C2 - Wednesday, April 7, 1982 - North Shore News

Mind used to cure illnesses

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -
The power of imagination
can be used to cure a wide
range of illnesses, according
to doctors who have used
sounds, smells, tastes and
feelings to treat patients.

A group of doctors say
they have used imagery
techniques in helpjng cure
patients sufferftig from
problems ranging from stress
and chronic pain to sexual
dysfunction and cancer.

Imagery,
specialists

the health
contend, can

DR. SIM CORBETT, LGH medical co-ordinator sho

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create changes in the body
and influence heart rate,
muscle tension, digestion
and sensitivity to pain.

“Imagery is the natural
language of the unconscious
mind,” says Dr. Martin L.
Rossman of Sausalito, Calif.,
co-chairman of the nation's
first “‘The Power of
Imagination” conference
held recently at the
Palace of Fine Arts. The
four-day event’ gives
specialists an opportunity to
exchange their experiences
in the use of imagery in the
healing arts.

“Through imagery we can
gain insight into the deeper
nature of our symptoms or
illnesses and draw on
powerful inner resources
and wisdom,” says Rossman.
“We can learn to listen to
our bodies, as they speak to
us through our symptoms,
calling attention to some
unmet need, whether
physical, emotional, mental
or spiritual.”

He said many doctors are
turning from sole reliance on
drugs and _ traditional
methods and are guiding
their patients into powerful

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self-healing processes
through imagery — pictures
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“Interest in the effects of
the mind on well-being are
on the rise,” Dr. Rossman
says. “Imagery and related
methods are being used and
researched around the
world.”

The conference, he said,
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between medicine and
psychology, modern
physiology and ancient
healing approaches and

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