Dean Ornish Quotes

I've been amazed at how quickly people can heal themselves, actually.

One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself. He heals himself, by his own power, exactly as he walks by means of his own power, or eats, or thinks, breathes or sleeps.

When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.

The five patients in 'Rethinking Cancer' share with us the path of their recovery: the courage to take their own lives in their hands with a natural approach to healing their bodies.

Please keep in mind the distinction between healing and treatment: treatment originates from outside, whereas healing comes from within.

Disease is cured by the body itself, not by doctors or remedies.

If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.

The best thing I've learned is that you have to listen to your body, and you have to be your own physician. Don't ignore those little groaning aches and pains.

You only worry about your head or spinal column. Everything else, some way or another, will repair in time.

To heal from the inside out is the key.

I have always made a distinction between healing and curing. To me, 'healed' represents a condition of one's life; 'cured' relates strictly to one's physical condition. In other words, there may be healed quadriplegics and AIDS patients, and cured cancer patients who are leading unhealthy lives.

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

In this hectic life, we have no time to take care of ourselves, hence massage is needed for rejuvenation and stress reduction. A lot of people are looking for quick fixes: like, they are taking medications, and they are doing other things which are not healthy. But massage is very holistic and natural.

In my 20s, I got into giving people massages and realised I was able to encourage their bodies to heal by passing my hands over them. I'd never describe myself as a faith healer - it's just that if someone believes in this type of healing, I can help release whatever blockage it is that's preventing them healing themselves.

The need is to recognize that The patient is the healer, Not the doctor.

Your body can heal itself. It can do so because it has a healing system. If you are in good health, you will want to know about this system, because it is what keeps you in good health and because you can enhance that condition. If you or people you love are sick, you will want to know about this system, because it is the best hope for recovery.

Immune system will heal itself.

The physician knows that his little black bag can carry him only so far and that the body's own healing system is the main resource.

Remove stress from the body and the body regenerates itself. You can heal yourself.

The miracle of self-healing occurs when the inner patient yields to the inner physician.

I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.

Through meditation and gentle cooperation, the body will heal itself with little or no effort.

We are more successfully healed by the vis medicatrix naturae (healing power of nature) than by the most ingenious medical application.

Your work is to find healing. And I find, for me, it's a little bit at a time, and eventually it's barely there. And the journey is finding what works for you and doing it.

Network Spinal Analysis inspires us to trust the healing power within.