PNI

Psychoneuroimmunology explores how our psychological conditions and neurological processes effect our immune system.  How our thoughts and beliefs can affect our health.

Centuries ago it was believed that when we became ill that we had a dis-ease of the mind and at that time apothecaries dealt with the four humours of the body; believing that once they had everything in balance that the body would heal.  With the advent of allopathic medicine this kind of practice died out, which for many people was a god send as the apothecaries of the time were believed to have killed as many of their patients as they “healed” with their methods of purging and blood letting to get the bad humours out of the body.

The Chinese, for centuries, have believed that disease takes place when there is disharmony in an organ or within an organs system.  They say that this affects the flow of Qi; the energy flow through the meridians of the body.  Eastern healers look for a reason why the Qi is blocked; looking to diagnose the nature of the disharmony so that they can then correct the imbalance so that the Qi can flow freely again and the individual can heal.

Roger Callahan, creator of TFT, has noticed that when people are ill they suffer from a reversal of the flow of energy within the meridians.  He noticed this whilst his wife was having chemotherapy that whilst she felt the affects of the drug in her system that her energy flow was blocked and that by working with her to get the energy flowing freely she felt no effects from her chemo.  How do you test your flow of energy I hear you ask; thats one of the questions I will answer and demonstrate on our PNI course on February 26th.

Since the 1980’s we have begun to look at how our brain and immune system interact with each other.  It is now readily accepted that stress and emotional responses change the chemical levels in the blood stream that in turn effect the efficient functioning of the immune system; supporting the concept of a direct relationship in between our central nervous system and our immune system.  For example; it is now believed that some cancers can be triggered by extreme stress.

Research has shown that our wellbeing is connected to our mindset.  The Simontons and Bernie Siegel working with Cancer patients found that those who were the most positive survived against medical science’s predictions; and Bruce Liptons work investigating how we are who we are because of our environment and that our beliefs can change our genetic blueprint.

Over many years of being a hypnotherapist I have noticed how my clients come to see me for one problem and by helping them overcome this their health improves; how can this happen? 

A few of my clients who have come to see me for help conceiving using IVF, as they have been told that they will never be able to conceive naturally due to medical problems, have conceived naturally and their medical problems have cleared up as we have dealt with the issues they had around parenthood and pregnancy.

Medical science has provided us with various cures for illnesses that at one time were incurable; and throughout the history of medical research we have also discovered factors such as the placebo effect.  People being given what was probably basically sugar pills and being told that they were a super drug that would heal them and they heal.  Against all odds their disease goes away.

Back in 1994 Barbara Stepp attended a workshop run by Richard Bandler; Richard was demonstrating his “beautification” technique and choose Barbara as one of his demo subjects.  What Richard didn’t know at this point was that Barbara had cancer; and to both their surprise her cancer went away.  What do we mean when we say things like the cancer went away?  We all have cancer cells within our bodies , we actually need some to stay healthy so we obviously have a way of keeping those cells at the right level.

How do we do this?

On January 26^th and 27^th learn how the mind body connection really works and how to influence it in ways to achieve good health. Steve Crabb and I will be exploring and experimenting with being mindfull v’s mindless, beliefs, the placebo effect, technologies used to effect healing. Whether working with someone with skin conditions, fertility problems, and allergic responses or with cancer you will learn how to provide a service that will give them hope.  



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