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Is Meditation the New Happy Drug? Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation

April 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment


Phoenix, Arizona (PRWEB) March 20, 2012

Meditation expert Sarah McLean?s groundbreaking new book Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation (Hay House, May 2012) reveals that meditation very well could be the new happy drug. Author Sarah McLean shares contemporary, simple practices that she has used with thousands of clients across the country to help them reduce stress, find fulfillment, and achieve a sense of wellbeing and happiness.

From healing chronic diseases to losing unwanted weight, many of Sarah?s clients reveal their personal journeys of transformation in the book. Each story of personal transformation points to a daily practice of meditation as the catalyst for change.

New research at UCLA earlier this month found that when the caregivers in families of those dealing with dementia incorporate a daily practice of meditation, they show improved mental and cognitive functioning and lower levels of depressive symptoms. This is one of the latest findings in a recent wave of research that began late last year which revealed how meditation improves attention, reduces the experience of pain and the stress response, and increases the areas of the brain responsible for compassion and contentment. Currently, there are eight clinical trials underway (as monitored by the National Institutes of Health) regarding the impact of meditation on various chronic diseases that are often treated with pharmaceuticals.

In her new release, Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation (Hay House, May 2012), Sarah McLean, also known as the face of mainstream meditation, offers simple techniques to help anyone adopt a regular meditative practice to help him or her experience more peace and wellbeing in daily life. Among the twenty something techniques and instructions included in this book, these basics are derived from ancient contemplative practices, but have a modern application:

1. Breath awareness for present moment awareness for more enjoyment

2. Body awareness for emotional and physical awareness for enhanced choice-making

3. Sitting meditation for reducing stress and relaxing the body

4. Mantra meditation for connecting with peace and becoming calmer

Sarah is a meditation expert who has worked with some of the most renowned mind-body experts of our time including Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, Byron Katie and Gary Zukav. She?s taught judges, physicians, celebrities, retirees, moms, and everyone in between, these proven practices that improve wellbeing and help people enjoy their life more in just 8 weeks.

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Featured in the New York Times, Sarah McLean is the founding director of the Sedona Meditation Training Company (http://www.SedonaMeditation.com) and The McLean Meditation Institute (http://www.McLeanMeditation.com), educational companies offering meditation training, self-discovery retreats, and teacher training certification programs that have transformed thousands of lives. She is the author of Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation (Hay House, 2012).

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Life Transformation, LLC Announces Rewire Your Brain for Stroke Survivors

February 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Cincinnati OH (PRWEB) February 10, 2012

Hypertension is a major contributing factor for up to 70% of strokes and approximately four million Americans are living with the effects of stroke: about 1/3 have mild impairments, another 1/3 are moderately impaired and the remaining 1/3 are severely impaired.

It has been estimated that 33% of stroke survivors need help caring for themselves: 70% cannot return to their previous jobs; 51% are unable to return to any type of work after stroke.

In 2006, the British Society of Experimental & Clinical Hypnosis presented the report, Hypnosis for Rehabilitation After Stroke: Six Case Studies, published online in Wiley Interscience (http://www.interscience.wiley.com) (Contemp Hypnosis 23(4):173-180(2006), which noted that hypnosis provided ?qualitative improvements in motor function related to increased range of motion, increased grip strength?and subjects consistently reported an improved outlook, increased motivation, as well as greater awareness of and decreased effort to perform motor tasks with the paretic limb.?

?Hypnosis has proven to be extremely beneficial in helping to regain or improve skills that have been affected by a stroke. Your brain is very powerful and has the ability to ?rewire? or work around damaged brain cells (neuroplasticity) to regain diminished senses, help in developing a more positive outlook, or improve results in physical therapy,? states Laura Morrow, Certified Consulting Hypnotist.

For more than thirty years, Morrow has studied and attended lectures and seminars on mind-power, including the Silva Life System. She is certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists and holds an MBA in Organizational Leadership from the University of Findlay. She has recently completed the training ?Rewire Your Brain for Stroke Survivors? with Mottin & Johnson Institute of Hypnosis, St. Louis, Missouri. ?This program was created by Don Mottin, a professional hypnotist, who actually survived a stroke and used his knowledge of the subconscious mind to develop a program with powerful suggestions that allowed him return to meeting with clients and holding speaking engagements around the country about this program.?

To assist stroke survivors, Life Transformation, LLC uses hypnosis, guided visualization and other proven techniques to support and enhance speech and physical therapy, reduce stress, restore self-esteem, and build confidence.

