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Summary: Easy reference for our Emotional Links
Review: As a massage therapist I deal with the physical body on a daily basis, and one thing is for sure... the link between our physical and emotional state of being is very powerful.If you are interested in learning more about this, Heal Your Body is the perfect introduction to this concept.. you will be able to look up ailment from anorexia to and earache, then see what various research has shown to be a link to this. Also included are affirmations which you can repeat to yourself when you feel the effects of the ailment, thus promoting a healthy thought pattern to replace the negative one. This book is very simple, very straight forward, including a small introduction and testimonial by Hay which is also worth reading. I have loved this book, referring to it often, and have clients reaching for it all the time. A good addition to any holistic library.
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Summary: Creating Our Illness???
Review: As an inspirational speaker for the chronically ill, and one who can speak first hand about chronic illness, I patently refuse to endorse Louise's books. While I find her very insightful and spiritual, I have a hard time "blaming" people for their own illnesses, particularly my two nieces who were born with Cystic Fibrosis and had accumulated no time on earth in which to develop negative emotions that would have been expressed through illness. In her book, Louise asks us to take responsibility for events, that quite frankly, we often have no control over. One man I know with Multiple Sclerosis became paralyzed within five years of his diagnosis. What HE CAN control is his reactions to this event, and he is still one of the world's premier oceanographers and has a wonderful wife and child. He has also given back and become a mentor to many disabled children. I teach people to make to change the things that they can change and accept the things they can't. I'd much rather see people living fulfilling and wonderful lives--making the most of themselves--rather than blaming themselves for their illness, and wondering why they aren't getting better. There are some illnesses to which there is no cure.
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Summary: Curiously Accurate
Review: As an open minded skeptic, I am ever on the lookout for a scam, but I cannot find it here. As I refer my mundane afflictions to Ms. Hay's guide, I can't disagree with what I find listed. I have tried to trick this little book, but I can't. And so I am left wondering, to which ancient form of medicine would like something like this point? I have to think there is more, ancient, wisdom available. Yet, this is an amazing start and let's face it, exptremely affordable!
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Summary: She Healed Herself of Vaginal Cancer
Review: Author Louise Hay is a teacher, lecturer, and founder of Hay House Publishing. She contends that disease is caused by mental thought patterns, especially patterns of criticism, anger, resentment, and guilt. Festering resentments eat away at the self and can ultimately lead to tumors and cancers. Anger turns into things that burn, boil, or infect the body. A pattern of criticism can turn into diseases like arthritis, and guilt seeks punishment and leads to pain. In this book, Ms. Hay outlines hundreds of diseases and conditions, alphabetically, and the mental patterns that are associated with them, including each vertebrae of the spine. She has discovered these patterns through many years of study, her own work with clients, and her lectures and workshops. She knows the power of healing by changing mental thought patterns firsthand: she was diagnosed as having cancer of the vagina several years ago. She was already a teacher of healing for several years, and saw it as an opportunity to practice what she preached. Despite knowing the power of replacing negative thought patterns with positive and affirming beliefs, she felt panic like most would at this kind of diagnosis. However, she felt that if she allowed the doctor to operate without changing the mental pattern that created it, the cancer would just come back. In fact, she believes that when cancer comes back, it's not because the doctor "didn't get it all", but because the individual never addressed the mental patterns that created the dis-ease in the first place. In Ms. Hay's case, she had never acknowledged the deep resentment she carried for being raped when she was 5 years old and being battered as a child. As she says, we are often blind to our own patterns--even if we're healers or teachers. Ms. Hay bargained with her doctor and asked for 3 months to work on the deep resentments and thought patterns that created her cancer. He grudgingly agreed, warning her that she was putting her life in danger. She began working immediately with a teacher to clear up her patterns of resentment, as well as working with a nutritionist to detoxify her body. Six months later, the medical profession agreed with what she already knew: she was completely free from any form of cancer. She still keeps the original lab report as a reminder of how negatively creative she could be. I have to admit, I never thought I would recommend this book to anyone. My first husband was a Charismatic minister who believed that words were powerful and creative, and taught this concept to his congregation. However, he contracted leukemia at age 28, and despite a lot of positive thinking and affirmations, he suffered physically and died. Entertaining the theory that he created his suffering, especially after believing in God, healing, and the power of words, made me mad. Very mad. I scorned Ms. Hay and her theories of blame. So what changed my mind? I had a series of physical symptoms that I knew were connected to my beliefs and thought patterns. As a former Charismatic minister, I used to teach the same thing as my deceased husband. However, deep down, I don't