Relaxation Music, Relaxing Music and Sleep Music for Stress Relief: 2012

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Millions of People Can Now Reduce Stress and Create Health and Wellness with Relaxation Music, Positive Affirmations and Hypnosis

Everyone can now reduce stress with the use of relaxation music, positive affirmations and guided imagery. Enhanced Healing is now introducing a special brand of relaxation music, positive affirmations and hypnotherapy recordings to help those who needs to reduce stress. Originally developed in a counseling setting, our relaxation music, positive affirmation and hypnosis recordings are now available to anyone who wants to reduce stress and experience health and well being.

The effects and consequences of stress, especially in today's world, can be devestating, both individually and as a society. It is estimated that over 70% of employed individuals suffer from stress related conditions including anxiety and insomnia. Unfortunately, untreated stress can also cause major health problems such as ulcers, headaches and hypertension to mention only a few. Enhanced Healing is committed to helping people to transform stress into health and well being in their lives.

The cause of stress will be found in ones perception or way of thinking. As we know, how a person thinks effects, if not determines, how he feels and also, how he will behave or act. Emotions are merely the result of a person having certain thoughts or thinking in a particular way. The thinking process that tends to be the primary cause of stress is one in which the person has a negative perception of himself. Poor self esteem is a major component in creating and experiencing stress.

The most important question is how can you go about reducing and even eliminating your experience of stress. The only true and effective way to go about changing a person's experience of stress is to change ones thinking and in particular, the way a person thinks about themselves and their life, about their value and worth as a human being. The experience of stress will be reduced if not eliminated when the individual transforms his self esteem and creates a more positive and healthy self image.

t is the mission of Enhanced Healing to help people to begin to reduce stress through the use of relaxation music, positive affirmations and hypnotherapy with the ultimate goal to help a person improve his self esteem. Below are how these three modalities can be used to effectively to reduce your stress and the possible harmful consequences that could happen.

1. Relaxation Music, Healing Music, Relaxing Music, Sleep Music. Listening to music, in particular relaxation music, can help you to reduce stress by directly relaxing your body and also by beginning to interrupt your thinking and thought process. When you listen to relaxation music your attention is slowly starting to be directed away from what you are thinking about to the experience of the music. As you think or experience more and more of the music your stress level will start to drop or lessen.

2. Positive Affirmations. Using positive affirmations will directly affect a person's thoughts and beliefs. When a person is experiencing stress he tends to be having or thinking many negative thoughts. Listening to positive affirmations starts to imprint positive thoughts into the person's mind, thoughts that will begin to negate or replace the negative ones. As one is listening to positive affirmations there will be a tendency for the individual to focus more on what he is listening to at the moment and as a result reduce his stress level.

3. Guided Imagery. Using guided imagery directly effects that way a person thinks about himself, others and life in general. Guided imagery will first direct a person's thoughts towards relaxing and second towards altering or changing the structure or way he thinks about something like a specific event or even himself. As a person follows the directions given in guided imagery he will start to think differently about whatever it is that he is focusing on. Guided imagery can be the most powerful of the three for transforming a person's perception of himself.

When you decide to use relaxation music, positive affirmations and hypnotherapy to reduce your stress it is important to remember a few things. The positive and lasting effect of using relaxation music, positive affirmations and guided imagery comes only from their repeated use, daily use. It is also important to find time during the day when you will be free and have no distractions. Also, when you are listening to the music ensure that you are relaxed, sitting in a chair or lying down with your eyes closed. Lastly the ideal way to get the full effect is to use quality stereo headphones.

Enhanced Healing would like to make an offer to anyone who is interested in lowering their stress level. In the interest of being of service to those who suffer from stress and anxiety in particular and to the world in general, I am going to make available, free of charge, three recordings, a 30 minutes of relaxation music, a positive affirmation and a hypnosis recording. All that I ask in return is that those who use these recordings to please report how it makes you feel and the effect that it has on your life. The three free MP3 downloads can be downloaded here: http://soundcloud.com/harry-henshaw

Monday, June 11, 2012

Improving Self Esteem with Positive Affirmations and Relaxation Music

Positive self-esteem is very important for our general health and wellness as human beings. Having positive self-esteem is also important for promoting any type of healing, whether physical, emotional or spiritual. Poor or low self-esteem on the other hand can be quite detrimental to our well-being and even our very existence. Negative self-esteem can create anxiety, stress, loneliness, depression, problems with relationships, seriously impair academic and job performance and also can generate an increased vulnerability to drug and alcohol abuse and dependency. On the other hand, a person with positive self-esteem tends to be more motivated in taking on and creating a life that he loves, living it powerfully and in this process be authentically related to others in his community. Having positive self-esteem appears to be necessary for having a happy and healthy existence regardless of who we are or what profession we are taking on in life.

