Category: hypnotherapy for Insomnia and sleeping problems

1. Ultimate Relaxation for your Body and Mind.

   Posted on 11:50am Monday 8th Oct 2012

                                

     Reflexology + Relaxation Soundtrack

   =

   Ultimate Stress Busting

     Life for many of us is hectic, rushed and stressful. Finding time to relax is often a luxury we don't allow       ourselves.  Managing our stress is a vital part of promoting our well being.

     Joanne Marie is a reflexologist and after a reflexology treatment many of her clients say they can't remember when they last relaxed as well. They talk about how calm they feel and how they feel refreshed and revitalised. Many say they didn't realise how much stress they were holding in their bodies until they let it go. Joanne says "As a therapist it's wonderful to hear that you are helping people to achieve relaxation, but I would love them to be able to take the key to this relaxation home with them in their pocket."

   Our bodies and mind learn to associate certain experiences with particular emotions and behaviours. You may smell bread cooking and hear your tummy rumble and feel your mouth start to water.  When we listen to the radio sometimes a certain song may take you right back to the summer holiday when you first heard it.  You can imagine the heat of the sun on your face and hear the sound of the waves crashing on the shore. This is a natural process, so why not use it to trigger relaxation?

   I have worked with Joanne Marie to create a calm and tranquil soundtrack to truly enhance your relaxation whilst you enjoy your reflexology treatment with her in her Kidderminster treatment room. This includes beautiful visualisations and guided relaxation.  The soundtrack is a calming and comforting way to optimise your relaxation. You really can relax and let go. After your session a version of this recording will then be yours to take away.

   Your mind and body will associate this soundtrack with your relaxing reflexology treatment.  So, when you listen to the soundtrack in-between your reflexology appointments you will find that you can easily feel that deep deep sense of relaxation. You really will have a key to relaxation in your pocket!

   You can find out more information on the reflexology with relaxation soundtrack treatments by calling Joanne on: 07531121199

   or e-mail Joanne on [email protected].

2. Marielle Frostrup and her sleeping problems

   Posted on 10:30am Sunday 26th Aug 2012

   posted 26/08/20122

   Sleeping problems 

   I have just read a very well written and researched article by Mariella Frostrup about her problems with sleeping.

   It brought back to mind my own problems from many years ago. When I think back now it seems like a long time ago and is actually quite difficult to remember how things were, but if I think hard I can conjure up the thoughts of how things used to be.

   There was not a night that I did not lie in bed awake and fretting that I would not be able to get to sleep. I knew that I would lie there for hours and that even if I did get to sleep I would only wake up again and lie there wondering if I would be able to get back to sleep and then if I did get back to sleep I would...well you can see where I am going with this.

   When you do have trouble sleeping it is easy to get yourself into a cycle which only makes it worse. A good way to sum up what hypnotherapy does is to say that it can speed up creating a new habit, so in this case the habit of sleeping well. When you have had years of sleeping badly it can seem an impossible thought that you could change that. The reality is that it is just a habit that you have created for yourself. You have taught yourself that you can't sleep and each time you have problems you reinforce that thought in your mind. This may sound like a big problem, but the reality is that if you can get to the heart of the matter you can just push it away and relearn how to sleep. We all learn new skills and habits all the time. I have always been a light sleeper so I can be woken up by loud noises which others may sleep through, but the one thing that happens to me now is that I never need to worry what will happen when my head hits the pillow. It took only a couple of hypnotherapy sessions to learn that I would fall asleep and when I did see that and learnt that I was probably getting more sleep than I thought anyway the fears and worries that caused me not to fall asleep melted away.

   There are practical things that you can do to help, such as going to bed at a regular time if you can, and getting up at the same time, even a few minutes earlier, just to train your body when it is good to sleep. Keeping the bedroom free of clutter and things like TV's helps you to associate the bedroom with sleeping and not wakeful activities too.

   For me, the most important thing was learning that we all sometimes have a bad nights sleep, and if that happens we can catch up with it the next night and we will be fine. Knowing that took the pressure off me and helped me no end.

   It is one of the things that gives me the greatest pleasure now that I help others. Having been there myself I know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

   We can all learn to sleep better, more soundly and restfully.

   If you would like to read Mariella's article I have linked to it on my Facebook page HERE