s Cancer Support Guided Imagery and Meditation CDs, MP3 Downloads, DVDs and Books. • Listen to Elizabeth L. Richeson, Ph.D., M.S. PhysPharm speaking about her own use of Dr. Miller’s Guided Imagery recordings in her profession and in her personal battle with Cancer. Listen to Dr. Dr. Richeson:    Ask Questions and Join the Conversation:  Let me know what you think of this guided imagery experience. What other Guided Imagery Experience do YOU want to hear? What would be most beneficial? How are YOU using guided imagery in your healing?  Share it!

<a href="https://www.drmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Anti-Cancer-Imagery.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>In honor of everyone who is confronting cancer in their lives, I have prepared this special free deep relaxation and guided imagery experience. I had the honor of co-founding the second cancer self-help center in the world, and the first that began to train interns. It’s hard to believe these days, where EVERY self respecting hospital, medical center, and clinic has patient self-help groups, that in 1977 there were NONE. In those days patients could not utter the word “cancer” without trembling in fear, and physicians and families would often hide from people the fact that they had cancer. We discovered that patients who visualized their white cells as aggressive, even vicious, attacking agents, and the cancer cells as being weak and confused had much more favorable outcomes. The imagery here is based on that which we used at the center, where i remained as medical director for 20 years. <h3>Dr. Miller’s Cancer Support Products and Free Resources:</h3> • This Anti-Cancer imagery is a great addition to my other <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=catalog&amp;parent=43&amp;pg=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CDs of imagery for cancer patients.</a> I have recently published 2 new CDs for those in<a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=catalog&amp;mode=search&amp;search_in=all&amp;search_str=optimi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> chemo or radiation therapy</a>. • Feel free to forward to anyone with any kind of cancer, with my best wishes for complete healing. • Learn more about <a href="http://drmiller.com/2010/10/answer-to-cancer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Guided Imagery and Meditation Can Assist in Cancer Treatment</a>• About <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=catalog&amp;parent=43&amp;pg=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Miller’s Cancer Support Guided Imagery and Meditation CDs, MP3 Downloads, DVDs and Books.</a> • Listen to Elizabeth L. Richeson, Ph.D., M.S. PhysPharm speaking about her own use of Dr. Miller’s Guided Imagery recordings in her profession and in her personal battle with Cancer. <h3>Listen to Dr. Dr. Richeson: </h3> <h3>Ask Questions and Join the Conversation:</h3> <ul> <li>Let me know what you think of this guided imagery experience.</li> <li>What other Guided Imagery Experience do YOU want to hear?</li> <li>What would be most beneficial?</li> <li>How are YOU using guided imagery in your healing?</li> </ul> <h2>Share it!</h2>

Free Anti-Cancer Guided Imagery Experience, Empowering Your Immune System – From Dr. Miller

The extraordinary skills of meditation and guided imagery are at the heart of Dr. Miller’s work and Mind-Body Medicine. Here you will find numerous opportunities to experience Dr. Miller’s artistry in creating a soothing and inspiring vocal guidance, woven through a tapestry of lovely music and nature sounds – all dedicated to helping you guide your mind, body, emotions, and spirit towards healing and peak performance.

