This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Community Corner

Relax and Feel Better with Hypnosis

Crowell Library, Local Nonprofit

Posted Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 7:59 pm PT

The Mayo Clinic writes that hypnosis, “can be
effective in helping people cope with pain, stress and anxiety. It may also be
effective as part of a comprehensive program for quitting smoking or losing
weight.” Hypnosis has been used to treat
low self esteem and help with relaxation. “It’s not clear how hypnosis
works. However, it appears to affect how
your brain communicates with your body through nerve impulses, hormones and
body chemicals such as neuropeptides. Hypnotherapists say that hypnosis creates
a state of deep relaxation and quiets the mind. When you’re hypnotized, you can
concentrate intensely on a specific thought, memory, feeling or sensation while
blocking out distractions. You’re more open than usual to suggestions, and this
can be used to improve your health and well-being.”*

Hypnotherapy has the potential to help relieve the symptoms of a wide
variety of illnesses and conditions. It can be used independently or along with
other treatments. Daniel Handel, a physician at the National Institutes of
Health and director of the Palliative and Hospice Medicine Fellowship,
describes hypnosis as feeling similar to reading a good book or watching a
movie that causes you to lose track of time. “You are in an altered state of
consciousness,” he says. “You are deeply absorbed but responsive to
suggestions.”**

Find out what's happening in San Marinowith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Learn
more about hypnosis and enjoy a mind-relaxing hypnotic induction with Certified
Clinical Hypnotherapist JANELL CARL-JORDA. Janell studied at the California
Academy of the Healing Arts. She led the very successful Laughter Yoga workshop at Crowell Library in 2011. This intriguing introduction to hypnotherapy
is free and light refreshments will be served.