Power Up Your Brain - Paperback

Transform Your Brain Through Neuroscience and Ancient Wisdom

Power Up Your Brain bridges neuroscience and shamanic traditions in a groundbreaking five-week program designed to help you overcome toxic emotions and unlock your brain's full potential. Neuroscientist David Perlmutter, M.D., FACN, and medical anthropologist Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., combine their expertise to make enlightenment accessible to everyone—not just monks and shamans.

What This Program Delivers

This book guides you through proven methods to reduce your risk of Alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease, and Parkinson's while helping you break free from painful memories and unhealthy emotional patterns. The program focuses on achieving mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and enlightenment without prescription drugs.

Dual-Approach Method

Perlmutter explores neurogenesis and mitochondrial health, providing nutritional advice, dietary supplement recommendations, fasting protocols, and physical exercise routines that repair stress-damaged brain regions. These practices create optimal conditions for growing new brain cells and activating genes responsible for longevity, improved immunity, and enhanced brain function.

Villoldo contributes shamanic practices, meditation techniques, and visualization exercises that activate brain regions associated with peace, compassion, innovation, and joy. These ancient methods work synergistically with modern neuroscience to produce measurable results.

Program Benefits

Following this five-week protocol helps you clear your mind, heal your body, and experience the inner peace and extraordinary creativity that define enlightenment. The program addresses both physical brain health and spiritual development, offering a complete approach to cognitive optimization and emotional well-being.

About the Authors

David Perlmutter, M.D., FACN, is a board-certified neurologist and fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He serves as medical director of the Perlmutter Health Center and the Perlmutter Hyperbaric Center in Naples, Florida, and is an adjunct instructor at the Institute for Functional Medicine. Dr. Perlmutter has appeared on 20/20, Larry King Live, CNN, Fox News, the Today show, The Oprah Show, and The Early Show on CBS.

Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., trained as a psychologist and medical anthropologist, has studied Amazon and Andean shamanic healing practices for over 25 years. He founded the Biological Self-Regulation Laboratory at San Francisco State University and directs The Four Winds Society, training individuals in shamanic healing practices across the U.S. and Europe. He also directs the Center for Energy Medicine at Los Lobos, Chile, investigating the neuroscience of enlightenment.