Lose Weight

Trying to lose weight is never an easy process. In our modern, consumer led busy lives it’s difficult to resist the calorie-filled temptations that cross our path. At the end of a hectic working day it’s often beyond our powers of motivation to get down to the gym or out into the local park. Even if you do manage to reduce your calorie intake and increase your activity levels, you may still find yourself unable to shed the pounds. If you do find it difficult to lose weight have you ever considered using alternative therapy to help ? If so then what you really need is a technique which will support you on the physical, emotional and psychological levels all at once. A technique that kick starts your sluggish bodily systems so they operate more efficiently and a treatment which not only re-educates your appetite centres so you eat sensibly without snacking, but also improves your powers of motivation and self -discipline. HypnopunctureTM does all this and more by combining the ancient powerful body-wisdom of acupuncture with the modern cutting-edge techniques of hypnotherapy.

HypnopunctureTM and the appetite

When trying to lose weight, the first thing you probably need to do is reduce your calorie intake. This can usually be achieved by eating smaller, more nutritionally balanced meals and cutting out snacking in between. It sounds like a straightforward thing to achieve, but in reality our bodies and appetite centres are not always co-operative. Food cravings and snacking are the downfall of many a deter mined dieter. With HypnopunctureTM however, this is no longer the case. The technique is designed to help eli minate all food cravings and desires to snack. By using a combination of acupuncture points which gradually re-educate and bring into balance your hormonal systems, along with powerful hypnothrapy techiniques to release the unconscious behaviour patterns of snacking, HynponpunctureTM ensures your calorie intake will decrease with ease.

HypnopunctureTM and the body

Although reducing calorie intake will certainly be a pre-requisite for weight loss, many people don’t realise how much the health and vitality of your bodily systems plays a part in the process. For example if your metabolism is sluggish you will find it hard to burn off excess calories. If your digestive system and bowels are inefficient your body will accumulate fat and fluids more readily. This is one of the major reasons why many people who do all the right things still find it hard to lose weight.

However with HypnopunctureTM these issues are addressed head on with a combination of appropriate acupuncture points to vitalize and balance your body systems and powerful visualisations to harmonize mind and body.

HypnopunctureTM and acupuncture

Acupuncture points stimulated in the ears (auricular acupuncture) are known to promote the release of chemicals such as endorphins, which are the same ones that are your brain secretes after you have eaten a nice calorie filled snack or meal. During a hypnopunctureTM treatment these acupuncture points are stimulated with needles to allow the body to release such chemicals naturally without the need for snacking. After the treatment, small acupressure seeds are placed on these points in your outer ear, enabling you to stimulate the release of these chemicals naturally, between treatments. This technique rapidly retrains your appetite centres to operate without the need for snacking or consuming large portions at mealtimes.

HypnopunctureTM and food

We all develop unconscious associations and habitual behaviours towards food and eating. From being conditioned to perceive sweet desserts as a reward for good behaiour as a child, to the everyday associations we develop as adults, such as consu ming savoury snacks when we’re out socialising, dunking your favourite biscuit with a cup of tea, or craving a cream cake or bar of chocolate every time you feel down. All of these unconscious behaviours can be major obstacles to losing weight. But with HypnopunctureTM those obstacles melt away. How is this done? Because all of these obstacles are behaviours which have been learned, they can also be unlearned and replaced by more helpful behaviour patterns using hypnosis. This brings about a harmonious re-alignment between your conscious and sub-conscious goals, and you no longer need to fight unconscious desires to eat when you don’t need to eat.

HypnopunctureTM and hypnosis

Hypnosis is a technique whereby a person is brought into an extremely relaxed state of consciousness. Psychologists call this the “alpha state” after the type of brainwaves that are produced when this occurs. This state is often described as very much like the period between waking and sleeping, when we are just drifting off at night or just beginning to rouse in the morning. Hypnotherapists have discovered that during the alpha state, the mind becomes very suggestible and open to change. During a hypnopunctureTM treatment your sub-conscious will be reprogrammed using a mixture of powerful visualisations and positive suggestion. All of your subconscious resistance to losing weight and beco ming more active and healthy is safely removed. This process can dramatically increase your powers of motivation and self-control – essential qualities for losing weight.

What happens during a treatment?

A treatment lasts for one hour with the acupuncture and hypnosis taking place at the same time. After the needles are taken out aricular seeds are inserted into your outer ear. You are finally given Energy Essences and a CD to take away with you.

How many sessions does HypnopunctureTM involve?

A HypnopunctureTM treatment for losing weight entails an initial course of six weekly sessions, followed by further follow up treatments if desired.