Different Forms of Meditation You Can Use.

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The article, “4 Types Of FUN Meditation”, by Dejan Davchevski states

“Let’s look at the most fun ways to meditate. In this fast pace way of living we must find 30 minutes per day to just calm down and rest our brain.”

American Institute Health Care Professionals’ insight:

4 Different Forms of Meditation

Basic meditation is quietly sitting down somewhere and focusing on clearing your mind.   This meditation technique is easy to learn.   There are however several other completely different forms of meditation.

Spiritual meditation is when you pray to a higher power for something you need in life.   How it differs from prayer is you are also meditating at the same time.   You are focusing on your intentions and your prayers.   Once done you feel relaxed and well rested.

Focused meditation is a form of meditation where you “focus” on the things and aspects in your life you enjoy the most.   It could be the sounds of nature or the way someone makes you feel.   By using focus meditation you can sharpen your thoughts and relax yourself.

The next form combines exercise with meditation.  It is movement meditation.    Here you stay focused on the movements of your body while you exercise.    It could be as simple as focusing on your legs while you jog or on your muscles as you lift.   With movement meditation you are giving your mind a break by staying focused on something else.

Lastly there is guided meditation.   In guided meditation you listen to someone or something as it guides you on what to think and what to focus on.    By listening your mind starts to create images that you can focus on.     These images or thoughts allow you to create your own adventure.

Want to learn how to become a meditation instructor?   Then you should visit the American Institute of Health Care Professionals.   Their online certificate program in Meditation Instruction is the perfect place to learn all of these meditation forms.

How Hypnosis Can Help You Lose Weight

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The article, “Training your mind to lose weight”, by Cassy Small states

“Hypnotherapy can unlock the potential of the mind to promote and sustain weight loss, according to a new book.”

American Institute Health Care Professionals’ insight:

What to Learn How Hypnosis Can Help You Lose Weight?

Losing weight and pants sizes is all about diet and exercise.   Eating the right foods, avoiding the wrong ones and plenty of exercise.   Sounds tiring doesn’t it?    That is because you need to train both your body and mind when starting on a weight loss program.    To train your body you have proper dieting and exercise however to train your mind you need something else.

Training your mind with hypnosis is an excellent way to keep yourself on goal.    By using hypnotherapy to train your brain you can rid yourself of toxic thoughts and food addictions.     Once in a trance a hypnotherapist can get to the root of your food addictions and help you refrain from craving them.    This is how hypnosis can help you lose weight.

Once you have addressed your craving you can use hypnotherapy to further your commitment to weight loss.   The more you exercise and receive hypnotherapy, the more you can use to help you stay motivated.    This will help you avoid becoming run down or burned out.

Hypnosis can help you with a number of other issues as well.   If you are interested, you can take online hypnotherapy courses through the American Institute of Health Care Professionals.   They offer an online clinical hypnotherapy certification program.

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health care life coaching – Weight loss is a key solution for healing diabetes

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Health Care Life Coaching and Weight Loss For You

A significant segment of the population today suffers from Type 2 diabetes. No wonder why controlling the same has become a must as diabetes is known to worsen several chronic heart diseases. Doctors and those certified in Health Care Life Coaching often advise patients with excess weight and diabetes to keep a check on their weight and try and reduce it considerably and steadily over a period of time. Let’s find out the reason.

Diabetes and weight loss

Several research results have revealed that weight loss is an important solution to check diabetes. When a person, who is overweight, also suffers from diabetes, s/he has an increased risk of suffering from heart diseases. This is why it’s crucial to lose weight and once the weight is lost, to ensure that it stays lost and doesn’t return.

