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A New Look At Hypnosis By Jackie Desilva L ast year Deborah Kinsley was frustrated with making what seemed to be her hundredth attempt To loose weight. To help her, Deborah contacted a Santa Cruz hypnotherapist named Tricia Hancock.Hancock specializes in a weight management technique called Tools For Change, a self awareness-training program. Deborah was won over. “I would have to say what the training gave to me was profound, I gained a grater inner strength. In the past I was either on a diet or gaining my weight back. This time I’m in control and it feel wonderful. I was felt empowered form the very first visit.” Says Deborah, who lives in Los Gatos California with her husband and tow children. If the word hypnosis conjures up memories of the stage fair stage act where some people ended up barking like dogs, then you should know there is much more to this age old art than merely a parlor magician.Today, hypnosis or clinical hypnotherapy is rapidly becoming a respected alternative for an array of conditions. It has long been used to help people stop smoking and overcome fears such as public speakingOr passing a high anxiety exam, but now the practice is branching out into new areas. “For the vast majority of people, clinical hypnotherapy can be an invaluable tool,” says Tricia Hancock, who uses it in her private practice at the Center For yoga and Personal Growth in Capitola California. For example, she has helped many people with insomnia, childbirth, people who wanted to stop smoking marijuana, and those struggling with low self-esteem. “One of the wonderful things about hypnosis is that it is a very natural state and because of that it is easy to teach, it can and does often work quickly.” Says Hancock. Many doctors are now using it for such conditions as arthritis, migraine headaches, IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and other afflictions than modern medicine struggle to treat effectively. These types of disorders often have strong mental components, which play into the strengths of hypnosis. Hypnotherapy’s effectiveness lies in the complex connection between the mind and the body. It is well understood that illness can affect your mental state and than your mental state can affect your physical state. One example is stress, an emotional state but if it can become chronic and can then lead to depression, and/or a heart disease. Hypnosis carries the mind connection to the next logical step by using the power of the mind it brings about change in the body. Although it is an age-old art no one is quite sure how to make it an exact science. But thanks to more sophisticated imaging techniques that are changing.For instance, researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute found that during a trance induced by hypnosisAimed at bringing about pain control for childbirth, the prefrontal cortex of the brain (which controls concentration) directed other areas of the brain to reduce or eliminate their awareness of pain. That’s important, because if your brain doesn’t pay attention to pain, it doesn’t mater if it is there or not. It similar to the sill some of us have for tuning out the sound of arguing children. “It isn’t a magic wand,” cautions Tricia Hancock I’m not saying everyone can’t be hypnotized…because they can it is a learnable skill, a natural state. But it still requires that the client practice self awareness, practices the art of being mindful, being “present” so that the authentic healthy self can show up.” Carol Ginandes, Ph.D., an instructor at Harvard Medical School is looking at how hypnotherapy can help people heal faster. IN a small study last year , she took 18 women who were having breast reduction surgery and put them in one of three groups. One group received standard surgery care. Another group got the same care and also got psychological support. The third group underwent clinical hypnosis before and after surgery in addition to the standard care. Those who had undergone hypnosis healed faster, felt less discomfort, and had fewer complications. “what’s exciting about this research is that it provides promising evidence of using hypnosis to actually accelerate the physical healing process of the body” says Ginandes. The American Medical Association has approved of its use since 1958. Finding A Therapist Your best bet for finding a well trained hypnotherapist is through The Alternative Health Connectionwww.althealthconnect.com All are board certified Call (800) 670-1980 |
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| Date: March 10, 2010 |
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Welcome The Center for Hypnotherapy in Oakland Ca |
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The Alternative Health Connection welcomes MArliyn Gordon and OAklands Premiere school of hypnotherapy. Center for Hypnotherapy is a seasoned and welcome member. To get a free ebook www.thewisemind.com |
