I Choose Life: The Dynamics of Visualization and Biofeedback - Paperback

by Garrett Porter (Author), Patricia A. Norris Ph. D. (Author)

I CHOOSE LIFE is an in-depth look at the body's ability to create health through the power of the mind. The self image we hold in our mind is a powerful blueprint affecting our total heath and ability to heal our body. Psychologist Dr. Patricia Norris explains how imagery and biofeedback techniques are used to develop a self image that is strong and effective, potentiating healing on all levels. I CHOOSE LIFE is a book for anyone wishing to understand the role that beliefs, attitudes and expectations play in creating both disease and wellness. Norris clearly explains those methods of visualization which have proven to be most effective, describing her personal experiences with clients and documenting the powerful connections between the mind and the body. Highlighting her work Norris presents nine year old Garrett Porter as an excellent example of the effectiveness of these procedures. Diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, co-author Garrett describes how he worked for a year with biofeedback, visualizations, relaxation, drawing, self expression techniques, and eventually totally eliminated his tumor. In addition to inspiring stories of personal healing, this book shares valuable information for everyone about the mind's ability to transform the quality of life on all levels: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

Author Biography

Patricia A. Norris, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Holos University Graduate Seminary, with a focus on Energetic and Integrative Healthcare, Transpersonal Psychology and Spiritual Healing. From 1993 thru 2005 she was Clinical Director of Life Sciences Institute of Mind-Body Health, Inc. in Topeka, Kansas. She has been studying and working with both Psychosynthesis and biofeedback since 1970, and has 30 years of professional experience in psychophysiologic psychotherapy. Her work emphasizes the integration of body, emotions, mind and spirit with self-regulation, psychosynthesis, visualization and imagery. Dr. Norris received her Ph.D. degree in the psychology of consciousness in 1976 from Union Graduate School, The Union Institute. Her dissertation research focused on the combined use of biofeedback and psychosynthesis to facilitate self-regulation and self-image change in male prisoners. Highly significant reductons in recidivism resulted. Norris produced a manual Working with Prisoners, or There's Nobody Else Here. Dr. Norris is Past President of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback; and served on the editorial board of the journal, Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, for that society. She is Past President of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine, a member of its Board of Directors, and serves on the editorial board of the journal Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine. Dr. Norris served as a Faculty Member of the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry 1979-1995, is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the Union Institute Ph.D. program. She has conducted hundreds of workshops and seminars on psychosynthesis and biofeedback, and has presented papers and authored numerous publications in these areas, including the books Working with Prisoners or There's Nobody Else Here, and I Choose Life: The Dynamics of Visualization and Biofeedback (with Garrett Porter). She has taught in China, Mexico, Switzerland and Russia as well as the U.S., and has been co-developer of and faculty member for a training program for professionals in a neurofeedback and psychosynthesis program for addictions in a number of settings throughout the county and state.