Facial Relaxation

Facial relaxation is simply a technique of relaxing the muscles in the face and often in the rest of the head.  Many progressive relaxation techniques begin with facial relaxation.  Relaxing your face and head is a powerful way to relax your entire mind and body and prepare for birthing, especially if you you give yourself additional [...]

Pre-Birth Parenting: Be the Baby Exercise

Getting a better understanding of another person’s point of view is often helpful in interpersonal relationships.  The mother child relationship is no exception.  As a starting point for pre-birth parenting, it can be helpful for a pregnant mom to imagine life in the womb in order to further her bond with her baby.  Before using [...]

Eye Fixation – Hypnotic Induction

While the experience of trance can and does occur naturally, hypnotherapy often involves an intention of entering a hypnotic state for the achievement of some objective.  This is done through hypnotic induction.  The variation in hypnotic inductions is virtually limitless.  Since there are so many ways to induce a state of hypnosis, it is clear [...]