What’s the first thing to do if you get a diagnosis of cancer? Grab a deep relaxation and guided imagery CD! Really. It could save your life. When people first receive the message from their physician that their body may be harboring a potentially fatal disease, they are usually dumbfounded, commonly frightened, and often emotionally traumatized. This is unfortunate, since such reactions of helplessness associated with the illness create an internal physiological and psychological state which may actually impair the body’s ability to defend itself against this invader. Since guided imagery in the state of deep relaxation has been shown to assist the healing process in many illnesses, including cancer, it should be made available as soon as possible to anyone newly diagnosed with cancer – as well as those with other chronic illnesses. It’s the least expensive, fastest, and possibly the most important single thing you can do. A patient’s physical comfort and perception of pain can often be markedly altered, as can their attitude, mood, willingness to undergo invasive procedures, or to participate actively in the treatment – even their ability to successfully survive the treatment. All these are profoundly influenced by the attitude and the mental self image he or she has, of the disease, of the treatment, and of those who are rendering care. Certain ways of approaching the illness are far more likely to produce a successful outcome, cure and complete healing. Well-designed guided imagery and deep relaxation – what I call “Software for the Mind” – functions to enable the person to move through acceptance, to awaken the inner potential to heal and become whole, and to free the body of the stress that could otherwise worsen the illness. And the sooner an individual begins this process, the better. I will describe some of the most important ways that these tools can be used as valuable adjuncts to treatment in a moment, but first lets look at the role of your mental imagery in preventing cancer. Guided Imagery and The Prevention of Cancer Of course the best use of guided imagery in confronting the challenges of cancer is to employ it at the stage of prevention Sometimes, for example, a woman with breast lump or unusual bleeding, or a man who notices an abnormal mole on his skin will avoid seeing a health professional because of fear they experience when they consider that this might be a cancer. Yet by avoiding that cognitive dissonance they fail to have the mass removed before it spreads, and while it is still curable. A different mental image can be developed, one which could tolerate the idea of having an unknown mass checked out, and save their lives. Another example is represented by the person who needs to change their inner imagery is the person who engages in behaviors that can lead to the development of cancer – such assmoking or exposing him or herself to other toxic substances, or eating an unhealthy diet (fat, charred meat, low vegetable intake). Guided imagery techniques can help resolve the emotional states that underlie such self-destructive behaviors. A few counseling visits and/or the use of the appropriate CDs are often all that is needed. (For example, see Weight Loss/Management and Smoke No More) The Power of Imagery and Meditation in the Clinical Setting One of the physician’s first challenges is how to inform the person that they may have cancer. The mental image the doctor creates in the mind of the patient is very important. Because of this natural reaction of fear, rather than face the emotions, the doctor will sometimes try to be matter-of-fact about it, saying something insensitive, like, “Your tests showed that you may possibly have a rapidly-growing cancer that could kill you within 6 to 12 months. I will take another biopsy today to confirm the diagnosis. Come back in a week and I will let you know what we find out.” Imagine how news delivered that way affects a patient! Yet it happens far more often than you’d think it would. Now, compare how different the mental image and resultant inner experience are when, instead, the physician says, “We’ll have to repeat the tests we did last week. They are inconclusive. There’s a possibility that there are some atypical cells, and we want to run another test. The first one may be in error. I’m certain, whatever the result, that we’ll find a way to deal with it.” Remarkably, I have heard dozens of stories from patients who were treated like the person in the first example, and sometimes even more crudely. The mental, emotional and physical shock they experienced at this time often proved to be quite catastrophic to their lives, leading to acute emotional problems, and often persistent depression and/or anxiety. It is not uncommon for this kind of shock to create serious disruption of relationships, social and work life – and, as you can imagine, fear of doctors and medical procedures, even when the first diagnosis turns out to be a false positive! How a person is treated by his or her health professional is critically important, and the skills of empathetic communication and guided imagery are most valuable. I have always started my training of medical students with this wisdom. After all, what we want most is a happy, healthy patient. (Verbal First Aid by Dr. Prager is an excellent read for Health Professionals and laypeople alike.  Listen to the Healing Times Radio Archive of my interview with Dr. Prager on my show, Healing Times Radio). Early Cancer Treatment Once a cancer has actually been diagnosed, there are several opportunities for the use of deep relaxation and guided imagery – to improve healing function and eliminate unnecessary emotional stress (for the diagnosed individual and their support network). As you probably know, stress has been shown, in many scientific studies, to inhibit healing. By using guided imagery you can enable yourself to maintain a positive self-image, a feeling of empowerment, and confidence in your ability to tolerate your treatment well – and to heal. Depression and anxiety due to personal fears or cultural expectations add to the inadvertent negative imagery the patient experiences from health personnel, family, and the environment. These have been shown to interfere with the inner healing process. Such emotional states can cause a person to fear valuable and even curative therapies – and that same fear may interfere physiologically with the effectiveness of any that are tried. (see Freeing Yourself From Fear) The purpose of guided imagery and relaxation is: 1. To enable identification with the strong, successful part of the Self – the part that believes/knows healing and wellness are possible. 