The Relaxation Response

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4.5
17 reviews
Ebook
240
Pages
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About this ebook

In this time of quarantine and global uncertainty, it can be difficult to deal with the increased stress and anxiety.  Using ancient self-care techniques rediscovered by Herbert Benson, M.D., a pioneer in mind/body medicine for health and wellness, you can relieve your stress, anxiety, and depression at home with just ten minutes a day. 

Herbert Benson, M.D., first wrote about a simple, effective mind/body approach to lowering blood pressure in The Relaxation Response. When Dr. Benson introduced this approach to relieving stress over forty years ago, his book became an instant national bestseller, which has sold over six million copies. Since that time, millions of people have learned the secret—without high-priced lectures or prescription medicines. The Relaxation Response has become the classic reference recommended by most health care professionals and authorities to treat the harmful effects of stress, anxiety, depression, and high blood pressure.

Rediscovered by Dr. Benson and his colleagues in the laboratories of Harvard Medical School and its teaching hospitals, this revitalizing, therapeutic tack is now routinely recommended to treat patients suffering from stress and anxiety, including heart conditions, high blood pressure, chronic pain, insomnia, and many other physical and psychological ailments. It requires only minutes to learn, and just ten minutes of practice a day.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
17 reviews
Holly Bertram
August 25, 2020
Though I give the original paper version of this book - a glowing review - and a five star rating - because it provided new medical information and unique, practical self-help guidance when it was first published many years ago - that is not the case for the ebook version! There are serious technical problems with the ebook version from Google Books! This ebook cannot be downloaded onto my android devices. I have purchased a great many ebooks recently, and this is one of only a few which does not function properly. More needs to be done to test ebooks before offering, promoting and selling them. I have contacted both the publisher and the reselling agent about this ebook with its flawed software and major serious bugs. Ebooks need better testing protocols so that they work properly - and also much better customer service when they don't. I hope that this ebook can be made to function properly in the future. The original book versions printed on paper were very good!
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Audrey Williams
July 22, 2013
Could have found this information on basic internet
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D.Curtis Dick
October 9, 2021
ooood thingss
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About the author

Herbert Benson, M.D., was the Director Emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (BHI), and Mind Body Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the Harvard Medical School, Dr. Benson authored and co-authored more than 190 scientific publications and 12 books. More than five million copies of his books have been printed in many languages.Dr. Benson was a pioneer in mind body medicine, one of the first Western physicians to bring spirituality and healing into medicine. In his 40+ year career, he defined the relaxation response and led teaching and research into its efficacy in counteracting the harmful effects of stress. The recipient of numerous national and international awards, Dr. Benson lectured widely about mind body medicine and the BHI's work. Dr. Benson's research extended from the laboratory to the clinic to Asian field expeditions. His work served as a bridge between medicine and religion, East and West, mind and body, and belief and science.

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