RESEARCH
In 2003,
Creating Health International partner and program
co-author, Stephanie Stanfield, evaluated the specific
health benefits of the COHMI™
Core program (then called Creative Healing
Level 1) as her dissertation for her Ph.D. Her
study explored the link between an educational program
of mindbody integration and measurably improved health.
Ninety-six people initially responded to an invitation
to participate in the study. Of the 22 health categories
evaluated, 19 showed a statistically significant improvement
at the completion of the program.
The research
question was "The Effects a Transformational
Educational Program Composed from the Science of the
Mindbody Continuum has on the Overall Health of Participants."
Abstract
This study
is designed to explore the link between an educational
program of mindbody integration and the measurably
improved health of participants. The subjects were
73 people drawn from the general population. The subjects
were equally and randomly divided between a control
group and a participant group. Pretest data of the
Short Form 36 (SF-36) and the Personal Orientation
Inventory (POI) were collected prior to participation
in the Creative Healing program; posttest at
the completion of the program. In addition, correlations
between measures and subjective evaluations were analyzed
for content to further understand the relationship
between health and mindbodyspirit integration.
The participant group attended the Creative Healing
educational program of 3 classroom hours per week
for 12 weeks. The control group was able to attend
the program upon project completion.
Findings indicate that although in the majority of
the categories, there was no significant difference
between the groups at the onset of the project,
significant differences were recorded in the groups
upon program completion.
The results obtained supported the research hypothesis
that the intentional integration of mind, body and
spirit measurably improves the health and quality
of life of a person who is experiencing a delayed
recovery or a chronic state. Implications are that
a chronic condition may be the result of a person
lacking a sense of time coherence (not being in the
present moment), mindbodyspirit lacking integration,
or of mindbodyspirit not being in congruence with
each other.
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