
Understanding the Messages of Your Body
How to Interpret Physical and Emotional Signals to Achieve Optimal Health
Paperback | 15 April 2008 | Edition Number 1
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The book opens with an explanation of the body-mind relationship and goes on to show how physical-emotional therapy works based on examples from Dr. Barral's clinical practice. The second part of the book offers detailed analyses of various "types" of human personality and the physical-emotional complexes and related organ dysfunctions that accompany them. The author offers advice and encouragement to improve physical, psychological, and emotional health, and recommends physical exercises, psychotherapeutic approaches, and dietary plans that can be used by both professional therapists and the average reader.
Fears, anxieties, traumas, and physical and emotional shocks imprint on the body and remain dormant in its vast memory store until they are roused by an event or encounter. They may manifest in a different form or place-a fearful incident may transform itself into a stomachache or a headache, or even a chronic disease. Pain creates its own path. In particular, psychological and emotional stresses affect the functioning of the internal organs. In Understanding the Messages of Your Body, Dr. Jean-Pierre Barral explains the relationships that exist between internal organs and emotions, to allow us to free ourselves from the effects of present and past tensions and traumas.
The book opens with an explanation of the body-mind relationship and goes on to show how physical-emotional therapy works based on examples from Dr. Barral's clinical practice. The second part of the book offers detailed analyses of various "types" of human personality and the physical-emotional complexes and related organ dysfunctions that accompany them. The author offers advice and encouragement to improve physical, psychological, and emotional health, and recommends physical exercises, psychotherapeutic approaches, and dietary plans that can be used by both professional therapists and the average reader.
Introduction | p. xi |
Your Body Talks, Listen to It! | p. 1 |
The Human Body, A Well-Oiled Machine | p. 3 |
In Our Organs, the Echo of Our Emotions | p. 4 |
In Our Behavior, the Echo of Our Organs | p. 4 |
Our Weak Link | p. 5 |
The Brain | p. 6 |
Thank Goodness, We Have Psychosomatic Reactions! | p. 7 |
Emotions for Life | p. 9 |
The Great Spectacle of Our Emotions | p. 9 |
The Body Has Its Own Memory | p. 12 |
What Do Our Organs Think? | p. 15 |
Body, Mind, Same Story! | p. 16 |
Too Much or Not Enough | p. 18 |
Your Body Speaks, Listen to It! | p. 21 |
Healing an Emotional Problem by Treating an Organ | p. 24 |
Healing an Organ by Treating an Emotional Problem | p. 25 |
What If An Organ Has Been Removed? | p. 25 |
What Your Organs Think | p. 27 |
The Organ Person | p. 29 |
The Brain, The Big Boss | p. 30 |
How the Brain Works | p. 30 |
The Limbic System and the Organs: An Intimate Relationship | p. 33 |
When the Limbic System Isn't Working as well as It Should | p. 34 |
How to Take Care of Your Brain | p. 39 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 39 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 39 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 39 |
The Lungs and the Bronchial Passages: A Lot of Wind or Just a Breeze | p. 41 |
How the Respiratory System Works | p. 41 |
When the Lungs Don't Work as well as They Should | p. 45 |
Lung-Bronchial Passage People | p. 47 |
How to Take Care of the Lungs | p. 54 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 54 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 56 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 57 |
The Heart: It Beats and Throbs | p. 58 |
How It Works | p. 58 |
When the Heart Doesn't Work as well as It Should | p. 60 |
Heart People | p. 62 |
How to Take Care of the Heart | p. 69 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 69 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 71 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 72 |
The Breasts: Most Feminine of Symbols | p. 73 |
How They Work | p. 73 |
When the Breasts Are Not as well as They Could Be | p. 74 |
Breast People | p. 75 |
How to Take Care of the Breasts | p. 81 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 81 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 82 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 83 |
The Gallbladder: A Small Pocketful of Annoyance | p. 84 |
How the Gallbladder Works | p. 84 |
