Hypnotherapy’s meditative effect

Hypnotherapy’s meditative effect

Most clients are pursuing hypnotherapy for the first time. They are not only new to hypnosis but have no experience with meditation, guided imagery or progressive relaxation. Most want to overcome long-term personal challenges with weight, stress, addiction or fear....
Mind-body therapies for opioid-treated pain

Mind-body therapies for opioid-treated pain

A new study published Nov. 4, 2019, in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine details the first comprehensive look across the scientific literature at the role of mind-body therapies in addressing opioid-treated pain. The researchers found that certain mind-body therapies...
Meditation improves brain connections

Meditation improves brain connections

When I’m stressed, I listen to a 20-minute mindfulness meditation tape. It always helps me feel calmer and more relaxed. Many meditative practices can do this. Mindfulness meditation is getting a lot of attention because it seems to help with so many physical and...
Self-hypnosis: your new isolation hobby

Self-hypnosis: your new isolation hobby

Chances are when you hear hypnosis, you think swinging pocket watches and talk of, “you are now getting very sleepy.” That’s Hollywood’s hypnosis. The real thing doesn’t put you under a spell. It doesn’t make you blackout. No one is going to convince you to cluck like...