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Amazing New Report Transforms Stress into Success: 21 Stress-Stopper Formulas for a Healthy and Happy Life

October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment


Mississauga, Ontario (PRWEB) November 27, 2007

EmptyYourCup.com’s amazing new report transforms stress into success, enabling you to stop stress-related health issues from stealing hours, days, months and years from your life.

The purpose of this report is to destroy all of those myths we have consciously or unconsciously embraced about conquering stress. Now is the time to eliminate these false beliefs and allow ourselves to quickly transform stress into success.

The fact is: “50 million Americans have high blood pressure due to uncontrollable stress. 35% don’t even know it.”

Well-known author, speaker and healer, Cecil McIntosh, has released his 21 Stress-Stopper Formulas for a Healthy and Happy Life. After 14 years of study and clinical research he has produced an easy-to-understand, easier-to-implement stress management system to transform stress into success.

From his busy practice outside of Toronto, during a recent teleconference, Mr. McIntosh explained to the media the basis for his guide.

“Stress is a fact of life and if we don’t learn to manage it, it has the potential to lead to high blood pressure and premature death. That’s why I teach my clients how to get stress relief anytime, anywhere and transform stress into success, through my exclusive Empty Your Cup

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“Stressing Down – Soothing Away That Stress In Your Life Easily & Effectively” — Get Gregory Antão’s Free Article and Audio Samples at HypnosNLP.org.uk

September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

(PRWEB) July 7, 2005

An important article and audio samples from the audio program “Mind Massage – Soothing Away That Stress” can be obtained as free downloads from the HypnosisNLP™ Web site (http://www.HypnosNLP.org.uk). The article is of particular value to sufferers and victims of acute or chronic stress. It illustrates how life quality can be vastly improved by employing some fairly straightforward and simple mental strategies and “Mind Tools” to overcome stress in your life.

The article ranges across the following areas:


The use of some very effective “mind tools” based upon modern psychological techniques, to deal with stress, ‘anger management’ and negative mental or emotional states. These may be applied very effectively indeed, in improving the mental and even the physiological states of sufferers of chronic or acute lifestyle induced stress.

Hypnosis and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) are two such, highly effective Mind Technologies – which are used synergistically and this combination is termed HypnosNLP. Descriptions of how these and other allied techniques can be used to improve the ‘Life Quality’ of stress victims are discussed.

More importantly, Gregory has incorporated these technologies into a powerful audio program, “Mind Massage – Soothing Away That Stress”. This can be used to set up a powerful “Mind Tool” trigger or anchor, which can be activated to instantly reduce ambient stress and to induce a state of relative relaxation on demand, at any time or place, and in almost any given situation.

Details of how samples of the audio program can be heard and downloaded free are also given at: http://www.HypnosNLP.org.uk/StressDown/

Gregory Antão a UK based Hypnotherapist and Licensed NLP Practitioner has written an article on how some cutting edge Mind Technologies can be used very effectively to reduce the amplitude of elevated personal stress levels and to the enhance the life quality of victims and sufferers of acute, chronic or long-term stress.

Today stress is generally accepted as being a part of the reality of modern life. Everyone right across the board, from high powered business executives, educators, lawyers, law enforcers, doctors, white and blue collar workers, homemakers and even students and school kids can be affected by this modern malaise. In fact this epidemic of stress can contribute to the onset of many emotional and physiological problems. These can range from mild depression at the lower end of the scale to even life threatening cancers at the other extremity of the stress scale.

The article also ranges across the following aspects of elevated lifestyle stress:

1) The most prevalent causative factors of lifestyle induced stress and some suggestions for nullifying their effects.

2) The link between the effects of stress, such as the release of stress hormones such as Cortisol and the adverse physiological changes, such as Type 2 Diabetes, that elevated ambient levels of this hormone can provoke.

3) How elevated stress and the related emotional states of depression can adversely affect immune efficacy.

4) Some successful, alternative mind therapies, such ‘Meditation’, ‘Visualization’, Breathing and Relaxation techniques that can be used to assist stress sufferers to good effect.

5) Contemporary techniques such as Suggestion, Hypnosis, NLP and the combinational form of this therapy, Gregory Antão’s own highly effective synergistic method of HypnosNLP.