What is self-esteem? We commonly think that self-esteem is merely about how we feel about ourselves at any particular moment. While seemingly existing in degrees, we tend to believe that we have positive or negative self-esteem and that we make that determination simply by how we feel about ourselves. However, within a conversation of Holistic Counseling, our feelings or emotions do not exist alone or have an independent existence. We do not just simply feel. Rather, for every feeling or emotion that we have, either positive or negative, there is a corresponding thought that we have about ourselves that generates the experience of self-esteem. Whether positive or negative, self-esteem is merely how our organism experiences the thoughts that the individual has about himself or herself.

If a person has positive thoughts about himself he will experience positive or good self-esteem. On the other hand, if the individual has negative thoughts about who he thinks he is then he will experience poor or negative self-esteem. Therefore, to truly understand what self-esteem is all about and more importantly to be able to alter it when necessary for ones wellness or healing, we must first get it that self-esteem is really about our thinking, and more specifically about the thoughts that we develop or create about ourselves. The thoughts or beliefs that we have about ourselves are crucial in that they determine or create the structure of our experience of self-esteem and the various emotions associated with it.

We also tend to think of our self-esteem as being something that is shaped by the events that take place in our life, particularly those from our past. We tend to believe that who we think we are and how we feel about ourselves is merely the product, effect or caused by the experiences that we have had in the past, that we are who we are by virtue of what has happened to us as human beings. More specifically, we tend to think that the cause in the matter of who we think we are and our self-esteem is due to circumstance, situation or others, people, places and things. We do not tend to think that our self-esteem is something we actually developed or created.

Within the work of transformation, it is not the past, circumstance, situation or others, that determines our underlying self-image and corresponding self-esteem. We created our thoughts and with it our emotions from the meaning that we gave to the events that took place in our life, especially at an early age. As meaning making machines we give meaning to everything in our life including and most importantly to ourselves. At an early age the meaning that we give an event tends to be made out to be all about us. While events do happen it is not the events that are important but rather the meaning that we give them and especially how we made it out to be about our identity.

Given the fact that our thoughts determine our feelings or emotions and equally important that we are truly responsible for their creation, to change or transform our self-esteem, how we tend to feel about ourselves, amounts to us altering how we see or conceive of ourselves in the world in the now and this work is our responsibility alone. It is our self-image, how we define ourselves as an individual in the world in the present, that determines our experience of self-esteem and it is this that we are truly responsible for creating and equally responsible for transforming.

When we alter or transform our definition of ourselves in the present we change how we feel about ourselves and with it our experience of reality and life in general. If we do not get it that we are responsible for what we think about ourselves and that we are the real author of our self-image and self-esteem we will continue to blame something or some body, remain powerless and stuck in life. The question of how to actually go about altering or improving an individual?s self-esteem is one that has been debated for many years by professionals both in the mental health and addiction arenas.

Self-esteem can be improved or transformed in several ways. To improve ones self-esteem requires that a person become present to ones self limiting belief, that which has stopped us in life and in the process create new possibilities for oneself, a new self-image from which to begin to live life into. Another way to improve an individual's self-esteem is through the use of positive affirmations. Given that the basis of self-esteem is the thoughts that a person has about himself, an individual with poor or negative self-esteem is believing negative thoughts or ideas about who he thinks he is. The individual may think, for example, that he is worthless or not good enough and as a result will tend to experience poor or negative self-esteem.

Within the work of transformation and Holistic Counseling, the thought that is at the basis or core of our self-talk is defined as a person's Self Limiting Belief, the fundamental or core belief about who we think we are. Unless this core thought or belief that a person has about himself is changed or transformed he will continue to experience a poor or negative self-esteem and as a result of this negative thought pattern create or generate life experiences that will match and validate what they think about themselves. Given such a cognitive and emotional situation life will continue to appear as it has in the past and ones future will merely be the probable almost certain future.

Utilizing positive affirmations can be a very powerful tool for transforming what a person thinks about himself and as a result improve the individual's self-esteem. Consistent use of positive affirmations will transform the negative beliefs about who a person thinks he is into positive ones, will begin to alter the basis and structure of his self talk or inner voice and produce a transformation from poor self-esteem to positive self-esteem. While utilized in a various ways, working with positive affirmations will be more effective when delivered through or combined with therapeutic Relaxation Music.

What Relaxation Music does to enhance the effect of positive affirmations is to create a very relaxed audio environment for the individual to become even more open or suggestive to the language of positive affirmations. When therapeutic Relaxation Music is combined with binaural audio tones the audio space that is created for the delivery of positive affirmations is even more relaxing and as a result very powerful.