When the Gallbladder Doesn't Work as well as It Should | p. 85 |
Gallbladder People | p. 86 |
How to Take Care of the Gallbladder | p. 89 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 89 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 90 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 90 |
The Liver: Our Deeper Self and Emotions | p. 92 |
How the Liver Works | p. 93 |
Why Take Care of Your Liver? | p. 97 |
When the Liver Isn't Working as well as It Should | p. 98 |
Liver People | p. 102 |
How to Take Care of the Liver | p. 110 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 110 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 111 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 114 |
Cholesterol and the Liver | p. 115 |
The Stomach and the Duodenum: Our Social Self | p. 120 |
How the Stomach and Duodenum Work | p. 121 |
The Stomach: A Grinding Pouch | p. 121 |
The Duodenum: A Cocktail Shaker | p. 121 |
When the Stomach Isn't Working as It Should | p. 122 |
Stomach-Duodenum People | p. 123 |
How to Take Care of the Stomach | p. 131 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 131 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 132 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 133 |
The Pancreas and the Spleen: Severe Emotional Shock Absorbers | p. 135 |
How They Work | p. 135 |
The Pancreas | p. 135 |
The Spleen | p. 135 |
When the Pancreas and Spleen Don't Work as well as They Should | p. 136 |
Pancreas-Spleen People | p. 137 |
Zooming in on the Spleen | p. 141 |
How to Take Care of the Pancreas and Spleen | p. 143 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 143 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 144 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 145 |
The Intestines: A Long and Winding Road | p. 146 |
How the Intestines Work | p. 146 |
When the Intestines Don't Work as well as They Should | p. 147 |
Intestine People | p. 150 |
How to Take Care of the Intestines | p. 156 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 156 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 156 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 157 |
The Kidneys: Two Non-Identical Twins | p. 158 |
How the Kidneys Work | p. 158 |
When the Kidneys Don't Work as well as They Should | p. 159 |
Kidney People | p. 162 |
"Genitality," or Our Reproductive Potential | p. 167 |
How to Take Care of the Kidneys | p. 168 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 168 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 169 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 171 |
The Bladder: Constant Control | p. 171 |
How the Bladder Works | p. 171 |
When the Bladder Doesn't Work as well as It Should | p. 173 |
Bladder People | p. 174 |
How to Take Care of the Bladder | p. 177 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 177 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 177 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 178 |
The Genital Organs: Our Origin and Future | p. 179 |
How the Genitals Work | p. 179 |
The Importance of Our Sense of Smell | p. 183 |
When the Genitals Don't Work as well as They Should | p. 185 |
A Turning Point in One's Life | p. 188 |
Genital People | p. 190 |
How to Take Care of the Genitals | p. 194 |
From a Physical Point of View | p. 194 |
From a Nutritional Point of View | p. 196 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 197 |
The Skin: Our Showcase | p. 199 |
How the Skin Works | p. 199 |
When the Skin Isn't Working as well as It Should | p. 202 |
Skin People | p. 203 |
How to Take Care of the Skin | p. 204 |
From a Physical and Nutritional Point of View | p. 204 |
From a Psychological Point of View | p. 205 |
Taking Care of Our Messenger | p. 207 |
Our Most Precious Possession | p. 209 |
The Quest for Balance | p. 209 |
Your Health Itinerary | p. 210 |
Educating Our Children and Young Athletes | p. 211 |
Respecting the Balance Within Our Body | p. 212 |
How Complementary and Alternative Medicine Can Help Us | p. 224 |
Visceral Manipulation Therapy | p. 226 |
Acupuncture | p. 228 |
Sophrology | p. 230 |
Bach Flower Remedies | p. 231 |
Other Therapies | p. 232 |
More About Visceral Manipulation | p. 235 |
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ISBN: 9781556436796
ISBN-10: 1556436793
Published: 15th April 2008
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 256
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.4 x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.42
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