January 27, 2006

Volume 2, Issue 1

 
Welcome
Happy New Year! And what a super way to start off the year with a very successful cross-Canada World Hypnotism Day on January 4th. There were events spanning our country from coast to coast including free sessions for people on welfare from Wanda Mang in Regina. It was a good day, spreading the word about the benefits of hypnosis and how it improves the quality of life.

There was a great response all around, both from the hypnotists participating and the folks responding in every community. In Toronto we had the largest gathering ever (250 people) who came to The Sutton Place Hotel to learn about hypnosis and relax. >From the comments received, they did both! Thanks to Robert Doyle, president of the Ontario Association of Hypnotherapists, who co-presented with me. And grateful thanks to Zoe Pepler who co-ordinated the cross-Canada program.

I'm now looking forward to a busy, eventful year, and wishing you health, success and lots of giggles for 2006.

Namaste,
Georgina

P.S. We'll be teaching the two-day past life regression course again at the National Guild of Hypnotists Convention's Summer Institute, August 9 and 10, in Marlborough, MA (just outside of Boston). Visit https://www.ngh.net/convreg.htm to register.
World Hypnotism Day Round-Up

Media coverage for World Hypnotism Day and the world's largest relaxation event was extensive. Below is a round-up of some of the coverage you may have seen or heard.


(CP PHOTO/ Stuart Nimmo)


January 3, 2006
[print] Toronto Sun
Interview

January 3, 2006
[TV] Daytime on Rogers Television, Oshawa
Interview with host Al Nichols

January 4, 2006
[radio] Here and Now on national CBC Radio
Interview

January 4, 2006
[TV] Daytime on Rogers Television, Toronto
Interview with hosts Anthony Regan and Myrocia Watamaniuk

January 4, 2006
[TV] Breakfast Television on City TV, Toronto

January 4, 2006
[TV] City TV, Toronto
News and interview

January 13, 2006
[TV] Smith & Hayes on CHTV, Hamilton
Live 30-minute interview at 12:30 p.m.

January 19, 2006
[TV] Life By Design on CHEX TV, Oshawa
60-minute interview with host Denise Marek


 
DEVELOPING AND USING YOUR PSYCHIC SKILLS
WITH INTENT AND INTEGRITY

By special request, this course is being made publicly available for the first time as an intensive interactive weekend workshop. Telepathy, clairaudience, clairvoyance, clairsentience, health scans, psychometry, dowsing, contacting guides and loved ones, future events and timelines will all be discussed.

You will learn:
  • Definitions and uses of various psychic skills
  • Your best natural psychic talents
  • Practical uses of psychic abilities
  • How to exercise and increase your skills
  • How hypnotism enhances your ability
  • How to practice and test your psychic skills
Workshop experiences will include:
  • Psychic aptitude tests to determine your personal niche
  • Practice sessions in various psychic skills
  • Altered state sessions
Dates: May 5-7, 2006
Fee: $750

About the Instructor: Dr. Lisa Halpin is a well-known hypnotism educator, a columnist for the NGH Journal of Hypnotism, a faculty member at the annual NGH Convention, and a member of the NGH Advisory Board and the Council of Braid. She is also the originator of the HypnoCoach™ professional certification program. Beyond hypnotism, Dr. Halpin is now willing to share her psychic skills with you as well. She is a member of the American Society for Psychical Research and the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

This is an early "heads up" announcement. If you are interested in more information, send email to info@ont-hypnosis-centre.com.
Why Weight? Let's Start Communicating
by Jane Briggs

The cornerstone to any good relationship is communication. No truer words have ever been spoken -- and the most important relationship you will ever have in this lifetime is the one you have with yourself. You are the most important person in your world. For without you, there would be no world for you.
From my experience as a past yo-yo dieter, as well as from the many weight loss clients I have had the privilege of working with, weight problems ultimately stem from a breakdown in communication within us. How that translates into our own individual lives is a unique experience for each and every one of us. As much as the diet gurus would like us to believe and invest in their secret formulas, books, potions and pills, most of us on some level know that, for the most part, we gain weight when we consume more energy (food) than we use.

Communication is the foundation from which we can build the body we choose to live within. We have the power to choose and we have the power to communicate.

As a world community, we have developed a tremendous ability to communicate through advanced technology. With a push of a button, one can converse with another person who is thousands of miles away. How strange, yet clear, that the more we have advanced our communications through technology the more we appear to have lost touch with communicating with ourselves -- obesity is rising, weight-related diseases abound.

When the communication between our mind and body is poor, we will undoubtedly experience living within a perfect reflection of that. Knowing that our mind will reach whatever goal we set for it, one must be careful to communicate with it properly so that the outcome is what we originally planned.

Getting in touch and in tune with what our mind and body need in order to operate at optimum performance levels will provide us with the power to design the body we want to live within. Dynamic, permanent results can be yours by the simple art and science of communication.

So I ask you, is it possible that the answer to a lifelong struggle with weight lies in how we communicate with ourselves? For me, I know the answer is a resounding "Yes!" For you, I offer the question.

Jane Briggs is a Certified Hypnotherapist and NLP Practitioner, specializing in weight loss, habit change, stress management and performance improvement. Her compassionate, caring approach combined with powerful mind/body techniques has enabled hundreds of people to reach their desired goals and experience empowering life changes.
 
 
RELEASING ADDICTIONS THROUGH HYPNOSIS AND NLP

This class continues to get rave reviews. Whether you are helping clients overcome an addiction to street drugs, prescription drugs, alcohol or food, this is one workshop you won't want to miss.

You will learn:
  • How to work with general addiction clients
  • Definitions and concepts (defining addiction, understanding the addiction cycle, the disease model and the stages of change model)
  • How to use NLP strategies in the intervention
  • How to work with teens and addiction (harm reduction model, building rapport, COA factors, etc.)
  • Tools that work such as art, music, games, narrative therapy, etc.
Date: March 11-12, 2006
Fee: $600

About the Instructor:
Gilles Brideau, B.A., M.A., MHt., has 12 years of experience working as a substance abuse counsellor in individual, group, marital and family therapy. He brings his counselling and hypnotherapy experience to the Releasing Addictions workshop.

Register online or call (416) 489-0333 / toll-free at (866) 497-7469.
 
Changing Unwanted Habits
by Don Currie
 
Maybe you decide to begin going to the gym and become more physically fit. You throw out the ice cream and the cookies. You get a new pair of workout shoes. You get a membership to your local fitness club. You begin going to the gym three times a week and you start eating the right foods.

Then Friday night comes along and you skip your workout, even though you had planned on going. You get that tub of butterscotch ripple and you dig in.

Breaking old patterns of bad habits and behaviour is not easy. If it was easy we would all be the perfect weight, be smoke free and all have perfect lives. We become frustrated by trying the same thing over and over to make the change and get frustrated when it doesn't work.

Here are some things you can do that make changing unwanted behaviours much easier.

Try something different this time. If you've tried going to the gym but find your attendance lacking, perhaps joining a sports team would be a better choice. If you're stopping smoking and have tried cold turkey, maybe reducing the amount first is a better choice. Come up with new ways to reach your goal!

Failure can be a positive thing if you use it right. Learn from past failures by looking back at those times. Make a choice to do something different in the future when a similar situation arises.

Have a game plan and stick to it. If what we're doing doesn't work for us, we tend to go back to the old pattern of behaviour. Have a game plan that includes a back-up plan, or even better, two! Having a back-up plan increases our chance of success.

Go easy on yourself. Remember that you're learning to do something different. That takes time. Learning to type takes time, learning to read took time. Be as gentle with yourself as you were when you were learning to tie your shoe. Enjoy the experience of change because it feels good when you finally make it!

Don Currie works with clients at OHC who want to make effective changes in their lifestyle and relationship habits, including weight loss, stress, lifestyle patterns, smoking cessation and self esteem issues. He is also a Past Life Regression facilitator.
 
 


Sandra Helton is a brilliant, ethical astrologer who has been practising for many years. She is also featured on the Shirley MacLaine web site as the preferred astrologer.

Search annd browse clinical studies on the power of hypnosis at PubMed, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Discover The Power of Now with Eckhart Tolle




 

Have You Lived Before?

Who were you then and what did those lives teach you that you can benefit from today? Discover the secrets to making past life regression work for you in my book, Return.

"We love the book. I bought your Past Life CD and can't wait to get a chance to try it. I am doing a talk about hypnotherapy and past life regression next weekend. I can't wait to promote your book!"
- Sandra Craib, Ottawa

"I just finished reading your book. Did I ever learn a lot...It was easy to read and understand. The format is attractive and enticing. Your facts are presented crystal clearly. I could feel your honesty... Thank you so very much for this incredible gift."
- Eleanor Levine, Toronto

View the table of contents

Read a sample chapter

Learn more or buy Return: Past Life Regression and You.

 
 

CALL FOR STORIES

If you have a story about how hypnosis changed your life, or how a past life regression session gave you some insight or wisdom about your current life, let Georgina know. She's looking for stories for her next book -- you could be in it!

Please e-mail your story to Georgina with the subject line "Book Story."

 
 

NEWS FLASH!

Karie Johnston, R.N. and hypnotherapist, will soon be joining us to offer Pain Clinics to clients every Thursday. The new clinics start on March 16. We are very excited to be working with Karie."

 
 

THIS MONTH'S
SPECIAL OFFER

Start the new year off right -- with forgiveness of self and others. Our two-part Forgiveness and Healing the Inner Child CD shows you the way.

Buy this CD for just $15 + GST until February 20, 2006. To order, call Krista at (416) 489-0333 / toll-free at (866) 497-7469 or send e-mail. Please mention the January Lifechanger when ordering.

 
 

Proud to Be Involved

The Ontario Hypnosis Centre is proud to be the preferred and official hypnotherapy clinic for the PWA, the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation. We are thankful for the opportunity to contribute to our neighbourhood community.

 
 

Words to Ponder

ASK!

Don't sit with your mind folded
Like hands upon your lap,
Waiting for lighting to strike
Or a booming thunder clap.

We can't force or push you
Because you have free will,
But when you ask for us to help
Life's hills become life's thrills!

  ~ Marian Hartill
    From kyron.org

 
 


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T: +1-416-489-0333

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Unlock the power of your subconscious mind with hypnosis. Dr. Georgina Cannon, a certified master clinical hypnotherapist, is an international teacher, lecturer and founding director of a hypnosis clinic and school in Toronto, Canada.

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