Mind/Body medicine may refer to the way our thoughts, emotions, as well as behaviors affect our health.  It also may refer to the mind/body interventions that we use to support health.
    The National Institutes of Health counts mind/body medicine as a major category of alternative medicine.  Some of the most commonly used mind/body therapies are biofeedback, meditation, hypnosis, psychotherapy, visualization, and spiritual healing.  "Mindfulness," however, is a self practice that allows us to slow down and move with equanimity through a constantly changing world. 
    Following are some books and websites that perhaps will get you "thinking" about this vibration in the spectrum of health care!

Books | Relaxation Audio Tapes
You may order the books directly from amazon.com by clicking on the books image.

Books

Full Catastrophe Living : Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face 
Stress, Pain, and Illness
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Kabat-Zinn, founder of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, is perhaps the best-known proponent of using meditation to help patients deal with illness. (The somewhat confusing title is from a line in Zorba the Greek in which the title character refers to the ups and downs of family life as "the full catastrophe.") But this book is also a terrific introduction for anyone who has considered meditating but was afraid it would be too difficult or would include religious practices they found foreign. Kabat-Zinn focuses on "mindfulness," a concept that involves living in the moment, paying attention, and simply "being" rather than "doing." While you can practice anything "mindfully," from taking a walk to cleaning your house, Kabat-Zinn presents several meditation techniques that focus the attention most clearly, whether it's on a simple phrase, your breathing, or various parts of your body. The book goes into detail about how hospital patients have either improved their health or simply come to feel better despite their illness by using these techniques, but these meditations can help anyone deal with stress and gain a calmer outlook on life. "When we use the word healing to describe the experiences of people in the stress clinic, what we mean above all is that they are undergoing a profound transformation of view," Kabat-Zinn writes. "Out of this shift in perspective comes an ability to act with greater balance and inner security in the world." --Ben Kallen

Mind Body Medicine : How to Use Your Mind for Better Health  
by Daniel Goleman, Joel Gurin (Contributor)
This book on how thoughts and emotion affect your health combines consumer-oriented pragmatic advice with a solid research base. Edited by a New York Times behavioral science writer and a Consumer Reports science editor, the book discusses the connection between stress and disease; the mind's role in pain, heart disease, cancer, and other ailments; and mind/body approaches to health. Illustrated

When Things Fall Apart : Heart Advice for Difficult Times  
by Pema Chodron
    Much like Zen, Pema Chodron's interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism takes the form of a nontheistic spiritualism. In When Things Fall Apart this head of a Tibetan monastery in Canada outlines some relevant and deceptively profound terms of Tibetan Buddhism that are germane to modern issues. The key to all of these terms is accepting that in the final analysis, life is groundless. By letting go, we free ourselves to face fear and obstacles and offer ourselves unflinchingly to others. The graceful, conversational tone of Chodron's writing gives the impression of sitting on a pillow across from her, listening to her everyday examples of Buddhist wisdom.

THE RELAXATION RESPONSE 
by Herbert Benson, MD
    With millions of copies in print, THE RELAXATION RESPONSE has remained the definitive work on stress and the mind/body connection since its publication in 1975.
    The book defines the relaxation response, a simple meditative technique that has helped millions to cope with the physical effects of stress. This revitalizing, therapeutic technique - tested by Dr. Benson in the laboratories of Harvard Medical School and Boston's Beth Israel Hospital - can release your body's hidden defenses against stress and stress-triggered illnesses, including high blood pressure.
    Once learned, the relaxation response takes only ten to twenty minutes a day and, as millions have already discovered, can relieve the stress that can interfere with a rich, fuller, healthier life.

