tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:51:45 +0000Musings and information about the mind-body connection, hypnotherapy, energy healing, childbirth, ACIM, and whatever else I'm learning and teaching in the moment.http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Laura)Blogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-7331803029752742260Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:50:00 +00002009-01-10T17:53:31.325-08:00We've moved and changed our name! This blog will be deleted in the future. Please visit http://graysharborinnerwellness.blogspot.com/ for the new blog.Our new location:Inner Wellness Center of Grays HarborLocated in The Eye Center building near Walmart)207 South Chehalis, Suite 204360-593-2214www.graysharborinnerwellness.comwww.graysharborhypnosis.comthank you!http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2009/01/hypnowellness-is-now-inner-wellness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-1903923321875532720Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:04:00 +00002008-07-04T11:21:41.376-07:00I like this quote which I heard from a master hypnotist/healer Robert Otto. Much of the time, what “ails” us is being driven by the content in our subconscious minds. Fears, false beliefs, negative thoughts/emotions -- this is the stuff that often needs to be discovered, released and reframed into something more beneficial, so we can reach our goals.For instance, I often tell my weight loss http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2008/07/you-have-stinkin-thinkin-and-need-check.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-1688912417518916720Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:43:00 +00002008-06-09T08:55:40.965-07:00This 5-minute video is a collage of quotes from women about how they felt having vaginal versus cesarean births. It was created by a Master's student in the College of Nursing at Seattle University.Today 1 in 3 American births are cesarean - contrary to popular misbelief, this has increased risk to mom and to baby. It has also increased the costs in a medical/insurance system that is caving http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2008/06/food-for-thought-women-speak-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-9124516732914428821Thu, 29 May 2008 15:35:00 +00002008-05-29T08:52:11.084-07:00Kathryn Beck, a HypnoBirthing practitioner I know of through our online Group for HypnoBirthing, was part of a news piece in New York City the other day. She and one of her moms were interviewed, and it's a good little clip to give you a sense of what HypnoBirthing is -- a way to experience natural childbirth in a comfortable and (yes!) even enjoyable way. Listen to the mom talk about how she http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2008/05/watch-hypnobirthing-in-news-call-me-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-189213727700013191Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:56:00 +00002008-04-13T21:05:41.304-07:00I just found this impressive article on hypnosis by Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert. Surprisingly, he does a very good job describing what hypnosis is -- and isn't -- about, and it's clear he's familiar from first-hand experience. I don't completely agree with everything he says, but overall it's a great synopsis. Most importantly, this article can help demystify the process for the personhttp://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/dilbert-and-hypnosiswho-knew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-5101724815613539255Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:33:00 +00002007-12-29T12:45:21.178-08:00The phenomenon of pain can be mysterious, confounding even the best medical experts at times. We tend to assume that pain happens in the body and that our minds have little to do with it. That can leave us feeling like victims when we have chronic pain that the pill or surgery doesn't cure.How does our conceptualization of pain -- and our thinking about the mind/body relationship -- change http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/12/surgery-without-chemical-anesthesia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-8863876969236407171Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:18:00 +00002007-10-20T11:13:50.666-07:00My boys are 8 and 10. Our family life -- with two parents who work -- can be stressful sometimes, just like most family's. As a mom, I have found the use of hypnosis -- for myself and for my children -- can be a very practical tool for keeping the peace in day-to-day living.Take Thursday, for instance. I don't know about you, but there's always a lot to squeeze into our morning. Getting http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/10/practical-parenting-with-hypnosis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-9216952589473002549Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:57:00 +00002007-10-14T11:14:48.177-07:00Reuters announced the results of a new study today. In Fearful looks get brain's attention fast: study, we learn that researchers have discovered the brain is wired to process fear faster than happiness or any of the related emotions, like love.The study, which appears in the journal Emotion, alsoreveals how little interest the brain has in smiling faces.[bold is mine]I don't intend to argue withhttp://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/10/wired-for-fear-or-mind-over-matter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-7237541291973105455Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:26:00 +00002007-09-03T13:31:35.803-07:00I found myself giving a talk the other day on reiki. As a reiki practitioner/teacher, you'd think that would come easy to me. Well, I will make a true confession: after all these years, Reiki is still one of those things that is easier for me to give and experience than it is to explain.I found myself gravitating to the question -- what is reiki???? -- probably because my own intellect has never http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-is-reiki-really.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-1641131693213395693Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:08:00 +00002008-12-09T05:05:25.990-08:00 Reiki has been a part of my life since 2000. Reiki is usually described as a Japanese relaxation technique that uses "laying on of hands." It's also known as a type of "energy work." Neither of these definitions may be too helpful for the novice. The truth is -- reiki is something you just have to experience. We don't know much about how/why it works. Fortunately, science and medicine are http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/08/hospitals-embracing-reiki.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-8219897464582687267Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:28:00 +00002007-03-18T14:00:36.878-07:00Today in the U.S., most states hover close to a 30% average c-section rate. (See stats at ICAN - International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc.) It's astounding to me -- this means 1 in 3 babies is born cesarean! Now there is a new two-year study being published in The Journal of Perinatal Education that has found there are health risks to the baby and mother from unnecessary medical http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-study-danger-of-routine-birth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-1114877097559335826Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:03:00 +00002007-02-13T21:55:57.509-08:00More hospitals are opening up to hypnotherapy and hypnosis for pain management, pre-op care, and other uses. This is a heartening article about a hospital in New Jersey that offers hypnosis as an alternative to anesthesia: New-age prescriptions: Yoga, hypnosis, acupuncture, more While hypnosis sounds "space age," it's really an ancient art. And slowly but surely, despite the drug-fixated times wehttp://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/02/are-you-facing-surgery-or-recovering.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-3267599157978597176Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:44:00 +00002007-02-05T20:21:15.884-08:00Here's another recent article from WEAU.com in Western Wisconsin: Have a baby with no painFrom the article: "There are birthing classes at the hospital and they teach you a great deal, but what I found I didn't really have any classes to talk about what you could to participate and really help birthing take place," says Gehrke.That's very true about most hospital birthing classes. I encourage http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/02/have-baby-with-no-pain-article-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-4841447478001349324Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:35:00 +00002007-02-05T20:21:15.913-08:00I found this article about Tobey hospital in Massachusetts that emphasizes natural childbirth. The mom that leads the article used HypnoBirthing for both her babies -- "When it's all over, you feel empowered — you were able to do that," is her quote."Empowered" is exactly how I felt after giving birth to my two babies. The feeling of elation -- enhanced by my body's natural endorphins that were http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/02/article-hospital-in-massachusettes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-5308856132923507448Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:11:00 +00002007-02-04T10:22:37.900-08:00QUOTE: "Hypnosis is popping up as a health tool in places where it was once shunned. Hypnosis is popping up as a health tool in places where it was once shunned." This is a positive article about the fact that western medicine is beginning to acknowledge and utilize the benefits of Hypnotherapy in some situations. Published by Freedom Press, Feb 1 2007 - Hypnosis increasingly is used as serioushttp://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/02/hypnotherapyscience-beginning-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898748.post-8249567691739532500Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:07:00 +00002007-02-03T20:21:54.232-08:00If you are interested in having a natural childbirth, you owe it to yourself to consider HypnoBirthing®. HypnoBirthing is a combination of education about the birth process -- learn how women and babies are "genetically engineered" for the birth process! -- and many self-hypnosis techniques that enable a safer, calmer, much more comfortable birth.I know -- I had two HypnoBirthing babies in 1995 http://hypnowellness.blogspot.com/2007/02/you-can-have-calm-more-comfortable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura)