Healing with the Arts: A 12-Week Program to Heal Yourself and Your Community [Paperback]

Heal yourself and your community with this proven 12-week program that uses the arts to awaken your innate healing abilities.

From musicians in hospitals to quilts on the National Mall—art is already healing people all over the world. It is helping veterans recover, improving the quality of life for cancer patients, and bringing communities together to improve their neighborhoods. Now it’s your turn.

Through art projects, including visual arts, dance, writing, and music, along with spiritual practices and guided imagery,Healing with the Artsgives you the tools to address what you need to heal in your life—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

An acclaimed twelve-week program lauded by hospitals and caretakers from around the world,Healing with the Artsgives you the ability to heal your family and your friends, as well as communities where you’ve always wanted to make a difference. Internationally known leaders in the arts in medicine movement, Michael Samuels, MD, and Mary Rockwood Lane, RN, PhD, show you how to use creativity and self-expression to pave the artist’s path to healing.Michael Samuels, MD, is the founder and director ofArt as a Healing Forceand currently teaches at San Francisco State University in the Institute of Holistic Studies. He is the author of nineteen books, including the bestsellersTheWell Body BookandThe Well Baby Book.

Mary Rockwood Lane, PhD, is a professor, painter, and nurse. In addition to her role as cofounder and codirector of theArts in Medicineprocess at the University of Florida, Gainseville, she is an assistant professor of nursing there with an emphasis on creativity and spirituality in healthcare. Some amazing work is being done in the field of Arts and Medicine.Healing with the Artsshares powerful stories and unique techniques for integrating the healing power of the arts l3Y