Tag: relaxation
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A Good Night’s Sleep
Everyone knows what a struggle the day can be if you haven’t had a good night’s sleep. Our energy and performance levels suffer, and so do our stress levels and our mood. Yet we can’t ‘make’ ourselves go to sleep and more than we can make ourselves remember things. More than a third of adults…
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How Deep Relaxation Can Transform Your Life
There is a zone of relaxation where the mind is at its most powerful, intuitive and creative. This is the ‘Alpha State’, where the two halves of the brain are in balance. Being able to reach this restful, deeply relaxed state is a life enhancing skill, because the mind works best when you’re cool and…
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A Good Night’s Sleep
Everyone knows what a struggle the day can be if they haven’t had a good night’s sleep. Our energy and performance levels suffer, and so do our stress levels and our mood. Yet we can’t ‘make’ ourselves go to sleep and more than we can make ourselves remember things. More than a third of adults…
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Healing and Creative Imagery
Creative Imagery (visualization) is an invaluable healing tool with proven health benefits. It can reduce chronic pain, anxiety, high blood pressure, cholesterol and the stress hormone cortisol. It boosts brain function, the immune system and the heart and circulation. When we relax and focus our minds, we stimulate the life forces within, allowing the body…
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How to meditate
Meditation is highly beneficial and easily learned. I recommend you start with the method developed by the late Dr Herbert Benson – a leading health researcher – and his colleagues. It is effective and has no religious associations. First find a quiet place, sit quietly in a comfortable position and close your eyes. Sit in…
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Creating a wonderful life with Creative Imagery
We all have a goal-seeking mechanism housed in the unconscious which takes us where the unconscious believes we want to go. It is best influenced by: 1. Repetition – continually and consciously focussing on positive thoughts and images – effective if you persist going long enough; and 2. Creative imagery – relaxing into Alpha State…
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How your imagination can give you a lift
The poet, John Masefield, wrote, ‘Man’s body is faulty, his mind untrustworthy, but his imagination has made him remarkable.’ Albert Einstein, one of the geniuses of the 20th Century, said, ‘Imagination is more important than knowledge. It is a preview of life’s coming attractions.’ When asked where he got ideas for his paintings, Vincent Van…
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Self-Hypnosis Script for Calmness and Confidence
This self-hypnosis routine will help you to develop a deep sense of inner calmness and confidence so you feel more appreciative towards yourself, more capable and more in control. The more you use it, the more you’ll create a deep inner feeling of peace and calmness and the better the results. Warning Make sure you…