In addition to utilizing a unique type of Relaxation Music, the infusion of either theta or alpha binaural tones is crucial for the success of this type of intervention. When therapeutic Relaxation Music and binaural audio tones are combined in this fashion the individual will experience a very deep state of relaxation and as a result be more open to the reception and eventual acceptance of the positive Affirmations.

The key to the effective use of positive affirmation in this or any other type of intervention is consistency. The self-image and the negative thoughts about who a person thinks he is that generates his experience of poor or negative self-esteem is well established in the his belief system. In many cases the development of a negative self-image took years to create and has been reinforced through repetitive behavioral validation. Once a person creates and then believes that a self-limiting belief is true he will continually act as if it is true. This seemingly fundamental belief will appear to the person as true and as a result will continually be acted upon and thereby be reinforced through ones behavior. Much of that person's behavior will be to continually validate who he thinks he is. Ones behavior will always be directed at supporting, reinforcing and validating what the person believes is true about him.

While necessary for ones well-being and health, such a transformation of ones self-image from being basically a negative one to one that is fundamentally positive does not happen instantly. As with the development of an individual's negative self-image, the development of a more adequate belief about the true nature of the individual will necessitate consistent and repetitive work by the person. Basic to this process is that the individual must fully embrace his sense of complete responsibility for the development of his self-image and also for its transformation. To do otherwise will only leave the individual feeling powerless and unable to create the life that he or she truly desires and unless there is consistency and repetition such a transformation will simply not happen.

More on this later.

Enhanced Healing through Relaxation Music

Monday, June 4, 2012

Five Ways to Transform Your Thinking and Life

Changing your thinking is the key to transforming your life. It is your thinking that creates your feelings which in turn determines your behavior, what you do in life. While it is true that you behave according to how you feel, it is your thoughts that cause you to feel a certain way, either positive or negative. Change your thinking and you will change your life. Listed below are five ways you can go about practicing this type of inner transformation.

The first way to go about changing your thinking is by reading. When you read spiritual or transformative books and think about the ideas you are reading you are in the process of altering your thoughts, if only for the moment when you are reading and thinking. If you continue to read and study the same ideas and concepts repeatedly they will begin to imprint on your mind, having in some cases a lasting, even permanent effect. Some people even belief that when you read something continously that you are what you are reading, that the language and words that you are contemplating is who you are at that moment.

The second way to change your thoughts has to do with Prayer. Praying is a way for you to practice an internal dialogue with yourself regardless of the religious connotations that it may have for you. Praying will alter your thinking especially if you do it repeatedly, say, every day. Again, when you pray, when you say what ever it is that you say in prayer, you are creating positive energy through your words and also, as suggested above, you are the words or language that you say or create. When your words are about getting connected to Spirit or Source it is at that moment that you are getting connected, even to the God of your understanding.

The third way of changing thought involves being in a conversation with others. Having conversations are either a way of reinforcing the beliefs and thoughts that you have already or a way of starting to create a new way of thinking. This is especially powerful when you are having a conversation about some topic that you are in the process of learning, say, something spiritual in nature or some conversation that has to do with your inner transformation. When you discuss these topics or ideas with another human being repeatedly you create the possibility of imprinting the new thoughts and beliefs from the conversation even more. Having conversations with others can be very powerful especially when the conversations are challenging to you.

The fourth way of changing your thinking is through the use of positive affirmations. Using positive affirmations is one of the most powerful ways to change your thinking. When you use positive affirmations daily you will begin to alter the very beliefs and thoughts you have about yourself, that which forms the context of who you think you are, of your self image and self esteem. When who you think you are alters or transforms then your entire life starts to shift in a very powerful and even positive way. When your self image starts to transform, what you have been sourcing into your life will then start to be different and more positive. Using positive affirmations daily can truly transform your life.

The fifth way of transforming your thinking is through the creation of a gratitude list. Having a gratitude list and repeating it daily, especially in the morning upon rising and when you retire at night, is a way of causing or generating more of what you want to have continue in your life. When you say what you are grateful for you are continuing to source those things and people into your life. Like the above mentioned four other ways to transform your thinking, having an attitude of gratitude will cause you to create positive language and words for you to live your life from.

Putting all five ways of transforming your thinking into your daily practice will have an extraordinary impact on your life. Practicing all five ways repeatedly as part of your daily practice will transform your life and let you begin to live the life that you say you want. More on this later.

