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Is Past Life Regression Real?

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Imagine you’re having reoccurring dreams of Concentration Camps from the 30s/40s. The first time you dreamt this, you found it a little odd since this horrible time in our history happened 20 years before you were born. You didn’t even have much knowledge of this time period. However, you felt very familiar with the people and the place each time this dream occurred. After several months working with a group of individuals that believed in reincarnation, you began to get some answers to questions about your life – your past life. This is what happened to my friend Cheryl.

About this same time, Dr. Brian Weiss, wrote his book, “Many Lives Many Masters”, a story of a patient that gave him information about a past life during some counseling sessions. Dr. Weiss went on to become one of the leading authorities on the subject and has reported to have regressed over 4,000 patients.

Past lives are more widely accepted today with many psychologist and hypnotist working in the field. There are many case studies of young children knowing details about times and things in history that they could not possibly have any knowledge of due to their age.

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Have you ever met someone that you just felt very comfortable with and found yourself saying, “I feel as if we have known each other for years”? Perhaps you visited a place for the first time, and you know exactly where things were located and the layout of the entire area. These are indications that you have been here before.

People explore past lives for different reasons. For example, a person struggles with a problem or fear that is unnatural and believe it might have something to do with another life time. Because we are made of energy and energy never dies, many people do not find the idea of past lives as foreign as they once did. Over the years, we have learned much about energy and how our energy works.

During a past life session you might discover a talent that you “remember” or get an answer to a trauma that you have no knowledge of in your current life. Past life regression often brings peace and/or understanding to the individual about certain behaviors or habits.

If you want to know more and experience a past life regression for yourself, contact Brenda Mayo at Seeds of Wellness to learn when Donna Bretz will be offering group regression sessions. Donna also offers one on one sessions upon request.

Author: Donna Bretz

Read more about past life regression on “Does Past-Life Regression Work?” on Oprah.com.

What Is Hypnosis?

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Hypnosis is not sleep, unconsciousness, mind control or magic. In fact it is a heightened state of awareness. The person is fully aware, in control and able to respond to requests, either verbally or by a signal. There is no surrender of control – no magic.

No one can be hypnotized against his/her “will” or made to do anything he/she does not want to do. Anyone of average intelligence and higher can be hypnotized if they chose. Hypnosis is a helpful tool in over-coming fears, eliminating bad habits like smoking and overeating. It is also helpful in pain control, managing stress and more.

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Hypnosis is a practice older than medicine. It dates back to the early Egyptians. Today there are many false myths and half-truths aspired about hypnosis and hypnotherapists – (hyp-no-‘ther-a-pists) who use hypnosis to treat patients with emotional disorders and help them over come bad habits.

Like daydreaming, hypnosis is a state of calm relaxation and an education-communication process that allows a person’s conscious and subconscious minds to believe in the same message. Hypnosis can be used to help a person change behaviors they desire to change like the following:

  • Reduce Stress
  • Enhance memory
  • Improve athletic performance
  • Increase motivation
  • Eliminate phobias
  • Decrease pain
  • Improve sexual function
  • Stop smoking

When choosing a hypnotherapist, be sure they are certified in hypnotherapy from a reputable school or organization.

Author: Elizabeth Howell

 

Seeds of Wellness is offering two hypnosis group sessions in May and June with Rev. Elizabeth Howell. She is a certified hypnotherapist by the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association through the School of Personal Growth Hypnosis in Strongsville, Ohio, and has over 15 years experience.

  • On May 26, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, Elizabeth provides a weight control hypnosis group session .
  • Stop smoking hypnosis group session occurs on June 16, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm.

Cost for both group hypnosis sessions: $45 (payment due 5 days before the session with no refund if cancel less than 36 hours before the date of the event)

Seating is limited to 8, so be sure to reserve your spot by calling 440-933-7733 now.

Balancing Your Chakras with Gemstones

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Locations of seven chakrasDo you feel your energy and/or body is out of balance? Using gemstones that correspond to each chakra can help re-align your energy and body.

