Since 1997, Herbert Benson, of the Harvard Medical School, has reaffirmed that “Sixty to ninety percent of [doctor-patient] visits are prompted by conditions related to stress.” Especially in today’s world, stress management is truly vital to emotional, relational, and overall physical health. As a psychologist, I understand that most tend to consider meditative exercises as too difficult to learn; and too time consuming to practice.

Although activities like watching television and listening to music can be relaxing, they do not elicit the relaxation response that is most beneficial for managing stress. In order to de-stress, people need to do something that sounds contradictory, namely engage in activity that is not passive. The Surgeon General recommends physical activity for stress management. One can also manage stress by engaging in self-meditations.

I have had much personal and professional success from my use of audio meditations, many of which can be downloaded off the Internet for free. I recommend a search for “free hypnosis downloads,” “free progressive muscle relaxation,” “mindfulness,” and “free light and sound machine.”

Most people are familar with the availability of self-hypnosis. These hypnotic programs are guided exercises in deep meditation.

Progressive muscle relaxation is a systematic method of tensing and relaxing most of the major muscles of the body. When a muscle is tensed beyond its current level of tension and released, it rebounds to a more relaxed state. This phenomenon helps to create penetrating relaxation, throughout the entire body, within 15 minutes.

A Light and Sound Machine is a relatively new technology that assists its users in achieving near effortless levels of deep meditative states. Relying upon a process known as brainwave synchronization or entrainment, a Light and Sound Machine (or Mind Machine) purportedly uses light and/or sound to alter the brainwave frequency of the user, resulting in altered states of awareness that have been compared to those obtained from transcendental meditation.

Similar to the effect of watching the flicking flame of a fireplace, but more pronounced, the specifically timed flicking pattern of a Light and Sound Machine will surprisingly help to induce its effect, within just a few minutes. Despite their beneficial use, most people also consider Light and Sound Machines to be too expensive. Nonetheless, you can sample the positive effects of these devices, by conducting the aforementioned Internet search. The available freeware actually creates a “virtual” Light and Sound Machine, via your computer monitor.

I also recommend complementing the effect of Light and Sound Machines with soft music or one of the free audio hypnotic downloads that can be found online, as previously discussed above.



By: Gerald Solfanelli

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You have the ability to stop being angry using self-hypnosis. This anti-aggression approach offers new insight into your emotional states, helping you recognize how anger works. You can quit becoming angry easily when you put your mind to the task.

Stop Being Angry: Understanding Anger

The first step to stop being angry is to understand anger and how it works. Anger is an emotion that is designed to help you respond to a threatening situation. If you have aggression and temper issues then you probably already recognize the physical responses your body has when angry feelings kick in.

The physical responses are powerful because they are closely related to your natural fight or flight response. This is a survival mechanism that is supposed to protect you from danger. Anger becomes problematic when it occurs when there is no threat of danger present.

Fear and Anger

Angry feelings derive from fear. This may seem difficult to understand on the surface but it makes perfect sense if you think about it. You may become enraged when you are confronted with a situation that causes you great fear and anxiety. Think about things that make you turn red and consider the underlying feelings of fear associated with them.

Hypnosis CD for Help Overcoming Rage

You can get control of your fear and aggression by using a hypnosis CD to work through your emotions. This approach is particularly beneficial because it helps you recognize your emotional state for what it is. You are empowered with objectivity.

Objectivity and emotions are simply not compatible in the conscious mind. You are best to address these issues by going directly to the subconscious mind. You can accomplish this by using a hypnosis CD designed to help you work through these powerful emotions.

Neuro Linguistic Programming

In addition to hypnosis, you can also benefit from retraining your mind to respond differently to various situations. Neuro linguistic programming is the ideal intervention to help you to stop being angry and start responding to your environment with calm control.

When you fall into rage easily, you have little control over the emotional state. NLP helps you reprogram your mind, allowing you to take control of your emotions instead of continuing the habit of letting rage overtake you. The ideal program merges hypnosis with this approach.

Finding Help

Not all programs are created equal. Self-hypnosis CDs come in a variety of forms. You can benefit from finding one that merges NLP with self-hypnosis in a seamless fashion. You can find the help you need in a discrete format.

Debbie Williams presents a fantastic option in her stellar self-hypnosis recording found here – Stop Being Angry. This unique presentation offers a helpful introduction of NLP exercises that can help you achieve maximum results in little time.

Debbie offers her outstanding talents in this valuable format that combines neuro linguistic programming with self-hypnosis.

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By: J Seymour

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