WALKING MEDITATION

This exercise is best done on a natural, uneven surface. A park, forest or beach is perfect. Try to find a place and time when there is relative quiet or at least little traffic or construction noise. Before you begin your walk, stand still. Close your eyes. Take in the sounds around you. Be aware of your balance. Don't try to stand in any particular way; just let your skeleton and your muscles hold you comfortably. Allow your arms to fall down by your side and let your head sink onto your chest.

Try to be aware of nothing external except the sounds that come to you. Attempt to identify each sound: is it high or low, shrill or mellow, pleasing or grating. Each sound repeats in a different rhythm. Despite the apparent randomness of natural sound there is, in fact, an underlying order to it. There is a pattern in the way birds repeat their calls and echo each other. There is an underlying cadence in the sound of a brook, a waterfall or the waves on a beach.

You are now ready to begin. Unlike an aerobic walk, this is a slow, ordinary series of steps based on awareness of your feet as they touch the ground. Notice the variation in the ground: subtle changes in the level you walk over, in the texture of the surface, in the way your feet roll over stones or roots. Awareness comes as you notice more and more differences in the same path. You can walk in a circle or in a line. You can go over the same stretch of ground many times or you can walk for about five minutes before turning back. Your eyes should be lowered to the ground, just a few steps ahead.

While walking, give attention to the contact of each foot as it touches the surface. When other things arise in your mind, simply notice what took your attention and gently return your focus to your walking. Towards the end of the meditation, ask yourself what differences you feel in your body and the way you walk from when you started and from when you last did this. Try this for 20 minutes daily or even every few days. It can result in a deep awareness.

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Start Your Day Right #2

Use Your Quiet Time Effectively

Here are four things that you can do during that quiet time in the morning:

Number one is to review your plans for accomplishing your
goals and change your plans if necessary.

Number two is think of better ways to accomplish your goals. As an exercise, assume that the way you're going about it is totally
wrong and imagine going about it totally differently. What would
you do different from what you're doing right now?

Number three, reflect on the valuable lessons that you have learned and are learning as you move toward your goals.

Practice Daily Visualization
Number four, calmly visualize your goal as a reality. Close your
eyes, relax, smile, and see your goal as though it were already a
reality. Rewrite your major goals everyday in the present tense.
Rewrite them as though they already existed. Write "I earn X
dollars." "I have a net worth of X." "I weigh a certain number of
pounds." This exercise of writing and rewriting your goals everyday is one of the most powerful you will ever learn.

Change your mind, change your life!

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Start Your Day Right #1

Watch your thoughts!
Thoughts are energy. You become what you think about most of the time.
Remember... like attracts like and the most important part of each day is what you think about at the beginning of that day.

1) Start Your Day Right

Take 30 minutes each morning to sit quietly and to reflect on your goals. You'll find when you read the biographies and
autobiographies of successful men and women that almost every one of them began their upward trajectory to success when they begin getting up early in the morning and spending time with themselves.

2) Feed your mind with positive ideas.

The first hour sets the tone for the day.
The things that you do in the first hour prepare your mind
and set you up for the entire day. During the first thirty to sixty minutes, take time to think and review your plans for the future.

STOP SMOKING NOW - It's your time

There are so many reasons to stop smoking!
Your health, others health, save money, spirituality, motivation, belonging, acceptance etc.

Health is usually at the top:
No matter how old you are or how long you've smoked, quitting can help you live longer and be healthier. People who stop smoking before age 50 cut their risk of dying in the next 15 years in half compared with those who keep smoking and ex-smokers enjoy a much better quality of life.

Saving money especially during these times:
Smoking is expensive. It isn't hard to figure out how much you spend on smoking: multiply how much money you spend on tobacco every day by 365 (days per year). The amount may surprise you. Now multiply that by the number of years you have been using tobacco and that amount will probably shock you.

I have a wonderful program that supports you through this journey and hypnosis is a wonderful tool.
You just need to take the first step and commit to the process. I'll help you..

Even if you have tried several times before.. that's been preparation for the NOW.

NOW is the time... YOUR time.

