Spirituality of the Body (Alexander Lowen, MD)

In this book I shall attempt to uncover health's spiritual face. We shall see that the subjective feeling of health is one of aliveness and pleasure in the body, a feeling that increases at times of joyfulness. It is in such states that we feel a kinship with all living creatures and recognize our connection to the world. Pain, on the other hand, isolates us and cuts us off from others. When we are ill, our health is compromised not only by our symptoms but by the isolation they impose on us.