Below is a guide to help you choose a gemstone for each chakra:

  • Crown (white/violet) – Clear Quartz, Selenite or Diamond
  • Third Eye (indigo) – Amethyst, Lepidolite or Fluorite
  • Throat (blue) – Kyanite, Turquoise or Lapis Lazuli
  • Heart (green) – Rose Quartz, Jade or Rhodochrosite
  • Solar Plexus (yellow) – Citrine, Yellow Tiger’s Eye or Calcite
  • Sacral (orange) – Carnelian, Moonstone or Amber
  • Root (red) – Bloodstone, Hematite or Red Jasper

Different sources name different gemstones, but the ones listed above are the most common.

To balance a chakra, lay on your back. Place the gemstone on or near its corresponding chakra. Close your eyes and visualize your energy flowing freely through that chakra for 7 to 15 minutes. You can balance several chakras by placing a gemstone on each chakra you need to balance.

These stones can also be placed near you as you sleep, wearing them as jewelry or carrying them with you. The closer the gemstone is to its corresponding chakra the faster the gemstone balances that chakra.

Some gemstones help balance the chakras in more than one way:

  • Smoky Quartz – grounds the chakras from the crown to the root
  • Malachite – opens and cleanses all the chakras
  • Tourmaline – cleanses and protects all the chakras
  • Kyanite – aligns all the chakras to each other

Note: Before and after the chakra balancing, the gemstones you used should be cleansed with salt water, placing in the sunlight or putting the gemstones with Citrine or Kyanite.

When your chakras are in balance you may feel relaxed, less stressed and/or energized. However, balancing your chakras is not a medical solution. Call your doctor if you are experiencing any health concerns.

Want to learn more about the energy of gemstones for healing, balancing and protection? Call 440-933-7733 to register for our class, “Learning About Gemstone Energy”, on Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm.

Learn more about chakras on our blog post, “What Are Chakras?”.

 

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How Gratitude Can Improve Your Life

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At least once a year in November we celebrate what we are thankful for in our lives. Why is this important and should we be doing it more than once or twice a year?

What is Gratitude?

According to the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude, Robert Emmons, there are two key components to gratitude. “First, it’s an affirmation of goodness. We affirm that there are good thing in the world, gifts and benefits we’ve received. …The second part of gratitude is figuring out where that goodness comes from. We recognize the sources of this goodness as being outside of ourselves.”*

What Are The Benefits of Being Grateful?

There are 7 scientifically proven benefits of gratitude**:

  • “Gratitude opens the door to more relationships” – by saying “thank you” to others, it shows we appreciate them. Many times, saying “thank you” can lead to new opportunities.
  • “Gratitude improves physical health” – according to a 2012 study, people who are thankful take better care of their health and have few aches and pains.
  • Woman smiling as she thinks about what she is thankful for today.“Gratitude improves psychological health” – Robert Emmons’ studies show that gratitude increases happiness and reduces depression.
  • “Gratitude enhances empathy and reduces aggression” – grateful people are less likely to retaliate and show more empathy towards people, according to a University of Kentucky study.
  • “Grateful people sleep better” – a 2011 study about gratitude journals found people who wrote grateful statements before bed slept better and longer.
  • “Gratitude improves self-esteem” – appreciation of other’s accomplishments is an essential aspect of peak and better job performance.
  • “Gratitude increases mental strength” – many studies over the years prove that being thankful and showing gratitude makes the person more resilient, quicker to over come trauma and have lower stress levels.

Many of these same benefits are listed in a Times article, “7 Surprising Health Benefits of Gratitude”. For a larger list of benefits, visit “The 31 Benefits of Gratitude You Didn’t Know About: How Gratitude Can Change Your Life” by Amit Amin on Happier Human.

