The Power Up Your Brain program is a groundbreaking, five-week plan that helps prime the brain for enlightenment.
by David Perlmutter, M.D., F.A.C.N., and Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.
The quest for enlightenment has occupied mankind for millennia. And from the depictions we have seen — monks sitting on meditation cushions, nuns kneeling in prayer, shamans communing with the universe — it seems that this elusive state is reserved for a chosen few.
But now, Perlmutter, a neuroscientist, and Villoldo, a medical anthropologist and shaman, have come together to explore the commonalities between their specialties with the aim of making enlightenment possible for anyone.
Joining the long-separated worlds of science and spirit, Perlmutter explores the exciting phenomena of neurogenesis and mitochondrial health, while Villoldo brings his vast knowledge of shamanic and spiritual practices to the table.
Together they draw from the most powerful tools in each discipline to create the Power Up Your Brain program, a groundbreaking, five-week plan that helps prime the brain for enlightenment. With advice on nutrition, dietary supplements, physical exercise, shamanic practices, meditation and visualizations, they guide readers step-by-step through the program to help them clear their minds from previous trauma.
Readers learn to open themselves up to experience the inner peace, vast insight and extraordinary creativity that define the experience of enlightenment, paving the way to successfully face the challenges to come.
$24.95 hardcover — Hay House, Inc., P.O. Box 5100, Carlsbad, CA 92018-5100.
Reprinted from AzNetNews, Volume 30, Number 2, February/March 2011.
April 13, 2012
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