The Spirit of Healing: Stories, Wisdom and Practices from Native America

by Lewis Mehl-Madrona

Essential Training in Native American Healing WisdomA Lakota prophecy tells of a day when Westerners will join Native wisdom-keepers to create a new, integrated vision of healing. Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona believes that day has arrived. With The Spirit of Healing, this physician and lifelong student of Native American spirituality invites you to discover healing practices informed by both modern medical and psychiatric knowledge and the "narrative medicine" of traditional healers. "Western medicine provides many tools for doctors and professionals," teaches Dr. Mehl-Madrona. "But in the Native approach, we learn how to become our own best healers."The Art of Healing through StoryMind-body medicine has shown how important our thoughts are in determining our health. In tribal practice, this is expressed in the power of story--when we learn to listen to the stories underneath an illness, we can illuminate the path to healing. Dr. Mehl-Madrona reveals time-honored techniques and ceremonies for calling on the strength of our ancestors, community, and helping spirits so that we can re-create our life's story as one of wholeness and health.Practical Guidance for Restoring Harmony and Balance to Your LifeNative medicine focuses on enhancing the underlying harmony of our lives, not only within our bodies, but in our relationships to each other, the environment, and the spirit world. Offering over six hours of stories, insights, and practices, Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona provides indispensible guidance for integrating Native American wisdom into your life with The Spirit of Healing.

Genres: Spirituality, Native American

Audio CD

First published April 28, 2011

About the author

Lewis graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine and trained in family medicine, psychiatry, and clinical psychology. He completed his residencies in family medicine and in psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He has been on the faculties of several medical schools, most recently as associate professor of family medicine at the University of New England. He continues to work with aboriginal communities to develop uniquely aboriginal styles of healing and health care for use in those communities. He is interested in the relation of healing through dialogue in community and psychosis. He is the author of Coyote Medicine, Coyote Healing, and Coyote Wisdom, a trilogy of books on what Native culture has to offer the modern world. He has also written Narrative Medicine, Healing the Mind through the Power of Story: the Promise of Narrative Psychiatry, and, his most recent book with Barbara Mainguy, Remapping Your Mind: the Neuroscience of Self-Transformation through Story.

Reviews

[Candace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Session 4 about the 4 directions was my favorite

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved listening to the animal stories told by the author in the audiobook. And the meditations are interesting, peaceful and a little different from my regular practice.

[Brett Anderson]

Covered the power of stories, concepts of community, and some guided imagery exercises.

Author draws from both Native American practices & modern medical knowledge to present his integrated perspective on healing.

I'm very glad I listened to this program.

[Ximena Veliz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous!