In picking up this book you have just taken the first step towards discovering that everything about yourself is worth exploring. You are an amazing complex and exciting being. You already know it is very necessary to feel well, be healthy and full of vitality. In Body Mind Connections, a revised and extended edition of Essential Connections Felicity Mackinnon continues to provide a unique perspective on the body and its complexities. And especially the unity of the body and mind. In this beautifully presented book virtually the whole body is explored giving the broadest view of how and why the body's functions, processes and emotions and irrevocably interlinked. the book excellently demonstrates how these determine our health. It makes compelling reading. This book is full of valuable insights into the cause and effect of what we do, think and experience, especially our beliefs about ourselves. Knowing how and understanding why enables us to help ourselves. Our emotional responses, reactions, feelings and beliefs all impact on out body: they are one unit. This is about the true wholeness of the body which is our complete self. Because our body therefore carries all our experiences, we need to see that there is so much more to ill-health than just the physical-autonomous body and its separate parts holding the symptoms and the illness. Our energy is the key. Its source, its quality and influence need to be realised, acknowledged and valued. Therefore easy methods of working on, and improving it for better health and ways of coping with life's experiences and relationships, are amply provided here too. You couldn't do better than have Body Mind Connections as part of your life and health.

This is a book everyone needs to read; a whole new perspective on how and why the body's functions and its energy shape every aspect of your life. Our body and emotions together generate the energy that powers the quality of our lives. Discover how and why that energy governs our health, the way we act, live, relate, work and communicate, how and why our day-to-day physical and mental energy responds to the emotions of our thoughts and experiences, past as well as present. Understanding this crucial inter-relationship gives you choices for the way you live and love. It's easy to read, logical and practical. You can work with it and write in it. You can refer back to it or dip into it whenever you need information or an answer. And there are easy tried and tested ways to make the best of your energy. You can then very simply really begin to take control of improving your own quality of life, health and vitality. Your energy is your very own renewable resource to make the most of your life and opportunities.'