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| Date: March 04, 2010 |
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5 known ways to reduce arthritis pain |
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If you have arthritis, you've most likely tried pain killers and heating pads. You may even have tried drugs like Celebrex or suppliments like glucosamine. But here are 5 alternative remedies that you might nothave tried: 1. Drink Tea. Yes, tea. Research shows that green tea is rich in polyphenols. compounds that supress the expressin of the key gene involved in inflamation. Drink one or two cups daily. 2. Boost your Vitamin C and D. Vitamin c is believed to slow the loss of cartiliage due to osteoarthritis, while a diet low in Vitamin D has been shown to actually speed the progression of arthritis. In recent studies, naturalpathic doctors discovered that thier patients whose diet was high in Vitamin D (or those who took Vitamin D suppliments) reduced the risk by 75%. Take daily suppliments that provide 500 to 1,000 mg of Vitamin C, and 400IUs of vitamin D. 3.Try Willow Bark/Boswellia. Did you know that willow bark is where aspirin comes from? And Boswellia has been used for centuries to reduce inflammation and maintain healthy joints. TAking those two herbs is just as effective as taking a drug like Motrin. Take 240 mg of willow bark and 1,000 mg of boswellia per day. 4. Eat grapes. Yes, grapes. Grapes contain resveratrol, a natural compound known to act as a COX-2 inhibitor. Resveratrol both suppresses the COX-2 enzyme which produces inflamation. A study published in the journal of Biological Chemistry confirms that it acts as a antioxidant and COX-2 inhibitor. EAt one cup of white or red grapes daily. Good news! Red Wine contains resveratrol, too! 5. Therapeutic Tapping. Wrapping tape around the joint to realig, support, and take pressure off it has great benefits, as does yoga. In an Australian study, 73% of patients experienced substantially reduced symptoms after just 3 weeks of theraputic tapping. Important, tapping must be done correctly to be effective. The Alternative Health Connection has many naturpathic doctors, chiropractors, accupunturists, yoga instructors and wellness professionals who are skilled in therapeutic tapping. call us today to make the right connection! |
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| Date: March 01, 2010 |
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Welcome new member |
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THe Alternative Health Connection welcomes Marilyn Gordon and The Center for Hypnotherapy in Oakland Californa as our newest member. We have 3 schools who can certify you as a clinical hypnotherapist now. Two in northern California and one in New Mexico. CAll us to make the connection to the school that is right for you! |
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| Date: March 01, 2010 |
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what is Hypnosis? |
Hypnosis is a deep and profound state of relaxation where the body and the mind slow down and relax. The conscious mind, the thinking mind drifts into the background. The subconscious mind is then able to come to the forefront and attention can be focused on the particular point needing to be addressed. All of our memories, limited thinking, and habitual patterns are stored at this level. When in hypnosis, the subconscious mind responds to suggestions and imagery. Because you are deeply relaxed, the subconscious mind will accept the suggestions given easily and effortlessly. The effects of hypnosis depends on the willingness and motivation of the person being hypnotized.You are very aware during this process and so content to be right where you are. The state of hypnosis is a natural occurrence and is constantly happening throughout our everyday life. You have experienced this state of consciousness many times. It’s those moments when you daydream, fantasize, space out and miss your turn on the freeway (highway hypnosis). In this instance you are not asleep or unconscious but operating from another state of mind. Scientists call this an altered state of consciousness. We go through altered states of consciousness and difference brain wave levels all day long, when we wake each day and again when we cross over into sleep at night.Hypnosis affects our psychological, social, and physical experience. Unlike meditation or yoga which is more of a free floating process, hypnosis is a focused task or goal oriented state of consciousness.Hypnosis eases the pain and promotes healing. It can be use for: - stress, anxiety, phobias, fear, depression
- self esteem, self confidence
- concentration, test anxiety
- stuttering, nail biting, insomnia
- healthy weight loss, smoking cessation,
- migraines, pre and post medical and dental procedures, pain management, and so much more.
