‘Joann, a mother of five and a successful businesswoman, collapsed quite suddenly and was diagnosed with an advanced form of multiple sclerosis.
‘Joann’s condition went downhill quickly, and she was eventually unable to move her legs.
‘When she first came to my workshops, she made only small changes, until one day, the woman who hadn’t moved her legs in years walked around the room, completely unassisted, after just one hour-long meditation!’
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‘Studies show, for example, that patients expecting morphine increase circulation of their own endogenous opioids in advance of delivery of the real thing.
‘A woman plagued by depression for decades improved dramatically during an antidepressant drug trial, despite the fact that she was in the group receiving a placebo;
‘Laurie, at age 19, was diagnosed with a rare degenerative bone disease that her doctors told her was incurable.
‘Although the bones in Laurie’s left leg and hip suffered 12 major fractures over several decades, leaving her dependent on crutches for getting around, today she walks perfectly normally, without even needing a cane.
‘Her x-rays show no evidence of any fractures in her bones.’
Book Synopsis | You Are The Placebo
‘Michelle healed herself of Parkinson’s disease, and John, a quadriplegic stood up from his wheelchair after a meditation.’
‘In 1987, Jean-Pierre Bely traveled to Lourdes.
‘Years previously, Jean-Pierre had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disorder that attacks the body’s central nervous system. He was now confined to a wheelchair.
‘But during a service in Lourdes, Jean-Pierre felt something strange.
‘“As the priest was giving me unction on the forehead and hands, I had the impression that everything was turning around me,” he said.
‘“In a fraction of a second I lost all sense of time and space. God was coming to cure my heart. I was invaded by a powerful feeling of liberation and peace that I had never experienced before.”
‘After that experience, Jean-Pierre began to feel a tingling in his legs. A few days later, he took his first unaided steps in years.’
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