BEYOND THE RELAXATION RESPONSE 
by Herbert Benson, MD
    The groundbreaking best seller, THE RELAXATION RESPONSE, published in 1975, first put forth Dr. Herbert Benson's definition of the relaxation response - a simple, effective, self-healing meditation technique for reducing the detrimental effects of the stress we live with every day. In BEYOND THE RELAXATION RESPONSE, he describes remarkable new methods for extending the mind's power to heal the body - methods that need to be practiced only a few minutes a day - at home, in the office, even while exercising.
    After clinical observation and headline-making studies of Tibetan monks in the Himalayas - all of which are described here in detail - Dr. Benson has proved that a belief in a healing power either inside yourself or out, when combined with the relaxation response and sound medical care, can measurably, dramatically improve your health - relieving back pain, headaches, hyperventilation and panic attacks, insomnia, hypertension and other harmful effects of stress.
    Dr. Benson devotes a major portion of this breakthrough book to a practical, individualized guide, describing exactly how to harness personal healing power while jogging, walking, swimming, while lying in bed, or during prayer, and how to integrate these instructions with modern medicine.

"DR. BENSON SHOWS US THAT BELIEF CAN HEAL US NOT ONLY SPIRITUALLY, BUT PHYSICALLY AS WELL."-- 
Jack Canfield, co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
    The #1 best-selling author of The Relaxation Response demonstrates with scientific evidence how belief can heal. The vast majority of complaints patients bring to their doctors could be self-healing. At a time when more and more people are seeking spiritual comfort for their health concerns, renowned Harvard Medical School Associate Professor Herbert Benson has written Timeless Healing to show how, by activating neurological pathways of "remembered wellness," we can alleviate up to 60 percent of our medical ailments.
    Drawing on 25 years as a physician and researcher, Dr. Benson reveals that humans are not only nourished by meditation and prayer, but are "wired for God"--genetically designed to believe in a higher power. Patients can, with the help of their doctors, employ their beliefs and other self-care methods to heal over many medical problems. 
    Timeless Healing proposes a blueprint for health that incorporates both the latest advances of modern medicine and the age-old healing power of our beliefs. 
    "Herbert Benson has been and remains a leader in mind/body medicine. Timeless Healing is an excellent presentation of all we need to know." -- Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles 
    "The faith community has long awaited validation by the scientific world. Here it is." -- Marianne Williamson
    "Herb Benson's own vibrant spirit and the grace of his writing, his inspiring vision, and his disciplined grounding all make Timeless Healing a tonic for our diseased times." -- Thomas Moore, author of Care for the Soul 

 
"Any clinician who treats women should read this book. In fact, every woman should give one to her doctor. An inspiring books that shows how treating the whole woman can really make a difference." -- Steven E. Locke, M.D., chief of Behavioral Medicine. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, author of The Healer Within
    At Harvard Medical School's Division of Behavioral Medicine, Alice Domar, Ph.D., has developed singular, scientifically sound mind/body methods for women and demonstrated their effectiveness with groundbreaking research. Thus, HEALING MIND, HEALTHY WOMAN offers a new repertoire of therapeutic methods to two broad groups of women: those who wish to protect and enhance their health, and those who are suffering from specific health problems.
    Each chapter contains stories of women who have achieved remarkable success in Dr. Domar's programs. HEALING MIND, HEALTHY WOMAN inspires readers with the message that they can use the mind/body connection to seize control of their health and well-being.
    HEALING MIND HEALTHY WOMAN first describes a spectrum of techniques for stress management and wellness for all women. It then sets forth programs tailored for women with a wide range of conditions, devoting one chapter to each:

HEALING MIND, HEALTHY WOMAN is also available on two audio cassettes read by the author. 
From Harper Audio.

 Relaxation Audio Tapes

    The following resource audiotapes are produced by Benson-Henry Institute clinicians of Mass General Hospital and are made available through their website. 
    Each tape is $15 plus S&H.
    noaw is not held responsible for the ordering of these tapes.  They are ordered through the Harvard Universities Mind/Body Clinic.  Please access the following website for information on tapes: http://www.mbmi.org/shop/listproducts.asp?fam=4