Meditation in Times of Stress for Health and Wellness

Health experts encourage two primary approaches: good hygiene practices and social distancing.  What about our mental well-being?  It has so much impact on overall wellness, especially during periods of heightened stress.

I’ve included below links to articles I have posted on this Web site during the past few years about meditation.  It is a proven antidote to stress and can help the mind (and body) remain strong and focused.

Meditation can be practiced on your own or in small groups.  It allows you to reclaim a sense of ownership and control.

Stay positive!  Be well! 

New Research Points to the Positive Outcomes of Daily Meditation

Great Read on the Productive Powers of Meditation

Finding Inspiration in 20 Minutes of Meditation

Hypnosis versus Meditation: Does It Feel the Same?

Keep Your New Year Resolution with Positive Visualizations

This past Saturday morning I pulled into the parking lot at Bethesda Sport & Health Club to be greeted by row upon row of cars.  It was so jammed that I was forced to make the trek to an off-site public garage to secure a spot.

Welcome to the post New Year's health club with its throngs of newly signed members who are trying to make good on their resolution for improved fitness.  Although the parking inconvenience was an irritant, I am comforted by the fact that many of these January health hounds will toss in the towel on their well-being commitment in just a few weeks.

Come February, weekend parking at the Club will no longer be such a challenge.

It shouldn't be that way though.  For many people, the process of following through on New Year's Resolutions (i.e. better health, smoking cessation, career advancement, etc.) requires a shift in thinking at the subconscious level.

That's the focus of an event I am co-hosting the evening of Tuesday, January 15th in Chevy Chase, Maryland in partnership with a social meetup group called DC Global Adventurers.     

Entitled "New Year, New You:  How Self-Hypnosis Can Help You Stay True to Your New Year Resolution," the event will bring together a group of professionals to discuss their resolutions, and then experience how hypnosis can be used as a tool to maintain focus and motivation.

I plan to use a hypnotic induction similar to the one I employed during the "Hypnosis for Exceptional Living" event I presented in November with Professionals in the City.  It's an incredibly relaxing process with a couple of positive visualizations designed to instill feelings of strength, confidence and self-esteem.

I've included below more information about next week's event, including a link to the registration Web page.  I encourage you to join us or contact me directly at m.russell.hausman@gmail.com or (301) 538-8100 to arrange a one-on-one or small group session.


New Year, New You:  How Self-Hypnosis Can Help You Stay True to Your New Year Resolution
Friendship Heights Village Center
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Tuesday, January 15 - 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Cost:  $35

Location is metro accessible - Red Line (Friendship Heights)

A hypnotic induction in action from my performance at Bradley Farm Haunted Mansion festival in October 2012.

For My 50th Post: Best Read and Best Viewed

It has been quite a first year for my "Hypnotic Experience" blog. 

I published forty-nine articles that attracted more than 1,800 readers who share my interest in the use of hypnosis for emotional and physical well-being, stress management, career and academic achievement, and athletic performance.  I even had attendees at events where I performed mention the blog and how something I had written inspired them.

Amen to that!

So...I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate my 50th post than to publish a "best of."  Included below are links to my three most popular articles this year and a set of performance photos from my Flickr account.

I plan to take a few days off for Christmas with the family.  I'll be back this coming week with a recap of a group session I have planned for Wednesday night on hypnosis for stress management.

Enjoy the holiday!


Impressions from the "Hypnosis for Exceptional Living" Event
Published November 19, 2012

The majority of participants did achieve a baseline level of hypnosis.  Simple suggestions related to "sleep" and "heavy eyes" worked well and presented a foundation for me to move to post-hypnotic instructions for stress relief and a positive view of life.

I then worked with the group to introduce their own voice into the process through a mental countdown from the number of 20.  This was a bridge for a discussion about self-hypnosis.


One Hypnotizing Weekend
Published September 2, 2012

I was fortunate to have lined up this Labor Day holiday weekend three opportunities to introduce hypnosis to people who expressed an interest in learning how it can be used for stress management, academic excellence and athletic performance.

-Georgetown University's Midnight Carnival
-Helping Fix a Flawed Shoulder
-Gathering of an Exceptional Set of High Schoolers


Yoga-nidra and Hypnosis:  Similar Process, Similar Experience
Published July 31, 2012

I have been on a comparison kick exploring the relaxation and stress management benefits of hypnosis with other popular and proven techniques.  A few weeks back I spent time with a yogi and, after hypnotizing her, asked her to assess her experience in relation to Bikram.  Here's a link to that post.

Today, I worked with a successful, intelligent and professionally driven woman who has practiced Yoga-nidra, also referred to as "yogi sleep."  The hypnotic experience was an exceptional and powerful one for her which I believe can be partly attributed to some work stress she has been under during the past few weeks.

The "sleep" suggestion at my Friday night performance at the Bradley Farm Haunted Mansion festival.

 

A technique to deepen the hypnotic state from Saturday night show at Bradley Farm.

The "funny face" suggestion.  The girl on the right remains deep in trance.