With aging comes some mental decline. And one of the first things to go is the ability of the MTL ( medial temporal lobe ) to recall specifics.
According to Dr. Roberto Cabeza, the lead author of the Duke University study:
“Specific memories don’t last forever, but what ends up lasting are not specific details, but more general or global impressions. Past studies have shown that as normal brains age, they tend to lose the ability to recollect specifics faster than they lose the ability recall impressions. However, patients with Alzheimer’s disease tend to lose both types of memories equally, which may prove to be a tool for early diagnosis.”
Good reason to do everything you can to keep your memory sharp.
Thankfully, there ARE a few things you can do right now to slow – and sometimes even prevent – mental decline as you age:
Walk more – Part of the reason for memory decline as you age, is that the hippocampus shrinks. But a study reported at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that walking just 3 times a week for 40 minutes can expand the size of the hippocampus by almost 2 percent. This alone can have a huge effect on keeping your mind and memory “young.”
Vinpocetine – This extract from the periwinkle plant has been used in Europe for decades to treat and help prevent dementia. It’s so effective, one study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that regular supplementation with vinpocetine helped chronic cerebral dysfunction patients improve significantly and score better on numerous mental tests.
Blueberries – You’ve probably heard that these are great for your heart. But it turns out they’re also good for your brain. One Tufts University study suggests it can even help prevent the loss of short-term memory. You can eat them plain or add them to your favorite cereal or oatmeal.
Folic Acid – This is one I found surprising. It’s already well-known that folic acid is good for pregnant women. But a Dutch study found that supplementing with folic acid can improve your memory. Subjects who took 800mcg daily knocked off 5.5 years their age when it came to their performance on standardized memory tests.
Reduce Stress – This is a big one. The research is clear that higher cortisol levels caused by stress can drastically reduce memory (both short term and long term). Our recommendation of course is to use hypnosis to reduce the effects of stress on your life.
From EXPLORING THE MIND
Are you ready to create positive lasting change in your life, starting right now?
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Always Ask The Greater Question.
This is from The Silve Life System, lesson #9:
"A student in one of our classes once told the instructor, “I can’t wait to go home and start using these techniques to achieve my goal of mastering the use of a computer for data entry.”
The instructor asked, “Well, why do you want to master using a computer?” The student said that learning this skill would allow her to get a promotion at work.
“Why do you want a promotion,” asked the instructor.
“So I can get a raise” she replied.
Why do you want a raise”, the instructor asked again.
“Because I need the money to buy a larger home”.
“Why?”
“Because I want my mother and sister to move in with me”.
“Why?”
“Because it has been our dream to own a big house together and live together as a family.”
“Good,” said the instructor.
“Now you have identified what you really want. It’s a large house with your family living with you. You don’t really want to learn data-entry. What you want is the house.”
“So when you go back and practice visualization – aim for the greater goal- the house.
Let that goal manifest in any way.
Be open to different ways it could manifest – it may not come through you learning data-entry. You might get another job, in a completely unexpected field.
Be open to all possibilities”.
"A student in one of our classes once told the instructor, “I can’t wait to go home and start using these techniques to achieve my goal of mastering the use of a computer for data entry.”
The instructor asked, “Well, why do you want to master using a computer?” The student said that learning this skill would allow her to get a promotion at work.
“Why do you want a promotion,” asked the instructor.
“So I can get a raise” she replied.
Why do you want a raise”, the instructor asked again.
“Because I need the money to buy a larger home”.
“Why?”
“Because I want my mother and sister to move in with me”.
“Why?”
“Because it has been our dream to own a big house together and live together as a family.”
“Good,” said the instructor.
“Now you have identified what you really want. It’s a large house with your family living with you. You don’t really want to learn data-entry. What you want is the house.”
“So when you go back and practice visualization – aim for the greater goal- the house.
Let that goal manifest in any way.
Be open to different ways it could manifest – it may not come through you learning data-entry. You might get another job, in a completely unexpected field.
Be open to all possibilities”.
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and endless plans: That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
~ William Hutchinson Murray
~ William Hutchinson Murray
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Hypnosis promotes positive changes in adults and children.
"Children are more easily hypnotized than adults, and hypnotherapy as a method responds to the general developmental needs of children by addressing their ability for fantasy and imagination. Hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis are tools with which to assess and develop protective factors, and enhance positive adjustment."