2. To understand at a deep level the meaning of the Serenity Prayer, the role of acceptance, courage, and wisdom, and how to access them 3. To experience the confidence and empowerment that is gained by coming into the present moment 4. To discover how to let be what is, and to access the inner ability to respond mindfully, and not merely react. In our culture we use denial a great deal. Every physician gets to see at least one person who was so fearful of finding a lump they refused to have the recommended regular examinations. Deep Relaxation provides an excellent way for the psyche to be prepared to accept the truth of the moment – it is the antidote to fear, and it eliminates the reason to avoid seeing the truth. After all, the acceptance of what is true in the moment gives you the power to use the resources you have available to successfully address the situation and gain the best possible outcome. And when it comes to cancer, the outcome is what really counts the most. (Abolish Anxiety is an effective program for dealing with unnecessary fears of this kind). Once relaxation has been achieved positive image outcomes can be suggested and visualized. Imagery and Interventions You will also find that deep relaxation and guided imagery are extremely useful before, during and after therapeutic interventions – such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. (see Cancer Support Programs including Optimizing Chemotherapy and Optimizing Radiation Therapy)The use of these Software For The Mind tools can help reduce the discomfort and side effects of radiation and chemotherapy, thus allowing the use, in some cases, of even larger doses, thereby ensuring better chances of complete success. Imagery such as a shield protecting the normal cells of your body from radiation – or from toxic chemicals – tends to increase your sense of empowerment and involvement in the healing process, markedly improving outcomes, whether or not there is a direct impact upon the actual membranes of the cells in question. (See Healing from Cancer,) Guided imagery, along with deep relaxation, is also effective for dealing with the surgery that is sometimes needed by the cancer patient. By using image rehearsal techniques for days or weeks before the surgery, you train the mind and body in how to respond to the anesthesia, the surgery, and the healing. By the time you are in the operating room, your body is primed to go into anesthesia quickly, thus reducing the amount of anesthetic agent your body will have to take in and detoxify – making the surgery safer, and recovery faster. Further, when this is combined with the use of these techniques after surgery there is less pain and swelling, ambulation is faster, and healing time and hospital stay are shortened by about 25% (and that means 25% less opportunity to acquire a hospital-based infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria). (see Surgery, Operations, and Procedures and Successful Surgery and Recovery). Can The Mind Really Fight Cancer? It is important that when someone gets injured or sick, we see two separate, but related, phenomena – the disease and the illness. In the case of cancer, the disease is represented by the abnormal cells that are attempting to grow without bounds. The illness is the loss of weight, the fatigue, the pain, the feeling of helplessness and hopelessness, the fear that treatment will not work, and the other unpleasant experiences represent the illness. While it has not been conclusively demonstrated, a positive attitude and effective imagery can directly kill all cancer cells, studies have shown they are enormously effective defeating the illness. And when a person is less ill, they have a better chance of responding to any threat to their balance of health, and of surviving treatment that is powerful enough to cure the disease. Some of the imagery approaches that have been found to be effective involve visualizing the cancer cells as being weak, confused, disoriented mutant bodily cells that need to be eliminated. Correspondingly, the cells of the immune system are seen as powerful, wise, and capable of attacking and destroying these cancer cells. Sometimes the imagery used is realistic, and sometimes metaphorical (which is how the mind impacts the body anyway). So a given person may see the cancer cells as mice and the immune cells as hungry cats, or see the cancer cells as outlaws wearing black hats, and the immune system’s cells as the good guys wearing, of course white hats. Still other people have less violent imagery, such as coming into harmony and simply halting the growth of the cancer cells, creating a safe long term balance.  In this way the healthy body establishes a balance with a tuberculosis bacterium, thus preventing its spread while not eliminating it completely (a kind of New Paradigm solution).Healing From Cancerguides imagery in this way, while the DVD,Immuno-Imagery, shows how this happens using photomicroscopy as well as interpretive animation. (For more information about the roots of disease and its symptoms, and how to address them, see Deep Healing – The Essence of Mind-Body Medicine.) In Conclusion So, once again I say (only a little tongue-in-cheek), maybe the first and best thing to do in dealing with cancer, before or after it is discovered, is to use deep relaxation, meditation, and guided imagery tools. Through them you can “Change Your Mind – And Change Your Life.” Discussion, comments and questions: At the end of this post you will find a place ‘Join the Conversation’. I would love to hear from you.  