Some things just click. Alone they are great, together they are fantastic. Hypnosis and EFT, the Emotional Freedom Technique are like that.
One practitioner called it weed whacking, and then mowing to make things smooth. My approach is bit more gentle, I think of it like pulling weeds, so you are free to grow whatever you want or need.
For the past year I have been experimenting with the format of the Breakthrough Sessions. I like doing groups. Everyone benefits and it is cost effective.
The last Breakthrough Session was really powerful. I have discovered that after I have everyone check in, I allow my intuition to start somewhere with someone. I tap on myself and the person I am working with mirrors me, while I talk. I don’t know where the words come from, but things slip out of my mouth and I just keep going. Everyone taps along. What I find is that the repetition puts everyone in a bit of a trance, including me, and we get results.
On Monday, we tapped on the fact that Carol had a new kitchen, a new juicer, as well as fruits and vegetables that were going to rot if she didn’t use them soon. But they were more like props for the life she wanted and couldn’t get herself to live. She said, “I don’t deserve to feel good”. We tapped on all of the reasons why, and this came up as another aspect from being sexually abused, and then not being believed as a child.
Letting go of that kind of emotion is powerful.
As we went around the room, one person’s relief seemed to feed the fire of the next person’s ah!ah! The next participant, who has made real strides, surprised me when I saw tears streaming down her beautifully round face. She sighed and said, “I gave up on myself at eighteen years old”.
I hope you enjoy Nina Simone, and this song, as much as I do. Sugar, more often than not, is a euphemism in music. This is one of my favorites. Her artistry is incredible.
In the past Letting Go of Sugar Hypnosis Hour, attended by “newbies” and “old timers” I was reminded that it is a journey, and not a destination. It is certainly not about never having sugar again, but It is about changing your relationship. Sugar happens to be a drug, which some of us have or have had a harder time with than others.
I began by explaining my own love of sugar. Sometimes people don’t hear that so I give details, “Back in the day, I would treat myself to a pound of Dilettante chocolate, way too many Snickers bars, and if you want to hear about my love of frosting and cake, pull up a chair”.
I had gone to Simply Desserts in Fremont because a new client waxed poetic about their cakes, and I wanted something very tempting for class. As soon as I walked in the door, I was nearly knocked down by the smell of sweetness and then I was in the Dreamland:picture perfect red-headed girls, a beautiful mom, wide planked wooden floors, and cakes from fairy tales. Yes, a real drug den. I left without a piece of cake. I had to go somewhere less intoxicating.
The first time Catherine came to my one of my Sugar Workshops she confessed that it was either a sugar day or not a sugar day. On a sugar day, she would eat pretty much only sugar. I would like to say she immediately took the cure after that one class, years ago, but she did not.
Catherine is a good example of determination. She came back several times. With the combination of EFT, hypnosis, counseling and her own very stubborn spirit, she changed her mind and has turned her behavior around.
My spirit soared when she said, “I just take care of myself. I eat what I want”
Next up was Patty. She said, “I can’t believe how far I have come. I used to say, “I am going to be bad and have this.” Now it makes me laugh and I cringe a bit when others say it. If I really don’t want something and I feel tempted, I just imagine pickle juice. It is kind of fun and I am almost fifty pounds down, yeah me!”
Did it take each of us some time? Yes. Was it worth it? You betcha!
A newer client talked about how she loves to go out and treat herself. Her affection wanders but is consistent in that all sweets are special, and especially when shared.
As we used EFT on her desire for the beautiful and sexy piece of cake I did bring to class, her craving waned and she made the comment, “If you are going to mess with me, I don’t want it.”
We did a couple of EFT rounds of tapping and I slipped in some statements about entitlement.
When I finally ask her if I could throw her piece of the cake in the garbage, she did not flinch, but I could feel that going through her mind was, “I can go buy my own piece of cake.”
We saw each other the next day and this is what she said:
“When I left class I thought, I can go buy a piece of cake. But then I thought, I am kind of hungry, I want some protein. For some reason I drove by Red Lobster and I wanted to go in. I have never even been to a Red Lobster before. Then I wanted deep fried prawns. I haven’t had deep fried prawns since I was a little kid. It used to be my favorite. I stopped eating them after I ordered prawns a restaurant that was a little more expensive than usual for my family. When I bit into one it was runny, but I knew if I said I didn’t like it, I would get into trouble, so I said it didn’t taste right, because that was the safer thing to say. My step dad immediately said, “You ordered it you have to eat it.” My mom reached over and took a small taste and she said, “They don’t taste right.” My step dad thought she was just siding with me and insisted I eat them. Well, my mom bless her, ate half, and we both got really sick. He never admitted there was anything wrong with those prawns. We were just sticking together. “
At home her step dad was allowed sweets, but she wasn’t.
