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If you are struggling with an issue in your life or have a challenge standing in the way of your success then it’s time to take back control by doing bed time self-hypnosis.    In life, there are so many demands placed upon us that very rarely do we have the time to devote to doing self-hypnosis or simple relaxation throughout the day. However, we all have time at night as we enter that private space inside of ourselves when we lay down to sleep. In fact, when we are lying down and unwinding from the day, our brainwaves naturally begin to slow down without any effort on our parts. As your brainwaves slow down and your body relaxes, your mind continuously becomes more and more suggestible to your self-talk and suggestions. This makes it the perfect time to spend a few minutes doing self-hypnosis since your brainwaves are already conducive to the hypnotic state.    It’s time to take advantage of this natural hypnotic state to condition your mind for success in any area of your life. You can improve something very specific such as increasing motivation to achieve weight reduction goals or perhaps wake up in the morning with more energy. Perhaps, you may just want to improve your general well-being or increase your overall feeling of self-confidence.  You can improve anything your like.      The process is very simple yet extremely powerful. Tonight when you lay down for bed, take a few deep breaths, slowly exhale, and let your body relax as you normally do. Once you have done that, close your eyes, and simply begin giving yourself positive suggestions directed towards your goals. Pretend that you are a great coach or the ideal parent that is motivating, encouraging, and loving.     For example, if you desire to reduce your weight you might suggest to yourself:    “Everyday I am getting healthier. It is easy for me to make healthy choices. I value my body and only find healthy things attractive and appealing to me. I can achieve my goals. This is easy for me. I am more motivated every day.”     You can also come up with a simple mantra to repeat again and again so that a single idea can get deeply conditioned into the mind.    Some possible mantras for weight reduction are:   “I eat less and feel fuller”    “Every day and in every way I am getting healthier and healthier”    “I am slim and trim”    “Nothing tastes as good as thin feels”     Tonight at you are drifting off to sleep be sure to remember that you are in a self-hypnotic state.  Take advantage of this receptive state by programming your mind with positive suggestion and visualizing your success.  Put this process to the test for a month.  I know you will love the results.      For more on hypnosis, self-hypnosis, and other self-help techniques please visit www.johnweirhypnosis.com or get hypnotized right now by downloading an effective hypnosis session at www.hypnosisaudiomall.com.   
Shelley Thomas, 53, was wheeled into an anteroom at London's Middlesex Hospital in preparation for pelvic surgery. A patient going into that operation is usually given a mix of painkilling narcotics and nerve-quelling tranquilizers. But not Thomas. Instead she rested on a gurney, alert and calm, taking deep breaths at her Hypnotherapist's instruction. Thomas counted aloud, "One hundred, deep sleep; 99, deeper sleep; 98 ... " "By the time I got to 95, the words and numbers had all gone," says Thomas. "It's quite peculiar. They all go." Minutes later, thoroughly hypnotized, Thomas was rolled into the operating room. There she underwent a 30 minute procedure with no anesthetics and no discernible pain. Her hypnotherapist stayed by her side throughout, monitoring her trance state and refocusing her mind when it drifted.   Thomas' story is not as extraordinary as you might think. Since the early 1990s, thousands of patients have opted for hypnosis - either as a substitute for or (more typically) as a complement to anesthesia - in a wide variety of surgical procedures, from repairing hernias to removing tumors. At the University Hospital of Liége in Belgium, a team of doctors led by Dr. Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville has logged more than 5,100 surgeries by hypno-sedation, a technique Faymonville developed that replaces general anesthesia with hypnosis, local anesthesia and a mild sedative. "Patients tell us that it is a very special experience," says Faymonville. "We now have people coming from all over the world."   Hypnosis was first used as a surgical anesthetic in India in 1845 but was quickly abandoned with the introduction of ether the following year. The practice languished for decades, becoming, at least in the public eye, little more than a parlor trick. In 1958 it was sanctioned by the American Medical Association for use in medicine and dentistry. Since then, doctors have hypnotized patients to help ease such ills as migraines, depression, anxiety and chronic cancer pain.   But it is in Europe that surgical applications of hypnosis have flourished. The new interest stems in part from studies showing that hypno-sedated patients suffer fewer side effects than fully sedated ones do. According to Faymonville, hypnotized patients can get by on less than 1% of the standard medications required for general anesthesia, thus avoiding such aftereffects as nausea, fatigue, lack of coordination and cognitive impairment. In a 1999 study of thyroid patients, Faymonville found that the typical hypno-sedated patient returned to work 15 days after surgery, compared with 28 days for a fully anesthetized patient.   Meanwhile, studies using advanced scanning technology have shed new light on how hypnosis works to block pain. In a report published two years ago in the journal Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Dr. Sebastian Schulz-Stubner of the University of Iowa reported using heat-producing their modes to measure the pain thresholds of 12 healthy volunteers ("painful" stimuli earning a rating of 8 or higher on a 10-point scale). When the participants were hypnotized and re-exposed to their modes, all 12 reported feeling significantly reduced pain (with ratings of 3 or lower) or no pain at all.   The differences in the subjects' brain scans were equally striking. The typical pain signal follows a well-worn path from the brain stem through the midbrain and into the cortex, where conscious feelings of pain arise. In Sebastian Schulz-Stubner's study, the hypnotized group showed sub cortical brain activity similar to that of non-hypnotized volunteers, but the primary sensory cortex stayed quiet. The "ouch" message wasn't making it past the midbrain and into consciousness.  
