Archive for October, 2009

Guided imagery proven to reduce abdominal pain in children

October 18, 2009

ScienceDaily

See Science Daily’s 10/13/09 article, “Children Can Greatly Reduce Abdominal Pain by Using Their Imagination,” for an exciting new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University Medical Center.

Here is the opening paragraph:

Children with functional abdominal pain who used audio recordings of guided imagery at home in addition to standard medical treatment were almost three times as likely to improve their pain problem, compared to children who received standard treatment alone.

Read the rest of the article here.

Hypnosis Workshop in San Mateo, CA

October 10, 2009

If you live in the San Francisco Bay area, I would love for you to join me at my upcoming workshop, Tools for Coping with Stress. For more information, please visit the Hypnosis Workshops page of my website.

Tools for Coping with Stress

Homage to Hypnos and Morpheus

October 7, 2009

Hypnos

My husband and I have a birdbath in our living room that we have filled with sand and enjoy as an ever-evolving art project. Here is its latest incarnation—my homage to Hypnos, Greek God of Sleep, and Morpheus, Greek God of Dreams. You can read more about Hypnos and Morpheus in this previous entry.


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