The Eight-Point Program of Passage Meditation: Health Effects of a Comprehensive Program

Spirit, Science, and Health: How the Spiritual Mind Fuels Physical Wellness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 72-93

  Flinders, Tim ^b   Oman, Doug ^a   Flinders, Carol Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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