The Extraordinary Power of the Imagination in Healing

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2012

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Tami Simon speaks with Dr. Martin L. Rossman, a physician, acupuncturist, and co-founder of the Academy for Guided Imagery. Dr. Rossman is the author of the award-winning book Guided Imagery for Self-Healing, and with Sounds True he has created several guided imagery programs including Anxiety Relief, Stress Relief, Pain Relief, and Self-Healing with Guided Imagery with Dr. Andrew Weil. In this episode, Tami speaks with Martin about the reasons guided imagery is not more present in mainstream use in spite of its clinically proven effectiveness, what the placebo effect tells us about the mind-body connection, and how you can enhance the power of guided imagery by using personal imagery. (65 minutes)

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1:07.0	You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Dr. Marty Rossman. Marty is a physician and acupuncturist who has practiced holistic medicine for over 30 years.
1:14.0	He's the co-founder of the Academy for Guided Imagery
1:17.8	and the author of the award-winning book,
1:20.0	Guided Imagery for Self-Healing,
1:22.0	and also a book called Fighting Cancer from Within.
1:26.0	With Sounds True, Marty has created several programs, including an audio program with Dr. Andrew
1:32.1	Weyl on Self-heeling with guided imagery.
1:36.2	Also a series of guided imagery programs on anxiety relief, stress relief, pain relief, and on other topics as well.
1:46.7	In this episode of Insights at The Edge, Marty and I spoke about the reasons guided imagery is not more present in medical practice, even with the proven data to support its effectiveness.
1:59.0	We also talked about placebo's and what the effectiveness of placebo's might tell us
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