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The Open-Focus Brain : Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body - Les Fehmi

The Open-Focus Brain

Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body

By: Les Fehmi, Jim Robbins

Paperback | 15 February 2009 | Edition Number 1

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A breakthrough, drug-free approach to stress and stress-related illnesses—from anxiety and depression to ADHD and chronic pain—using simple attention exercises with powerful results on physical and mental health

This breakthrough book presents a disarmingly simple idea: The way we pay attention in daily life can play a critical role in our health and well-being. According to Dr. Les Fehmi, a clinical psychologist and researcher, many of us have become stuck in "narrow-focus attention": a tense, constricted, survival mode of attention that holds us in a state of chronic stress—and which lies at the root of common ailments including anxiety, depression, ADD, stress-related migraines, and more. To improve these conditions, Dr. Fehmi explains that we must learn to return to a relaxed, diffuse, and creative form of attention, which he calls "Open Focus."

This highly readable and empowering book offers straightforward explanations and simple exercises on how to shift into a more calm, open style of attention that reduces stress, improves health, and enhances performance. The Open-Focus Brain features eight essential attention exercises for improving health.

Dr. Fehmi writes, "Everyone has the ability to heal their nervous systems, to dissolve their pain, to slow down and yet accomplish more, to experience the deeper side of life—in short, to change their lives for the better dramatically." At last readers can learn the techniques that Dr. Fehmi has offered to thousands of clients—the same drug-free, safe, and effective techniques that have led to remarkable and long-lasting results.
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"These mental techniques help you to experience your body and even your heart in a new way. Fehmi grounds his plan in research and patient anecdotes showing the techniques can reduce pain and improve relationships and athletic performance."--Publishers Weekly

"Fehmi and award-winning science writer and journalist Robbins present a convincing argument for the effectiveness of neurofeedback in a self-help format for those who want to try the techniques. . . . This well-written book will be of interest to anyone in the alternative healing community."--Library Journal

"Based on thirty-plus years of research and professional experience, this book reveals a startling truth: how you deploy your attention in your daily life is centrally important for your mental and physical health. It also describes a breakthrough methodology for overcoming depression, anxiety, and other hard-to-manage emotional states. As a colleague of Dr. Fehmi from the earliest days of brainwave-biofeedback research, I can trust the credibility of his reports. He is a creative and critical thinker in the field. I heartily recommend this book."--Joe Kamiya, PhD, research psychologist at Langley Porter Institute of Psychiatry

"I've used the Open-Focus techniques in my work with NFL players, and I've shared this knowledge with other athletes and coaches. These attention exercises are applicable across all disciplines."--Bob Ward, Director of Sports Science, former conditioning coach for the Dallas Cowboys

"The techniques described in this book can make life fuller, more enjoyable, and more productive. I recommend it."--Andrew Weil, MD, author of Healthy Aging

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Non-FictionPhilosophyFictionModern & Contemporary FictionSelf-Help, Personal Development & Practical AdvicePopular PsychologyMedicineOther Branches of MedicineClinical PsychologyPsychologyAbnormal PsychologyFamily & Health
Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health TopicsMind, Body, SpiritComplementary Therapies, Healing & Health

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