A Physician's Journey

In A Physician's Journey: Yoga and Meditation to Holistic Medicine, Dennis K. Chernin, MD, MPH, describes how his spiritual and professional lives melded, culminating in his medical practice. Readers approaching from a range of perspectives will find Dr. Chernin's experience informative. Chernin's work, grounded in modern medicine, includes detailed case histories and treatments from his practice. He uses three major yogabased paradigms chakras, koshas and raja yoga as holistic models to help us understand the multidimensional fabric of human health and disease. He also explores a wide range of therapeutic modalities including nutrition, Ayurveda, hatha yoga, tai chi, meditation and homeopathy.

Readers will find a step by step guide to meditation based on the ancient yoga tradition of Swami Rama, and a discussion of the similarities and differences with other meditation systems, including Jewish, Taoist and devotional approaches such as kirtan (yoga chanting).