The Natural Mind

Dr Andrew Weil is a pioneer in integrative medicine, a healing-oriented approach to health encompassing body & psyche. During a lifetime of practicing natural & preventive medicine, he's founder & director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the U. of Arizona Health Sciences Center, where he's also a Clinical Professor of Medicine & Professor of Public Health & Lovell-Jones Professor of Integrative Rheumatology. He received both an M.D. & B.A. in biology/botany from Harvard. He's an internationally-recognized expert for his views on leading a healthy lifestyle, philosophy of healthy aging, & critique of the future of medicine & health care. Over 10 million copies of his books have been sold, including Spontaneous Healing, 8 Weeks to Optimum Health, Eating Well for Optimum Health, The Healthy Kitchen, Healthy Aging & Why Our Health Matters. He's editorial director of DrWeil.com, a leading web resource for healthy living based on integrative medicine. He's found at facebook.com/DrWeil, twitter.com/DrWeil & drweilblog.com. This is his 1st bestseller, a classic work on the principles of consciousness, offering a new model for solving the drug problem by acknowledging our innate yearnings & offering an alternative. "Incisive, brilliant & genuinely revolutionary."--Michael Crichton (edited)