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Yearning to provide for her clients a healing she could not find in mainstream psychiatric practice, one woman psychiatrist travels to India for an ayurvedic cleanse called panchakarma and reconnects to her soul. That story is woven through this prescriptive book in a way that gently invites readers in to transformative ways to heal what they thought could never be healed.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Foreword by Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
Invitation to the Reader
Introduction
Chapter One: Day One: The Power to Heal
Chapter Two: Day Two: Day of Transition
Chapter Three: Day Three: Roller Coaster
Chapter Four: Day Four: Bliss
Chapter Five: Day Five: Going Within
Chapter Six: Day Six: Sweet Clarity
Chapter Seven: Day Seven: Great Expectations
Chapter Eight: Day Eight: Open Calm Eager
Chapter Nine: Life Ever After
Epilogue: Returning to Life
Appendix A: Reasons to Consider PK
Glossary
Resources
About the author
Judith E. Pentz, MD, has practiced as an integrative psychiatrist for twenty-eight years in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she is an assistant professor and attending child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist at the University of New Mexico. In fall 2015, her essay, “Botanicals for Depression,” was published in the textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression: Redefining Models for Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention.
Summary
Yearning to provide for her clients a healing she could not find in mainstream psychiatric practice, one woman psychiatrist travels to India for an ayurvedic cleanse called panchakarma and reconnects to her soul. That story is woven through this prescriptive book in a way that gently invites readers in to transformative ways to heal what they thought could never be healed.
Foreword
Endorsements
The following experts are appropriate to endorse
Cleanse Your Body, Reveal Your Soul, and Pentz has approached them through their mutual networks:
- James Lake, M.D., has published many titles in integrative medicine, including four textbooks, and writes a column for the trade magazine Psychiatric Times. He recently completed an ebook series for the public on integrative mental approaches to different diagnoses in mental health such as anxiety disorders and depression.
- James Greenblatt, M.D., an integrative psychiatrist who specializes in eating disorders, is the editor of the textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression for which Pentz wrote a chapter, “Botanicals for Depression”. He also has written
.SolutionThe Breakthrough Depression - Hyla Cass, M.D., is an integrative/holistic psychiatrist and has published “Supplement Your Prescription,” “Eight Weeks to Vibrant Health,” “Natural Highs: Feel Good All the Time,” and “St. John’s Wort: Nature’s Blues Buster” in various academic journals and health publications.
- Leslie Korn, Ph.D., MPH, LMHC is a clinical traumatologist and behavioral medicine therapist specializing in mental health nutrition and integrative medicine. She is the author of seven books with her most recent one, The Good Mood Kitchen, published in July 2017.
- Sunil Joshi, M.D. (Ayu), is the Ayurvedic doctor who has overseen all of Pentz’s panchakarmas. He has agreed to write the foreword for the book. He is based in Albuquerque and India.
Training & Workshops
Pentz sees this book as a step toward sharing greater truths and exploring time-honored ways with individuals in workshops and possible trainings for those seeking to master and possibly share the work. Toward that end, she is:
- Working with providers and practitioners to help with ways to reduce stress in their lives and to strengthen their spiritual core so their passion remains strong in their work.
- Seeking to continue to explore creative alliances such as with yoga teachers and mindfulness leaders.
- Leading one-on-one consultations.
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“Dr. Judith Pentz is a connoisseur of techniques and therapies that have been proven to work over millennia in other cultures. A key example is panchakarma, drawn from the Ayurveda healing tradition of ancient India. In Cleanse Your Body, Reveal Your Soul, Dr. Pentz reveals how and why this healing approach has endured over centuries, and how it can benefit those of use in modern cultures as well. If you have an instinctive reluctance toward mind-bending medications, this subtle, gentle way of healing your body mind deserves you attention.” —Larry Dossey, MD, author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters“In Cleanse Your Body, Reveal Your Soul Judith Pentz, MD, provides us with an Ayurvedic roadmap to health, illuminated by years of personal exploration as a physician and healer. A comprehensive guide to the practices and process of Ayurvedic medicine, Pentz peppers this compendium of wisdom with explanations of herbal recipes, foods, medicinal preparations, and yogic practices. Pentz walks with us as a wise guide, so that we may understand and enact these methods into our daily lives, reminding us always that the journey to health and balance is as much a spiritual unfolding, as it is physically rejuvenating.” —Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, author of Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health: A Complete Guide to the Food-Mood Connection
“Cleanse Your Body, Reveal Your Soul is a powerful retelling of Dr. Pentz’s personal journey, one that will resonate with readers who seek health through balance, balance through health, and inspiration for action from an accomplished modern-day healer.” —James Greenblatt, MD, Chief Medical Officer/VP Medical Services at Walden Behavioral Care
“Judith is a wise kindred spirit who will take you on a journey to your most grounded, most spiritually aware self. This book has all the science and all the soul you’ll need to restore a sustainable sense of self-care in your life.” —Joan Borysenko, PhD, NY Times bestselling author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind
“Dr. Pentz, a thought leader in integrative mental health care, makes a compelling case for the relevance of an Ayurvedic practice that cleanses and rejuvenates body and soul. Combining ancient wisdom with stories from her own deeply personal journey toward healing, Dr. Pentz skillfully guides the reader through an immersive eight-day program of cleansing, meditation, and massage that will enhance physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Strongly recommended.” —James Lake, MD, integrative psychiatrist and the author of ten short books on alternative and integrative treatments of mental health problems
"A dazzling and radiant book with a message straight from the Goddess. Cleanse Your Body, Reveal Your Soul addresses how to heal from chronic, pain, illness, trauma, and PTSD. Most of us have some form of one of these common imbalances that Western medicine often falls short of addressing. Adverse experiences can entangle us and Ayurveda offers simplicity as the antidote. Dr Judith Eve Pentz' compelling account of her own Pancha Karma journey reveals why the healing wisdom of Ayurveda in its gorgeous and essential nature is still as relevent today as it was 4000 years ago." —Elise Marie Collins, author of Super Ager: You Can Look Younger, Have More Energy, A Better Memory, and Live a Long and Healthy Life
“Judith Pentz combines a marvelous mix of modern and ancient wellness wisdom in her book that will bring readers much peace, calm, and healing.” —KJ Landis, author of Happy Healthy You
