http://www.thewordishope.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:42:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.thewordishope.com/maintaining-mental-health-with-yoga/ http://www.thewordishope.com/maintaining-mental-health-with-yoga/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:06:00 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/maintaining-mental-health-with-yoga/ Negative mental health has a impact on all our lives, it increases anxiety levels, maximizes our fears, leaves us more open to pain and makes us feel inferior. All negative emotions take root from the matter present in the subconscious; we do not have a negative attitude in our consciousness according to the principals of yoga. ]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/maintaining-mental-health-with-yoga/feed/ 0 http://www.thewordishope.com/the-power-of-conceptualizing-positive-thinking/ http://www.thewordishope.com/the-power-of-conceptualizing-positive-thinking/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:59:12 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/the-power-of-conceptualizing-positive-thinking/ As humans we can set up a failing trap we think we will fail, and therefore we subconsciously set up the situations where we do fail. This step can be very powerful and influential because it works on two levels it happens in both the conscious and the unconscious mind. ]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/the-power-of-conceptualizing-positive-thinking/feed/ 1 http://www.thewordishope.com/yoga-and-dealing-with-pain/ http://www.thewordishope.com/yoga-and-dealing-with-pain/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:45:22 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/yoga-and-dealing-with-pain/
Living pain that is chronic and virtually permanent is one of the most debilitating of life’s experiences, as it saps your energy and depletes your strengths as well as making you mentally drained. Often those that practice yoga regularly find that they can reduce their pain medication. Yoga has three distinct disciplines and these are breathing, relaxation, and meditation. As humans we fear pain, because we are afraid of what we feel pain will reduce us to, to overcome that fear overcomes a level of the pain. It is our mind and brains that converts the stimulus to cause pain into pain. ]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/yoga-and-dealing-with-pain/feed/ 0 http://www.thewordishope.com/practical-applications-of-learning-yoga-and-cancer-treatment/ http://www.thewordishope.com/practical-applications-of-learning-yoga-and-cancer-treatment/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:57:35 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/practical-applications-of-learning-yoga-and-cancer-treatment/ Yoga has a rejuvenating effect that is both mental and physical. It nourishes your body mind and spirit and the end result is a new energizing attitude to life. The benefits of yoga are both mental and physical it allows you to focus inwardly and that in turn inspires a profound sense of relaxation, whilst employing breathing exercises and concentration and physically it makes your body more supple flexible and therefore relaxed, it helps some cancer sufferers from feeling tired during their cancer treatment. It has an energizing and rejuvenating effect that will nourish your body, mind, and spirit. Below are a few explanations of simple yoga exercises that you can try out at home. However most people benefit from going to a yoga class, especially if they are a complete beginner to the concept of yoga. ]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/practical-applications-of-learning-yoga-and-cancer-treatment/feed/ 0 http://www.thewordishope.com/history-and-application-of-yoga/ http://www.thewordishope.com/history-and-application-of-yoga/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:45:26 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/history-and-application-of-yoga/ The word yoga is derived from the ancient Sanskrit language, and it means “Union”, it is an influence in the Darsana School. It is one of the six darshans, the orthodox systems of Indian philosophy; although its influence pervades many Indian philosophies. The original yoga scripts date back to around the second Century BC when they were written by Patañjali. Early Hindu Vedic texts speak of ecstatic, who may have been the predecessors of yogis or followers of yoga. Patañjali's Yoga is sometimes known as Raja or “Royal” Yoga, to denote its superiority over other schools.]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/history-and-application-of-yoga/feed/ 0 http://www.thewordishope.com/ego-strengthening-and-hypnotherapy/ http://www.thewordishope.com/ego-strengthening-and-hypnotherapy/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:04:21 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/ego-strengthening-and-hypnotherapy/ All aspects of psychotherapy work on strengthening the ego and making us feel more positive and confident. A good self esteem is important because when we have it, we are more capable of bouncing back from life’s knocks. When hypnosis affects the self esteem, it is geared to addressing personal issues and it addresses the subconscious mind and why we feel that worthless and do not need or deserve to be loved and appreciated. ]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/ego-strengthening-and-hypnotherapy/feed/ 1 http://www.thewordishope.com/hypnotism-makes-psychological-adjustments-to-cancer-easier/ http://www.thewordishope.com/hypnotism-makes-psychological-adjustments-to-cancer-easier/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:37:43 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/hypnotism-makes-psychological-adjustments-to-cancer-easier/ Despite the fact that there are many psychological responses to cancer, there is at least one that is universal--the heightened sense of anxiety experienced even by the most well balanced individuals. Psychological harmony can be difficult to achieve with the range of feelings which include anger, resentment, guilt, alienation, hopelessness, failure, low self esteem, bitterness and loss. ]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/hypnotism-makes-psychological-adjustments-to-cancer-easier/feed/ 0 http://www.thewordishope.com/the-secrets-of-pain-relief-for-the-cancer-sufferer/ http://www.thewordishope.com/the-secrets-of-pain-relief-for-the-cancer-sufferer/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:10:46 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/the-secrets-of-pain-relief-for-the-cancer-sufferer/ Hypnosis goes under more than one name, – hypnotherapy, hypnotic suggestion, self-hypnosis and hypnotic state. Psychologically it can be defined as a psychological state which superficially resembles sleep, but it is characterized by a level of consciousness and awareness which is distinct from the normal conscious state. Whilst hypnotized most patients have a heightened degree [...]]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/the-secrets-of-pain-relief-for-the-cancer-sufferer/feed/ 0 http://www.thewordishope.com/can-meditation-change-your-life-forever/ http://www.thewordishope.com/can-meditation-change-your-life-forever/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:30:55 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/?p=168 The concept of meditation is different for everyone but generally it is a sense of turning inward and concentrating on an object and increasing our awareness. Medical studies have concluded that skilled practitioners of meditation techniques can control their respiratory and pulse rate which means that they can reduce their blood pressure and control hypertension. ]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/can-meditation-change-your-life-forever/feed/ 0 http://www.thewordishope.com/cancer-meditation-some-history/ http://www.thewordishope.com/cancer-meditation-some-history/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:48:13 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/?p=160 Cancer Meditation may take it easier to live with and therefore allow you to concentrate on the aspects of cancer treatment that you can heal yourself. During the 1970’s and 80’d an Australian psychologist Ainslie Meares started to study the effects of meditation on the immune system with a specific question as to whether or not it was possible to shrink the size of tumours by meditation. ]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/cancer-meditation-some-history/feed/ 0