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Part 2: What Happens in a Hypnotherapy Session

Once we have done the introduction, history, explanations and exercises, I have a wonderful comfortable chair in my office and you’ll be able to sit in it and just relax.
There will be a guided relaxation exercise to relax the body and another one to help relax the mind. These feel great and everyone really enjoys them.
Once relaxed, we use deepening, visualization (seeing in the mind’s eye or imagining), guided imagery and positive suggestion as well as other techniques to help you go deeper, and see and feel in a way that relates to what you came in for..
Nurturing, positive and goal oriented suggestions are given.
I'll teach you some self hypnosis, and then I gently help you wake up, and we talk about the session. I'll remind you to use self hypnosis regularly before our next session, so that you can more rapidly and consistently reach your goal/s.

You leave the office feeling relaxed, refreshed and ready to go!

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Tips for Better Sleep

If you are having difficulty sleeping here are some tips:

• Remove TV from bedroom, use bedroom only for sleeping.
• Avoid alcohol at bedtime
• Avoid sugar before bedtime, reduce in diet
• Avoid nicotine before bedtime
• Avoid caffeine before bedtime
• Avoid exercising before bedtime
• Make sure you are getting all the daily vitamins and minerals you need
• Get regular exercise weekly
• Do a simple stress relaxation exercise at bedtime
• Make sure you drink enough plain water during the day
• Avoid watching violent or negative things on TV right at bedtime.
• Do a self hypnosis exercise or listen to self hypnosis CD/tape.
• Regular Health practitioner/MD visit to rule out anything else that may be keeping you awake.
• Try to finish what you can of unfinished tasks during the day before you retire and then do a simple letting go exercise.
• Make sure the temperature in your room is adequate for you so you won't be awakened or kept awake by heat or cold.
• If noise is a problem or you suspect a problem try using ear plugs.

Nutrition Tips:

Did you know sleep problems can be produced by an imbalance within your diet?
Foods that may affect sleep:

Alcohol, coffee, tea, sugar and colas.

Drink plenty of water during the day to flush toxins from your body. Do not drink liquids 2 hours prior to going to bed to avoid having to go to the bathroom at night.

Protein eaten by itself can keep you awake due to amino acids that stimulate your brain functions.

Spicy foods can stimulate your body systems and keep you awake all night. Avoid spicy foods after 6pm.

Greasy and Fatty foods: Most people feel tired after eating a heavy meal....but for a good sleep eating those kinds of foods is not recommended. They can slow you down temporarily, but also can cause gas and indigestion, which in itself can inhibit your sleep.

It's best not to eat right before bedtime but if you must snack here are some tips:

Fruit or Yogurt
Cheese and crackers
Banana
Cottage cheese

Have a good sleep!

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Sleep Like A Baby Naturally

"Oh sleep it is a gentle thing beloved from pole to pole."

Shakespeare

Sleep deprivation has measurable negative effects on performance and physical and mental health. If you haven't had a good night's sleep, you're likely to pay for it. The price may be high: Reduced energy, greater difficulty concentrating, diminished mood, and greater risk for accidents, including fall-asleep crashes. Work performance and relationships can suffer too. And pain may be intensified by the physical and mental consequences of lack of sleep.

There is no question that your health is affected by a lack of sleep. It is a chicken and egg syndrome. A number of conditions may influence or coexist with insomnia; which include psychiatric or medical disorders, as well as life events such as menopause and trauma.

Although the jury is still out as to the primary reason we need sleep the following things are scientifically proven:

• Lack of sleep affects the immune system, brain and body systems.

• Sleep gives the body a chance to repair muscles and other tissues, replace aging or dead cells, and secret chemicals important to the immune system.

• Sleep gives the brain a chance to organize and archive memories.

• Dreams are thought by some to be part of this process. When the brain is tired, it secretes a hormone, which alerts the organism that it has been burning up its energy reserves and needs to shut down for a while.

• Sleep lowers our energy consumption, so we need three meals a day rather that four or five. Since we can't do anything in the dark anyway, we might as well turn off and save the energy

With a good night's sleep, everything looks and feels better in the morning. Both the brain and the body are refreshed and ready for a new day. You’ll be more patient with your family, friends and co-workers!