It is important to understand here that weight loss directly affects blood pressure and cholesterol levels by bringing them down and within manageable levels. Since exercises increase the rate of metabolism, doing the right workouts can help people shed those extra kilos. What’s more, the increased rate of metabolism will cause proper circulation of insulin in blood vessels and tissues, thus helping keep diabetes at bay. Insulin helps glucose enter tissues for metabolism and it is very important to reduce the resistance towards insulin to keep a check on type 2 diabetes. It is immensely important to circulate insulin throughout the body cells as anything otherwise will lead to the accumulation of fat because of the unused insulin. Insulin is an anabolic hormone that stores fat. It is advised by doctors worldwide to concentrate on exercise regimes and a balanced diet to lose weight and at the same time keep diabetes under control. In fact, weight loss can help control hyperglycemia of obese “diabetics” as is shown by some studies.

It has been found very difficult to achieve therapeutic weight loss in type 2 diabetic patients due to several reasons.  This is why it’s important to plan carefully to shed those extra kilos in people suffering from diabetes. Some remedies to combat diabetes keeping the simultaneous goal of weight loss in mind are:

  • Green tea: Sipping green tea twice a day always proves to be excellent for the body. It not only helps to burn excess fat, but also helps to keep cholesterol levels under control. It is a perfectly natural and herbal way to keep your weight and blood sugar levels under control. It is also known to increase the production of insulin to compensate for the inappropriate use of insulin. Green tea is known to prevent heart diseases since it relaxes the blood vessels, thereby facilitating proper blood circulation. It is also known to eliminate excess water from the body, thus reducing body weight significantly when it’s consumed regularly.
  • White kidney beans: These beans are convex shaped and hence known as kidney beans. They are very rich in fiber, proteins, vitamins and other essential minerals. These beans have soluble fibers that absorb water when food passes through the digestive tract. This is very important to slow the process of digestion and trap fat. This process can lower the body fat and cholesterol levels, which in turn can control diabetes, heart diseases and stroke. 
  • Raspberry ketones: Raspberry ketones offer a natural and effective way to shed the excess fat as they oxidize the excess fat accumulated in the body. The body needs to use up the essential calorie while the unwanted calories should be burnt or oxidized. This is exactly what raspberry ketone does for you. It helps emulsify the excess fat in the body, triggering insulin circulation between the body cells and tissues, thereby keeping a check on high glucose levels.
  • Dendrobium extract: Extracts from the genus of the orchid plant known as dendrobium can increase the rate of metabolism if consumed prior to a workout session. A study on rats done by researchers of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine showed how dendrobium mixture had a hypoglycemic effect on rat models of type 2 diabetes. The results revealed that the mixture can protect and restore pancreatic tissue’s structure and function.

When it comes to weight loss in diabetic patients, the approach needs to be carefully planned, and should include educational sessions with dietitians complemented by a personalized instruction manual on weight loss to suit an individual’s health condition.  Those certified in Health Care Life Coaching can also help set up a plan

 

Bio: By James Hundson fitness expert. I assist people in their weight loss goal and fitness. I write on weight loss tips and workouts.

 

 

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Want to Learn How to Reduce Job Stress? Pay more!

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The article, “What Makes Work Less Stressful? More Money”, by Sara Angeles states

“No wonder your boss looks so relaxed. Roughly two- thirds of Americans are stressed at work. Here’s how employers can help.”

American Institute Health Care Professionals’ insight:

How to Reduce Job Stress?   Start by Paying Your Employees a Little More.

What is workplace stress?  Workplace stress is a productivity killer.  It costs millions a year to businesses.   It also ends careers and has negative physical side effects to your employees.   How to reduce job stress?   One answer is pay your employees more.

A new study showed that money matters, A LOT!   Salary was the number one reason for job stress.   The second leading cause?   Again money matters not related to salary.   Not making enough at a job can cause productivity to slip and your employees to get burned out or look for other opportunities.

What affect does higher pay have on stress?   It allows the employee to relax and have financial security.   This will lead to the same relaxed and motivated feelings while at work.    Not only does this lead to higher levels of productivity but employees will also be more willing to voice ideas and problems with the office.

