INTRODUCTION
How I Recovered

CHAPTER 1
One Woman on Owning Her Health: “I decided I was going to live.”

A Closer Look
Peak Performance: Best ways to have a stress-resilient life

CHAPTER 2
The “Vital Force:” Are we more than a collection of molecules?
— Traditional Chinese Medicine
— Ayurvedic Medicine

A Closer Look
Yoga: Discovering the music of the body

CHAPTER 3
What would it take to change your lifestyle?
“I promised myself I would never put my family through this again”

A Closer Look
The Alexander Technique: Using the mind to free the body
— Moving with effortless ease

CHAPTER 4
Healing More than Hearts
— Heart disease and heart failure: Treating body, mind and spirit

A Closer Look
Meditation: Taming the Elephant

CHAPTER 5
Cancer: A Continuous Journey of Choices
— Integrative Cancer Care: A Healing Synthesis

Four ways to feel better
— Muscular therapy: Melting away pain
— Trager® movement education: Easing mind and body
— Oriental bodywork therapy: Tending the garden
— Ayurvedic massage: Re-balancing body, mind and spirit

CHAPTER 6
Living With Illness — Weighing the Options
— Best Ways to Cope With Chronic Illness

A Closer Look
The healing power of herbs and plants

CHAPTER 7
Pain: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body

A Closer Look
Chiropractic and Craniosacral Therapy:
Tapping into the Wellspring of the Body

CHAPTER 8
Trauma: When Life Changes in an Instant

A Closer Look
Energy Healing, Spirituality and Therapeutic Touch

CHAPTER 9
Taking Care of Our Children:
Integrative medical care for childhood illness

A Closer Look
Homeopathy: Like Cures Like

CHAPTER 10
Women at Midlife: Combining Ancient Wisdom with Modern Science

A Closer Look
Osteopathy: Movement is all

CHAPTER 11
Aging Well: “Don't Fence Me In”

A Closer Look
Pilates Exercise: Like a Butterfly in the Sky

CHAPTER 12: What do I do now?
— Finding integrative practitioners and creating your personal prescription for health.

APPENDIX I
Alternative and Complementary Medicine: Expanded Glossary

APPENDIX II
Resources: Where do I find it?
Publications, organizations and sources of information, websites