The article also goes on to illustrate how some wonderfully encouraging results can be obtained using a powerful audio program, “Mind Massage – Soothing Away That Stress” developed by Gregory. The program uses some very powerful synergistic effects using both Hypnosis and NLP, as well as “MindStealth™” subliminal suggestions and the special “FFR MindBeat™” to induce states of deep relaxation. This is also used to set up a powerful “Mind Tool” trigger or anchor, which can be activated on demand, to instantly reduce ambient stress and to induce a state of relative relaxation, at any time or place, and in almost any given situation. Samples of this highly effective “stress busting” audio program, with a background of some hauntingly beautiful music, can also be accessed or downloaded from within the article also. The article may be accessed at the following URL:

http://www. HypnosNLP.org.uk

HypnosNLP techniques have also been used to really great effect in treating disorders such as phobias and fears such as “Fear of Flying” –- in just one or two sessions; stress based problems; self-confidence and self image deficits; addictions, smoking cessation – in just a single cessation session; weight control; sexual dysfunction, sports and performance enhancement and a wide range of other conditions. Articles on HypnosNLP and allied subjects can be can be accessed or downloaded at http://www.HypnosNLP.co.uk

Gregory Antão practices in London and in Weybridge, Surrey. He is available to see clients for private consultations in London (Harley Street and Violet Hill Studios) as well as at the Maple Leaf Clinic in Weybridge, Surrey. For more information, call him at (+44) 0870 1997834, visit his website: http://www.HypnosNLP.co.uk

Useful Links:

1. The free article and audio samples can be accessed at http://www.HypnosNLP.org.uk/StressDown/

2. Gregory Antão’s other articles can be accessed at http://www.HypnosNLP.co.uk

3. The Institute for Complementary Medicine Online Journal – March 2005 edition: URL http://www.i-c-m.org.uk/journal/2005/mar/a02.htm

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New Book Says Good Stress and Probiotics can Change Your Life

September 13, 2011 By 1 Comment


Cottonwood, AZ (PRWEB) May 25, 2010

Nutri-Health Supplements, LLC, a leader in direct-to-consumer probiotic supplements, announces the launch of its new online health book category with The Myth About Stress by Michael Pound. Books will be sold through its web site at http://www.nutri-health.com.

Pound is a board-certified doctor of chiropractic and is a member of the American Chiropractic Association, the California Chiropractic Association and is an Ambassador for the Antioch Chamber of Commerce. He currently practices in Antioch, CA and lectures to clubs and businesses about stress.

Dr. Pound?s book confronts the conventional wisdom that all stress is bad and that stress can be eliminated from our lives. He presents evidence showing that there is ?good? stress, as well as ?bad? stress. Knowing how to attract and even cultivate good stress can actually improve your health, your career and your family life, says Pound.

In the book, Dr. Pound discusses

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Stress the Silent Killer – “Stress Management for Life” Re-Released on CD and Now Available on MP3

August 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment


Discovery Bay, CA (PRWEB) March 5, 2008

There is currently a new war being fought on the prevention, treatment, and finding a cure for cancer; especially breast & prostate cancer. A very conservative estimate is that 1.2 million people from all walks of life are diagnosed with some form of cancer each year, and thousands upon thousands of people die every day from stress-related illnesses.

There is a stress component attached to every malady that we encounter; from the common cold to the flu, from rashes to psoriasis & eczema on our skin, to infertility in many couples who have been trying to conceive without positive results. Up until the last 10 – 15 years, we linked excess stress primarily to strokes and heart attacks, but studies during these past years have proven that excess stress and its harmful components have also been linked by the medical community to certain forms of cancer and infertility as well.

Unfortunately, most people like to remain in complete denial of how stress components have an effect on their daily lives even though the statistics speak for themselves loud & clear.

Excess stress and certain major stress components do nothing more than suppress our immune systems, and we are in dire need of having our immune systems running at peak capacity in order to conquer everything from the common cold and flu, to having a fighting chance against certain forms of cancer as well. Stress management is good, but stress elimination is even better, and that’s what separates this program from everything else on the market today.

In 2000 when ”Stress Management for Life” was first introduced on CD, Dr. Andrew Weil stated in a brief note to Bob McDowell, who created this one-of-a-kind program, “… though I am not of the practice of endorsing individual programs or products, what I will share with you is that in my professional opinion, you have created a magnificent program; one which is highly unique, innovative, and extremely powerful in its delivery for both managing and eliminating stress and its harmful components. There is probably nothing else equal to this on the planet …”

McDowell states, “It took me about 2-years of trial & error to develop and fine-tune this visualization program, and I wanted this to be my gift to the world … I wanted to help make a positive impact in peoples’ lives and something that some people would hopefully remember me for long after I’m gone. In my first year, I sold a little over 5,000 copies from my home office and received hundreds of very positive letters from people who shared with me what this program had done for them, and reading those letters was worth more to me than any amount of money I had received from the sale of my CD program.”

