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This shift reflects a growing public yearning for gentler, less invasive forms of healing. But unconventional potions and practices afford rich opportunities for quackery. Health-food magazines and websites are filled with ads touting miracle cures that serve only to separate the sick from their money.
In the three decades since, Achterberg has become a force in the world of mind-body medicine. She is best known for a healing technique called guided imagery, in which the patient meditates on her disease, her immune system and the medicines coursing through her body. And while nobody knows...
The guiding hand behind these gentle cures is Low Dog - whose name reflects her Native American heritage. In her teens, she studied herbal cures with traditional healers and learned the power of curative plants. But botanicals, she decided, weren't the whole answer. Wellness meant stress management too. It also...
In the three decades since, Achterberg has become a force in the world of mind-body medicine. She is best known for a healing technique called guided imagery, in which the patient meditates on her disease, her immune system and the medicines coursing through her body. And while nobody knows...
Achterberg's greatest challenge came in 1999, when she developed cancer in her left eye. She refused treatment: "I couldn't have my eye taken out." Too upset to perform guided imagery on herself, she relied on prayers and vicarious healing imagery from friends and colleagues. So far, she has...