Hypnosis Compared to Stress Reducing Strategy in Burn Patients

Any kind of burn, whether it is a first, second, or third degree burn, is painful. In addition to the pain felt from the burn, burn victims have to keep their wounds covered to help the healing process and prevent infection. Patients with severe burns have to go through frequent dressing changes to keep the burned area clean. This process is often very painful.

As you can imagine, being burned can cause a lot of anxiety and stress on the body, both physically and mentally. Anxiety comes from pain, fear of disfigurement, surgery, and the long healing process.

An article was published in the Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries about a study performed in 2001. The study compared the role hypnosis played on badly burned victims to the role stress reducing strategies played in relieving pain related to dressing changes and anxiety.

Guided Meditation Workshop – December 5, 2008

Learning the Art of Meditation

Group Guided Meditation Workshop

Friday, December 5, 2008
6:30pm – 8:00pm

Hosted by Dragonfly Yoga & Pilates Core Center
Location: 176 Route 70, Medford, NJ 08055
Cost: $20/person

Just as when we were children, learning to ride a bike, or read and write, what seemed to come so easily to those around us was completely foreign to us. We had to learn each of these practices and over time, perfected it in our own, unique way. It’s unfortunate that in today’s society we are not taught as children to tap into this amazingly powerful gift that we were all born with, this gift that is stored in the minds of each and every one of us. Luckily, it’s never too late!

Stress Management – How To Stay Stressed (a step-by-step guide)

In this industry I am all about helping people to let go of stress, and find peace withing themselves regardless of what is going on around them. However, I understand that some people don’t want to let go of their stress, it’s their’s and nobody is going to take it from them. It’s basically the equivilent of holding your favorite rock all the way down to the bottom of the ocean.

Since I cannot “make” anybody do anything that they don’t want to do, or change behaviors they don’t want to change, I thought I’d share this little bit of information that I found online on How To Stay Stressed. Just because living a stress-free life is for me, doesn’t mean it’s for everyone, and here are a few reasons why…

Stress helps you seem important:

Anyone as stressed as you must be working very hard and, therefore, is  probably doing something very crucial.

It helps you to maintain personal distance and avoid intimacy.

Anyone as busy as you are certainly can’t be expected to form emotional attachments to anyone.  And let’s face it, you’re not much fun to be around anyway.

It helps you avoid responsibilities.

Obviously you’re too stressed to be given any more work.  This gets you off the hook for all the mundane chores; let someone else take care of them.

Learning The Art of Meditation

We exercise our bodies through walking, running, swimming, going to the gym, Pilates, etc. We all know the benefits of physical exercise, we see the results in how we look and how our clothes fit. We feel the results in increased energy and strength. But true health is not merely a physical condition. Health is complete well being and balance, physically, mentally, and emotionally.

So, how do we exercise, strengthen and increase our mental and emotional energy?

The answer has been around and practiced by many cultures for over 5000 years. It encompasses a wide range of spiritual, mental and emotional practices and can lead one to the achievement of a higher state of consciousness, increased focus, creativity or self-awareness, or simply a more peaceful, calm and relaxed state of mind. The answer is meditation.

Anger Management

More than just Anger Management…
Let go of anger completely!

Having an opinion and knowing what you want is a crucial indicator of healthy self-esteem. So why do some people anger easily when faced with a difference of opinion? Why is it that some feel annoyed, criticized, anxious, hurt, or even angry when their opinion is challenged? We sometimes wonder how a simple discussion turned into a heated argument or physical violence. When it’s all over, we may wish that we had behaved differently, but don’t know how to stop it in the heat of the moment.