Two important questions shaped  Healing and the Mind :

How do thoughts and feelings influence health?

How is healing related to the mind? 

We asked doctors in large public hospitalsand small community clinics about healing and the mind in daily practice. We talked with people in stress reduction clinics and therapeutic support groups and learned about regiments of diet and exercise.

We talked with scientists about mind/body research and about the fascinating new field of psychoneuroimimmunology, which brings together psychologists, neurologists, and immunologists to explore mind/body connections. We travelled to China to experience a culture whose model of human health is so different from ours that my questions about the connection of mind and body could not be answered from within its frame of reference. When the regulation of chi, or vital energy, is the object of mediicine, questions about mind and body make no sense.

The journey led us to a central question: What is health?

 – From the Introduction by Bill Moyers.