How to make work less stressful for you employees can start with the hiring process.    It is suggested that bonuses and raises are fine but you should also try hiring in employees at a higher rate of pay.    Paying a higher rate of salary from the beginning can greatly reduce stress and remove negative workplace outcomes.

 

In short, do not see employee salary as a cost associated with business but as an investment in your company’s future.   Because employees are the face of a business.    Do you really want your potential customers seeing a burned out frown or a pleasant smile?

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What did St Paul mean by Faith and Works of the Law?

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St Paul's ideas have been a point of division for Catholics and Protestants, but is there really a division in practice? Christian Counselors can play a big role in removing the confusion. If you would like to learn how to become a Christian Counselor, then review the program
St Paul’s ideas have been a point of division for Catholics and Protestants, but is there really a division in practice? Christian Counselors can play a big role in removing the confusion. If you would like to learn how to become a Christian Counselor, then review the program

The article, ” What did St Paul mean by Faith and Works of the Law?”, by Dr Taylor Marshall states

“Faith and works, right? But have you ever met a Protestant or Evangelical who insists that we are saved by “faith alone”?”

American Institute Health Care Professionals’ insight:

This is a very insightful article.  While authored from a Catholic perspective, be not to quick, if Protestant, to judge it harshly because it is written from a very ecumenical view.  It presents the ideas of Justification and Works and the meaning of the Law.

Non-Denomitional Christians may be very surprised to learn in this article that the Catholic Church does not believe justification is by one’s own works but only through Christ.

Please, read this article because I truly believe this difference is not as great as Catholics and Protestants believe, but instead show a very similar ideal, namely- Both groups believe justification is only attainable via Christ through faith and works–works that are devoid if not filled with faith and love for Christ through His grace and of no merit by our own actions.

Christian Counselors from both persuasions on the topic I believe sometimes become to encamped into their own theology on Paul–pushing an extreme that believes one side denies the value of the law and the other side believes in self justification.  This is farther from the truth!  I believe no Protestant believes one can faith in Christ and not follow the law, and I believe no Catholic believes one can merit one’s own salvation via his own works.  Scripture supports neither extreme.

I would like this article to serve as a dialogue and I will post it as one within Christian counseling groups with the intent to promote discussion and realize the unity between Catholics and Protestants in this theology.

If you would like to learn more about Christian Counseling or would like to know how to become a Christian Counselor, then please review the program

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Three Surprising Ways to Grieve the Holy Spirit

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The article, “3 SURPRISING WAYS TO GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT”, by Kevin Deyoung states

“These three ways to grieve the Holy Spirit may be surprising because they correspond to the three ways in which the Spirit acts.”

American Institute Health Care Professionals’ insight:

This article talks about how we can misuse the grace of the Holy Spirit.  One interested point, the third one is how we can sometimes think if we spend too much time on One Person of the Trinity, it may upset the other.  This is farther from the truth.  The article correctly points out that the Holy Spirit shines upon the Son and finds great joy when we see this light upon Him.

The article also points out how we can try to subvert Scripture with our own supposed discourses with the Spirit.  If anything subverts Scripture in our meditations with the Holy Spirit, then it is not obviously from the Holy Spirit.

Christian Counselors should take time and read this article and see if any of their spiritual children may be “grieving” the Holy Spirit,

If you would like to learn more about becoming a Christian Counselor, then please review our program.

#Ineedtraininginchristiancounseling

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Understanding Hypnotherapy: How Hypnosis Works!

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The article, “Biology behind hypnosis? One step closer? Psychoneuroendocrinology.” by Bryant RA, Hung L, Dobson-Stone C, Schofield PR states

“21.10.2013 Hypnosis is a poorly understood psychological phenomenon.15% of the population is considered to be being highly  hypnotisable (Woody et al., 2005).”

American Institute Health Care Professionals’ insight:

How Hypnosis Works!  The Biology Behind The Mental Magic!

