"It is a fact that most illnesses are due to stresses of various kinds and it has been found that the same general defense mechanism is called into action by worry, grief and anger as by poisoning, infection, fatigue or exposure. When mental tensions prove too great this defense system collapses and often yields to disease.
"In Dr. Alexander's view sickness and health are not states of isolated organs but of the body as a whole. In order to achieve the maximum health of mind and body we need a new viewpoint, a new purpose which links us to the purpose which is the integrating force of creation. The mind needs to be freed from those subconscious imaginings and primitive fears that communicate themselves to the body with disastrous consequences to health.
"The book contains a system of exercises and techniques that have already been taught with remarkable success to many chronically ill and medically unresponsive patients and have been successful, moreover, in helping busy executives and others to attain better relations with their employees.
"The findings contained here are the results of more than forty years of research and practice in this field and can profitably be applied to everyone suffering from the effects of living in our overtense, harassed and frustrating world."
