Dr. Richard Hoofs
Self-Healing by Prescription
A guide to inner growth and balance
Paperback, 240 pages, 14 x 21.5 cm, illustrated
This book connects Western medical knowledge (regular medicine) with Oriental energetic wisdom (the chakra and aura systems). This gives rise to a spirited medical practice with a holistic view on humanity. Ailments and illnesses are not looked upon as being failings of machinery but as upset balance: an imbalance, for instance due to blocked emotions and feelings that get stuck and obstruct energy. Recovery can be obtained by restoring this balance, not only through practical treatment but also by awareness of the deeper significance of a complaint. Self-Healing by Prescription helps to find your Self as healer and become whole again. It is a guide to experience life to the full and to enjoy all that life has to offer.
Self-Healing by Prescription is simple, practical and straightforward. It contains several true-to-life stories, examples and exercises. The exercises allow for an immediate experience of the described insights. Awareness therefore does not only occur in the area of the spirit but can take place in every cell of the body. This book can help you to break away from restricting patterns and blockades. It can signify the commencement of an exploration between heaven and earth: an exiting quest for your Self.
The author:
´I am currently practicing as a family physician and at the same time manage my own holistic practice as an acupuncturist and coach. First as a student and later on as general practitioner I travelled to India several times. I was touched deeply by the profound wisdom and richness of Oriental esotericism. However, in the midst of the material poverty I actually experienced the practical benefit of Western medicine. A desire arose to combine Oriental and Western medicine, preserving the best of both. Besides general medicine I studied acupuncture, anthroposophy and spiritual therapy. In my regular general practice it can occur that a question requires a deeper answer than I can provide from science, while I also often notice the need for the more customary in my holistic practice. That gave rise to Self-Healing by Prescription, my first work on the subject of holistic medicine. I have written several scientific texts and articles, but Self-Healing by Prescription has a broader range than the strictly scientific, while at the same time valuing its worth.
A practical manual for raising awareness and attaining wholeness!