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The Power of Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy

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Understanding Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy

Solution-focused hypnotherapy is rooted in the belief that individuals possess the internal resources and strength needed to overcome challenges and create positive change in their lives. Unlike traditional therapy approaches that may focus on analysing problems and exploring past traumas, this therapy helps identify solutions, set practical goals, and visualise the future they want to achieve.

Key Principles of Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy

  1. Focus on Solutions: Instead of dwelling on problems or past failures, this therapy helps identify solutions and envision a positive future.
  2. Strengths-Based Approach: Recognises and amplifies the strengths, resources, and past successes of individuals, empowering them to build upon their existing abilities.
  3. Goal Orientation: Setting clear, achievable goals and defining what they want to achieve, individuals can focus their efforts on taking practical steps toward their desired outcomes.
  4. Client-Centred Collaboration: Collaborative process between the therapist and the client, with the therapist serving as a guide and facilitator of change. Clients are encouraged to actively participate in setting goals, identifying solutions, and envisioning their preferred future.

Benefits of Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy

  • Empowerment: Empowers individuals to take control of their lives and make positive changes by tapping into their inner strengths and resources.
  • Optimism and Resilience: Cultivates optimism, resilience, and a sense of hope for the future.
  • Rapid Results: Typically brief and solution-oriented, allowing individuals to achieve tangible results in a relatively short period.
  • Holistic Well-being: Considers the whole person, addressing physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of well-being to promote holistic healing and growth.

Getting Started with Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy

If you’re ready to embrace positive change and unleash your full potential with solution-focused hypnotherapy, here are some steps to get started:

  1. Find a Qualified Therapist: Seek out a certified hypnotherapist who specialises in solution-focused hypnotherapy and has experience helping clients achieve their goals.
  2. Schedule an Initial Consultation: Contact the therapist to schedule an initial consultation to discuss your goals, concerns, and expectations for therapy.
  3. Set Clear Goals: Clarify your desired outcomes and goals for therapy, focusing on what you want to achieve and envisioning your preferred future.
  4. Trust the Process: Approach this therapy with an open mind, a positive attitude, and a willingness to actively participate in the process of change.
  5. Take Action: Commit to taking practical steps toward your goals and implementing the solutions identified during therapy sessions.

Conclusion

Solution-focused hypnotherapy offers a powerful and effective approach to overcoming challenges, achieving goals, and creating positive change in your life. By focusing on solutions, strengths, and possibilities, solution-focused hypnotherapy empowers you to tap into your inner resources, envision your desired future, and take meaningful steps toward living the life you truly want. Are you ready to embrace positive change and unlock your full potential? Your journey starts here.

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A Beginner’s Complete Guide to starting Yoga

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Yoga originated in India and has been practised for around 5000 years. It has helped billions of people throughout the ages find balance between their mind, body and spirit. It is now practised globally and one of the most nurturing forms of self care you can give yourself.

It encourages us to seek inner peace, body restoration and spiritual acceptance. Anyone can do yoga, regardless of their age, fitness level or ability. You can take this form of relaxation and exercise at your own pace, focusing on improving your individual form and practise.

If you’re thinking of starting this ancient practice, do it, but first read this complete guide to help you prepare.

Yoga Classes from Hello Feel Good

What is yoga?

Yoga is a form of meditative exercise. It uses deep breathwork and focused body stretches to connect the body and mind, promoting deep restoration. It targets the whole body, encouraging inner balance and giving pause for thought.

There are many levels to practise, ranging from simple easy movements for beginners, to complex poses that require years of practice to perfect. No matter what your level of experience is, the benefits start from your very first session.

What is breathwork?

Breathwork is a method embedded within the practice. It encourages us to take in deep, regulated breaths and let them out fully, using the full expansion of our lungs. Breathwork is about reconnecting with a vital process in our body, listening to it and feeling its effects.

We often do not use the full capacity of our lungs, poor posture and shallow breathing prevent us from inhaling and exhaling to our full potential. Breathwork helps us realign our breathing, release stress and increase blood circulation.

