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These are rips of my own DVDs – the only other place I have found these is Bitme.org. Please keep this rip exclusive to elib Please Note: I have added a clip of just John Kabat-Zinn and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction from program 2. This clip is used on the mindfulness based cognitive therapy courses (MBCT) and I thought it may be handy to have it separate as I use just this section: this gives a choice to download just this clip or the whole episode/series. See MBCT: Broadcast 1993 on PBS USA. VHS released 1995, DVDs released 2009 are higher quality. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296349/DescriptionAncient medical science told us our minds and bodies are one. So did philosophers of old. Now modern science and new research are helping us to understand these connections. In Healing and the Mind Bill Moyers talks with physicians, scientists, therapists, and patients — people who are taking a new look at the meaning of sickness and health. In a five part series of fascinating and provocative interviews, he discusses their search for answers to perplexing questions: How do emotions translate into chemicals in our bodies? How do thoughts and feelings influence health? How can we collaborate with our bodies to encourage healing? With the incisive style that has made Bill Moyers’s skills as an Interviewer legendary and the dynamic interplay of the many patients and professionals interviewed, Healing and the Mind is a documentary series destined to influence how millions think about sickness and health.Program 1: Mystery of Chi Moyer explores therapies based on yin and yang, and a phenomenon called Chi. Methods studied include acupuncture, massage and herbal techniques. This has been uploaded before: 2: Mind Body ConnectionOn the frontier of scientific research, a look at how the nervous and immune systems are linked, experiments in biofeedback and the role of emotions in health.This has the report on John Kabat-Zinn that took Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction  (MBSR) mainstream in the USA. This is the part I clipped.Program 3: Healing from WithinTwo therapies that do not involve drugs or surgery: Eastern meditation and Western group psychotherapy.Program 4: Art of HealingHow hospitals across America are responding to clinical evidence that caring makes patients feel better and get better.Program 5: Wounded HealersCommonweal, a retreat for people with cancer who help one another heal even when a cure is impossible.ReviewBill Moyers did an amazing review of mind/body healing in this acclaimed series. I still use it in teaching some of my university classes. I particularly like the the program on “Qi” and Chinese mind/body healing and the review of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR program at UMASS. Some of the information is now a bit dated, as much new research had expanded our understanding of mind/body functioning. For example,the Breast Cancer group study presented in the series that showed increased longevity of group participants has been followed up by a newer study that did not show increased longevity. So with the exception of the outdated nature of some of the material, this beautifully produced series still provides a wonderful introduction to mind/body healing for general audiences.