The Mind's Own Physician: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditati

By inviting the Dalai Lama and leading researchers in medicine, psychology, and neuroscience to join in conversation, the Mind & Life Institute set the stage for a fascinating exploration of the healing potential of the human mind. The Mind’s Own Physician presents in its entirety the thirteenth Mind and Life dialogue, a discussion addressing a range of vital questions concerning the science and clinical applications of meditation: How do meditative practices influence pain and human suffering? What role does the brain play in emotional well-being and health? To what extent can our minds actually influence physical disease? Are there important synergies here for transforming health care, and for understanding our own evolutionary limitations as a species?

Edited by world-renowned researchers Jon Kabat-Zinn and Richard J. Davidson, this book presents this remarkably dynamic interchange along with intriguing research findings that shed light on the nature of the mind, its capacity to refine itself through training, and its role in physical and emotional health.

• Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
• The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How You Can Change Them
• Why Meditate: Working with Thoughts and Emotions
• Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
• Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World
• Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World
• Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward
• Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
• The Healing Power of Mindfulness: A New Way of Being
• Most Intimate: A Zen Approach to Life's Challenges