by Sally Stone | Dec 30, 2015 | featured, golden words, positive thinking |
Golden Words [ˈɡōldən wərds]: Positive words used intentionally to improve your life and the way you feel. Reason #1: You’ll feel better. Try this—next time you look in the mirror listen to what you’re thinking about yourself. If it’s not nice, become aware of how...
by Sally Stone | Jun 18, 2015 | featured, whole food |
By Sally Stone If you’ve decided to improve how you feel by adopting a whole food diet or been placed on a restricted diet by your doctor or nutritionist, then chances are you’ve been thrown into a whole new meal routine. This new routine may include eating out less,...
by Sally Stone | Jan 18, 2015 | Face your fears, Fearlessness, Meditation, Uncategorized |
By Sally Stone Did you ever wonder what the phrase “you have nothing to fear, but fear itself” really means? I had occasion to discover the meaning while facing an onslaught of fears during a morning meditation. After a near-fatal accident 8 years ago, I developed a...
by Sally Stone | Jan 7, 2015 | featured, hypnosis, Law of Reversed Effect, Metaphor, Safe Place |
By Sally Stone Why “Trying” To Relax or Sleep Never Works If you’ve ever had difficulty relaxing, going to sleep, or unable to create any other physiological effect, you’ve experienced “The Law of Reversed Effect.” According to D. Cordyron Hammond, Ph.D.,...
by Sally Stone | Oct 27, 2014 | autosuggestion, hypnosis, pleasant memories, revivify, self-hypnosis, Uncategorized |
Recalling Pleasant Memories Can you recall a time when you last felt carefree? Do you have pleasant memories of that light-hearted state where you felt completely free of cares? Or do you think being carefree is only for lucky kids, who have few obligations but to...
by Sally Stone | Aug 27, 2014 | featured, guided Imagery, healing, posture, self-hypnosis, superheroes |
By Sally Stone Shift Your State with the Power of Posture When I worked in schools as a classroom teacher, coach, and yoga teacher, I taught my students about how their posture and body language communicates whether they’re engaged and listening as well as how...
by Sally Stone | Aug 9, 2014 | Uncategorized |
By Sally Stone My hair stylist comes to my house to cut my hair. She spreads a large plastic sheet on my kitchen floor, and I sit on a stool, my big brown towel wrapped over my shoulders. I love getting these haircuts at home. Like hypnosis, haircuts are so relaxing....
by Sally Stone | Aug 9, 2014 | autosuggestion, hypnosis, positive thinking, Uncategorized, Visualization |
By Sally Stone Today I was talking to my hair stylist, who laid out a large plastic sheet on my kitchen floor, then set up a stool for me to sit on. I wrapped my big brown towel over my shoulders and closed my eyes. Getting a haircut, like hypnosis, is so relaxing. My...
by Sally Stone | Aug 8, 2014 | guided Imagery, self-hypnosis |
By Sally Stone Unless you have a quiet yogi mind, you’re busy talking to others and yourself all day long. What is the quality of your thoughts during all these interactions? Do your thoughts make you feel good? Or, do your thoughts make you feel bad? Do your...
by Sally Stone | Nov 20, 2012 | Children's Yoga |
By Sally Stone The Disruptive Meditator Offers A Teachable Moment One of the students in my children’s yoga group (3rd-5th graders) liked to make witty jokes. He was the class clown. I spent several hours designing my lesson and guided meditation only to be...
