Lose Weight Mesa Arizona

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Do you have the desire to lose weight, but often lose focus of the goal while trying to maintain a plan?  Are you tired of getting to a certain point--a plateau, and can’t lose any more weight?   Do you feel as though you just can't lose weight or the excess?   Are you stuck and feel you are out of options?  If any of these scenarios are familiar to you, then together let's change your mode of thinking towards a more positive direction for better health.

During the last year there has been a positive shift in the populace to lose and maintain weight.  Desert Light Therapies can help you rewrite your existing mental message with more positive and flowing results.  Through hypnosis, a gentle and natural relaxation technique, you can gain a strong new perspective for the goals you want to accomplish.   This method allows you to alter your set-patterns and make positive mental changes.

Come on, what are you waiting for?  Your transformation begins when you decide to end the cycle that has caused you so much pain.  Now is the time to gain control of your life again.   Desert Light Therapies is here for you.  Call Bev for an appointment today.

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What is Intuition?

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The definition of intuition is an act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition.  

     Perhaps this definition is easier stated than actually processed, yet how do we know when we are being intuitive or not—the after effects?  There are times when we are too logical and over analyze a situation, thus leading us to make a wrong decision.  There’s an old adage that states there's nothing like a woman's intuition, but on the other hand, women will tell you that they're not one hundred percent sure about anything all the time.   Many times there is no instinctive sign or feeling that gives them clarity while making important decisions in life.  How then can we be guided to make the best decisions for ourselves? 

     Desert Light Therapies offers an Intuitive Channel Workshop in Mesa Arizona that teaches individuals techniques for developing lifelong intuition.  It will not only give you an inner wisdom of knowing, sensing and clarity, but also an awareness of your surroundings and other individuals in your life.   Being guided by your intuition will change your life for the better by allowing you to sense when something is good or bad for you.  Come learn about the Alpha State and use this technique as a guide for making better choices in life.

For more on the Intuitive Channel Workshop at Desert Light Therapies, click on the highlighted links above for contact information.  All inquiries welcome.

Independence from Addictions

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July 4th 2011

As Americans celebrate the 235th year of Independence from England today, we should realize that everyday can be a day of independence from issues that have been holding us back for so long.  For some sufferers, being addicted to smoking or overeating has not only lasted years, but for many it has been a lifetime.

Try to look at smoking as being a slave to the tobacco industry's empire.  Think about it for a moment, hour after hour you return to inhale the substances that are in cigarettes and not so much the tobacco itself. There are over 376 chemicals in a cigarette that are not only toxic to your physical body and mind, but are used in cleaning products and include rat poison too.

Step back and take a look at what the tobacco companies have done to you.  They have purposely addicted you to their product, so that you will keep stoking their money empire. Those that buy their products are responsible for making these companies wealthy, and at what cost to you--health? These companies care nothing about your health, but many individuals are suffering from the long term addiction to cigarettes and feel hopeless with their challenges to free themselves from the addiction.

Begin by honestly reflecting on the wasted money, time and physical illness smoking has caused and you will start to put together a way to end this addiction.  Many of my clients have been successful under hypnosis to stop smoking when they were ready to face the challenge.  One thing is for certain and that is these individuals were ready to quit. Being ready to free yourself from an addiction is the key to overcoming the burden it causes you.  Gain your independence and freedom from addictions, so that  Independence Day can be every day.

Have a great 4th of July, 


Bev

How to Reduce Stress Through Meditation

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Our thoughts barely cease to give us the much needed rest or freedom from daily stress.  Even at night when we sleep, many of us don’t rest peacefully, but our minds continue the cycle of busying our thought process with more things we need to do for the days ahead.  This increases stress, but how can we stop the endless cycle and get proper rest?  

I have found that meditation is a powerful tool not only used for relaxation, but it liberates the mind with profound freedom.  Over the years it has helped to calm and release me from the build-up of negative and harmful stress.  In addition, it has aided me with peace during the most adverse periods in my life. 

