Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices

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I wish he'd been more solid in his science--he definitely cherrypicks, and then doesn't really give enough detail to satisfy the unbeliever, NOR, really, to help the believer be able to take action with this new information. If you are interested in alternative therapies and want some proof that they are working or could work for you, then you will like Why Woo-Woo Works.

In his book, Hamilton discusses the many aspects of different spiritual practices and a few alternative therapies. In this subtle fusion of science and spirituality, learn about the interplay between destiny and free will. But if you’re interested in the topics presented here, he provides a good summary of what they’re about, and it might be worth your while having a look. In it, I also explain why I’d love to see a closer integration between mainstream treatments and complementary practices.

So not only do you have lots of little electric fields in your body and a sum field – the sum of all these electric fields; your overall biofield – but you also have lots of little magnetic fields and larger ones that emanate from areas where there is lots of blood flow (lots of moving electric fields) – like the heart. And how do I mean for example, I mean, I’ve got one here just as as a key because I feel that you might ask me something, why not. There are a lot of studies mentioned, which is the point of Why Woo-Woo Works – backing up the woo-woo. You will also learn how how 'kindness hormones' can reduce blood pressure, improve the health or blood vessels, and slow ageing in several ways. It is rare to find something that doesn’t succumb to the skepticism of the former or the, well, woo-woo of the latter.

Yeah, it’s a big topic and it’s a question I’ve asked many people on the show actually and I’ve had many great people I’ve had a NASA physicist on you’re talking about this saying he was wrong. And that’s, that’s the first real mention of it in that context, wrote about the 1980s, as far as I could tell, and so so there’s a full spectrum of it. I went to, I went the full spectrum, you know, women is actually defined as in the Oxford Dictionary, is defined as unconventional beliefs, regardless having little or no scientific basis, especially those pertaining to a spirituality mysticism and alternative health. My mum’s practice was listening to a guided meditation tape every night before bed, and she continued with it for years because it worked so well.Some of the subjects covered are Mind Over Matter, Meditation, Trapped and Released Emotions, Nature, Reiki, Crystals, How Perception Changes Your Reality, Consciousness, Telepathy, Distant Healing and Prayer,The Right Conditions and The Law of Attraction. Alternative therapies, healing modalities, and spiritual practices are often referred to as ‘woo-woo,’– but many of these approaches are actually supported by compelling scientific evidence.

I gotta ask you one other question before I change gears on the podcast, because I heard you quote it today.Alternative therapies, healing modalities, and spiritual practices are often referred to as 'woo-woo,' - but many of these approaches are actually supported by compelling scientific evidence. Say you, the reader, were fired up by this implication and wanted to start praying for a friend of yours in the hospital--how to do it?

People who are skeptical are not skeptical because they actually understand what’s going on, they are skeptical because they don’t understand what’s going on and the subject matter doesn’t make sense to them. Meditation is an example of how a mystical practice becomes mainstream once the science is known and enough people are doing it. The book is suitable for adults and teenagers, and some adults like to also discuss it with their younger children. then he, like the psi-hot-shot, somehow 'doesn't exist' in terms of science--instead of being an amazing exception of potential, it's treated as an outlier or statistical glitch. And the wonderful thing is that feeds into everything that you’re talking about is that you’re giving somebody back their power as well.But it’s definitely, definitely these walls are absolutely coming together, even if many people haven’t noticed that yet. This book was a mixed bag of really important and enjoyable parts and parts I couldn’t follow or find any interest in. Similarly, he teases an interesting study to suggest that prayer for someone works if there is some emotional connection between the pray-er and the pray-ee--giving an example of a group who was given factoids and updates about the person they were praying for, and how it made a difference. But another interpretation is very strong, and really growing in popularity among professional physicists. Very interesting perspective in each chapter, including figuring out a mathematical formula for consciousness which he applies in different chapters - and I'm not a math person.