That Hypnosis Happy Hour for Sugar was in July. I ran into her yesterday and she said, Yes, I still have my favorite bakeries, but my approach is different, I don’t feel so compelled and sometimes I can take a few bites and leave the rest.
I also spoke to Claire today; she said she made a pumpkin pie, ate one piece, felt satisfied, and someone else ate the rest.
To learn more about how you too can change your mind, check out these upcoming
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The Dow is doing what?…. Bailout?…. Angry campaign rallies……US fiscal fiasco dominoes into world economies.
Stop it. Enough already.
How about a Happy Hour for every man, woman, and child?
My favorite philosophy professor used to accomplish this by wearing headphones for an hour each day. Picture him, bearded in his seventies, with a DO NOT DISTURB sign around his neck.
My happy hour is in a hammock with a warm fresh breeze, pleasantly scented, with the feel of a good book on my belly, as my eyes have grown tired, and I am happy to just be.
All this brings up the point, to let you know that I changed the Hypnosis and EFT Hour’s name. The new name is Happy Hour, Hypnosis Happy Hour, Happy Hypnosis Hour.
We will see which one sticks. I just know that you leave in a lot better mood than when you came in, and there is no fear of being pulled over on the way home because you feel, well, too happy.
Shedding emotions is an amazing things that we humans can do. I am rich beyond belief by the changes I am witnessing around me. I have great faith in the human spirit.
Happy Hour has a topic. People share where they would like a little help. We go to work as a group tapping, and then usually end with a relaxing hypnosis that I can send to you as a downloadable file. Just in case you want to reinforce, feeling better.
Another way to feel better is to get the dominoes moving in the right direction. The lovely and talented people person, Sandy Jones-Kaminski offers her sage advice in her new book, How to have a Pay It Forward Party. Proceeds go to breast cancer awareness.
You get some time “to share what’s on your mind” and then enjoy a relaxing hypnosis with a group.
This is for people new to hypnosis, and it is for people who are familiar, and miss group hypnosis.
So come alone. Bring a friend. The choice is yours.
Seating is limited.
For fun, I will give each month’s Hypnosis Hour a theme.
Ask me anything about hypnosis? Monday, Feb.18th, 6:30
Ooops…too much chocolate. Friday, Feb. 22nd, 6:30
Clear Your Clutter. Friday, March 21st, 6:30
Receive a FREE health-through-hypnosis CD on your first visit to the Fremont office.
Please call Lisa 206-941-1287 to reserve your spot.
Fremont Healing Arts, 720 North 35th Street, #201. Seattle WA 98103
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I want to tell you about my new office in the Fremont Healing Arts Center.
I am sharing a space with Claire Sage, who is a Certified Soul Coach. Claire is amazingly intuitive and wise, with a very soothing voice. She is offering some great introductory individual soul coaching sessions. If you are looking for a new and exciting way to access your inner wisdom, I highly recommend giving Claire a call. Her number is 206-661-0807. Call her fast, before the rest of the world finds her!!
I took her class last fall, and the collage I made, is right beside me, pleasantly allowing me to remember my deepest desires and to act upon even more of them.
The Fremont Healing Arts is located across the street from the Fremont Library. Downstairs is Bellefleur, a lingerie shop and upstairs is Judy’s alterations. So those of you who love multi-tasking, begin to imagine the possibilities. Plus, the Fremont Healing Art massage practitioners are the best. The address is 720 North 35th Street, Suite 201 Seattle 98103, just around the corner from THE TROLL.
Inside the office.
This year, the hammock is just a picture.
First Hypnosis Hour is February 22nd at 6:30. The topic is “Ooops, I am overdoing chocolate as an antioxidant”. You will have time to confess (ha!) and then get hypnotized to change your ways. The spaces are few and the cost is only $25. Let me ASAP if you would like to come. If I have enough response, I will schedule another one on Monday, the 18th. My number is 206-941-1287.
Hypnosis Hour, Soul Coaching, get your clothes taken in, update your lingerie, get a massage, go take a look at the troll, check out the funky and fun shops in Fremont; it is going to be Spring before you know it.
Wait, there is more, I am offering a class which combines hypnosis and EFT for Breaking Through Resistance:
If you are stuck in any area of your life,this is a powerful class for creating change. Read how combining hypnosis and EFT works:
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