Dear Friends
It is quite amazing to me how we
so often forget to use the innate power of our own bodies and minds to make
life easier and to heal. I recall one of our self-hypnosis training sessions
some time ago when one of my patients related his frustration and discomfort
during a dental procedure. He was telling us what a miserable experience it was
and describing it in a good amount of detail. One of the ladies sitting across
the room from him sympathetically asked why he had not used his self-hypnosis
for comfort and anxiety relief. She told us that she had just undergone a very
similar procedure and asked her dentist if it would be okay for her to place
herself in light self-hypnosis for her comfort. He was fine with this and she
related a much more comfortable and in fact very rewarding experience. My other
patient's answer to her query was simply "I never thought of it".
In fact, most of us forget
regularly how very good our bodies are at taking care of us if we simply relax
and let them do their thing. Cuts heal, blood pressure lowers, headaches go
away (or don't even start) and yes, our level of discomfort in uncomfortable
situations decreases, when we remember to relax and slow down.
I thought you might be interested
in what other people are doing with the information they learn about
self-hypnosis.
If you have not read Sandy
Corso's delightful column, www.peacefuldaily.com, I highly recommend it. Sandy
has a wonderful ability to find health, happiness and good for your body and
soul facts and shares them. She read some of the suggestions in my book about
helping children to relax and heal and gave them a whirl. And of course, they
worked. It was her belief and willingness to accept that we all have this power
that made her the healer. I wanted to share this and
encourage you to start teaching all those you love how good it feels to relax,
and how powerful healing is when you believe.
Below is her article in peaceful
daily on children and hypnosis.
February 10, 2010 Placebo
Recently
I received A Surgeon's Self-Hypnosis
Healing Solution in the
mail and I was immediately drawn to it. I knew it had a message for me. In it,
Dr. Scott Fried introduced me to something very profound: the placebo effect on
children. I am very aware of the placebo effect on adults; it is real and it
works. Our minds are incredibly powerful at healing our own bodies. So that was
no surprise, but I was interested to learn about how the placebo effect can be
used with children for things such as sniffles or a simple cough. By simply
being told they will feel better, children usually believe it, and help
themselves heal.
Children
are open and untainted by the world, and we, their parents and guardians, can
have a positive effect on them when we help their minds and bodies work
together. The sleep spell works wonders in our house!
Peace,
Love & Happiness,
Sandy