Feel free to answer some of the questions below or let me know whatever is on your mind. 1. Have you used alternative therapies in Cancer (or other chronic illness)? 2. How about Guided Imagery? How did it work? 3. Feel free to ask questions   If you have the unfortunate opportunity to know someone diagnosed with cancer, it is important to show them you care and have them in your thoughts. This can be very difficult to express in such trying times. Try taking a sincere approach by getting them a special gift or taking them out for dinner. In this article, Dr. Miller gives his insight behind a tactful and meaningful way to show your support.  Gift Ideas For Cancer Patients   Learn More About Dr. Miller’s Cancer Support Products and Free Resources About Dr. Miller’s Cancer Support Guided Imagery and Meditation CDs, MP3 Downloads, DVDs and Books. Listen to a FREE Guided Imagery: Anti-Cancer Guided Imagery, Empowering Your Immune System Listen to Elizabeth L. Richeson, Ph.D., M.S. PhysPharm speaking about her own use of Dr. Miller’s Guided Imagery recordings in her profession and in her personal battle with Cancer. Listen to Dr. Dr. Richeson:   If you enjoyed this audio article… Please Connect with Dr. Miller Online:     Subscribe, rate, and review Healing Times Radio: Conversations with Extraordinary People in iTunes or with another podcatcher Join the Ask Dr. Miller Facebook Page Follow Dr. Miller on Twitter! 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What’s the first thing to do if you get a diagnosis of cancer? Grab a deep relaxation and guided imagery CD! Really. It could save your life. When people first receive the message from their physician that their body may be harboring a potentially fatal disease, they are usually dumbfounded, commonly frightened, and often emotionally traumatized. This is unfortunate, since such reactions of helplessness associated with the illness create an internal physiological and psychological state which may actually impair the body’s ability to defend itself against this invader. Since guided imagery in the state of deep relaxation has been shown to assist the healing process in many illnesses, including cancer, it should be made available as soon as possible to anyone newly diagnosed with cancer – as well as those with other chronic illnesses. It’s the least expensive, fastest, and possibly the most important single thing you can do. A patient’s physical comfort and perception of pain can often be markedly altered, as can their attitude, mood, willingness to undergo invasive procedures, or to participate actively in the treatment – even their ability to successfully survive the treatment. All these are profoundly influenced by the attitude and the mental self image he or she has, of the disease, of the treatment, and of those who are rendering care. Certain ways of approaching the illness are far more likely to produce a successful outcome, cure and complete healing. Well-designed guided imagery and deep relaxation – what I call “<a href="https://www.drmiller.com/ask-dr-miller-what-is-software-for-the-mind/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software for the Mind</a>” – functions to enable the person to move through acceptance, to awaken the inner potential to heal and become whole, and to free the body of the stress that could otherwise worsen the illness. And the sooner an individual begins this process, the better. I will describe some of the most important ways that these tools can be used as valuable adjuncts to treatment in a moment, but first lets look at the role of your mental imagery in preventing cancer. <h3>Guided Imagery and The Prevention of Cancer</h3> Of course the best use of guided imagery in confronting the challenges of cancer is to employ it at the stage of prevention Sometimes, for example, a woman with breast lump or unusual bleeding, or a man who notices an abnormal mole on his skin will avoid seeing a health professional because of fear they experience when they consider that this might be a cancer. Yet <a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Screen-shot-2010-10-12-at-10.37.49-AM.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>by avoiding that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cognitive dissonance</a> they fail to have the mass removed before it spreads, and while it is still curable. A different mental image can be developed, one which could tolerate the idea of having an unknown mass checked out, and save their lives. Another example is represented by the person who needs to change their inner imagery is the person who engages in behaviors that can lead to the development of cancer – such assmoking or exposing him or herself to other toxic substances, or eating an unhealthy diet (fat, charred meat, low vegetable intake). Guided imagery techniques can help resolve the emotional states that underlie such self-destructive behaviors. A few counseling visits and/or the use of the appropriate CDs are often all that is needed. (For example, see <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=catalog&amp;parent=95&amp;pg=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weight Loss/Management</a> and <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=catalog&amp;parent=93&amp;pg=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smoke No More</a>) <h3>The Power of Imagery and Meditation in the Clinical Setting</h3> One of the physician’s first challenges is how to inform the person that they may have cancer. The mental image the doctor creates in the mind of the patient is very important. Because of this natural reaction of fear, rather than face the emotions, the doctor will sometimes try to be matter-of-fact about it, saying something insensitive, like, “Your tests showed that you may possibly have a rapidly-growing cancer that could kill you within 6 to 12 months. I will take another biopsy today to confirm the diagnosis. Come back in a week and I will let you know what we find out.” Imagine how news delivered that way affects a patient! Yet it happens far more often than