Back in 2003, Bob had to cease production and mailings because he couldn’t keep up with the demand on top of maintaining a full-time private therapy practice.

With advances in technology over the years however, ”Stress Management for Life” was brought back to life in early 2007, thanks to a top-notch e-commerce system from Kagi, located in Berkeley, California, and one of the finest & fully automated fulfillment Centers on the west coast by the name of Acutrack, which is located in Livermore, California.

Today, ”Stress Management for Life” is available on both CD and as an MP3 download to meet consumer’s demands. When an order is received through his website, http://www.EliminateStress4Life.com it’s typically processed & mailed within 24 hours, excluding Sundays and holidays, and the MP3 download is available almost immediately upon receipt of payment.

“Though hundreds of everyday people like you and I are buying this program each month (which comes with an unconditional 90 day money-back guarantee) I’m finding that the bulk of these buyers lately are those who are currently undergoing chemotherapy & radiation treatments for cancer, because these treatment modalities absolutely destroy an individual’s immune system, and ‘Stress Management For Life’ is assisting them in rebuilding it day by day,” states McDowell.

Bob goes on to say, “Several cardiologists are also now recommending ‘Stress Management for Life’ to their cardiac rehab patients in order to assist them in reducing the risk of a repeat heart attack.”

Prospective buyers should know that a large percentage of the net profits from the sale of the CD and MP3 download are donated to cancer research and the American Heart Association at the end of each year.

About Bob McDowell:

Bob was born and raised in Northern California, and lives with his 2nd wife of 20 years on the Delta in Discovery Bay, California. He has 3 grown children and 9 grandchildren. He is a Professional member of the American Counseling Association & the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, among other noteworthy professional organizations. He may be contacted by email at: StressMgmtGuru @ comcast.net or through his website http://www.EliminateStress4Life.com.

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HeartMath?s emWave Personal Stress Reliever

August 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment


(PRWEB) March 25, 2008

If you think stress-relieving technology is an oxymoron, think again. An innovative company called HeartMath has developed two advanced technologies to help people navigate through their daily aggravations and stressors ? like a GPS for life. Internationally recognized for their cutting-edge solutions for stress, HeartMath?s emWave

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“Stress-proof your Life” – New Book A Breakthrough Approach to Conquer the Effects of Chronic Stress

July 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Hoboken, NJ (PRWEB) April 9, 2006

Patrick S Keeley MF Phys, ABH, SNLP, announces his new book and seminar, ?Stress-proof your life.? This revolutionary plan is not a stress management program. Rather than seeking to manage stress it goes beyond the thousands of stress management programs available by combining mind and body techniques to combat the health problems caused by chronic stress.

Based on the new discipline of psychophysical medicine, “Stress-proof your life” provides the reader with a set of tools that eliminate the deadly effects of chronic stress altogether. It explains the psychophysical connection that lies at the root of chronic stress and demonstrates the techniques that can be used to beat it.

?It?s time we put the old stress management paradigm behind us and start eliminating chronic stress as a health issue, for good? says Keeley.

The book is based on Keeley?s simple to follow three step plan that his clients? use to overcome their health problems caused by the stress of daily life. Through a highly effective set of objectives that are readily attainable the plan will:

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Is Stress Killing You? Now You Can Take The Stress Test That Could Save Your Life at AreYouStressedOutTest.com

July 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

 

 

 

 

(PRWEB) January 12, 2005

Why is there more Stress today in the USA? It has been estimated that 75-90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are from stress related problems. Job Stress is far and away the leading source of stress for adults, but Stress levels in children, teenagers, college students and the elderly for other reasons, including: increased crime, violence and other threats to personal safety; pernicious peer pressures that lead to substance abuse and other unhealthy life style habits; social isolation and loneliness; the erosion of family and religious values and ties; the loss of other strong sources of social support that are powerful stress busters. At http://www.AreYouStressedOutTest.com see how you can rid yourself of stress and get some solutions about what to do.

 

“According to the American Medical Association 80% of all illness comes from Stress”. A recent Gallup found that 80% of workers feel stress on the job. It is common knowledge that stress unchecked is a killer. In a June 14, 1999 Newsweek article titled “Stress”, the leading paragraph states, “A whole new body of research shows the damage stress wreaks on the body; not just heart disease and ulcers, but loss of memory, diminished immune function and even a particular type of obesity”. Check out http://www.AreYouStressedOutTest.com, take the Stress Test online and see what your stress level is and what to do about it. You’ll be glad you did

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