During a session you will be guided into a gentle state of relaxation. At this time every muscle in your body will become completely relaxed one area at a time. As your body relaxes and your breathing slows down, your conscious mind will also relax. It happens easily with this natural process. You are always in complete control of your body and mind. You will be aware of where you are and aware of every sound around you - inside and outside of the room. During this process your awareness will actually become heightened. Once you are totally and completely relaxed you will be guided through a process that will address the concerns or issues that were previously discussed during the in-take portion of the session. Everything that we have experience this far in our life is stored at our subconscious level. If we want to change a belief, pattern, or habit it is done at this level of the mind. Memories are stored on the basis of perception and subject to many distortions – especially those from our childhood. This can have a huge affect on our adult life.Sometimes we remember things in a certain way and then when we look at them again as adults we realize they don’t have the same power or limitation over our life. We develop a different concept and a shift happens changing the issue forever. It has been determined by researchers that there are four levels of consciousness that our brain operates from during the day and night. The levels are mainly distinguished from each other by their brain wave frequency or cycles per second. These levels of consciousness range from being fully alert to being deeply asleep. Behavior modification is most likely to occur during the alpha and theta level because of the hypersensitivity and suggestibility in those states. Beta Level - 13 to 25 cpsNormal state / Full Consciousness Alpha Level - 8 to 12 cpsAltered state Resting period between being asleep and being awake
Associated with imaginative thinking Light and medium levels of Hypnosis Theta Level - 4 to 7 cps Altered stateDeep daydreaming state. Associated with creative thinking Medium and deep levels of Hypnosis Delta Level - 1 to 3 cpsSleep stateProfound sleep or dream stateTo find a clinical hypnotherapist in your area. Search The Alternative Health ConnectionWe welcome hypnotherapists: Tricia Hancock cht Capitola CaAdora Diva cht Capitola CaLee Overholser, Phd San Diego CaAnd the International registry of Medical Support Hypnotherapists. |
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| Date: February 21, 2010 |
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The Next Version of Awakening the Dreamer is now in Santa Cruz CA |
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THe ALternative Health Connectin is proud to be a partner with The PAchamama Alliance and announces: Dear Friends, The next version of the Awakening the Dreamer symposium is now in Santa Cruz! Even if you've attended one before, come see the wonderful new content and re-inspire yourself around this vision and mission. I wish I could be in two places at once but I'll be in Big Sur that day co leading this same symposium to a community there. I've been volunteering and co leading events with them since 2008, wonderful community. Location: Santa Cruz Louden Nelson Community Center Date and Time: Saturday February 13 from 12:30 to 6pm. PLEASE REGISTER BELOW, FREE EVENT The Pachamama Alliance in partnership with Transition Santa Cruz will be presenting the new version V-2 of the Symposium that was just completed and released this month. It's interactive, hard hitting, funny in parts, and its message is more global, universal and inspirational, with many international and multiracial voices. This Symposium will also be the first time we collaborate with Transition Santa Cruz to anchor the work of the Great Turning in the local community, and give people an easy path to participating in it. You can watch a trailer of the Symposium and its content on this site: www.awakeningthedreamer.org/content/view/115/135/ (and if you can't attend this one, this link provides all the bay area symposiums happening down the road, click YOUR ROLE, then FIND A SYMPOSIUM to see other dates and locations, all around the world) You can also find more information about the Transition movement on: www.transitionus.org and about Transition Santa Cruz on: www.transitionsc.org Please share this with your business and personal community! Use the attached flyer that was created. Be sure to have anyone, who is planning to come, register for the event on that site: www.awakeningthedreamer.org/symposium/1521 so we have a good sense of the attendance and can set up the room accordingly. This link will also give you details about the event as well as a location map. For the Santa Cruz Awakening The Dreamer and Transition community, For any questions about the event, contact the coordinator directly:
Alain Desouches
Home Office: 831-429-6991
Cell Phone : 831-247-6150