Ways to Explore Gratitude

Here are some suggestions to cultivate gratitude***:

  • Keep a gratitude journal – every night before going to bed write down a couple of sentences about one or two things you’re grateful for today.
  • Write a thank you note – thank a person for something they do which improves your life and send it to them or give it to them personally. You may consider writing a thank you note to yourself.
  • Mediate – as you clear your mind, focus on something you are grateful for like the warmth of the sun, your pet(s), a favorite food, etc.
  • Pray – say prayers of gratitude, thanking the divine for people and things you have in your life that bring you happiness.
  • Say thank you to someone – tell a person “thank you” even if it is a stranger who held the door open for you.

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Like any new habit, taking time to be grateful everyday will not come easy at first and the benefits not seen right away. However, the more you do it, the easier it will become and the more you will see the benefits it has on your life.

 
Get support and encouragement to be grateful and show gratitude by joining Seeds of Wellness’ free “Sharing Gratitude Group” that meets the second Saturday of every month from 10:30 to 11:30am. We will share what we are thankful for in our lives, talk about our struggles to be grateful and discuss the benefits we are noticing as we explore reasons for gratitude.  See the dates for this group in our Google Calendar on our Events and Services page.

 
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* “Why Gratitude Is Good”, by Robert Emmons, Greater Good Magazine

** “7 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Gratitude” by Amy Morin, Psychology Today

*** “In Praise of Gratitude” from Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School

Cartomancy: Divination with Playing Cards

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Almost everyone has heard of Tarot Decks and Tarot readers. But do you know that you can also do divination using a traditional deck of cards?

Cartomancy-divination with playing cardsWhen doing a prophecy or divination reading using playing cards, it is called cartomancy. The exact beginning and origins of this practice is a mystery, but playing cards are known to be used in ancient India and for prophetic readings in Egypt during the time of the Pharaohs. Around the 14th century, divination readings using playing cards appeared in Europe spread by gypsies and became popular starting in the 18th century.

People are called Cartomancers or Card Readers, who perform divination readings with cards. The original playing cards, called Mamluk, from the Middle East consisted of four suits that related to Earth, Wind, Fire and Water and 52 cards. These cards predate Tarot cards, which were first seen in the 1300s.

Like Tarot readings, there are various card spreads you can use with playing cards. Each suit and card has its own meaning. For instance: Clubs are about money/finance and the Eight of Clubs represents trouble in business, relationships and personal as well as jealousy and greed.

To learn more about cartomancy and how to read playing cards, sign up for our upcoming “Introduction to Cartomancy” on August 17 from 6:30-8:00pm. Call 440-933-7733 for more information and to sign up now.

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Do You Have Psychometry Abilities?

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Like all abilities, some of us are better at a skill than others. However, we can improve our abilities through practice. What are psychometry abilities?

Have you ever picked up a piece of jewelry at a garage sale and quickly put it down because you didn’t like the way it made you feel? Perhaps you feel overwhelmed with emotions, smells, etc. in antique stores. Can you locate items quickly? If you relate to any of these statements you may have experienced your psychometry abilities.

Everyone has some psychometry abilities.Psychometry, sometimes called “sensing with fingers”, is the ability to pick up information from the energy of an object or place by touching or holding them. The energetic information you receive relates to the people connected to the item or location. The longer the object or place is near or on a person, the more information about the person you may receive.

As you hold or touch an object you may hear, see, smell, touch or sense things from it. Don’t dismiss any of the energetic information you are receiving because it may not seem like anything to you but could be important to the person who owns the object.

Like all skills, it takes practice to become a psychometry master. You will get better at receiving energetic information with practice by just touching objects, clearing your mind, relaxing and allow yourself to receive information.

 

Interested in learning how to develop your psychometry abilities? Call us at 440-933-7733 to sign up for our “Learning Psychometry” class taught by psychic, Rev. Greg Nicholas on Thursday, July 13, 2017 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Seating is limited, so you reserve your seat today!

To learn more about this and other events, please visit our “Events & Services” webpage.