"Hypnosis and NLP use words in a very conscious way to affect the subconscious experience and promote positive changes. There is more harm in NOT understanding how POWERFUL words are, than in avoiding hypnosis and NLP out of fear or simple innocent ignorance."
"What is hypnosis? Hypnosis can be defined as a way to focus attention and communicate ideas in an experiential way that benefits a client. Now, who wouldn’t want to learn how to do that?
Hypnosis is not a therapy and it is not a cure for anything.
Rather, hypnosis is a tool that is designed to facilitate positive changes that a person wishes to make.
There are different schools of thought regarding how direct or indirect one should be in using hypnotic techniques and communications. Some people advocate for specific philosophies, therapeutic models or approaches, but I personally don’t subscribe to anything other than what works for an individual.
The pioneering work of the late psychiatrist Milton H. Erickson is most consistent with how I have intuitively worked with children in therapy. He saw the strengths and resources people had and utilized these in his treatment. It didn’t matter what diagnosis people had, their age, their gender, their intelligence or any other such factors. He respected their individual strengths and found ways to gently introduce new ways to use those strengths in what has come to be called conversational hypnosis. More and more literature is coming out in the domains of mindfulness, relaxation, calming exercises, visualization, and others as well, but the common denominator they all share is an experience that effects positive change in the person through an experiential mechanism not easily defined.
Hypnosis is more often than not a skill that is developed over time. Yes, there are people who experience hypnosis once and make a dramatic change, but it’s not usually the case in working with children.
A person can learn to do this for themselves (self-hypnosis) or have the experience guided by someone else.
The key is in knowing what works for YOU, or your child. If a CD doesn’t work or a therapist doesn’t effect change, don’t blame it on the hypnosis. It means THAT CD didn’t work FOR YOU or that therapist didn’t connect with YOU.
That doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with you. It means you haven’t found the right connection.
Hypnosis isn’t just about talking TO a person; it is about talking WITH a person. That can be done in story form, during a game, playing with toys, using a computer, sitting quietly in a chair or many other ways. There are all kinds of ways to engage a person in perspectives giving rise to meaningful change."
Edited from PsychCentral, Diane Yapko, MA
"Hypnosis and NLP use words in a very conscious way to affect the subconscious experience and promote positive changes. There is more harm in NOT understanding how POWERFUL words are, than in avoiding hypnosis and NLP out of fear or simple innocent ignorance."
"What is hypnosis? Hypnosis can be defined as a way to focus attention and communicate ideas in an experiential way that benefits a client. Now, who wouldn’t want to learn how to do that?
Hypnosis is not a therapy and it is not a cure for anything.
Rather, hypnosis is a tool that is designed to facilitate positive changes that a person wishes to make.
There are different schools of thought regarding how direct or indirect one should be in using hypnotic techniques and communications. Some people advocate for specific philosophies, therapeutic models or approaches, but I personally don’t subscribe to anything other than what works for an individual.
The pioneering work of the late psychiatrist Milton H. Erickson is most consistent with how I have intuitively worked with children in therapy. He saw the strengths and resources people had and utilized these in his treatment. It didn’t matter what diagnosis people had, their age, their gender, their intelligence or any other such factors. He respected their individual strengths and found ways to gently introduce new ways to use those strengths in what has come to be called conversational hypnosis. More and more literature is coming out in the domains of mindfulness, relaxation, calming exercises, visualization, and others as well, but the common denominator they all share is an experience that effects positive change in the person through an experiential mechanism not easily defined.
Hypnosis is more often than not a skill that is developed over time. Yes, there are people who experience hypnosis once and make a dramatic change, but it’s not usually the case in working with children.
A person can learn to do this for themselves (self-hypnosis) or have the experience guided by someone else.
The key is in knowing what works for YOU, or your child. If a CD doesn’t work or a therapist doesn’t effect change, don’t blame it on the hypnosis. It means THAT CD didn’t work FOR YOU or that therapist didn’t connect with YOU.
That doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with you. It means you haven’t found the right connection.
Hypnosis isn’t just about talking TO a person; it is about talking WITH a person. That can be done in story form, during a game, playing with toys, using a computer, sitting quietly in a chair or many other ways. There are all kinds of ways to engage a person in perspectives giving rise to meaningful change."
