THERE are several stages in self-hypnosis. The first is to get yourself into the trance state by creating a focus of attention. You can stare into the flickering of a candle flame, or a black dot on a white background, until the eyes tire.
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SOME may still smirk at the thought of hypnosis, but more Malaysians today are hypnotising their way to a sounder sleep, healthier diet and less stressful life.
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U.S. researchers suggest hypnotic relaxation therapy may help decrease hot flashes in menopausal women. The effects of hot flashes -- such as loss of sleep -- also significantly decreased in the majority of women receiving hypnosis, says lead investigator Gary Elkins of Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
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NO, it's not mum, dad or foes for that matter. We are our worst critic. There's an inner critic in all of us, a voice which tells us that we're never good enough, study has shown.
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A set of workshops for smoking cessation and weight loss will be held Oct. 15 at East Brunswick High School, 380 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Presented by the Hypnosis Counseling Center, each one-hour workshop includes hypnosis exercises, discussion and an optional CD for $18 to assist in reinforcing immediate results and long range success.
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Hypnosis has long been considered a valuable technique for recreating and then studying puzzling psychological phenomena. A classic example of this approach uses a technique known as posthypnotic amnesia (PHA) to model memory disorders such as functional amnesia, which involves a sudden memory loss typically due to some sort of psychological trauma (rather than to brain damage or disease). ...
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The Kelantan Islamic Religious Affairs Council (MAIK) has launched a probe into complaints that the Kampung Permatang Sungkai mosque here is being used for politics to the point of creating disunity among its congregation.
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