Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices

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Which is odd, because he block paragraphs, meaning this book has LOTS of whitespace on pages, he could have given us, you know, at least some depth to. Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices by David Hamilton PhD, published by Hay House, paperback (320 pages). It eventually arrived at a chapter on consciousness that was essentially the author’s opinion, which I felt missed the point of the book.

And yeah, what kind of like over over the years as well, with you seeing that, with the things that you were seeing, you will go in, like, Oh, I never would have never thought that in a million years kind of thing? I first started using them for their amazing plugins that keep your site up and speedy (among other things) and then I transferred over a few sites to their hosting and couldn’t be happier. Secondly, these are subjects that just by chatting to people, these are the ones that most people wanted to know about how they worked. My mum developed postpartum (postnatal) depression in 1976, following the birth of the youngest of my three sisters.Normally, I’m not too concerned about the science behind why choosing the right crystal to carry along helps my day, or understanding exactly what’s going on with my brain waves when I meditate.

And, and it’s all about training doctors, and to meet the lifestyle interventions, and not necessarily always relying on drugs because you know, they’ll openly say that maybe 60 to 70% of people that come in to a doctor surgery are presenting with meaning that they have symptoms of stuff that is actually preventable or, or reversible, given enough lifestyle change. And how do I mean for example, I mean, I’ve got one here just as as a key because I feel that you might ask me something, why not. On the whole an interesting look (at the often misunderstood practices of mind, body and soul ) through a scientific lens. In this first book by David Hamilton (originally self published), you will learn about the mind-body connection and the mind-world connection.And so one of my reasons for including that kind of stuff in the book is to say, well, that isn’t really woowoo. And you know, why actually see, when I when I was about 11 years old, a, I was in the school library, my mother, my mom, at the time was struggling with postpartum depression. Second, I appreciate the scientific approach to woo-woo subjects as many, many people in my life have begun to talk to me about subjects tackled in this book. Magazine Selected articles that appeared in print in Watkins’ Mind Body Spirit or earlier issues of the Watkins Review. They’re so little people that would think of themselves as separate from each other, but they’re all part of the same Waitwait.

In addition to reducing stress, meditation can result in higher levels of the telomerase enzyme, which can slow the rate of ageing at a genetic level. Bookshelf This section is dedicated to book reviews, reading lists, esoteric readings of the months and much more. We break down the science behind holistic therapies, the placebo effect and the incredible healing power of kindness.One took place at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennysylvania with patients who had undergone total knee replacement surgery, a very common surgery in the US. The book delves deep into several “woo-woo” topics: meditation, trapped emotions causing illness, the calming benefits of nature, reiki, telepathy, the power behind visualization, and crystals to name some of them. So I just started fiddling around with things and on payment, understanding that, that when you believe something like if I believe this medicine will help me. Now what Dyna magnetism means is, imagine if it’s pouring down marine and the rains coming down like straight. The book also contains an A-Z list of visualisation examples for targeting a wide range of conditions.

I came out of Why Woo-Woo Works with even more confidence in things I use regularly like reiki, hypnotherapy, visualization, and energy work. You will also learn how how 'kindness hormones' can reduce blood pressure, improve the health or blood vessels, and slow ageing in several ways. Neither did I actually, you know, I never imagined that, in a book, when I was trying to, you’re one of my main goals in the book was be really credible, and make sure that the science is absolutely solid. So not only do you have lots of little electric fields in your body and a sum field – the sum of all these electric fields; your overall biofield – but you also have lots of little magnetic fields and larger ones that emanate from areas where there is lots of blood flow (lots of moving electric fields) – like the heart.

And so I pointed out that crystals may have an effect on that basis as well because of their colour and what the colour represents to us and the psyche. For a scientist I think he is brave in writing this book as he will tell you - there are many people out there that try and discredit those who believe it in something that generally brings up much skepticism among the masses. I won't say this is 100% LIKE OMG this explains EVERYTHING, but it is thought provoking and a good read for anyone who is well-grounded but also interested and/or involved with anything easily dismissed as "woo-woo.