Note to the Reader xii
Preface xiii
Chapter 1 Physician Hurt, Then Heal Thyself: Michael Moskowitz Discovers That Chronic Pain Can Be Unlearned 1
Chapter 2 A Man Walks Off His Parkinsonian Symptoms: How Exercise Helps Fend Off Degenerative Disorders and Can Defer Dementia 33
Chapter 3 The Stages of Neuroplastic Healing: How and Why It Works 101
Chapter 4 Rewiring a Brain with Light: Using Light to Reawaken Dormant Neural Circuits 114
Chapter 5 Moshe Feldenkrais: Physicist, Black Belt, and Healer: Healing Serious Brain Problems Through Mental Awareness of Movement 160
Chapter 6 A Blind Man Learns to See: Using Feldenkrais, Buddhist, and Other Neuroplastic Methods 197
Chapter 7 A Device That Resets the Brain: Stimulating Neuromodulation to Reverse Symptoms 226
I A Cane Against the Wall 226
II Three Resets: Parkinson's, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis 244
III The Cracked Potters 249
IV How the Brain Balances Itself-with a Little Help 262
Chapter 8 A Bridge of Sound: The Special Connection Between Music and the Brain 280
I A Dyslexic Boy Reverses His Misfortune 280
II A Mother's Voice 302
III Rebuilding the Brain from the Bottom Up: Autism, Attention Deficits, and Sensory Processing Disorder 317
IV Solving the Mystery at the Abbey: How Music Raises Our Spirits and Energy 343
After to the Paperback Edition 353
Appendix 1 A General Approach to TBI and Brain Problems 371
Appendix 2 Matrix Repatterning for TBI 373
Appendix 3 Neurofeedback for ADD, ADHD, Epilepsy, Anxiety, and TBI 377
Acknowledgments 379
Notes and References 384
Index 413