Mind-Body Intelligence: A Guide to Nurturing Compassion, Inside & Out

About the Book

In recent times, meditation and mindfulness have become household words. Many people rely on meditation practices to relieve stress, enhance mental clarity, and to help us be present in our daily lives.

Mind Body Intelligence™ is a unique approach that combines mindfulness meditation techniques, mindful movement, and healing meditation practices, to foster emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. With deep roots in both Western and Buddhist psychology, MBI™ empowers the practitioner to reduce suffering and promote their own healing.

MBI™ practices are approached from three perspectives:

Mind: promoting psychological well-being, the integration and healing of our internal world,
and the ability to be present in the here and now.

Body: understanding the interface between body and mind, and how to influence our physical
health.

Spirit: offering a path to greater self-compassion and compassion for others.

You will learn to access your internal sources of wisdom and begin to engage in a working relationship with your inner characters, such as your Critical Witness. Each chapter contains detailed explanations and suggested meditations.

A workbook is included that offers a basic eight-week guide to establishing your integrated MBI™ practice. You can track your progress, record observations, and find solutions to common roadblocks. Access to online meditation videos and registration for participation in on-line MBI™ classes will be provided.

This easily accessible book explores some of the major sources of human suffering with warmth and compassion. It provides specific meditation instructions for healing the Mind, Body, and Spirit.

Praise

“It takes both compassion and determination to redirect one’s life toward a path of mindfulness.  Mind Body Intelligence: A Guide to Nurturing Compassion Inside & Out offers a unique approach to making this journey more accessible through simple yet deeply personal techniques. This is a must-read for anyone seeking to pursue an honest inner journey toward awakening their own consciousness.”
—Atherton Drenth, author of The Intuitive Dance. Building, Protecting and Clearing Your Energy

“We are fortunate to live at a time when the deep insights and exquisitely nuanced methodologies of Buddhist practice are at last being integrated into Western psychology. Ellen Adelman is among the pioneers doing this important work. Her wise, compassionate guidebook will benefit numerous beings in our shared project of coming out of suffering—and awakening into good old sane, balanced happiness.”
—Dean Sluyter, author of The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature

“Dr. Adelman’s insightful book, Mind Body Intelligence is an exciting glimpse into the world of meditation and mindfulness. It offers a path to greater self-compassion so that one may have more compassion for others. I am profoundly affected by the strong potential for healing that the exercises in this book provide, freeing us from the expectations and demands of others, and providing us with tools by which to listen to our bodies and claim our inner truth.”
—Dr. Karyn Wilner, author of Releasing Toxic Anger for Women: Somatic Practices and CBT Skills to Transform Negative Thoughts, Soothe Stress, and Stay True to Yourself

“In these times of polarization and great uncertainty, we need gentle, wise, caring guides, like psychologist Dr. Ellen Adelman, to teach us self-care tools to decrease stress, awaken inner wisdom, and deepen compassionate connections with ourselves and others.”
—Jodie Skillicorn, DO, author of Healing Depression without Medication: A Psychiatrist’s Guide to Balancing Mind, Body, and Soul

“Dr. Ellen Adelman has done an outstanding job curating a comprehensive guide to Buddhist Psychology for individuals on a psychodynamic and spiritual pathway to healing and well-being. She offers a refreshing perspective on the wellness of the whole person. The book explains that we all have the potential to become Bodhisattvas and cultivate a Warrior-Heart and a Gentle Spirit. In her book, she explores The Noble Eightfold Path and how it applies to healing on a deeply spiritual level.  Dr. Adelman helps us understand the parts of us known as the Critical Witness and the Benevolent Witness in our psychological world, and encourages us to be more caring and kinder toward ourselves; fostering an inner sense of support and understanding. The book is excellent, practical, and a wealth of experiential meditation ready to share.”
—Gay Lynn Grigas, LMHC, author of Psychedelics Dreams and Rituals: A Guidebook for Explorers, Therapists, and Facilitators 

“Dr. Adelman’s, Mind Body Intelligence, will be a help to mental health practitioners and the general public. Of particular importance is the emphasis on the
psychological impact of the practical exercises. The immediate usefulness of this book would be very attractive to many populations. As a person who has had training in Qigong, I look forward to reading Dr. Adelman’s application of this approach to health with groups who are suffering from psychological problems. In my over 30 years of experience as a practicing psychologist and university professor, I believe
that Mind Body Intelligence would be valuable for many people to read and apply to their lives.”
—Gordon Hart, Ph.D., Professor of Counseling Psychology, Temple University
Director of Doctoral Training

“It is with pleasure and excitement that I’ve read Dr. Ellen Adelman—an experienced clinical psychologist as well as a meditation teacher—on the subject of what she calls “Mind Body Intelligence.”  Her ideas are clearly timely ones and she communicates them with extraordinary clarity and eloquence.  Her unique contribution lies in her integration of what contemporary science has taught us about the body, brain, and mind with what a 2500 year old contemplative tradition has taught us about the healing power of meditation.  Adelman’s approach is both practical and sophisticated, blending meditation, movement, and the insights drawn from twenty years of practice as a psychotherapist. I expect that her book and CD will have very considerable appeal to a general audience.”
—David Wallin, PhD author of Attachment in Psychotherapy 2007

“Mind Body Intelligence, by Dr. Ellen Adelman is a significant resource on health and healing to the general public, to health care professionals and specifically to mental health professionals. Dr. Adelman’s, unique integration of the wisdom of Buddhist psychology and western psychology provides a clear path to healing and sanity for those who wish to heal themselves and those who work with others to heal suffering and enhance healthy living. The instruction is logical ,clear and jargon free and as such, is accessible to the general reader. The integration of mindfulness meditation, mindful movement and spiritual path with psychology, offers an approach to healing from a truly holistic perspective. I highly recommend this much-needed guide for both the general public and those health care professionals pursuing self-care while they work to heal others. As the health care, medical and mental health professions carve the path toward integrating Eastern and Western medicine, Dr. Adelman’s book will be a primary contribution on this journey.”
—Gloria Donnelly, MSN, PhD, Dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health Drexel University Philadelphia PA

“This beautiful book shows us how to embrace life’s shocks and losses. It takes us beyond such buzzwords as “mindfulness” into the territory of living fully without fear no matter what life throws at us…whether or not we are drawn to Buddhism as a formal spiritual practice. In these turbulent times, I highly recommend Mind Body Intelligence as a guide to finding our unique place of inner safety.”
—Laurie Nadel, PhD, author of The Five Gifts: Discovering Hope, Healing, and Strength When Disaster Strikes