No human is stress free, yet there are different types of stress that if left unchecked can wreak havoc on our minds and physical bodies.  This is when severe stress turns into disease.  Diet, exercise and being active is part of the process to keep stress down.  Another distinct way is through meditation.  By quieting the mind, one can see things more clearly and make rational decisions when confronted with adversity.  To get the best results, meditate daily for at least fifteen minutes. 

Meditation, a simple technique

Find a quiet place, light a candle if you prefer.  Close your eyes and concentrate on the spot between your eyebrows.  Don’t strain the eyes, but relax and gaze softly.

Relax your gaze and concentrate on your breath.  Breathe in to the count of eight (or any number), hold to the count of eight and exhale to the count of eight.  By doing this you are controlling the breath.  Now you are on your way to calming your body and mind. 

Many thoughts will come, but don’t get attached and just let them go.  Things will come up and make you feel as if you have to rush or leave from meditation—this is the ego.   Ignore all fearful and negative thoughts.

By doing this daily, liberation from the mind’s negative and busy thoughts will follow.   Soon you will start to go about your life in a more calm way and incredible awareness will flourish.   

All the Best, 

Bev

Mind, the Creator

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Almost everyone I know is experiencing a difficult time presently.   It seems since 2011 arrived everything has become more challenging and many are struggling to find work and pay their bills.  On top of this stress is another issue—health.   No matter how testing life may become, we need to realize that we will eventually get through the challenging periods.

Apart from a good diet, exercise and keeping our physical bodies healthy, there is another technique we can do to alleviate mental strain and worry.  Whether with health, unemployment or other major stress in life, we can envision a positive outcome.  

Often, when I am struggling with adversity, I envision myself coming out of it.  I’ll sit in a quiet place, close my eyes, concentrate and then visualize.  First, I realize my present situation and then envision myself in the near future having come through the difficult time.   It’s important to do this daily and add a positive outcome when envisioning yourself through to the result.  By creating positive thoughts now, we are able to set into motion the positive events for our future.  Our mental state creates our emotional and physical state.  

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Bev

How to Recognize Symbols in Dreams

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Signs, people and words that randomly show up in our lives are not without reason.  If we listen and pay attention they can lift us from our pain.  This requires believing that we are not alone in our suffering. 

Sometimes a sign can show up more than twice in a day such as the white dove that I saw sitting on the roof of my house yesterday.  Later that evening at dusk, I saw it fly into a nest in the tree outside my front window.  I was astonished that such a rare dove lived so nearby, yet grateful I was able to see it.  What am I to learn from the dove’s presence?  Is there a message for me?

When the same person, image or word shows up more than three times, be advised something greater is seriously trying to get our attention.  These are not accidental occurrences, but occasions for us to listen and gather information.  Each image, sign or person is especially designed for our own beliefs.

As for the white dove—it is a symbol and messenger of love and peace, which dates as far back as the early Egyptian period.   Believe that no matter how difficult the situations are in our lives—we will get through them.

Hypnosis

a brief overview of its origin

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Since hypnosis has more than likely been around before recorded history, I wanted to start my first blog with a brief history of its origins of when it first came into the scientific community.

Franz Mesmer is credited with the  discovery of hypnosis in France in the mid 1700’s.  His ideas lead to the concept of mezmerization and that pertaining to an altered state.  Although spiritualists from time immemorial have used altered states of consciousness to reach enlightenment,  Mesmer brought the concept of mesmerization into the scientific community.  Mesmer was not looked upon favorably by Scientists at the Royal Academy of France until after his death for his discovery.

James Braid evolved Mesmer’s concepts and began the phrase “hypnosis” in 1842.  Braid used hypnosis to treat psychological and physical conditions in his private practice.  Hypnosis as anesthesia was used in India for surgeries during the mid to late 1800’s.  Field doctors also used hypnosis as a form of anesthesia on the wounded from 1861-65 during the American Civil War.  The hypodermic needle eventually replaced hypnosis as a form of pain management.  Hypnosis has evolved over the centuries and is used more today as a natural therapy.