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Calendar of Training Events
April 28
Teleseminar with Maggie &
Dr. Ron Siegel
Pathways to Mindfulness
April 30 - May 1
Workshop
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
with Maggie
Healing Emotional and Physical Pain
May 3 - June 25
Online course with Maggie
Advances in Energy Psychology
May 7 - 8
Workshop in Zurich, Switzerland with Maggie
Learning What the Body Knows
May 15 - 16
Workshop in Helsinki, Finland with Maggie
Ego-State Therapy
May 20
Teleseminar with Maggie &
Kathy Kain
Somatic Resilience: Supporting Increased Capacity for Self-Regulation
June 3
Workshop in San Diego, California with Maggie
Maximizing Resiliency through Energy Psychology: Solving Health Adversity
June 10
E-Training with Maggie &
Peter Levine
How Somatic Experiencing® can Maximize Strength, Resiliency, and Triumph
Maggie Phillips, Ph.D.
2768 Darnby Dr.
Oakland, CA 94611
USA
510-655-3843
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Greetings!
This edition of our newsletter brings you
an overview of upcoming training events, presents your quarterly bonus, and
includes information about the hazards of increased physical activity which can
often occur during the transition from winter to spring (scroll down to the
bottom of the newsletter to find this section).
To your continued good
health,
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Teleseminar Calendar
On Wednesday,
April 28, from 9 am - 10:30 am Pacific time, I will be welcoming Dr.
Ron Siegel from Harvard Medical School for a teleseminar on Pathways to
Mindfulness. Ron is a bright light in the field of mindfulness and mindbody
treatment. He is co-creator of the "Back Sense" program, which integrates
Western psychology and medical approaches with eastern mindfulness techniques.
If you are looking for a stimulating presentation on mindfulness approaches to
resolving pain and enhancing change, please don't miss this! Go now to sign up
at www.maggiephillipsphd.com/courses_teleseminars_rs.html
Your
$50 teleseminar package includes: - Unlimited
access to the audio replay for a full 45 days so that you won't miss any
part
of the seminar if you cannot attend during the time it is "live" and
will have
plenty of time to review the material;
- A
content-rich, intensive 60-minute presentation;
- A
30-minute live question and answer period with the presenters;
- A
study guide to help you organize your learning;
- Bonuses
to enhance your learning experience (watch for these in the emails that
follow).
To
learn more about Ron, please visit www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=51816. To hear an audio interview with
Ron, go to thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2002-03-18/siegel-and-johnson-back-sense-broadway-books.
On Thursday,
May 20, from 9 am -10:30 am Pacific time, we are hosting a teleseminar
with Kathy Kain, Director of Training for the Somatic Experiencing® foundation (FHE). Kathy and I will
present Somatic Resilience: Supporting Increased Capacity for
Self-Regulation. Kathy is well known for her "Touch for Therapists" program
and her creative and dynamic teaching of trauma recovery skills. To listen to a
free audio interview with Kathy on her work, go to www.somaticperspectives.com/conversations/2008-12-kain.htm. Please plan to join us! We are
planning a second training event featuring Somatic Experiencing® on Thursday, June 10. Our series
this time features a 3 hour e-workshop with Peter Levine, creator of SE, from 9
am - 12 pm Pacific time on June 10 on How SE can Maximize Strength, Resiliency,
and Triumph. For those of you who have attended past teleseminars and
have expressed interest in a more comprehensive learning experience with Peter,
this event is for you! This
event will include a 2-hour presentation, a video session of Peter's work with
an Iraqi veteran and our discussion of it, and a 30-minute live question and
answer session. Please include this event in your plans for June, though
remember that you do NOT have to attend live. The registration fee of
$79.95 includes unlimited replay and permanent access to the audio and other
materials, whether or not your schedule
allows you to participate live. Please watch for registration details on these two Somatic Experiencing® events in upcoming emails.
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Other Training Events
A
reminder that on May 3rd, my online course, Advances in Energy Psychology, will begin and continue for 8 weeks,
sponsored by NICABM (for more information and registration, go to www.nicabm.com/?course=ene). I have received
consistently excellent feedback on this course. If you want an in-depth
distance learning class that will focus you on practicing a wide range of
energy psychology methods with yourself and others, Please consider signing up!
The class is not offered in "real time" - that is, you can log on and listen to
lectures and participate in message board discussions whenever you like, so time
zone differences are not a problem. In late April and May, I will be offering several live workshops in
Canada, Scandinavia, and Switzerland. I present Healing Emotional and Physical Pain in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on
Friday, April 30, and Saturday, May 1st. For information,
contact alphacom@telusplanet.net. On Friday,
May 7 and Saturday, May 8, I will present Learning What the Body Knows
in Zurich, Switzerland. For information and registration, email Silvia Zanotta at szan@bluewin.ch. And finally, I will be teaching a workshop on Ego-State Therapy in Helsinki, Finland
on Saturday 15 May and Sunday, 16 May. Please contact Maarit Virta at maarit.virta@psykke.fi.
I will be offering private personal sessions and clinical
consultation on the days surrounding each event. Please contact me directly at mphillips@lmi.net for more information.
Please don't forget the Energy
Psychology conference in San Diego, California: Evolving Tools for Healing Mind,
Body, and Spirit held on June
3-6. If you sign up for my pre-conference workshop Maximizing
Resiliency through Energy Psychology: Solving Health Adversity scheduled on Thursday,
June 3rd, you will receive several sign-up bonuses. Visit https://m360.energypsych.org/event.aspx?eventID=10991 for more
information and registration.
