EXTRAORDINARY.... BELONGS WITH PELLETIER'S MIND AS HEALER, MIND AS SLAYER AND PECK'S THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED AS REQUIRED READING FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LIFE ENRICHMENT AND HEALTH ENHANCEMENT. IT IS DESTINED TO BE A CLASSIC IN THE EMERGING FIELD OF MIND/BODY MEDICINE.-- Steven E. Locke, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Coauthor of The Healer Within Based on the groundbreaking work at the Mind/Body Clinic at New England Deaconess Hospital, Minding the Body, Mending the Mind shows you how to take control of your own physical and emotional well-being. The clinic's dramatic success with more than 2,500 patients -- with conditions ranging from allergies to cancer -- is vivid proof of the effectiveness of this new scientific understanding of mind and body -- and its power to transform your life. Using a unique blend of mental and physical exercises, Dr. Borysenko teaches you how to elicit the mind's powerful relaxation response to boost your immune system, overcome chronic pain and alleviate the symptoms of a host of stress-related illnesses. Inspiring, reassuring and practical, Minding the Body, Mending the Mind guides us to a new understanding of illness and health -- and shows how each of us can take an active role in healing ourselves. JOAN BORYSENKO, Ph.D., is co-founder and former director of the Mind/Body Clinic, New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She holds a doctorate in anatomy and cellular biology from Harvard Medical School and is one of the pioneers of the new medical synthesis called psychoneuroimmunology. A LANDMARK BOOK THAT WILL TRANSFORM PEOPLE'S LIVES.-- Kenneth R. Pelletier, Ph.D., UCSF School of Medicine, Author of Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer