healing with the arts: a 12-week program to heal yourself and your community

'Have you ever painted a mural with your neighbors to renew your community? Sang a song to uplift your mood? Danced with your children to bring the family together? Each of these acts has the power to heal your body and your community. Through art projects--including visual arts, dance, writing, and music--along with spiritual practices and guided imagery, Healing with the Arts gives readers the tools to heal physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual ailments. Acclaimed by hospitals and caretakers from around the world, Healing with the Arts brings a proven twelve-week program out of the medical community and into your home and neighborhood. Internationally known leaders in the Arts in Medicine movement, authors Michael Samuels, MD, and Mary Rockwood Lane, RN, PhD, use creativity and self-expression to pave a path to healing. Whether improving your personal health or the health of your community, join the thousands of people who have already awoken their innate healing ability through art'--