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Robotic Arm Controlled by Mind

May 17, 2012

Paralyzed Woman Gets Robotic Arm She Controls with her Mind
By Linda Carroll
msnbc.com contributor
updated 5/16/2012 1:07:05 PM ET

The stroke that disconnected Cathy Hutchinson’s brain from her body has kept her silent and unable to move for more than 14 years. But science is starting to change all that.

Researchers have connected the 58-year-old woman’s brain to a computer that runs a robotic arm. As Hutchinson sits at a table staring at a bottled drink and imagining the robot grabbing the bottle and bringing it to her mouth, the robot arm begins to move.

To read the rest of this riveting story click here

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Glenda Cedarleaf moves to North Carolina

May 13, 2012

Dear Community,

Glenda Cedarleaf

After 8 years in Minnesota, Glenda Cedarleaf has relocated her hypnotherapy practice back to North Carolina. She sees clients in her North Raleigh office and at Hillsborough Yoga and Healing Arts. She also provides telephone and Skype healing imagery sessions.

In late February Glenda gathered with a wonderful group of artists, teachers, healers, therapists to be trained as a a SoulCollage®facilitator. SoulCollage® is a process birthed by author, therapist, and sage woman Seena Frost.
This powerful process is a wonderful deepening and reinforcing companion to the journey of guided imagery. Glenda is excited about weaving these two creative adventures together in client sessions and future retreats.

To see her latest Newsletter for Mother’s Day click here.

Mothering Ourselves

“You have to find a mother inside yourself.
We all do.
Even if we already have a mother,
we still have to find this part of ourselves inside.”

~ Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

 

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II Monthly e-Newsletter

May 2, 2012

Susan Gold

 

New board member Susan Gold is creator and editor of our brand new monthly e-mail newsletter.  Her first one is published and is first to announces our upcoming 4th annual conference speakers and topics.  Susan says each future issue will feature an interview with one of our speakers.  Other time sensitive information with hot links will be included such as notice when ImagiNews is available.

Registration for the conference will be announced soon.  Conference dates are October 5-7, 2012 at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California. We look forward to seeing you there.

If you wish to receive the newsletter you can send a request to signup@imageryinternational.com.

Susan Gold is a fiction writer, teacher, and hypnotherapist practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds an M.A. degree in creative writing and specializes in using hypnosis and guided imagery to help writers and artists overcome blocks, reconnect with their creativity, and develop discipline in their craft. Please visit her website: http://www.susangold.net

 

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Podcast April 2012: Hypnosis and Guided Imagery

April 25, 2012

This month’s podcast presents Cheryl O’Neil, Susan Gold and Gina Vance Discussing Hypnosis and Guided Imagery.  Click here to hear the podcast.

 

Susan Ezra hosts a panel of Imagery International certified hypnotherapists who incorporate imagery in their work. There are surprises as each has a different approach to their work.  As is often the case with complementary/alternative practices the theory may be different.  This is a fascinating presentation for anyone who is curious about the similarities and differences between Hypnosis and Guided Imagery.

 

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Podcast: Holocaust Rememberance Days

April 17, 2012

Creating New Narratives Through the Experience of Trauma- Elizabeth Wolfson, PhD, LCSW  joins Juliet Rohde-Brown, PhD on Juliet’s show – Emotional Pathways on Webtalk Radio.

Elizabeth Wolfson

They discuss trauma and how survivors of the Holcaust are helping young traumatized youth to create new meanings and hope.  She refers us to visit Portraits of Survival – Life Journeys During the Holocaust and Beyond to learn more. Listen to the program by clicking on Elizabeth Wolfson – Holocaust Rememberance.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – Days of Remembrance, April 15–22, 2012

Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust and created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a permanent living memorial to the victims. Holocaust remembrance week is April 15–22, 2012. The theme designated by the Museum for the 2012 observance is Choosing to Act: Stories of Rescue.
Watch the live webcast of the National Days of Remembrance ceremony in the US Capitol Rotunda on Thursday, April 19, at 11 a.m.

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Co-Editor Wanted

April 16, 2012
Hello Community,

Bev Hollander

 I am sad to say, I’ve lost my dear co-editor, Judith Ewing.  She is fine, don’t misunderstand me, her life is just taking her in a different direction now.  As a result, she is stepping down from her role.  I want YOU!!  Please consider contacting me – email bev@sheppardwest.com – to talk about what you might have to offer as my Co-editor.

Warmly, Bev Hollander
        Editor ImagiNews

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Naparstek Workshop on Post Traumatic Stress

April 4, 2012

Emerging from the Heart of Darkness: Guided Imagery and Breakthroughs in Healing Post-Traumatic Stress at Grace and Growth Counseling Center, hosted at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia on April 20th

Hello, everyone.

Belleruth Naparstek

I’m very much looking forward to giving a day-long practicum on posttraumatic stress for mental health and health professionals at Grace and Growth Counseling Center, hosted at Mercer University in Atlanta on April 20th.

