Simple practices—a marriage ofscience and spirituality—that will helpyou take charge of your health.
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Ancient healers understood the universe as an interconnected conscious relationshipbetween natural elements. As Western medicine took hold, we lostour sense of intuitive healing and practices. Here, occupational therapist SusanL. Roberts—who also has a degree from Harvard divinity school—gives us toolsfor self-care based on the five-element theory of traditional Chinese medicine.These elements—fire, earth, wood, metal, and water—can also be linked to contemporaryscience and the elements of energy, matter, time, and space. Throughfocus on these elements, readers will learn how to impact tangible experiencesof living, such as sleeping, eating, working, and understanding one’s own body.Roberts argues that our bodies communicate with the world, and that symptomswe may experience, such as headaches or exhaustion, can be mitigated by tappinginto our ability to take care of ourselves—the essence of sustainable health.
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