think I really believed in co-creation, but just wished it were true--especially in the area of prosperity and "name it and claim it." After following a different spiritual path from the one in which I was raised and upon further metaphysical study and reading while working on my own thought patterns, I began to realize, deep down, that my thoughts were powerful and that there were mental and emotional correlations to my physical symptoms. It was then that I felt to give Louise Hay another try. First off, let me say that Ms. Hay believes in taking full responsibility for your health without self-reproach of feeling guilty. The means NO BLAME. But if you're anything like me, especially one that struggles with guilt from being brought up in a fear-based religion, it's hard not to feel blame when exploring the ideas of metaphysical causation. Some people blame God or an evil entity for dis-ease, and others blame it on the environment, poor lifestyle choices or genetics. Ms. Hay doesn't believe in participating in self-loathing and self-blame when you get ill; this is yet another destructive thought pattern. I bought Heal Your Body a few months ago, and I have to tell you, it's really helped me pinpoint issues I needed to acknowledge and work though. I was suffering sinus trouble, and sinus trouble supposedly correlates to being irritated by one person--someone close. I began to look at the fact that I held unacknowledged resentment towards my Autistic son because of the arduousness of dealing with his behaviors, as well as wishing my situation was other than it was. What mother wants to acknowledge she may resent her son on some level--especially a precious 4 year old with Autism? Yet, this is what becoming responsible for myself and my health entails: ruthless self-examination without self-judgment and self-blame. Then, it's possible to actually work on the root of the resentment, see where I was resisting reality and wishing it to be other than it is, and changing my mind and negative thought processes. Needless to say, after a few months of working on it, the sinus trouble disappeared. (And it was plaguing me for many months.) I've had this work for me with other ailments, as well. If anything, this book is a great starting point for examining our beliefs and thought patterns and observe if there is truth to Ms. Hay's correlations. If it doesn't seem to fit, sit with it awhile. Be honest with yourself. Allow yourself to explore the idea that it's possible. You may find some surprising insights into your health and your life, and begin on a path to a level of health that you never imagined possible.
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Summary: Requisite Reference!
Review: Heal Your Body is essential for anyone in the healing/counseling profession in order to raise awareness of the mind/body connection. This small book is packed with wisdom. Ms. Hay does an excellent job with her vast list of illnesses and concise, yet "open" descriptions of "probable emotional causes" of illnesses. I have gained great insights from using this book as have my clients and friends. Its also an enlightening, reasonably priced gift for those on the healing path! I only hope that the author continues to add to the list of illnesses/sources as more wisdom is acquired. B.Brinn-MS-SLP, Spiritual and Human Yoga as well as Reiki Practioner
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Summary: Is it helpful????
Review: I am expecting a lot more information and at least some suggested steps for the readers who are seeking to Heal The Body. I am disappointed that from page 10-80 (83 pages) is listing the problems in alphabetical order and the probable causes in a few words and the new thought patterns. You don't get healed with a couple lines of suggestions. If you look for something with depth, this is not the book.
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Summary: EXCELLENT, THIS BOOK IS A REAL MAGIC
Review: i am from india.i am greatly helped by this book. the author of this book louise seems to be highly intuitive, and she should be a spiritually evolved being. i use to give this little book as a gift to all my friends. louise.l.hay has really done a great work, a great service to humanity. i love her. all other books by the author also worth reading.
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Summary: Heal your body, the mental causes
Review: My sister came to my house today holding this book in her hand saying that last night while having a terrible asthma crisis, she was able to get herself breathing again without her inhaler, which is a first sice she has been using her cortisone and steriods for over 20 years. I am a true believer that this information could benefit everyone out there. It's incredible....I thank the author for bringing a bright future by making us believe in ourself.
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Summary: Here lies the truth !
Review: Once you think about it, EVERYTHING begins with THOUGHT. After being in a wheelchair for 29 yrs as a paraplegic this book came into my hands. It capture the EXACT thought forms I had at the age of 14 that caused a change in my reality. I don't feel people should BLAME themselves. Just wake up and realise that your thoughts take form and take responsibility for them. Once I realise I co-created my physical reality then I realise I could change it!
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Summary: little blue book - Indispensible!!! thanks Louise!
Review: There are so many good metaphysical books...but this one is far & away the best! Needs to be on everyone's bookshelf as it is a perfect companion to the human body. If ya have a body - buy this book!
Any "issues" can be seen faster through use of this book - ya see where your physical probs are, read the book for the issue associated w/that physical area....you're already on the road to better mental, emotional, physical & esp spiritual health.
Enjoy!!!
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