Thomas R. Verny is a clinical psychiatrist and the author of eight of books, including The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, which was published in 27 countries and 47 scientific papers. He has previously taught at Harvard University, the University of Toronto, York University (Toronto), and St. Mary’s University.
"In The Embodied Mind, Dr. Thomas Verny presents a
comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between the
brain, our bodily functions, and the ways our bodies respond to
cerebral directives. Dr. Verny’s insightful understanding of
human memory’s nature is impressive, and his ability to explain
complex ideas lucidly is commendable. “The Embodied Mind” is a
compelling, powerfully engaging read. However, this book isn’t just
a testament to Dr. Verny’s expertise—it is a riveting journey into
the mysteries of our bodies and minds."
*Literary Titan*
"In The Embodied Mind, Dr. Thomas Verny presents a
comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between the
brain, our bodily functions, and the ways our bodies respond to
cerebral directives. Dr. Verny’s insightful understanding of
human memory’s nature is impressive, and his ability to explain
complex ideas lucidly is commendable. “The Embodied Mind” is a
compelling, powerfully engaging read. However, this book isn’t just
a testament to Dr. Verny’s expertise—it is a riveting journey into
the mysteries of our bodies and minds."
*Literary Titan*
"In this brilliant and ground-breaking new book, Verny draws
on scientific findings in physiology, genetics and quantum physics
to articulate a new view of the mind as fundamentally embodied
rather than ‘enskulled’ within the brain, which has been the
predominant model in our patriarchal and hierarchical
culture. This radical book deserves to be widely read and
seriously considered by the scientific community."
*David Lorimer, Editor, Paradigm Explorer and Chair of
The Galileo Commission*
“The human mind is broader than the brain, bigger even than the
body. In this fascinating book, our guide takes us on a
journey into the fully embodied nature of mental life, reviewing
the cutting-edge science revealing how the body responds to and
encodes experience into its structure and function. Filled
with exciting summaries of the empirical support for the important
view that our feelings, thoughts, and memories are shaped by
physiological functions beyond those of our head-encased brain,
this book invites us to 'think outside the box' and consider
the body more than a transport vehicle for who we are, but rather
one part of a much larger story than previously believed by
contemporary scientific views of mind and self.”
*Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling Author of
INTRACONNECTED; MIND; MINDSIGHT, and AWARE, Executive Director of
the Mindsight Institute*
"Dr. Thomas Verny's The Embodied Mind is a fascinating,
paradigm-shifting, mind-blowing exploration of human
consciousness. Dr. Verny takes the reader on a thrilling
expedition, surveying the latest research into epigenetics, the
human brain, personality changes following heart transplantation,
the microbiome, and so much more. The Embodied
Mind demonstrates that the mind is not constrained to the
brain, but rather is distributed throughout the human
body. Anyone with an interest in the mind-body
connection, consciousness, or the neurosciences will find The
Embodied Mind a joyride that you won't want to end!"
*Mitchell Liester, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor and
Psychiatric Liaison, University of Colorado School of Medicine*
“A wonderful book. Truly inspiring, and I am impressed by Dr.
Verny’s very thorough literature research. He has conquered a
complex topic, and reading The Embodied Mind is literally a
mind-changing experience. Dr. Verny has a unique talent to
inspire new ideas and challenge scientific orthodoxy. I
heartily recommend The Embodied Mind to both scientists and lay
readers.”
*Dr. Gerlinde A.S. Metz, PhD, Board of Governors Research Chair,
Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience*
"The Embodied Mind by Thomas Verney is a profoundly important
synthesis revealing how cells utilize consciousness to not only
manifest their life functions, but as importantly, to create a
distributed nervous system that coordinates and supports
life-sustaining behavior in multicellular communities, such as
those comprising the human body. Verney’s insights on collective
cellular consciousness and the role of epigenetics challenges the
prevailing concept of reductionism and emphasizes the need for a
more holistic, systemic approach in understanding human biology. I
highly recommend The Embodied Mind as a compendium of knowledge
that offers readers an opportunity to move beyond misperceived
limitations in an effort to promote planetary health and
harmony."
*Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., author of bestselling books, The Biology
of Belief, Spontaneous Evolution (with Steve Bhaerman) and The
Honeymoon Effect*
"Dr. Thomas Verney is a genius scientist who courageously
challenges the limitation of our psyche and consciousness. He is a
visionary giving us a direction for our bright future answering
R.D. Laing's question from "The Facts of Life" with his
unprecedented research. This book is an absolute must-read,
and as an obstetrician and gynecologist I highly recommend it to
anyone who wants to reclaim sovereignty over our lives!"
*Dr. Akira Ikegawa, director of Ikegawa Clinic and representative
director for the Prenatal Memory Education Association*
“Even though I am not a native speaker, it is easy even for me to
understand - I love reading it.”
*Global Director of the Emoto Peace Project*
This is a superbly radical book, deeply researched and exquisitely
clearly written. Even more so The Embodied Mind stands as a
guideposted pilgrimage through nearly five decades' experience,
introspection and explorations as a practicing psychiatrist and
researcher whose best-selling The Secret Life of the Unborn Child,
first published in 1981, still resonates today. The Embodied
Mind is a terrific read, not least because Verny’s profound
curiosity regarding the nature of human memory dovetails with the
notion he rigorously advances: our bodies and mind, our emotions
and our ruminations, our rational thought and culturally-endowed
beliefs—all are of a piece, a complex of networked information,
subject to free will and the environments we occupy, from a genetic
fragment inside the individual cell’s DNA all the way to the most
abstruse thinking humans can attain. We are, in stunningly elegant
fashion, Verny maintains, not the result of predetermination but
rather of a kind of genetic kaleidoscope, a kaleidoscope of genetic
interplays subject to a degree of voluntariness and emotional
influence most readers will find remarkable. It’s early days yet
but the outlines of a very different view of the human animal as a
feeling creature who thinks and whose thoughts and emotions may
well govern the threads of genetic expression is emerging. The
Embodied Mind is a compelling journey into who we think we are (we
aren’t); its destination is nothing less than who we might
become.
*investigative reporter, novelist and screenwriter*
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