Healing By Design

The body can self heal by its very design, and you can design a program that will enable the body to do the very thing it was made to do--heal itself.

DIVLearn how to restore your body's balance by tapping into its built-in healing mechanisms./div

Praise for Design Details for Health "Cynthia Leibrock and Debra Harris have developed a vitally important reference. They draw upon and compile a rich source of evidence that supports the application of specific research-based details for particular health-related settings." From the Foreword by Dr. Wayne Ruga, AIA, FIIDA, Hon. FASID The revised edition on implementing design details to improve today's health care facilities an inspiring, comprehensive guide In this significantly revised second edition, Cynthia Leibrock and Debra Harris offer up-to-date information on design details that can improve patient outcomes and user experience by returning authority to the patient, along with fascinating case studies and research demonstrating the positive role design can play in reducing health care costs. Design Details for Health, Second Edition offers contemporary examples showing how design can improve patient comfort and independence, and demonstrates how to design highly functional health care facilities that operate at peak performance. The book addresses a range of health care facility types including hospitals, ambulatory care, wellness centers, subacute care and rehabilitation, adult day care and respite, assisted living, hospice, dementia care, and aging in place. This Second Edition includes: The latest research, which was only anecdotal in nature as recently as a decade ago, illustrating how design through evidence produces measurable outcomes Real-world case studies of a range of excellent health care facilities that have been designed and built in the twenty-first century Updated contributions with leading practitioners, researchers, and providers conveying how design has a positive impact on health care delivery When design empowers rather than disables, everybody wins. Sensitive to the needs of both patients and providers, Design Details for Health, Second Edition is essential reading for today's architects, interior designers, facility managers, and health care professionals.

" ... The body can self heal by its very design, and you can design a program that will enable the body to do the very thing it was made to do - heal itself."--Publisher description.

Self Heal By Design is an easy to read book that explains the role of micro-organisms in our bodies health and healing. The conditions required for good liver function, maintaining the correct acid and alkaline balance at the cell level, eliminating candida and finding a diet that delivers consistent and vibrant health, are explained in a logical and common sense style. With charts, recipes and graphs that aid this learning adventure. Self Heal By Design will be a reference book that will assist the reader on their quest for a longer, enlightened, and healthier life.

This book is an interdisciplinary collaboration between a yoga therapist and a family physician who have experienced the missing gap in allopathic medicine and are devoted to filling that void with holistic, sustainable prescriptions to patients. As they both have witnessed these modalities, practices, and lifestyle choices be effective in the healing of their patients, Melissa and Kyle empower the reader through the utilization of treatment modalities such as yoga, the chakra system, and mindfulness to further healing and maintenance. This cutting-edge book provides healthcare professionals and patients alike with a broader, intuitive lens in addressing a more participatory medical practice. Implementing the alternative modalities discussed here refine the patient/doctor relationship so patients are seen, met, and understood by their healthcare team and allows for improved clarity leading to sustained restoration and wellness preservation. This unique book provides the reader with a comprehensive system to eradicate imbalances that lead to disease while shining light on our innate design - supporting our mind, body, and spirit to live abundantly in all aspects of our being.

Spirituality, Health, and Healing offers health care professionals and individual caregivers the guidelines and tools necessary to provide compassionate spiritual care to their clients and patients. By describing the profound role of spirituality on the body, mind, and spirit, this resource is an essential asset to practitioners eager to enhance their understanding of their important topic.