you’d think it would. Now, compare how different the mental image and resultant inner experience are when, instead, the physician says, “We’ll have to repeat the tests we did last week. They are inconclusive. There’s a possibility that there are some atypical cells, and we want to run another test. The first one may be in error. I’m certain, whatever the result, that we’ll find a way to deal with it.” Remarkably, I have heard dozens of stories from patients who were treated like the person in the first example, and sometimes even more crudely. The mental, emotional and physical shock they experienced at this time often proved to be quite catastrophic to their lives, leading to acute emotional problems, and often persistent depression and/or anxiety. It is not uncommon for this kind of shock to create serious disruption of relationships, social and work life – and, as you can imagine, fear of doctors and medical procedures, even when the first diagnosis turns out to be a false positive! How a person is treated by his or her health professional is critically important, and the skills of empathetic communication and guided imagery are most valuable. I have always started my training of medical students with this wisdom. After all, what we want most is a happy, healthy patient. (<a href="http://astore.amazon.com/wwwdrmillerco-20/detail/0425234274" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verbal First Aid by Dr. Prager</a> is an excellent read for Health Professionals and laypeople alike.  Listen to the <a href="https://www.drmiller.com/category/healing-times-radio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Times Radio Archive</a> of my <a href="https://www.drmiller.com/what-is-verbal-first-aid-join-dr-judith-prager-and-dr-miller-this-thursday-on-healing-times-radio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interview with Dr. Prager</a> on my show, Healing Times Radio). <h3>Early Cancer Treatment</h3> Once a cancer has actually been diagnosed, there are several opportunities for the use of deep relaxation and guided imagery – to improve healing function and eliminate unnecessary emotional stress (for the diagnosed individual and their support network). As you probably know, stress has been shown, in many scientific studies, to inhibit healing. By using guided imagery you can enable yourself to maintain a positive self-image, a feeling of empowerment, and confidence in your ability to tolerate your treatment well – and to heal. Depression and anxiety due to personal fears or cultural expectations add to the inadvertent negative imagery the patient experiences from health personnel, family, and the environment. These have been shown to interfere with the inner healing process. Such emotional states can cause a person to fear valuable and even curative therapies – and that same fear may interfere physiologically with the effectiveness of any that are tried. (see <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=catalog&amp;parent=51&amp;pg=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freeing Yourself From Fear</a>) <a href="https://www.drmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/shutterstock_3224123-copy.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The purpose of guided imagery and relaxation is: 1. To enable identification with the strong, successful part of the Self – the part that believes/knows healing and wellness are possible. 2. To understand at a deep level the meaning of the <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=product&amp;id=78" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serenity Prayer</a>, the role of acceptance, courage, and wisdom, and how to access them 3. To experience the confidence and empowerment that is gained by coming into the present moment 4. To discover how to let be what is, and to access the inner ability to respond mindfully, and not merely react. In our culture we use denial a great deal. Every physician gets to see at least one person who was so fearful of finding a lump they refused to have the recommended regular examinations. <a href="https://www.drmiller.com/category/health-and-wellness/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deep Relaxation</a> provides an excellent way for the psyche to be prepared to accept the truth of the moment – it is the antidote to fear, and it eliminates the reason to avoid seeing the truth. After all, the acceptance of what is true in the moment gives you the power to use the resources you have available to successfully address the situation and gain the best possible outcome. And when it comes to cancer, the outcome is what really counts the most. (<a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=product&amp;id=64" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abolish Anxiety</a> is an effective program for dealing with unnecessary fears of this kind). Once relaxation has been achieved positive image outcomes can be suggested and visualized. <h3>Imagery and Interventions</h3> You will also find that deep relaxation and guided imagery are extremely useful before, during and after therapeutic interventions – such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. (see <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=catalog&amp;parent=43&amp;pg=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cancer Support Programs</a> including <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=product&amp;id=107" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Optimizing Chemotherapy</a> and <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=product&amp;id=97" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Optimizing Radiation Therapy</a>)The use of these Software For The Mind tools can help reduce the discomfort and side effects of radiation and chemotherapy, thus allowing the use, in some cases, of even larger doses, thereby ensuring better chances of complete success. Imagery such as a shield protecting the normal cells of your body from radiation – or from toxic chemicals – tends to increase your sense of empowerment and involvement in the healing process, markedly improving outcomes, whether or not there is a direct impact upon the actual membranes of the cells in question. (See <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=product&amp;id=142" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing from Cancer,</a>) <a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Screen-shot-2010-10-12-at-10.41.32-AM.