consciousness

I have just finished reading a really interesting article by the philosopher Roger Scruton published in the Sunday Times magazine on the 5th of July regarding how we view neroscience and the subject of consciousness. Beginning the article with his understanding of the smallest word in the language which is "I" and what does "I" mean, am "I" seperate from my body or a part of it and how that reflects on our understanding of the self has the "I" been reduced to a function within the brain. He describes the advances in medical science which can capture the activity of the brain on an MRI scan and show which part of the brain is responsible for moving an arm and the belief that amongst some neurosurgeons and pyschologists that the self is "located" in the "mirror neurons" which fire when people instinctivley imitate the expressions and gestures that they observe . The neurons responsible for intentional activity trigger before we are conscious of "making up our minds" therfore there is no free will. He goes onto discuss that it assocciates ideas with parts of the brain but says nothing about the self about free will,about spiruality or the magnificence of the world around us, it just tells a story of neurons!Brain imaging or neuroscience will not help to understand the emotion surrounding a beautiful piece of music or a tragic event in our lives, it will do nothing to lead to a better understanding of personal accountability and the ability to change our behaviour, it will never give us what it means to be truly motivated which is why I am so curious how altered states of consciousness,through hypnosis and timleline therapy can have such a positive effect on our lives.If you are reading and would like an appointment to see us our practice is based near Kettering Northamptonshire.
Edd
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weight loss

At our hynotherapy practice in Northamptonshire in the Midlands we have a very succesful track record with clients who want to control their weight with hypnotic techniques or hypnosis
Its at this time of the year with the holiday season almost upon us that we perhaps begin to look more closely at our image or more precisely our body image, how others see us and how we feel about that. The media are constantly bombarding us with the perfect size, the perfect shape , the perfect dress size , the perfect waist measurement, bronze tanned bodys , the perfect pecs, the perfect muscle toned body ect ect .
Unconsciously we judge ourselves by what we see , read , and watch in the media. At this level we are constantly comparing and contrasting ourselves with what and who we see around us and what we are lead to believe is "normal".
Over time this inner dialogue at an unconscious (and sometimes conscious level)can be very unhealthy and destructive both emotionally and physically.This can manifest its self in many ways with general anxiety and stress about body image or even worse!
Its quite common for people to feel helpless about their situation perhaps lacking in the confidence and motivation to know that they can feel differently about how they percieve themselves. At Sahasrara we dont believe in a "one cap fits all aproach" instead we believe we are able to offer the perfect blend of therapys to suit the individual and enable them to think differently about themselves using Hypnothrapy Hypnosis,NLP, Timeline Therapy, and Thought Field Therapy.
Best Wishes
Edd & Lori

New Hypnosis Website

A great idea to form a national register of hypnotherpists has recently been launched by www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk. Check out the site; its professional easy to use and I know will be a valuable asset to potential customers looking for a competant therapist
Best Wishes
Edd

Stress

At our practice in Northamptonshire, Northants using hypnosis, hypnotic techniques,usually called hypnotherapy We have been working with great success on clients recently who have been stressed out and anxious. Timeline Therapy and TFT ( thought field therapy) in combination with hypnosis hypnotherapy and hypnotic techniques have been really successful .We have had some great outcomes for our clients both physiological and psychological reducing blood pressure considerably in some cases and creating enabling strategies for stressful situations.
Best Wishes
Edd

Thought Field Therapy

Both Lori and I completed a Thought Field Therapy training recently which we believe will compliment the Hypnotherapy, hypnosis,Timeline Therapy and NLP currently offered at our practice in Northamptonshire Northants in the Midlands.I first came across TFT a few years ago on a hypnotherapy and NLP (Neuro Linguistic programming) training course with Paul McKenna and Richard Bandler and was "blown away" with how quick the results could be with this technique its a very useful "tool" to have in the "box". Its particularly useful in reducing stress and anxiety very quickly and very useful used in conjunction with hypnotherapy and Timeline to get our clients a positive and lasting outcome. TFT( Thought Field Therapy) has many applications from optimising sport performance to help in alleviating pain and trauma.We have a very successful practice in Hypnosis or Hypnotherapy in Northamptonshire

Best Wishes
Edd

Shamanic Journeying Weekend

Many believe that hypnosis or hypnotic trance is unusual in our therapy room in Northamptonshire, Northants, we work with hypnosis or hypnotherapy,to enable people to make positive changes to enhance the quality of their lives.I had a very different experience recently when I attended a shamanic journeying weekend in London. Altered states of consciousness or non ordinary states of consciousness can be accessed in many different ways hypnosis being one method, Shamanic journeying is another way and also lots of fun!A shamanic journey is accessed by way of a drum beat or rattle which has an amazing trance effect
I am going to be experimenting with rhythm and sound as a method of accelerating and deepening the effect of hypnosis at our hypnotherapy practice in Northanptonshire, Northants
Best Wishes
Edd

Holotropic breath seminar

As part of my studies towards an MSc in Transpersonal Psychology and also of my continuous personal development I attended a workshop recently on holotropic breathwork. Both Lori and I believe that it is important both develop as therapists using hypnosis as our main therapeutic tool but also intergtaing new learnings as well so that we can offer a special experience at our hypnotherpay practice in Northamptonshire sometimes known as Northants.What is holotropic breath I can hear you ask? Holotropic breathwork is a pyschotherapeutic process developed by Stanislov Groff MD Phd and his wife Christina which gives access to non ordinary states of consciousness. It is a technique which allows for self exploration and healing involving intensified breathing during which evocative rhythmical music is played really loud and you experience body work and expressive drawing. It was a most intense and at the same time enjoyable experience for me. Groff believes that "during this process you activate the inner radar which automatically brings into consciousness the contents from the unconscious that have the strongest emotional charge, are most pyschodynamically relevant at the time and most readily available for conscious processing" . What was most interesting for me was the concept of what Groff calls the "systems of condensed experience" or COEX systems. The theory is that each system comprises of emotionally charged memories from different periods of our lives that resemble each other in the type of emotion and or physical feeling that they evoke and are common to each other. Each COEX can have a basic theme which goes through all its layers and has a common denominator. Each layer has the potential to have variations on a theme that can occur in an individuals life. Therefore many COEX can exist and the number and themes vary from individual to individual. Its possible for a COEX to retain all the humiliating and degrading experiences which have damaged self esteem or in another system to have all the experiences which can lead to uncontrollable anger and frustration.
The idea of this in a therapeutic sense I found very interesting to compare and contrast with a technique we use at Sahasrara therapy's which is Timeline Therapy. Timeline also takes the notion that we store memories around powerful emotional events in our lives,and these also can have many links and and layers to them as well, now these can be both negative and positive emotions. Our minds just go ahead and store these, not paying any particular attention to whether an event is positive or negative or if the event is identical just so long as it evokes a similar emotional response or is an S.E.E. or significant emotional event . In a positive sense an S.E.E. is fantastic, as you experience the positive event plus all the associated events which makes it powerful and very memorable. The downside to this of course is that you experience negative emotional events in exactly the same way, which can for some people be a source of constant pain. Using Timeline as a therapy is a quick effective technique to overcome negative emotions in your past whilst at the same time engineering your future to be even more positive and fulfilling!