The workshop will review what the field has come to know about posttraumatic stress over the past dozen or so years and why guided imagery is a best-practice approach for treating it.  I’ll summarize the relevant clinical research and discuss ways to introduce imagery into a clinical practice, whether that be with individuals, couples, families or groups.

I’ll demonstrate several kinds of effective imagery and go over practical do’s and don’ts, gathered over the years from the combined wisdom of hundreds of practitioners and their clients.  I’ll also be talking about other imagery-based techniques and discussing special considerations when dealing with military-related stress, something we’ve been doing a lot of lately over here at Health Journeys.

If you want to learn more about this, click here or contact Mary Ellen Hughes at Mhughes@graceandgrowth.org or 678-235-3911.

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This week is National Sleep Awareness Week, folks, so we’re featuring some of our sleep-related titles for you to check out. We’re proud of the quality of our carefully curated collection and the range of techniques and practitioners that we’ve put together for you.

It seems to me we’ve never had such an epidemic of sleep deprivation and disruption as what we’re seeing right now, and we can’t keep these titles in stock.  I wonder what that’s about, exactly.  For years, weight loss seemed to be America’s Most Obsessed About Issue, and we used to joke that sales of our Weight Loss imagery paid the bills and allowed us to keep carrying our less popular titles.

I’m not sure exactly when that changed – maybe 10 years ago? – but now Healthful Sleep clearly holds that distinction.  It’s far and away our bestselling title, and has been for quite a while.  This can’t be good either.  Here’s hoping we all get more sleep – the nourishing, restful, replenishing, renewing kind.  

Take care and be well!

 

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The Best Hypnosis Recording

March 29, 2012

What is the Best Hypnosis Recording For You?
from her blog by Stephanie Rothman
Rothman Hypnosis Phoenix Arizona

Just as the effectiveness of hypnosis and hypnotherapy varies from individual to individual, so too will the effectiveness of a hypnosis recording.  However, it is my opinion that some recordings are better than others.

An interesting observation for me is that no matter how technologically advanced we get (and I can record a .wav file on my digital recorder and burn it to CD or send it in an MP3 format, so here at Rothman Hypnosis we are very technologically advanced), folks still want to call all recordings “tapes.”  Go figure.

A generic recording is the least favorable and the best is a personalized hypnosis recording for the following reasons:

You can buy generic hypnosis recordings on everything from weight loss to smoking cessation and from phobia release to relationship issues all over the Internet, but for the most part, unless you can listen to them ahead of time and determine if there’s nothing in them that won’t bother you, they probably won’t work for you.  Anything that bothers you will cause you to pop out of the very state you are trying to achieve and stay in (i.e. hypnosis). 

Some of the reasons why a hypnosis recording might bother you are as follows:

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Charlotte Reznick – Great Parenting Show

March 23, 2012

24 Parenting Experts Share Their Wisdom: Your Success! March 13th thru May 31st, 2012
10am PT/ 12pm CT/ 1pm ET

DEAR COMMUNITY,

Charlotte Reznick

Have you every wondered…

How to discipline your children without ruining their self-esteem?
How to protect your child from being bullied at school or online?
How to deal with picky eaters?
How to raise your children to be financially aware?
How to overcome your own parenting issues to raise emotionally healthy children?
Whether you are a parent, therapist, educator, or medical professional, I am excited to tell you about a great show I’m taking part in. It’s called the Great Parenting Show. It’s the #1 Online Resource for Parents and it promises to answer all of the questions above and more.

This breakthrough three-month series begins on Tuesday March 13th at 10 am PT, 11 am MT, 12 pm CT, and 1 pm ET.  You can learn more and register here.

Not only are the interviews available online, but they are FREE to you AND you can ask your top parenting question of me, and the other 23+ great parenting experts!

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I will be speaking on Thursday, May 10, 2012. My topic will be The (Healing) Power of Your Child’s Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success so don’t miss the chance to ask me your questions live over the web! Register here.

Learn more about Charlotte’s offering click here.

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Podcast March 2012: Belleruth Naparstek

March 22, 2012

Belleruth Naparstek discusses Military Applications Using Guided Imagery with Susan Ezra.

Belleruth Naparstek

Belleruth Naparstek, the author of Invisible Heroes, discusses with host Susan Ezra why Guided Imagery is the treatment of choice for Post Traumatic Stress, combat stress, military sexual trauma and sleep disturbances among issues veterans have difficulty.

As Prevention Magazine recently noted, she has been quietly creating an underground revolution among mainstream health bureaucracies, by persuading institutions like Aetna U.S. Healthcare, the U.S. Veteran’s Administration, The American Red Cross, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Shield of California, United Health Care, Oxford Health Plans, GlaxoSmithKline, Ortho Biotech, Roche, Abbott, Amgen, and nearly 2000 hospitals, mental health centers, social service agencies, health spas and recovery centers to distribute her guided imagery recordings, in several instances free of charge to clients.

Psychotherapist, author and guided imagery innovator Belleruth Naparstek is the creator of the popular, Time Warner Health Journeys guided imagery audio series. To find research on Guided Imagery and other topics mentioned visit her website http://www.healthjourneys.com Read the rest of this entry »

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