See the next blog for sleep tips!

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Tapas Acupressure Technique® (TAT®) Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What's TAT^® good for?

A: In short, TAT has been shown to be effective for ending stress, especially traumatic stress; freeing a person of allergic reactions; gaining self-confidence and a positive outlook on life; and attaining empowerment.

Q: Will I re-live my trauma and feel pain again with TAT^®?

A: It has been our experience that you may very occasionally feel an intensifying of feeling, but it usually lasts for only 10-15 seconds.

Q: How many times do I have to do a session on one trauma?

A: It has been our experience that generally one session is all you need. Sometimes related events will come to mind and then you would do TAT about those, but the original trauma you worked on clears and the stress is easily gone.

Q: Are there any side effects from doing TAT^®?

A: Occasionally you may feel tired after doing TAT. A good night's sleep will take care of it. Also, remember to drink plenty of water after doing TAT and limit your time in the pose to 20 minutes a day. TAT moves a lot of energy and doing these things will help facilitate the clearing process while maintaining your vibrancy.

Q: Is it normal to sigh when something clears?

A: Yes, although this doesn't happen for everyone and that's normal too.

Q: After a few seconds in the pose, my mind begins to wander. What does that mean?

A: It means you're done with that step.

Q: Do I have to be a trained professional to do TAT^® on myself?

A: No, anyone can do TAT on themselves.

Q: How will I know if TAT^® has worked?

A: When you do TAT to clear up a belief, you may not be able to sense an immediate change. You may only notice the change when life presents a situation and you respond differently than before you did TAT.

You are more likely to notice a change when you do TAT to heal a situation or trauma that is currently causing you stress. In this situation, you may feel a sense of immediate relaxation, inner peace and empowerment upon completion of TAT. In some cases, you may feel no change and will have to wait and how you behave and feel according to the life situations that occur. Eventually, life will present you with an event, and you will look back and be amazed that you have responded in a more healthy, empowered way than before you did TAT.

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Benefits of Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis

Hypnotherapy is a powerful tool for creating major positive life-changes:
Gain insight into present difficulties and past events
Gain confidence
Set goals and move into action
Move more easily through major life transitions
Discover the negative beliefs that affect your present decisions and actions
Create new beliefs that reflect the true inner self
Increase creativity and clarity of thought
Deepen intuition and inner peace
Reduce day-to-day anxiety, tension, and stress
Strengthen the immune system
Increase self-esteem and optimism about life
Acquire a greater perspective and larger vision of life purpose
Embrace life as an enriching opportunity to learn
Reduce physical illness and unlock inner potential, creating mind-body healing
Improve relationships
Heal physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually
Integrate mind, body, and spirit
Help with phobias
Pain Management
Talent Enhancement

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What is Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy/Self-hypnosis?

Here is a brief overview for you..

HYPNOSIS, HYPNOTHERAPY:
A state of intense concentration combined with total relaxation.
Age old natural and nurturing process of relaxation, focus, suggestion, visualization and other techniques. All we have learnt is stored in the subconscious mind which is accessed through hypnosis. It is about your own control of yourself, your mind and body and not at all about coming under the control of another person. A hypnotherapist is there as a guide for using this tool and, as with any profession, having a good rapport with your practitioner is important.
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SELF-HYPNOSIS:
Almost all children use self-hypnosis in imaginative play. Your practitioner will teach you self-hypnosis skills to take home so you can take charge of your health program. Self-hypnosis is an easy technique to help enhance the quality of your life and can be done in as little as 5 minutes or up to 30 minutes repeated in your daily routine. Repetition works well with the subconscious mind to reform habits, fears and emotions.


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Introduction

I'm a Holistic Health practitioner in Los Angeles offering professional Reflexology, Hypnotherapy, and TAT (Tapas Acupressure Technique)

The Deepest Relaxation is a stress management technique combining reflexology with a wonderful relaxing stress relief guided journey.

This blog will give information on alternative health, healthy living, reflexology, hypnotherapy, TAT, and tips for managing stress.

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