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Mind Body Medicine

These are based on the belief that your mind is able to affect your body
Some examples would be:

Meditation: Focused breathing or repetition of words or phrases to quiet the mind

Biofeedback: Using simple machines, the patient learns how to affect certain body functions that are normally out of one’s awareness.

Hypnosis: A state of relaxed and focused attention in which the patient concentrates on a certain feeling, idea or suggestion to aid in the healing process

Yoga: Systems of stretches and poses, with special attention given to breathing.

Imagery or Visualization: Imagining scenes, pictures, or experience to help the body heal.

Creative Outlets: Art, Music, Dance, Journaling
 

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