Everyone knows that water is important, but have you ever seen it written down like this before?    75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population.) In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%. One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.   Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.    Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water you should everyday?   No wonder Coke tastes so good: In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident or from road kill. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coke into the toilet bowel, and let the real thing sit for an hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in the Coke removes stains from vitreous china. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumple-up piece of Reynolds Wrap Aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for sumptuous brown gravy. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.    FYI:  The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It's Ph is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.   To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the hazardous material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.    The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for over 20 years!    Still want that Coke?  
People around the world might find themselves feeling very, very sleepy today. Today marks the first World Hypnotism Day, sponsored by hypnotists and hypnosis advocacy groups around the world. Professional hypnotists and trade organizations want to clear up hypnosis myths and drum up some clients.   When most people hear the word hypnosis, they immediately think of villainous mind control or crazy after-prom antics. But hypnosis practitioners say the only people who take a ride through a hypnotic landscape are the ones who want to see the sights.   A person has to be willing to be hypnotized. They have the power to reject suggestions made to them at anytime, Weir said.   Munhall hypnotist John Weir has been working his clinical magic on patients for 5 years. He said the brain function under hypnosis is similar to normal activities such as daydreaming, getting caught up in a book, or crying during a movie.    Hypnosis is thought to be effective during these suspension-of-disbelief moments because the patients are more receptive to new ideas and behaviors in this daydream-like state of mind.   Research suggests people willing to hand themselves over to hypnotists on a subconscious platter might reap rewards.   Weir said he is frequently consulted for help with smoking cessation, weight loss, controlling anxiety, or reducing phobias.   One of Weir's patients, Robert Kacey, 26, of Los Angeles, used hypnosis to overcome his fear of test taking before he too the Pennsylvania Bar Exam.   Kacey enlisted Weir's services after his Harvard-ready law school entrance exam score was reduced by 20 points under real test-taking circumstances.   The hypnosis patient said his single session helped reduce his anxiety and made the bar exam feel like any of exam rather than what it was: the test that decided his professional fate.   I honestly didn't think it (hypnosis) would work, but I had to do something. It worked though! I didn't have my stomach full of acid and wasn't running out of the room before the test, Kacey said.     Hypnosis is starting to gain acceptance in medical circles as an alternative to commonly prescribed treatments.   The practice was shown to control pain in a recent English clinical study. Researchers found that cancer patients who were hypnotized felt less pain, and anxiety than patients who received standard care while receiving spinal taps.   Another study indicated that irritable bowel syndrome might be mind over matter. Approximately 7 out of 10 patients reported improvement in their condition after undergoing hypnosis.   Whether the application is medical or psychological, more uses are being suggested regularly.   The American Medical Association recognizes the power of hypnosis and encourages research. Some practices, such as using hypnosis to recover memories of childhood sexual abuse or other trauma, are frowned upon.   Patients and practitioners insist the technique works if someone truly wants to change his or hercondition or behavior be it quitting smoking or trying to loop someone out of a recurring dream.   Weir estimates his clients are doing 85 percent of the work.   It's going to be unlikely that someone who uses hypnosis to quit smoking will be successful unless they want to change, Weir said.   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.    
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