June 2007: Press Release
The Wild Divine Project and World Leaders in Mind-Body Health Announce the Creation and Availability of Healing Rhythms
Andrew Weil, MD, Deepak Chopra, MD and Dean Ornish, MD Join Together For the First Time to Help Teach Users to Manage Stress Boulder, CO June 2007 - A recent Gallup Poll found that 80 percent of workers feel stress on the job, and nearly half reported that they need help in learning how to manage it. What's more, nearly 90 percent of doctor visits today are stress-related. In response, three of the most renowned leaders in mind-body health, Andrew Weil, M.D., Deepak Chopra, M.D., and Dean Ornish, M.D., joined together for the first time to help create Healing Rhythms, an interactive 15 Step Guided Training Program that teaches consumers to manage stress, improve their mind-body health and achieve a more balanced life. This engaging, comprehensive combination of technology with proven meditation techniques was developed by The Wild Divine Project, creators of wellness products that help people of all ages learn to live healthier more balanced lives. for optimal health. More than 30 years of research has proven the positive impact of biofeedback on health in areas relating to migraine headaches, chronic pain, autism, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety, ADHD, depression obesity, fertility and more. Drs. Deepak Chopra, Dean Ornish and Andrew Weil, along with several other leading experts in the field of health and wellness, offer their guidance with over 30 mind-body exercises as users perform short meditation and breathing techniques, essential to mental and physical well being. During each exercise, users receive real-time feedback on their progress in the form of positive reinforcement imagery, as well as through the on-screen graphing program, which monitors and tracks their biofeedback statistics. The 15-Step Training Program was designed to teach the user to reduce stress by increasing their mind-body awareness and state of mindfulness, two essential elements to overall health. Once they master a particular skill (meaning their heart rate and skin conductance hit the targeted level for that activity), users can progress to the next level of training. “One of the most important tools you can incorporate into your daily life to effect not only the longevity of your life but the quality of your life, is a deeper, slower breathing practice," said Weil who teaches patients how to quiet the mind, increase relaxation, observe thoughts and create a greater sense of well being. Dr. Ornish, whose San Francisco cardiology practice has helped thousands both recover and improve their heart health through his own program of diet, exercise and meditation, shares his proven techniques throughout the program. "Meditation along with biofeedback is the perfect tool to help train you to return to your natural state of balance and wholeness," said Ornish. The Healing Rhythms Iom includes both hardware and software, and retails for $299. The product is available through www.wilddivine.com. The Wild Divine Project is also the creator of The Journey to Wild Divine: The Passage and Wisdom Quest, products that help users explore their mind-body connection using biofeedback in a game-like adventure. Researchers from renowned medical centers across the country are now looking at how The Wild Divine Project's products can be used to treat migraine headaches, chronic pain, autism, post traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety, ADHD, depression, obesity and help lower overall pain levels. One study currently underway at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio is being conducted to determine how using biofeedback will affect acute pain and significantly decrease the level of pain. The study is taking place with subjects from the oncology, labor and delivery, mental health and orthopedic departments. About The Wild Divine Project The Wild Divine Project based in Boulder, Colorado, produces products that help users navigate and enhance their mind-body connection through a proprietary biofeedback technology platform. The company is intent on influencing a lifestyle revolution to improve the longevity and quality of our lives. The Wild Divine Project's long-term goal is to continue to offer awe-inspiring and rewarding wellness products, reaching the millions of people looking for an empowering and cost-effective way to reduce stress and improve their mental and physical wellness. About Andrew Weil, M.D. Dr. Andrew Weil is a best-selling author with more than 4 million copies in print, including Spontaneous Healing, 8 Weeks to Optimum Health, Eating Well for Optimum Health and The Healthy Kitchen. Every one of his recent books has hit the No.1 slot on the New York Times best-seller list. Dr. Weil is a frequent guest on Larry King Live and Oprah; he has also hosted his own television specials on PBS. A Harvard Medical School graduate with an AB degree in biology (botany), Dr. Weil has traveled the world experiencing and studying healers and healing systems. He has earned an international reputation as an expert on alternative medicine, mind-body interactions and medical botany. About Deepak Chopra, M.D. Deepak Chopra has written more than forty books, which have been translated into thirty-five languages and sold over 20,000,000 copies. With his latest endeavor, The Book of Secrets, Chopra draws on a lifetime of insights and wisdom to enlighten readers with answers to 15 of life's greatest secrets. Chopra is also the author of more than one hundred audio- and videotape series, including five critically acclaimed programs on public television. In 1999 Time Magazine selected Dr. Chopra as one of the Top 100 Icons and Heroes of the Century, describing him as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine." Dr. Chopra currently serves as CEO and founder of The Chopra Center for Well Being at the La Costa Spa in Carlsbad, California. About Dean Ornish, M.D. Dean Ornish, is the founder, president, and director of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, where he holds the Safeway Chair, and is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. For the past 25 years, Dr. Ornish has directed clinical research demonstrating, for the first time, that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without drugs or surgery. He recently directed the first randomized controlled trial demonstrating that comprehensive lifestyle changes may affect the progression of prostate cancer. He is the author of five best-selling books, including New York Times #39; bestsellers Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease, Eat More, Weigh Less, and Love and Survival. Dr. Ornish was recognized as one of the most interesting people of 1996by People magazine, featured in the Time 100 issue on alternative medicine, and chosen by LIFE magazine as "one of the 50 most influential members of his generation."







