At the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 30 patients with diverse medical conditions—including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic back pain, and colitis—sit meditating with eyes closed ...

After settling into a deeply relaxed state, you may hear, “Imagine the sun shining down on your stomach, warming your intestines and providing them with a great deal of relaxation.” You read that ...

Thanks to films and cartoons, you probably have a lot of vague ideas about what hypnosis involves. What do you picture? Maybe a fob watch swinging back-and-forth, a therapist saying "you are getting ...

In the 18th century, hypnosis was all the rage, but the practice goes back further than many realize. Temple sleep, practiced widely throughout early Greek and Egypt, involved a meditative ritual said ...

What follows is a summary of a talk I gave to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society about Hypnotherapy and its uses with MS and other Autoimmune Diseases. I found it very interesting to learn that ...

Suspend your disbelief about hypnosis, and while you're at it, forget about swinging watches and the phrase "You're getting sleepy." Despite the fact that people have been using hypnotherapy for ...

From non-stop news flooding our phones to the threat of climate change increasing by the day, Americans are freaking out. In fact, almost 40 percent of the population is anxious, and one in six are on ...

Hypnosis for pain management, anxiety and behavioral disorders Medical hypnotherapy today is most commonly used for pain management, treatment of anxiety or ...

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