The Dancing Healers: A Doctor's Journey of Healing with Native Americans
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (910 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062503952 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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He discovers the wisdom of the Pueblo priest's question to his Western doctor, "Do you know how to dance?". Despite his condition, Santiago got up and demonstrated the proper steps. The old man replied,"Do you know how to dance?"To humor Santiago, Hammerschlag shuffled his feet at the priest's bedside. Hammerschlag responded almost by rote, rattling off his medical education, intership, and certification. This fascinating account of a Yale-trained psychiatrist's twenty-year experience with Native American healing interweaves autobiography with stories of the Native Americans who challenged his medical school assumptions about their methods.While working as a family physicans in a Native Ame
Hammerschlag, M.D., is a lecturer at the University of Arizona School of Medicine in Tucson and is founder of the Turtle Island Project. Carl A.
Five Stars christopher Really great book. Had to read this for a college course and found myself really loving it!. "A worthwhile read!" according to Armchair Interviews. Everyone has a journey. Living the journey is important but one learns in reading The Dancing Healers by psychiatrist Carl Hammerschlag that the sharing of the journey can be equally as important. He shares personal stories and stories of those Native Americans who taught him his knowledge of life and healing. This is an opportunity to see the physical and spiritual life from another's perspective, and it contributes to a greater understanding of different life views.Following medical school, Hammerschlag chose to serve New Mexico's Native American population r. "Don't Give a Person Who Can't Dance a Stethoscope" according to Elderbear. "All stories speak to each of us. Understanding this connection is crucial if we're to be able to live together and to live with ourselves. We must learn to feel how other people connect to one another and to the universe." (Preface)After completing his internship, Hammerschlag joined the Indian Health Service and began a personal and professional journey in the Southwest. Although he thought he was bringing his healing skills to impoverished people who would be grateful for his gifts, he had no conscious clue that he had chosen a place for his own healing.Weav
. For public libraries.Judith Eannarino, George Washington Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. He began with a conventional medical outlook but grew to regard the traditional Indian ways of ritual, healing, and dying with awe and admiration. This is a glowing personal account of his experiences, which he claims have enabled him to meld Jewish and Native American spiritual concepts and become a "dancing healer," one who is able to help others pursue the meaning and wisdom of lifeand cure their diseases. From Library Journal The author spent 20 years as a physician working among Native Americans in the Southwest