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Your Special Quarterly Bonus
 As promised, I have created a special bonus a thank-you for your
loyalty. You will continue to receive free quality bonuses at the end of each
quarter you remain on our mailing list. We know you may be receiving huge
amounts of email these days and we are grateful that you value our
communications with you.
This quarter's bonus is a recorded hypnotic relaxation and can
be listened to online or downloaded to your portable mp3 player. To access it,
go to www.maggiephillipsphd.com/_private_/bonus_0310_5212.html(if you have trouble with this link, simply type the web
address directly into your browser, being sure to include the 4 underscores).
Please feel
free to let me know any feedback you might have. I hope you'll find it helpful
and I'm always interested in how I can improve on the products I offer. If you
have questions or encounter any access glitches, please email my assistant at assistant@maggiephillipsphd.com.
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News From the Mindbody Health
Frontier
Spring is finally here! For many of you
that means getting outside again, enjoying a vigorous spring walk or hike, or
perhaps participating in seasonal sports!
It is also a time of year where many feel the results of increased
physical activities after relative inactivity. While exercise is normally a
good thing, when dealing with chronic pain it can be discouraging as well.
When someone
returns to sports or workouts after a long break, or tries to push themselves
in an exercise too rapidly, injury can result. Two common examples are sprains
and strains.
Sprains are an
injury of ligaments, which are bands that bind bones together. When a ligament
is sprained, it stretches. If the injury - for example, rolling an ankle - is
severe enough, the ligament can tear completely. Sprains are common in the
ankles and knees. Repeated sprains of a joint without proper treatment and
rehabilitation can make the joint loose and more likely to be injured in the
future.
Strains are an
injury of the muscle-tendon unit. The muscle turns into a tendon at its site of
attachment to the bone. Muscles that are exercised without proper warm-up
stretching or placed under lots of stress can tear. As we age, we become less
flexible, which can lead to injury.
Both types of
injury can cause swelling, pain and bruising. This is the body's way of
beginning the healing process while also alerting us that we need to protect
the injured area. Sometimes these signs and symptoms appear soon after the
injury (sprains) or even the next day (strains).
Initial treatment
for sprains and strains involves the R.I.C.E. principle. "R" stands
for rest. This may require use of a brace or crutches. It is important to let
pain be your guide in terms of how much work your joint or muscle can do.
"I" stands for ice, which should be wrapped in a towel or T-shirt and
applied for no more than 15 to 20 minutes. "C" stands for
compression. The wrap should start at the far end of the injury and proceed
toward the heart. Numbness or tingling near the wrap may indicate that it is
too tight and needs to be loosened. "E" stands for elevation of the
affected area. Keeping the injured area elevated (for example resting in a
recliner after a sprained ankle) allows the extra fluid from the swelling to
drain back into the circulatory system.
It is important to
see your doctor or treating professional after injury so that diagnosis and
treatment can begin and to avoid further injury and stiffness. Prevention is
always better than cure. Be sure to take a few minutes to stretch and warm up before
and after yard work, weight lifting, workouts, or sports to prevent injury,
improve balance and keep you "in the game."
Recovery from pain, including acute injury,
requires self-acceptance of current circumstances before forward progress can
be made, and most pain patients make the mistake of doing too much too soon as
they begin feeling better, then relapsing and finding it harder each time to
propel themselves forward again.
For example, it might be best to increase daily exercise by ONE minute
per week, starting with 5 minutes or less until that workout feels
comfortable. Remember, in this
case, more really is less. If you
stop a physical or mental focusing session wanting more of the experience, you
will be more likely to continue on a regular basis. It is far more effective to build on small successes than to
focus on what is not working.
Sometimes, the most reliable and helpful
treatment methods for pain are those that are natural and easily accessible.
Here are some examples:
- Adequate Sleep - at least 8-9 hours or more per
night. Pain is exhausting and
without sleep we cannot support adequately our body's healing. Did you
know
that during the first two hours of sleep, there is a spike in the
production of
growth hormone which is vital to the healing process? The growth
hormone produces new cells, nerve fibers, and
other body resources, which help repair, restore and expand our pain
system.
- Honey - For superficial wounds like cuts and
burns, honey appears to act as an anti-bacterial agent, rapidly cleaning
and
preventing infection. A New Zealand study found that burns healed 4 days faster, reduced swelling
and minimized
scarring.
- Reduce stress - This very important strategy is
not new, but nonetheless a challenge to put into practice. The stress
hormone cortisol is produced
as a response to emotional conflict. A rise in cortisol can slow healing and increase pain.
- Relaxation - The relaxation response can be
achieved through imagery, muscle relaxation techniques, and other easy
to learn
methods. People who practice
regularly have been shown to shave weeks off the time it takes to
recover from
any disorder caused or worsened by stress.
- Yoga - Yoga has been shown to improve stress,
improve circulation and mobility.
Researchers at the University of Washington have found that yoga can
ease lower back pain faster than conventional exercises.
- Massage - definitely one of the better things in
life! Massage is particularly
effective for acute injury. If you
pull a muscle or strain a tendon, massage can quickly reduce soreness
and
swelling.
- Hypnosis - Really? - Yes! Studies conducted by my friend, Carol
Ginandes, and her colleagues at Harvard University found that people
with
fractured bones who received hypnosis were healing at an advanced rate
of 2-1/2
weeks faster than those without hypnosis!
So enjoy this magical, transformative time
of year. But do remember that you
can over do it and find yourself dealing with pain from any sudden increase in
physical activities. Take your
time as you "ramp up" from your winter confinement, remember to breathe, stretch,
relax and enjoy this great season!
With best wishes for putting "spring" into
your motion,
Maggie
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