Life can be a pain sometimes

Back last year I had a client who had chronic pain, from head to toe, every day.  She'd had every test under the sun and her Doctor concluded it was stress.
She said to me that she didn't believe that stress couldn't cause this much pain" I assured her that it could.
After a few weeks we said to me that she didn't think Hypnotherapy was working for her any more, so I went back to the notes I made at her Initial Consultation and read out what she'd said about her pain.  She looked at me and said, "Wow, how easily I've forgotten how much pain I was in back then.  I still get pain, but not like that"
It's easy to compare your situation to yesterday or the day before or even last week.  But what if you go further back than that?  Compare the you of today to the you of last month and see the changes you have made, for the better.
It's like starting a new job, at first you don't know where anything is and each day is a bit of a slog as you learn the ropes.
But then you look back a month later and see the difference.  How confident you are, how you know where everything is and are probably even teaching other people how to do things.
Our brains are amazing and it never ceases to amazing just how amazing they are.
If pain is affecting your life, why not consider Solution Focused Hypnotherapy.  Find me at www.julieshowering-hypnotherapy.co.uk or to find a therapist in your area go to www.afsfh.co.uk.

Shake Your Chakras Exercise Classes

Every Wednesday - 0930am -1030am

Ridgewood Community Centre. 244 Station Road, Yate , BS37 4AF

(as you turn off Station Road the Ridgewood Complex will be on your right - Park in the 1st car park on your right and we are in the first building on your right)

£4.00 each on the door

 

Loose, layered clothing and Trainers are recommended, however, you may dance in bare feet at your own risk.

Please bring drinking water with you.  

No coordination necessary and no set routines.  

Suitable for all fitness levels and abilities.

No floor work involved!

 

We all experience energy blocks in the body, causing us to suffer from fatigue, low energy levels, anxiety, lack of confidence, or simply the pressures of everyday life.  Imagine allowing your body to simply release it and let it go.  

 

Chakra Dancing isn’t your normal type of exercise class; it’s a dance therapy, a spiritual journey of transformation for your mind, body and soul.

I first discovered Chakra Dancing in 2007 at Bill Harrison’s Healing Weekend in Somerset.  A friend I’d met wanted to go to the workshop so I went along to keep her company.  I’d never been captivated by anything or anyone before in my life, but this woman on stage had such a presence that before I knew it, Lizzie Clifford, the founder of Chakra Dancing, had me dancing, spinning, shimmying and chanting my way through the next 45 minutes.  I was hooked and I wanted to know more about this amazing and spiritual form of exercise.

 

I started training as a Chakra Dancing Teacher in 2008 with Lizzie.  The course was part-time and I spent many happy weeks and weekends near Brighton training with Lizzie.  My training also included supporting Lizzie On-Stage at various high profile MBS Shows and even leading a demo myself.  I qualified in 2009 and I am delighted to be able to bring this wonderful spiritual workout for mind, body and soul to the people of Bristol.

 

If you’re not sure what chakras are, they are spinning wheels of energy located all over your body.  We have thousands of them but the seven main chakras are located along our spine from its base to just above the head.  Each chakra is represented by a different colour of the rainbow and is associated with a particular part of the body.  Chakra's also have a different vibration; from the root which has a heavy deep base vibration, to the crown which has a light angelic vibration.

 

With a different piece of music relating to each of the 7 main chakra centres, this dance therapy will help you to release any blockages and leave you feeling energised and yet completely balanced within, improving your health and well-being - physically, mentally and emotionally.  

 

Through spontaneous free-form dancing, guided by an instructor, we can free up our natural energy flows to harmonise and balance the energy centres that run throughout the body, creating positive changes that you can really benefit from.

 

Best of all, there are no steps or routines to learn and no coordination is needed.  Just feel the music, let go and dance your own dance.  And because you dance your own dance, there are no expectations of you and no-one forcing you to do this or do that which makes it suitable for all ages, all fitness levels and all abilities.

 

Easter Eggs and Exercise

Easter is now over, although the kids are still off school for another week, but if you've over indulged on Easter treats this weekend, don't panic, you're only human, don't beat yourself up.  Today is the day that you can start to get back on track.
That's what I thought this morning when I decided to go for a run, well, I say run, but it was more of a walk with a little bit of jogging in between.  I'm not a runner, not by any stretch of the imagination, and even though I only had one Easter egg, and a few hot cross buns, I did feel as though my arteries clogging with every mouthful this weekend!  
So, I woke up at 7am and decided to go jogging.  Actually I quite enjoyed it, I didn't go far, I was only out for 15 minutes, but at least I got out there and gave it a go!  And that's the important thing, I gave it a go.  I think I do feel better for it as well - not sure if I have more energy, to be honest I could do with a nap, but I'm sure I will feel better for it.
Will I go tomorrow morning - no - but only because tomorrow is Wednesday and I teach a Chakra Dancing Class on Wednesday mornings, 0930-1030 at Ridgewood Community Centre, Yate.
Well, I wouldn't want to over do it now would I!
Take care out there today.