Recommended sites

Partners:

University of Minnesota, Center for Spirituality & Healing  www.csh.umn.edu

University of Minnesota, Center for Spirituality & Healing 
www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu

Ridgeview Medical Center

For more information about Healthcare:

The Bravewell Collaborative: In the forefront of Integrative Health Care, the Collaborative exits to 'bring about optimal health and healing for individuals and society.’ An operating foundation, The Bravewell Collaborative sponsors initiatives contributing to an integrative healthcare system. For a list of their initiatives, access to the Declaration for a New Medicine, and the names of 6 physicians who won a $25,000 award for pioneering integrative medicine, visit their website. http://www.bravewell.org

The Fetzer Institute: Founded by John E Fetzer, the Institute’s web site states that their mission isis ‘to foster awareness of the power of love and forgiveness in the emerging global community [and] rests on our conviction that efforts to address the world's critical issues must go beyond political, social, and economic strategies to their psychological and spiritual roots.’ Committed to fostering societal and global wellness, visit their site to learn about their 3 program areas and, in particular, their Science and Spirituality program to learn about their healthcare projects. http://www.fetzer.org

The Samueli Institute: The Institute is a pioneer in the transformation of the healthcare system and emphasizes an integrative, whole systems approach. Research is conducted in four areas: integrative medicine, optimal healing environments, integrative medicine in the military, and brain, mind, healing. For more information: www.siib.org

New Medicine: In 2006 PBS created a TV special entitled The New Medicine that suggested American healthcare could be on the brink of a transformation. The web site provides information about the growing nationwide movement for hospitals and clinics to integrate the best of high-tech medicine with the recognition that the patient is a ‘whole person, and not a cog in an assembly line.’  www.thenewmedicine.org

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For more information about intuition and related topics:

Tacit Knoweldge and Intuition: Philosopher Michael Polyani suggested that knowledge is either explicit (can be articulated and explained) or tacit (hard to explain or often even explain how you know something.) This site explores the relationship between tacit knowledge and intuition and arises from a course taught at the Harvard University School of Education. http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~t656_web/index.htm

Cultural Based Healing: Intuition is often part of cultural based healing processes. The Vaden Health Center at Sanford University has developed a website which lists a variety of complementary healing traditions and contains links for more information. The sites are categorized by both geographical areas and cultural traditions around the world, for example, Asia, African Medicine, Christian Healing, Native American, etc.  For more information: http://vaden.stanford.edu/library/healing_trad.html

Cultural Based Healing: The 2008 Ways of Knowing Symposium: Cultural Based Health and Healing, offered by the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA’S Center for Spirituality and Healing and The Life Science Foundation, is exploring different ways that cultures view (1) who a healer is and how they are identified and trained, (2) what health is and how it is maintained in different cultures, (3) the role of spirituality and health, and (4) storytelling in the healthcare context. Link to Ways of Knowing Symposium 2008

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For more information on new science:

The Institute of Noetic Sciences:The Institute was founded by astronaut Edgar Mitchell and others following Mitchell’s experiences in outer space. Noetics, a membership organization, is dedicated ’to advancing the science of consciousness and human experience [in order] to serve individual and collective transformation.’ In addition to learning about their scientific research, suggested transformational practices, and sponsored events, visitors to the web site can learn where Noetics’ chapters are located throughout the United States and the world. www.noetics.org

The John Templeton Foundation: The John Templeton Foundation’s mission is to ‘serve as a philanthropic catalyst for discovery in areas engaging life’s biggest questions’. These questions range from explorations into the laws of nature and the universe to questions on the nature of love, gratitude, forgiveness and creativity.  Science and Religion is one of the Core Themes of the Foundation. http://www.templeton.org

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