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'''Mind/body''' in [[health]] care is an important matter. It was [[John Money]] (1921 – 2006) who  coining the term bodymind. Mind/body [[medicine]] is an approach to healing that uses the power of thoughts and emotions to positively influence [[physical health]]. As [[Hippocrates]] once wrote, "The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well." This is the essence of mind/body medicine. <ref>[http://www.quantumhealth.com/news/about_mind_body_medicine.html About Mind/Body Medicine]</ref>
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A '''Mind/body''' approach in [[health]] care is an important matter. Mind/body [[medicine]] is an approach to healing that uses the power of thoughts and emotions to positively influence physical health. As [[Hippocrates]] once wrote, "The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well." This is the essence of mind/body medicine. <ref>[http://www.quantumhealth.com/news/about_mind_body_medicine.html About Mind/Body Medicine]</ref>
    
:: '' Is emotional health important to physical health? And, if so, what is emotional health? These are important questions to start thinking about if we take the links between body and mind seriously. And if we take the body mind linkage seriously, we will need to define and create the new charter or foundation on which to design an efficacious health care system. '' (cfr:Molecules of Emotion by Candace Pert, PhD)
 
:: '' Is emotional health important to physical health? And, if so, what is emotional health? These are important questions to start thinking about if we take the links between body and mind seriously. And if we take the body mind linkage seriously, we will need to define and create the new charter or foundation on which to design an efficacious health care system. '' (cfr:Molecules of Emotion by Candace Pert, PhD)
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== Some history ==
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== History ==
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The "Gymnasium" was the real school of olden times. Greeks had high regard and admiration for beauty and fitness, and an understanding of the importance of [[health]]; the ancient Greeks believed that developing a body was as important as developing a mind. <ref>[http://www.energyia.com/ancient_greek_fitness_philosophy.htm The Ancient Greeks - the Founders of Holistic Exercise]</ref>
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It was John Money (1921 – 2006) who coined the term bodymind.
    
"...it would be very foolish to suppose that one could ever treat the [part] by itself without treating the whole body...just as one should not attempt to cure the eyes apart from the head, nor the head apart from the body, so one should not attempt to cure the body apart from the soul.  And this is the very reason why most diseases are beyond the [[Greek]] Doctors, that they do not pay attention to the whole as they ought to do, since if the whole is not in good condition, it is impossible that the part should be."  [[Plato]].
 
"...it would be very foolish to suppose that one could ever treat the [part] by itself without treating the whole body...just as one should not attempt to cure the eyes apart from the head, nor the head apart from the body, so one should not attempt to cure the body apart from the soul.  And this is the very reason why most diseases are beyond the [[Greek]] Doctors, that they do not pay attention to the whole as they ought to do, since if the whole is not in good condition, it is impossible that the part should be."  [[Plato]].
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=== The Ancient Greeks - the Founders of Holistic Exercise ===
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=== In Different Cultures ===
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The "Gymnasium" was the real school of olden times. Greeks had high regard and admiration for beauty and fitness, and an understanding of the importance of [[health]]; the ancient Greeks believed that developing a body was as important as developing a [[mind]]. <ref>[http://www.energyia.com/ancient_greek_fitness_philosophy.htm The Ancient Greeks - the Founders of Holistic Exercise]</ref>
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=== Energy Connections - The Great Life Force! ===
   
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Wise teachers of ancient times have always referred to energy, but in different terms. [[India]]ns called the higher energy ''Nam'', and the lower energy ''Prana''. [[China|Chinese]] tagged it ''Tao' or 'Chi''. [[Greece|Greeks]] saw it as ''The Logos of the Music of the Spheres'', [[Hippocrates]] referred to ''Nature's Life Force'', [[Wilhelm Reich]] called it ''Orgone Energy'', Dr. [[Randolph Stone]] called it ''Wireless Anatomy of Man''.  
 
Wise teachers of ancient times have always referred to energy, but in different terms. [[India]]ns called the higher energy ''Nam'', and the lower energy ''Prana''. [[China|Chinese]] tagged it ''Tao' or 'Chi''. [[Greece|Greeks]] saw it as ''The Logos of the Music of the Spheres'', [[Hippocrates]] referred to ''Nature's Life Force'', [[Wilhelm Reich]] called it ''Orgone Energy'', Dr. [[Randolph Stone]] called it ''Wireless Anatomy of Man''.  
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