Dear Friends, The next version of the Awakening the Dreamer symposium is now in Santa Cruz! Even if you've attended one before, come see the wonderful new content and re-inspire yourself around this vision and mission. I wish I could be in two places at once but I'll be in Big Sur that day co leading this same symposium to a community there. I've been volunteering and co leading events with them since 2008, wonderful community. Location: Santa Cruz Louden Nelson Community Center Date and Time: Saturday February 13 from 12:30 to 6pm. PLEASE REGISTER BELOW, FREE EVENT The Pachamama Alliance in partnership with Transition Santa Cruz will be presenting the new version V-2 of the Symposium that was just completed and released this month. It's interactive, hard hitting, funny in parts, and its message is more global, universal and inspirational, with many international and multiracial voices. This Symposium will also be the first time we collaborate with Transition Santa Cruz to anchor the work of the Great Turning in the local community, and give people an easy path to participating in it. You can watch a trailer of the Symposium and its content on this site: www.awakeningthedreamer.org/content/view/115/135/ (and if you can't attend this one, this link provides all the bay area symposiums happening down the road, click YOUR ROLE, then FIND A SYMPOSIUM to see other dates and locations, all around the world) You can also find more information about the Transition movement on: www.transitionus.org and about Transition Santa Cruz on: www.transitionsc.org Please share this with your business and personal community! Use the attached flyer that was created. Be sure to have anyone, who is planning to come, register for the event on that site: www.awakeningthedreamer.org/symposium/1521 so we have a good sense of the attendance and can set up the room accordingly. This link will also give you details about the event as well as a location map. For the Santa Cruz Awakening The Dreamer and Transition community, For any questions about the event, contact the coordinator directly:
Alain Desouches
Home Office: 831-429-6991
Cell Phone : 831-247-6150
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| Date: February 10, 2010 |
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Welcome our newest member! |
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The Alternative Health Care is proud to welcome our newest member LA Vita compunding pharmacy. LA Vita is a nationwide compounding pharmacy who is devoted to bringing added satisfaction to the alternative physician /patient relationship. LA Vita leterally customizes each patien's healthcare from the inside out. The pharmacists have more than 20 years experience in developing customized compounded formulations. I have been tot he facility myself and can tell you the clean room is a state of the art laboratory, the principlas involved are the most caring professionals. La Vita brings an expertise in cosmeceuticals, bio-identiacal hormones, healthy aging and pain management. |
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| Date: February 08, 2010 |
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Understand How Stress Can Make You Sick |
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Alternative Therapists Want You To Understand How Stress Can Make You Sick ......Researchers estimate that 75 to 90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for complaints and conditions that are, in some way, stress-related. Every week, 112 million people take some form of medication for stress-related symptoms. This statistic is not surprising, given the wide-ranging physiological changes that accompany a stress response. Stress affects just about every bodily system or body part. Stress can play a role in exacerbating the symptoms of a wide variety of other disorders and illnesses as well."Not tonight, dear, I have a (stress) headache"A headache is just one of the many ways stress can interfere with your sex life. Stress can affect sexual performance and rob you of your libido. When you are feeling stress, feeling sexy may not be at the top of your to-do list. Disturbed sexual performance may appear in the form of premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, and other forms of difficulty in reaching orgasm. The irony is sex can be a way of relieving stress. In fact, for some people, sexual activity increases when they feel stressed.How stress can be a pain in the neck (and other places)Your muscles are a prime target for stress. When you are under stress, your muscles contract and they become tense. This muscle tension can affect your nerves, blood vessels, organs, skin, and bones. Chronically tense muscles can result in a variety of conditions and disorders, including muscle spasms, cramping, facial or jaw pain, bruxism (grinding your teeth), tremors, and shakiness. Many forms of headache, chest pain, and back pain are among the more common conditions that result from stress-induced muscle tension.Taking stress to heartStress can play a role in circulatory diseases such as coronary heart disease, sudden cardiac death, and strokes. This fact is not surprising because stress can increase your blood pressure, constrict your blood vessels, raise your cholesterol level, trigger arrhythmias, and speed up the rate at which your blood clots. Stress is now considered a major risk factor in heart disease, right up there with smoking, being overweight, and not exercising. All of this becomes very important when you consider that heart disease kills more men over the age of 50 and more women over the age of 65 than any other disease.Hitting below the beltEver notice how your stress seems to finds its way to your stomach? Your gastrointestinal system can be a ready target for much of the stress in your life. Stress can affect the secretion of acid in your stomach and can speed up or slow down the process of peristalsis (the rhythmic contraction of the muscles in your intestines). Constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating, and weight loss all can be stress-related. Stress can contribute to gastroesophageal reflux disease and can also play a role in exacerbating irritable bowel syndrome and colitis.Stress can affect your immune systemIn the past decade or so, growing evidence has supported the theory that stress affects your immune system. In fact, researchers have even coined a name for this new field of study. They call it psychoneuroimmunology. Quite a mouthful! Scientists who choose to go into this field study the relationships between moods, emotional states, hormonal levels, and changes in the nervous system and