A woman faced with advanced cancer shares the story of how preparing to die led her to experience a profound healing on all levels--physical, emotional, and spiritual.
• Explores the practical and spiritual aspects of confronting a life challenge
as a springboard for spiritual growth.
• Includes accounts of dreams, exercises, and visualizations that inspire profound healing.
• Outlines 12 self-help practices of wellness--emotional clearing, meditations, and lifestyle changes--through the living example of a cancer survivor.
• By the co-compiler of the spiritual classic
Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words.
At the age of 41 Cheryl Canfield was diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer. Going against warnings from doctors, she rejected proposed surgeries that would involve removing her uterus, cervix, lymph nodes, and surrounding nerves. Instead, she decided to accept death and focused her energy on attempting to die well. In the process, she cured herself.
Profound Healing is Canfield's down-to-earth account of her journey as she inadvertently experiences a modern-day miracle, and her subsequent reflections on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing. More than a biography, Canfield's story contains exercises, dreams, visualizations, and experiences--from encounters with the modern mystic Peace Pilgrim to her own acceptance of cancer--that assisted her healing process. Others can use her hard-earned insights as a source of hope, inspiration, and practical advice. Relevant to anyone seeking personal growth and life wisdom,
Profound Healing is not merely about dying or living. It is about discovering one's life and living it fully while here.
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH "This book is an absolute pleasure to read, rich in wisdom and expression." --Caroline Myss, Ph.D., author of Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential "I was deeply touched. There is profound wisdom here." --Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace "A sensitive, clear description of guidelines for dealing with a catastrophic illness--from someone who has been there--that can help the reader cross the bridge of forgiveness and spiritual transformation." --Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., coauthor of Love Is Letting Go of Fear At the age of 41 Cheryl Canfield was diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer. Going against warnings from doctors, she rejected proposed surgeries that would involve removing her uterus, cervix, lymph nodes, and surrounding nerves. Instead, she decided to accept death and focused her energy on attempting to die well. In the process, she cured herself. Profound Healing is Canfield's down-to-earth account of her journey as she inadvertently experiences a modern-day miracle, and her subsequent reflections on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing. Her story is intertwined with the exercises, dreams, visualizations, and experiences that assisted her healing process--from her encounters with the modern mystic Peace Pilgrim to her own acceptance of cancer. Canfield summarizes her healing techniques--emotional clearing, meditations, and lifestyle changes--into twelve self-help practices of wellness so others may use her hard-earned insights as a source of hope, inspiration, and practical advice. Relevant to anyone seeking personal growth and life wisdom, Profound Healing is not merely about dying or living; it is about discovering one's life and living it fully. CHERYL CANFIELD is a wellness counselor who lectures nationally on topics of profound healing and steps toward inner peace. She is the editor of Peace Pilgrim's Wisdom and co-compiler of Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words. She lives in northern California.
"In her attempt to learn to die well, the author found herself, five years later, free of disease....just reading the book (and I suggest you do so more than once) is likely to infuse you with renewed faith and serenity and boost your immune system in the process."