Dr. Harry Henshaw

Enhanced Healing through Relaxation Music

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Relaxation Music Helps Cancer Patients Through Chemotherapy

Cancer patients undergoing treatment in hospitals now have available therapeutic relaxation music to help them through their chemotherapy. Working with Ellen’s Heart and Soul organization, Enhanced Healing has recently donated relaxation music that will be made available to cancer patients while they are undergoing their treatment. Enhanced Healing has also developed a fund raising campaign to raise money for food for low income cancer patients and their families.

Dr. Harry Henshaw

Cancer is one of the major diseases facing us today, both as individuals and as a society. Every year many individuals are diagnosed with cancer. Every year many individuals die from this disease. While cancer is one of the leading diseases facing humanity today, there is a great deal of research and treatment taking place in our communities.

Enhanced Healing has recently launched a new and innovative program to help raise funds for agencies that are devoted to being of service to their communities. Believing strongly in the importance of being of service to our local and global communities, Enhanced Healing is now extending an invitation to any non-profit organization or individuals interested in partnering with Enhanced Healing in the Relaxation Music for Charity program. One such agency is the Ellen’s Heart and Soul organization.

Ellen’s Heart and Soul is a 501c3 non-profit organization devoted to helping promote healthy living, relaxation and excitement in the hearts and souls of men and women with cancer. Originally Ellen’s Heart and Soul was a breast cancer non-profit but its reach has been broadened to help as many cancer patients and their families as possible through two ongoing initiatives, Music for the Heart and Soul and Meals for the Heart and Soul.

Music for the Heart and Soul is Ellen’s in-hospital program where they are collecting all genres of relaxing music from around the world to be made available to patients while they undergo chemotherapy treatments. Through music Ellen’s Heart and Soul is able to help create a relaxing and stress-free environment, during chemotherapy treatment. The Meals for the Heart and Soul program represents a healthy living initiative. Ellen’s Heart and Soul will be providing fresh organic food to low-income cancer patients and their families. Eating organic food is an easy and pleasant way to reduce the risk of cancer and promote a healthy lifestyle.

Enhanced Healing is now helping to support both of Ellen’s Heart and Soul’s initiatives. With respect to the Music for the Heart and Soul, Enhanced Healing will be donating four 60 minute recordings of relaxation music that cancer patients will be able to listen to while undergoing chemotherapy. Enhanced Healing will be donating the relaxation music recordings of Fantasia, Gradual Awakening, Lunar Sun and Gentle Dreams. These particular recordings will be streamed from the website of Ellen’s Heart and Soul and will be available to any patient undergoing treatment. Patients who are undergoing chemotherapy in any hospital or facility will now be able to listen to the relaxation music of Dr. Henshaw and as a result help them to relax as they are undergoing their treatment.

In addition, Enhanced Healing has created a special fund raising campaign for the Meals for the Heart and Soul program,to help raise money for this very important program. With this special fund raising effort, 50 per cent of the revenue received from the sale of Enhanced Healing’s relaxation music, healing music, sleep music, positive affirmation and hypnotherapy recordings from its website will be donated to Ellen’s Heart and Soul organization so that they can help provide organic food to low income cancer patients and their families.

The vision of Enhanced Healing is to be of service to the world by promoting serenity and harmony through relaxation music. To achieve its vision Enhanced Healing provides high quality MP3 download recordings of relaxation music, healing music, sleep music that helps individuals to experience a very deep state of relaxation as well as a peaceful sound sleep. All of the relaxation music, positive affirmations and hypnosis recordings have been created, recorded and produced by Dr. Harry Henshaw.

To learn how to participate now in Enhanced Healing’s fund raising campaign for Ellen’s Heart and Soul please click here Relaxation Music for Charity for Ellen’s Heart and Soul.

For more information about our relaxation music, healing music, sleep music and Relaxation Music for Charity program to raise money for non-for-profit organizations please visit http://www.enhancedhealing.com or contact Dr. Harry Henshaw at 305-498-3442 .

Enhanced Healing through Relaxation Music

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Positive Affirmations for Self Esteem

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dr Harry Henshaw

Positive affirmations can be very effective in helping you to improve your self-esteem and in turn your life. Repeated use of positive affirmations can help you to improve how you think and feel about yourself.

The Self-Esteem positive affirmation recording by Dr Harry Henshaw combines positive affirmations with the therapeutic relaxation music of Fantasia to help you think and feel better about yourself, to improve your self esteem. This recording of relaxation music and positive affirmations utilizes the power of theta binaural beats or binaural audio tones to further enhance the effect of the positive affirmations.

The Self Esteem recording is a 30 minute high quality MP3 download of positive affirmations and holistic, relaxation music to help you to improve your self esteem.