Edited from PsychCentral, Diane Yapko, MA
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Successful Hypnosis
The hypnotic state is an optimum state for making changes in your life. During hypnosis you can set aside limiting beliefs that may have been preventing you from moving toward a more healthy, and happier you.
There are five components necessary for hypnosis to be successful.
•Motivation - You must want to make the changes that create a positive results
AND you must want to be HYPNOTIZED.
•Relaxation - Hypnosis is a state of deep relaxation.
•Concentration - You will use your ability to concentrate.
•Imagination - You will use your imagination.
•Suggestion - You will accept and respond to positive suggestions that enhance your ability to reach your goals and get the results you want in your life.
Can You Be Hypnotized? Learn About Hypnosis and Your Conscious and Subconscious Mind
There are five components necessary for hypnosis to be successful.
•Motivation - You must want to make the changes that create a positive results
AND you must want to be HYPNOTIZED.
•Relaxation - Hypnosis is a state of deep relaxation.
•Concentration - You will use your ability to concentrate.
•Imagination - You will use your imagination.
•Suggestion - You will accept and respond to positive suggestions that enhance your ability to reach your goals and get the results you want in your life.
Can You Be Hypnotized? Learn About Hypnosis and Your Conscious and Subconscious Mind
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Can I be hypnotized?
Take the Quiz from Cindy Locher, BCH at SelfHypnosis.com!
I hear this question a lot, and it really stems from a misunderstanding of what hypnosis is.
We can ALL be hypnotized, it’s a natural brainwave state that we’re all in a few times a day, unintentionally.
Once you understand the characteristics of hypnosis, you’d recognize when you’re in hypnosis.
Take this short quiz and see if YOU are hypnotizable.
(I guarantee you are! CL).
1. Are you able to follow simple instructions?
2. Have you ever daydreamed?
3. Can you imagine the sound of a train whistle blowing?
4. Have you ever been traveling in a car, lost in conversation and the travel time appeared to pass rather quickly, or forget whole sections of the trip?
5. Can you sometimes arise from sleep to get a drink of water, or go to the bathroom, and go right back to sleep?
6. Are you willing to accept new ideas for change?
7. Have you ever ‘rested your eyes’ in front of a television set because you were too comfortable to get up and go to bed?
8. Are you able to meditate or pray?
9. Have you ever been so caught up in reading a good book that you couldn’t put it down?
10. While listening to a favorite song, can you remember where you were, what you were doing and who you were with when you first heard it?
11. Have you ever cried or been frightened while watching a movie?
12. Did you ever lose track of time while engrossed in something enjoyable?
14. Do you shudder at the thought of someone scratching his or her fingernails down the front of a chalkboard?
15. Does your mouth water at the thought of sucking on, or biting into a plump, juicy, sour lemon?
16. Have you ever impulsively purchased a bag of popcorn, cinnamon roll or caramel apple because of the aroma filtering through the air?
17. Do you have a good imagination?
If you answered YES to even a few of the questions posted above…
Congratulations!
You are definitely HYPNOTIZABLE!
You see, hypnosis is really focused imagination paired with emotion.
If you desire a change in your life, feel strongly about making that change (or leaving an undesirable state of being behind), and can imagine your life with that change accomplished, then you can be hypnotized to realize that change in your life!
I hear this question a lot, and it really stems from a misunderstanding of what hypnosis is.
We can ALL be hypnotized, it’s a natural brainwave state that we’re all in a few times a day, unintentionally.
Once you understand the characteristics of hypnosis, you’d recognize when you’re in hypnosis.
Take this short quiz and see if YOU are hypnotizable.
(I guarantee you are! CL).
1. Are you able to follow simple instructions?
2. Have you ever daydreamed?
3. Can you imagine the sound of a train whistle blowing?
4. Have you ever been traveling in a car, lost in conversation and the travel time appeared to pass rather quickly, or forget whole sections of the trip?
5. Can you sometimes arise from sleep to get a drink of water, or go to the bathroom, and go right back to sleep?
6. Are you willing to accept new ideas for change?
7. Have you ever ‘rested your eyes’ in front of a television set because you were too comfortable to get up and go to bed?