the immune system. Without drowning you in detail, stress — particularly chronic stress — can compromise your immune system, rendering it less effective in resisting bacteria and viruses. Research has shown that stress may play a role in exacerbating a variety of immune system disorders such as HIV, AIDS, herpes, cancer metastasis, viral infection, rheumatoid arthritis, and certain allergies, as well as other auto-immune conditions. Some recent studies appear to confirm this.The cold facts: Stress can make you sniffle In that wonderfulmusical comedy Guys and Dolls, a lovelorn Adelaide laments that when your life is filled with stress, "a person can develop a cold." It looks like she just may be right. Recent research conducted by Dr. Sheldon Cohen, a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon University, has concluded that stress really does lower your resistance to colds. Cohen and his associates found that the higher a person's stress score, the more likely he was to come down with a cold when exposed to a cold virus. Chronic stress, lasting a month or more, was the most likely to result in catching a cold. Experiencing severe stress for more than a month but less than six months doubled a person's risk of coming down with a cold, compared with those who were experiencing only shorter-term stress. Stress lasting more than two years nearly quadrupled the risk. The study also found that being unemployed or underemployed, or having interpersonal difficulties with family or friends, had the greatest effect. The exact mechanism whereby stress weakens immune functioning is still unclear. Tissues anyone? We in vite you to do a search un der find a practitioner and connect with a alternative health practitioner in your area. Be Well, The entire staff of the alternative health connection. |
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| Date: February 01, 2010 |
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New Member |
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The Alternative Health connection wishes to welcome our newest member Ah, Natural... ah, natural specalizes in skin care that you can order on line. The products are quite potent as they are processed withib 48 hours from the time they are extracted. Plant extracts and essential oils make this line of skin care worth looking at. Visit our shop healthy section and search skin care in Santa Cruz California |
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| Date: February 01, 2010 |
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Happy Winter...Laura Rice Life Coach |
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Happy Winter !! There’s a saying “When you’re going through Hell, don’t stop and build a condominium”- (or even a yurt! my teacher would add). As humans experience fear and hope are part of the game. But, we’re so used to the fearful feelings, that sometimes we get caught in them, building our condominiums, rather than forging on to the next experience and refraining from making mountains out of molehills. We get out of bed one day ready to seize our opportunities, then perhaps waking the next day to an impending sense of dread about retirement funds or lack thereof, or about a nagging sense that everything’s going to fall apart even though the roof is still perfectly intact over our heads – the fear keeping us glued to the pillow far longer than maybe is productive. This never happens to me of course – HA! Remember that sometimes those extra minutes or even hours spent in bed on days we can afford it are nectar for the soul. What really defines productive anyway? What does it mean to be “On Purpose” on a daily basis? Sometimes my Life Purpose is to get an extra hour of sleep on a stormy morning, or spend the afternoon with a friend and her baby scouring for sea glass in the surf, or skip out on my day early to participate in a group prayer session for Haiti. None of these things earn me extra dollars per say – but they provide a currency of the soul, so to speak. And as an entrepreneur especially, to deprive myself of endless days of wandering every once in awhile is a serious threat to the longevity of my business. My teacher used to say “Suffering is resisting what IS”. And, sometimes my inner-workaholic needs a rest, my computer isn’t behaving properly and my heart is longing for friends in 3-D rather than a facebook post. It is during these times that I’ve decided the best and most Purposeful thing for me to do- is NOT to agonize over my computer glitches, wasting hours on the phone with some techie in Asia, only to have the internet work perfectly tomorrow… but instead, cut myself loose from some preconceived expectation I had set up for myself, seize the day and self-nurture, taking a true break, spontaneously or pulling out an art mosaic project I set aside months ago. I then pretend there’s nothing else to do in my life but cut up little pieces of colored glass, eat chocolate and listen to Michael Franti sing about world peace and the freaky people of this world. I do work for myself, so I get to work this down time into my schedule from time to time and though I recommend it, I don’t recommend you negate your responsibilities or lose your job because you need to do crafts instead of work. Just… do crafts when you get home, okay? Interestingly enough, after a day or two like this, I’m ready to be back at work, booking the next speaking engagement or posting the next blog post or sending out the next Life Purpose Ezine, in fact… maybe I’ll write about the last couple days I spent doing crafts… Love to you and your Purposeful Journey!
Laura Rice Life coach The Alternative Health Connection |
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| Date: January 25, 2010 |
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