Brains

Stress & Anxiety

In addition to profoundly calming hypnotic visualizations, clients learn many easy-to-learn, on-the-spot tools to quickly cut through the anxiety cycle and return to calm and peace, such as breathing techniques, visualizations, creating new thought patterns, and even body postures.

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Stress & Anxiety Relief

Our brains are like Velcro for the negative and Teflon for the positive. We can even invent things to worry about that may never come true!

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. Van der Kolk explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity.

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Dark Days-10 Tips to Live Happier till Springtime

Dark Days-10 Tips to Live Happier till Springtime

When the days are short and the nights are long, do you feel like crawling in a cave or at least under the covers until springtime? Do you feel like Lord Byron expressed-“I am always more religious on sunshiney days”? Mood variation dependent on the amount of sunlight...

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READY FOR ACT III, YOU WISE OLDER WOMEN?

Gathering women over 60! Drawing upon the wisdom we’ve gained, finding our own ancient archetypes, together we will open to powerful new energies, find new bearings and be ready to embrace a new consciousness for the last great phase of our lives. Facilitator:...

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