8. Are you able to meditate or pray?
9. Have you ever been so caught up in reading a good book that you couldn’t put it down?
10. While listening to a favorite song, can you remember where you were, what you were doing and who you were with when you first heard it?
11. Have you ever cried or been frightened while watching a movie?
12. Did you ever lose track of time while engrossed in something enjoyable?
14. Do you shudder at the thought of someone scratching his or her fingernails down the front of a chalkboard?
15. Does your mouth water at the thought of sucking on, or biting into a plump, juicy, sour lemon?
16. Have you ever impulsively purchased a bag of popcorn, cinnamon roll or caramel apple because of the aroma filtering through the air?
17. Do you have a good imagination?
If you answered YES to even a few of the questions posted above…
Congratulations!
You are definitely HYPNOTIZABLE!
You see, hypnosis is really focused imagination paired with emotion.
If you desire a change in your life, feel strongly about making that change (or leaving an undesirable state of being behind), and can imagine your life with that change accomplished, then you can be hypnotized to realize that change in your life!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Your brain functions on a small amount of electricity.
"Your brain functions on a small amount of electricity, much like a computer.
This electrical current vibrates and pulses, at various speeds.
When you are wide awake your brain vibrates 20 times per second—and this is what scientists call the Beta frequency.
You are probably at this Beta level of mind right now as you read this.
When you go to sleep, your brain frequency slows down, all the way to about half a cycle per second in the deepest levels of natural sleep. This is known as the Delta level.
In between Beta, the waking state, and Delta the deep sleep state, there are two other levels of mental activity.
When you are in a light level of sleep or in meditation you are in the Alpha range, which is 7 to 14 cycles per second. This is the center range and this is what we mean with the term “going to your center”.
Going to the Alpha level or centering is the same as meditating. When someone meditates, scientifically, they are simply reducing their brain wave frequency to Alpha. The Alpha level is the level we use to activate the full potential of our minds.
Theta is a level of deeper relaxation or sleep, when your brain waves are at 4 to 7 cycles per second.
...The brain is more energetic when it is less active. At lower frequencies the brain receives and stores more information...
...People who can remain in the Alpha level while analyzing information have access to more information than those who remain in Beta to do their thinking. Surges of intuition, creative ideas and inspirational thoughts come to people while at this Alpha level.
Going to Alpha is also good for programming your mind. At the Alpha level you can learn to manage all kinds of problems, such as insomnia, tension and migraine headaches, bad habits, and much more.
You can also program your mind to help you achieve your goals and make your dreams come true."
Silva Life System
Jose Silva dedicated his life to awakening the human mind’s hidden potential. After over a decade of research, he released his findings in 1966 and spent the rest of his life perfecting and teaching The Silva Method.
This electrical current vibrates and pulses, at various speeds.
When you are wide awake your brain vibrates 20 times per second—and this is what scientists call the Beta frequency.
You are probably at this Beta level of mind right now as you read this.
When you go to sleep, your brain frequency slows down, all the way to about half a cycle per second in the deepest levels of natural sleep. This is known as the Delta level.
In between Beta, the waking state, and Delta the deep sleep state, there are two other levels of mental activity.
When you are in a light level of sleep or in meditation you are in the Alpha range, which is 7 to 14 cycles per second. This is the center range and this is what we mean with the term “going to your center”.
Going to the Alpha level or centering is the same as meditating. When someone meditates, scientifically, they are simply reducing their brain wave frequency to Alpha. The Alpha level is the level we use to activate the full potential of our minds.
Theta is a level of deeper relaxation or sleep, when your brain waves are at 4 to 7 cycles per second.
...The brain is more energetic when it is less active. At lower frequencies the brain receives and stores more information...
...People who can remain in the Alpha level while analyzing information have access to more information than those who remain in Beta to do their thinking. Surges of intuition, creative ideas and inspirational thoughts come to people while at this Alpha level.
Going to Alpha is also good for programming your mind. At the Alpha level you can learn to manage all kinds of problems, such as insomnia, tension and migraine headaches, bad habits, and much more.
You can also program your mind to help you achieve your goals and make your dreams come true."
Silva Life System
Jose Silva dedicated his life to awakening the human mind’s hidden potential. After over a decade of research, he released his findings in 1966 and spent the rest of his life perfecting and teaching The Silva Method.
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