Hypnosis Today Blog

Hypnosis Helps With Abortion Pain

Saturday 2.38 pm

Hypnosis could offer an additional way to ease pain in women having an early-pregnancy abortion, a new study suggests.

The study, of 350 women who had a first-trimester abortion at a single clinic, found that patients given hypnotherapy right before the procedure needed less pain medication during it. And afterward, they were in no more pain than women who'd received standard care alone.

Second cesarean with hypno-anesthesia in Iran (photos)

Thursday 12.52 pm

For the second time in the country, Iranian doctors have used hypnosis as the sole anesthetic to deliver a baby via cesarean section. Dr. Roya Khodaei Ob/Gyn, performed the C-section at Paiambaran hospital in Tehran. Dr. Hossein Almasian was the clinical hypnotherapist who used hypnosis on the mother Sara Tavassoli.

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Hypnosis Controls Dyspnea: Study

Discover how researchers found self- hypnosis controlled Dyspnea symptoms

How Prejudiced Are You Really?

Wednesday 9.51 am

Harvard U. has developed a series of interesting tests that you can take on line for free to determine how prejudiced you are at a subconscious level. It's worth ten minutes to have a go. You may be surprised at yourself!

Do You Have A Irrational Fear? Finally A Solution

Monday 10.35 pm

Do you dream of freeing yourself from your irrational fear one day?

If so, Hypnotherapy is a:

* fast, * effective, * permanent, and * proven

way to do so.

Hot Flashes Hypnosis

Hypnosis helps with hot flashes study concludes. Learn more here.

Hypnotherapy Helping Ease Arthritis Pain

Arthritis sufferers can alleviate their pain by using mental imagery and hypnotherapy.

This is the finding of Bryan Bennett and colleagues from Bangor University who presented their findings on the11 September 2008, at The British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference held at the University of Bath.

Hypnotic Help for Hurricane Ike Situation

Fellow Hypnotist Wendi Friesen has put out a free meditation Mp3 in an effort to help the Hurricane Ike situation. We Canadians are all sending our hopes for our American neighbours to get through this safely

US Karate Champion Uses Hypnosis

Friday 11.55 am

Billy Finnegan, who lives in Port Washington, was U.S. karate champion in his division for ten years in a row. Then in 2007 he suffered an injury in competition. Sidelined with plantar fasciitis in the right calf, Finnegan was unable to compete for over six months, missing the 2007 Nationals for the first time. Finally when his injury healed, he started to practice and compete again. But all he could think about was protecting himself from a recurrence of his earlier injury.

His coach, Tokey Hill, the former karate world champion, was at a loss to help Finnegan until he remembered a hypnotist he met four years

Olympic Gold Medalist Succeeds Thanks To Hypnosis

Beijing - A hypnotherapist cured Steve Hooker's fear of pole vaulting a few years ago and the success was visible on Friday when the Australian soared to Olympic gold in dramatic fashion.

Lose the Lamaze; ease the pain with hypnosis

From the outside, it would appear the birth of Ashley Desson-Demetriadis's first child was a chaotic experience. The Oakville, Ont., resident's plans for a home birth with a midwife were derailed when the baby's heart rate dropped and she was rushed to hospital. But because Ms. Desson-Demetriadis, 25, was versed in a form of self-hypnosis geared to birthing moms, she says she was able to close her eyes and keep the complications at bay. A very healthy baby Noah arrived quickly, with the help of vacuum assistance."If you ask me, I say it was great. Fantastic," the interior designer says of the February birth. "As everything turned south, I don't feel like I experienced it. I feel like I witnessed it."

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A clinical study shows hypnosis to be effective at improving the lives of those suffering demenita. Learn more here.

Can Hypnosis Make You Pregnant?

Couples struggling to conceive may find the biggest barrier to fertility is a mental one, Lynsi Eastburn says.

Eastburn, a Denver hypnotherapist, uses hypnosis to aid people with fertility problems and has trained therapists around the world in her Hypno-Fertility methods. She details her approach in a new book, “It’s Conceivable!”

She sees hypnosis as an effective tool for reducing stress and removing subconscious blocks stemming from issues such as an abortion, miscarriage or unresolved sexual trauma that may affect a woman’s ability to conceive.

Pensioner has knee surgery under hypnosis

Wednesday 9.35 am

Bernadine Coady, 67, was wide awake for the one-hour operation, which is usually performed under a general anaesthetic.

Mrs Coady hypnotised herself before the "keyhole" surgery, an arthroscopy, in which a surgeon drills into a patients knee and inserts a camera to look for possible causes of pain.

She went home the same day "looking very happy", according to a spokesman for the private Orthopaedics and Spine Specialist Hospital, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

How To Think Yourself Better

Positive thinking can help ease pain, improve fitness and prevent illness. Anastasia Stephens of the UK's The Independent newspaper explains how to harness the power of your mind.

hypnosis-seizures

Learn how hypnosis is helping doctors diagnosis and treat children's seizures quicker than ever before.

Science support for Hypnosis helping Colitis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hypnosis therapy may help ease some of the bowel inflammation seen in ulcerative colitis,

Control That Pain Now

Is Hypnosis set to become a key tool for pain control during surgery? More and more surgeons believe this is so.

Hypnosis for replacing anaesthetics

Hypnosis is best known as a means of inducing stage-show volunteers to act the fool but is also employed by some doctors and dentists. Its most startling medical use is in replacing general anaesthetics during surgery reports the British Times.

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Do You Need Proof That Hypnosis Works?

Friday 2.34 pm

Despite the thousands of clinical trials repeatedly demonstrating the effectiveness of Hypnosis many of the Public remain skeptical or ignorant of its power to help. Reading this article from England's leading newspaper, The Telegraph, will change your mind.

Ellen becomes a non-smoker with hypnosis

Thursday 10.12 am

Watch as UK hypnotist Paul Mckenna works with Ellen DeGeneres to help her become a non-smoker.

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Does Hypnosis work? Fox 21's Christina Salvo knows it does!

Tuesday 4.35 pm

When Fox 21's wanted to see if hypnosis really worked they selected Christina Salvo for the test. The result - exceeded her expectation. To start, she would have been overjoyed if she could even just be in the same room as a snake. Imagine her surprise and delight at being able to put her finger on the glass of a terrarium containing a real live snake!

Not convinced hypnosis works? Hear what Diane Sawyer has to say about it

Friday 2..05 pm

Are you still one of those people that think Hypnosis is something just used to get people to do funny things on stage? You may be surprised to hear what ABC morning show host, Diane Sawyer, has to say on the subject. You may also find out that you have been missing out on a potentially powerful tool to help you succeed or improve your health. Watch and learn here.