PEACEFUL
BIRTHING USING HYPNOTHERAPY
By Mikela
Licona
I offer holistic health counseling,
guided imagery, and hypnotherapy to help you
achieve your health goals.
I am excited to introduce
another aspect of hypnotherapy into my practice:
peaceful birthing. Mothers-to-be learn
how to relax using hypnotherapy and breathing
to achieve a healthy, comfortable birthing
experience.
Giving birth can be a natural,
gentle event where pain, fear, and drugs are
unnecessary. Through peaceful birthing,
a woman can learn how to deeply relax while
remaining alert and in control of her experience. Peaceful
birthing encourages a woman to overcome preconceived
fears about birth process concerns and replace
apprehension with positive affirmations.
The key to peaceful birthing
is practice. Learning and practicing
the breathing techniques and guided imagery
prepares a woman to trust in her own natural
instincts to guide her own beautiful birth.
To find
out more or schedule an appointment, contact Mikela
Licona at Healthwise Resources.
A Peaceful Birth
is a Mother''s Wish
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HELP
FOR THE WINTER BLUES
By Ria Keinert
 |
Dont
let the
Darkness
get you Down |
The days are getting
shorter and darker. For 10-20% of us Northerners,
the seasonal change is more than an inconvenience,
it can lead to sluggishness, poor sex drive,
depression, poor sleep, and over-eating. There
are many things you can do to feel better.
Full Spectrum
Lights: Wheatsfield & John's
Natural Foods stock full spectrum light-bulbs.
These can be of great help for you when the
amount of natural sunshine has decreased.
They can be most beneficial if you are near
them in the morning, to simulate the morning
sun.
Aromatherapy: Diana,
our Aromatherapist, says you use scent to help
when you're feeling blue. You can put a few
drops of essential oils in a small bowl of
water and warm the bowl on top of a heat source
such as a light bulb. The best scents for depression
are clove, cinnamon, orange, nutmeg & sweet
bay.
Diet: Judy,
our Nutrition Coach, suggests you decrease
sugars, eat fruits for something sweet. Increase
whole grains. Take frequent small meals,
3 large and 3 small meals/day.
Exercise: Ria
Keinert, our Physical Therapist, suggests
a program of stretching, strengthening, and
some form of cardiac exercise, which can
help your body make serotonin to fight the
effects of depression. Exercise outside whenever
you can. |