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Guided imagery, along with deep relaxation, is also effective for dealing with the surgery that is sometimes needed by the cancer patient. By using image rehearsal techniques for days or weeks before the surgery, you train the mind and body in how to respond to the anesthesia, the surgery, and the healing. By the time you are in the operating room, your body is primed to go into anesthesia quickly, thus reducing the amount of anesthetic agent your body will have to take in and detoxify – making the surgery safer, and recovery faster. Further, when this is combined with the use of these techniques after surgery there is less pain and swelling, ambulation is faster, and healing time and hospital stay are shortened by about 25% (and that means 25% less opportunity to acquire a hospital-based infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria). (see <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=catalog&amp;parent=94&amp;pg=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Surgery, Operations, and Procedures</a> and <a href="http:http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=product&amp;id=10//" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Successful Surgery and Recovery</a>). <h3>Can The Mind Really Fight Cancer?</h3> It is important that when someone gets injured or sick, we see two separate, but related, phenomena – the disease and the illness. In the case of cancer, the disease is represented by the abnormal cells that are attempting to grow without bounds. The illness is the loss of weight, the fatigue, the pain, the feeling of helplessness and hopelessness, the fear that treatment will not work, and the other unpleasant experiences represent the illness. While it has not been conclusively demonstrated, a positive attitude and effective imagery can directly kill all cancer cells, studies have shown they are enormously effective defeating the illness. And when a person is less ill, they have a better chance of responding to any threat to their balance of health, and of surviving treatment that is powerful enough to cure the disease. Some of the imagery approaches that have been found to be effective involve visualizing the cancer cells as being weak, confused, disoriented mutant bodily cells that need to be eliminated. Correspondingly, the cells of the immune system are seen as powerful, wise, and capable of attacking and destroying these cancer cells. Sometimes the imagery used is realistic, and sometimes metaphorical (which is how the mind impacts the body anyway). So a given person may see the cancer cells as mice and the immune cells as hungry cats, or see the cancer cells as outlaws wearing black hats, and the immune system’s cells as the good guys wearing, of course white hats. Still other people have less violent imagery, such as coming into harmony and simply halting the growth of the cancer cells, creating a safe long term balance.  In this way the healthy body establishes a balance with a tuberculosis bacterium, thus preventing its spread while not eliminating it completely (a kind of New Paradigm solution).<a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=product&amp;id=15" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing From Cancer</a>guides imagery in this way, while the DVD,<a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=product&amp;id=5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Immuno-Imagery</a>, shows how this happens using photomicroscopy as well as interpretive animation. (For more information about the roots of disease and its symptoms, and how to address them, see <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=product&amp;id=5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deep Healing – The Essence of Mind-Body Medicine</a>.) <h3>In Conclusion</h3> So, once again I say (only a little tongue-in-cheek), maybe the first and best thing to do in dealing with cancer, before or after it is discovered, is to use deep relaxation, meditation, and guided imagery tools. Through them you can “Change Your Mind – And Change Your Life.” Discussion, comments and questions: At the end of this post you will find a place ‘Join the Conversation’. I would love to hear from you.  Feel free to answer some of the questions below or let me know whatever is on your mind. 1. Have you used alternative therapies in Cancer (or other chronic illness)? 2. How about Guided Imagery? How did it work? 3. Feel free to ask questions If you have the unfortunate opportunity to know someone diagnosed with cancer, it is important to show them you care and have them in your thoughts. This can be very difficult to express in such trying times. Try taking a sincere approach by getting them a special gift or taking them out for dinner. In this article, Dr. Miller gives his insight behind a tactful and meaningful way to show your support. <ul> <li><a href="http://drmiller.com/gift-ideas-for-cancer-patients/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gift Ideas For Cancer Patients</a></li> </ul> <h3> Learn More About Dr. Miller’s Cancer Support Products and Free Resources</h3> About <a href="http://drmiller.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=catalog&amp;parent=43&amp;pg=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Miller’s Cancer Support Guided Imagery and Meditation CDs, MP3 Downloads, DVDs and Books.</a> Listen to a FREE Guided Imagery: <a href="http://drmiller.com/2010/11/free-cancer-guided-imagery-a-mental-reboot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anti-Cancer Guided Imagery, Empowering Your Immune System</a> Listen to Elizabeth L. Richeson, Ph.D., M.S. 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