Is yoga meditation?

Yoga certainly incorporates meditation though the practice. Sessions usually begin with some form of mild meditation, helping you to clear your mind of distracting thoughts and prepare for your session.

Sessions tend to end with the savasana pose, a total state of relaxation and often described as the bridge between yoga and mediation. In savasana pose, participants lie on their back, completely still. This pose is harder than it sounds to to maintain, it takes practice to regulate your body and resist fidgeting.

The beauty of savasana though, is that it serves as a starting point for full meditation. Yoga and meditation are intrinsically tied to one another, and participants can enter meditative states during their practice.

Belfast based yoga teacher Carol Crilly from Hello Feel Good

Is it good for weight loss?

Yoga can be used as an exercise for weight loss purposes and for maintaining a healthy size. Just one hour of yoga can burn anywhere from 180 – 600 calories, depending on the intensity and nature of the poses.

More importantly though, yoga helps to promote healthy habits. It can be used as a tool for releasing stress and regulating your emotional well being, which may help you overcome unhealthy eating habits such as emotional or comfort eating.

10 benefits of yoga

The benefits of yoga target the whole body, mind and spirit. It promotes balance and harmony within our inner selves whilst also helping to nurture our physical bodies.

If you begin practising yoga, you can also expect to benefit from:

  1. Regulated sleeping patterns.
  2. Improved posture and balance.
  3. Better joint mobility.
  4. Increased flexibility.
  5. Increased strength and muscle.
  6. Easing pain and preventing injury.
  7. Lower blood pressure
  8. Improved blood circulation.
  9. Improved emotional wellbeing and mental health.
  10. Reduced stress in the mind and body.

The benefits of yoga extend far beyond just a good stretch. It is a full body treatment, benefitting you both physically and mentally. You can find inner peace and experience total body restoration through practising yoga.

What to wear to class?

Sessions will require physical movements and long body stretches, so it’s best to wear loose fitting and comfortable clothing. Some ideas for what to wear to class include:

  • Jogging bottoms
  • Tracksuit bottoms
  • Leggings
  • Soft shorts
  • Loose fitted trousers (made of materials like linen or cotton).
  • Tshirts
  • Vest tops
  • Loose fitted jumpers
  • Hoodies

In the beginning you may feel cold, but it’s not long before movements and poses make you warm up. The most important thing is that you feel unrestricted in whatever you wear, there isn’t a dress code, you just need to feel comfortable.

How to use yoga blocks?

Yoga blocks are like a hard foam brick used to help assist you in different poses. They are not essential for practise but they do help you achieve different poses and encourage better form.

You can use them for:

  1. Seated position
  2. Sitting on the block encourages your spine to remain straight and aligned. It supports your hips and helps you remain comfortable in a seated position.
  3. Lying down poses
  4. Poses that require you to lay down on your back.  A block is great for supporting the head and back if needed. Your teacher can help you find where to place the block under your head or back for optimal support.
  5. Downward facing dog pose. (The downward facing dog can be a difficult pose to master in the beginning, it can be challenging to touch the floor and get that full extension. A block can help you achieve this pose by offering an extension and extra support).

How to use a yoga strap

It is another piece of equipment that you can use for supporting different relaxation poses, but like the yoga block it is not essential for practice. A strap can help increase flexibility and encourage a wider range of motion in a variety of different poses. Your teacher can show you how to best utilise this piece of equipment to ensure you are using it safely and effectively.

How often should I do yoga?

Depending on your level of comfort and ability, yoga should be practised anywhere from 2 – 5 times per week. If you are doing it often, it’s also a good idea to target different parts of the body, to prevent one area from being overworked.

Yoga for the mind, body and soul

If you’re a beginner, the most daunting thing is getting onto that mat for the first time. Once you start practising though, you will surprise yourself in your ability to perform poses and enter that calming state of mind. For total restoration of the body, mind and spirit, start nurturing yourself through practising yoga.

Yoga Instructor Carol Crilly who is the Owner & Founder of Hello Feel Good

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