Hypnotherapy is not some form of magic.   It has real life biological elements.   It affects the body and the brain not just the mind and the subconscious.    However not too many studies have been done on the biology behind hypnosis.   For this reason not much is known on how hypnotherapy affects you biologically.

One such study was recently conducted to see how hypnosis works and finally answer the question does hypnosis work and why it works for some and not for others?   It turns out that Oxytocin, a hormone your brain produces, might have something to do with hypnosis.   Via the study, patients that were given Oxytocin had an increased response to hypnotherapy than the patients in the placebo group.

What is Oxytocin and why does it have such a strong effect?  Oxytocin is a hormone that our brain produces and uses to lower anxiety.    Studies have found that people who produce more Oxytocin tend to be more relaxed and happier.    This could be the answer to how hypnotherapy works.    When your mind is in a more relaxed state, it is easier to enter a trance.

If you want to learn how to become a hypnotherapist or would like to take courses in hypnotherapy then you should visit the American Institute of Health Care Professionals.   They have an excellent hypnotherapy certification program.

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Preparing for the end: ‘death cafe’ brings people together to talk about dying

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The article, “Preparing for the end: ‘death cafe’ brings people together to talk about dying”, by Nic MacBean.

“At a ‘death cafe’ in Brisbane, people sit around tables eating cake, drinking coffee, and talking about dying.”

American Institute Health Care Professionals’ insight:

Social media is opening up doors that were never opened before.  People are able to express themselves more openly for better or worst but are also able to find niches and fellow human beings who share their joys and pains.

This is also true about grief and death.  People are becoming more open about death and dying and this is definitely a good thing.  Kubler Ross believed that denying death stops us from truly living for the day.  With death cafes and a variety of others social venues, people are now talking about death.

Grief counselors can also take advantage of this and start to help people express themselves regarding grief, dying and death.

If you are interested in learning more or wish to know how to become trained in grief counseling, then please review the program

#needtrainingingriefcounseling

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Learning to Meditate Meditation Instead of Medication

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learning to meditate
learning to meditate

The article, “Meditation Instead of Medication”, by Dr. Marcia Hootman states

“How many distractions do we live with today? Diversions include smart phones, laptops, iTunes, Netflix, social media and texting, to name a few. What if, in the midst of all this, you could maintain more focus?”

American Institute Health Care Professionals’ insight:

How much of our ailments in this world is due simply to stress and rushing to make the next dollar?  If we would just maybe relax and meditate on life and enjoy it then maybe many ailments would become less and less.    By using meditation perhaps we could not need medication?   For example there are plenty of blood pressure drugs out there.  However daily meditation has been shown to lower blood pressure.

Learning to meditate is an excellent way to restore health and vitality to one’s life.  Chronic stress, fatigue and related illnesses can all be lessened by meditation not necessarily medication.  This article looks at how meditation can enhance one’s life.

If you are interested in learning how to become a meditation instructor, then please review the program.

 

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Why Should Anyone Be Afraid Of Dying?

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The article, “Why Should Anyone Be Afraid Of Dying?”, by Karl A. Pillemer, Ph.D. states

“We seem to be inundated now with books about death — and about how great it is.”

American Institute Health Care Professionals’ insight:

Most people who reflect on dying throughout their life have less anxiety especially if religious.  Most people instead fear not death but how they will die.  Will they die young, or in a horrible accident, or will the death be painful?

These are lingering questions but as people age, the questions sometimes change into making sure one’s life is in order and if their family is taken care of.

These are things that certified grief counselors must take into account regarding death.  Regardless, as social media continues to dominate the century, people will be more and more open to questions of death as forums force people to face it and discuss it

If you would like to learn how to train to become a grief counselor, then please review our program.

Our program consists of core courses for those interested in learning how to train to become a grief counselor.

#trainingtobecomeagriefcounselor

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