C.H.A.N.G.E. Academy Hypnotherapy Newsletter
from the office of Beverley S. Bley, L.P.N., C.M.Ht.
http://www.4change.com
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Issue #5 January 2004
LEARNING ENHANCEMENT AND MEMORY

Contents:

* CALANDER - Hypnotherapy Classes and Tarot Workshop
* HYPNOSIS ON THE WEB - Dateline diet challenge
* HEALTHY LIVING - Diet tips.com
* ARTICLE - LEARNING ENHANCEMENT AND MEMORY


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* CALENDAR *********************************


* HYPNOTHERAPY CERTIFICATION CLASSES
are starting March 3rd 2004!
Each of the three 50hr. modules are taught
on Wednesday evenings and includes two full
weekends a month. "Hands on" experience and
directed independent study are part of the requirements
for a diploma from CHANGE Academy for each course.
A Hypnotherapy Certification exam can be taken after
completing all 3 course modules.

You may choose to take only the 1st 50 hr. module that
focuses on Self-Hypnosis. Learning Self-Hypnosis enables
you to create unison and harmony between your mind and body.
You will learn how to facilitate changes in your own
life to improve communication and relationships in your
personal and professional endeavors.

Modules:

- Self-Hypnosis/Basis Hypnotherapy (Start Date March 3rd)

- Advanced Hypnotherapy (Start Date April 7th)

- Hypno-analysis Course (Start Date May 5th)

- Certification Exam May 26th (After 150 completed hrs)


On site classes in Lehigh County PA near Lehigh Valley Hosp.
Tapes & Manuals available on specific subjects.
$100 discount if registered and paid in full for all
3 modules by Feb 28, 2004.
Call 610.797.8250 for details and registration.



* SPECIAL ENGANGEMENT! Tarot Workshop
This is a 18 hour coarse spread over
3 Saturdays!
Your workshop instructor is Diane Wilkes
of Tarotpassages.com. Book-writer of
the "Storyteller Tarot". Diane has been
published in numerous magazines and has been
reading cards for over 30 years. A Certified
Grand Master and member of the American Tarot
Association, Diane is well qualified to present
this workshop and you will walk away knowing
how to read your deck without the book!

Feb 7 & 21 and March 6th $175.00
Call 610.797.8250 for details and registration.



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* Want to expand your Hypnotherapy business?
Call for more information on the benefits of
joining C.H.A.N.G.E. as a successful satellite office!

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* Hypnosis on the Web ***********************

Losing it: Dateline ultimate diet challenge
Dateline challanged 6 participants to choose a method of
weight control and stick with it. Hypnotherapy is one of
choosen methods! Read how the hypnotherapist uses the
color red to enhance the success of his client.
http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/3841501/



* Advertising your business!
HYPNOTHERAPIST Philip Rose lit up 100 cigarettes to
encourage people to stick to their New Year resolutions
to quit.
Read the full article:

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/stories/Detail_LinkStory=77191
.html



* The Spa Evolution!
http://spas.about.com/library/weekly/aa101902.htm
This is not a article about hypnotherapy, however hypnotherapy
is now being offered at Spas around the country.
Can your practice fit into the Spa Revolution?


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* Healthy Living *********************************

Diet Tips.com
http://www.diet-tips.com

This website provides information about nutrition,
excercise, diet safty and Fad diets. A great resource to
provide practicle information for your weight loss clients.


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* Article *************************

LEARNING ENHANCEMENT AND MEMORY

The human mind is capable of recalling virtually
any information that it desires to remember. The
most important word in the process is DESIRE.

The human mind is of such size that it could not
be filled in a total lifetime. It is capable of
remembering everything that has ever been seen,
heard, read or experienced.

Hypnotherapy can be a highly effective procedure
for stimulating the learning process – increasing
motivation, establishing beneficial study habits,
boosting confidence, reducing study and examination
tensions and accessing memory.

Therapy dealing with memory and learning can also
be combined with goal-setting and achievement.
Students in school can advance their scholastic
standing positions to a substantial degree while
acquiring habits that will provide benefits for
a lifetime.

Adults and working people in all occupations can
gain the motivation to undertake continuing education
studies, adding to existing knowledge/skills or
developing new fields of interest for income generation,
recreation, or personal satisfaction.

People with cluttered minds can emerge from
hypnotherapy with purpose, direction and organization,
acquiring rewarding efficiencies which can change
life directions. Attitudes and interests can be
changed, poor habit patterns can be overcome,
enthusiasm can be developed. Self respect can increase.

In the field of memory, forgetting can be reduced,
lost items can be found more easily, names and dates
and numbers can be remembered, frustration can be avoided.

The subconscious mind knows everything that has happened
and can recall it on request whether it be memory of a
past event, location of a misplaced item, material to be
studied in the educational process or names, addresses,
telephone numbers or other information which is needed
at a specific time for a specific purpose.

Two major factors that adversely affect learning processes
are low self esteem and lack of motivation, which subjects
have been discussed in another brochure. Additional
elements which can contribute to the problems include poor
study habits, poor memory, absence of reward, medicine
and/or drugs, and fear.

Study Habits

Both external and internal conditions affect study habits.
Among external factors are included the physical location
of the study area – a location that is used consistently.
A learner who has a specific location in an area where
external distraction is eliminated (no TV, record-players
or radio, no running in and out by family and friends) will
learn much more effectively. Concentration is essential,
and the learner should leave the designated area when
concentration becomes difficult. In any case, a five
minute break every half-hour will improve learning.
Hypnosis can be used to help block out external distractions.

Internally, time management (or lack thereof) can create
an unnecessary drain on energy and emotions, adversely
affecting the learning process. The answer, of course,
lies in organization of work to be don – breaking it down
into small, easily accomplishable segments. Hypnosis can
help program such procedures into a learner, often with
near-miraculous results.

The five-minute breaks at half-hour intervals, then, may
be coordinated with subject matter under study, so as to
be taken at the conclusion of a segment, with a new and
fresh segment to begin after the break – to keep study
new and interesting.

Memory

Three types of memory are involved in human remembering.
Sensory memory deals with functions like seeing, smelling,
feeling, hearing and tasting. Motor skill memory involves
remembering how to perform physical activities – riding a
bicycle, driving a car, swimming, dancing etc. Third,
and most vital to learning, is memory of words, ideas
and concepts – the least retentive type of memory and
perhaps the most complex.

Despite the claims of memory trainers, the meaningfulness
of material has been proved in testing to be more important
in memory development than the memorization of nonsense or
unrelated words. The key first step is the organization of
the meaningful material to be learned into a logical pattern,
emphasizing the broadest concept – the theme – then narrow
the focus to appropriate specifics.

Reward

A powerful element in learning is self-reward – recognition
of personal achievement, self-congratulation, self-appreciation
expressed through reward. Advance determination of self-
reward plans creates anticipation, motivation, and personal
desire. Small rewards at various levels of progress tend to
maintain excitement and stimulus, especially where a list of
anticipated rewards is maintained with a completion timetable.

The presence or use of medicine and/or drugs in a hypnotherapy
case would indicate contact and discussion with an appropriate
physician.

Fear

Fear, so important in self-esteem and motivation, may be
invisible, but is remains a powerful force. When it obstructs
learning the learner is a prime candidate for hypnotherapy. The
learner, through being induced into relaxation, whether student
or working adult, can acquire the ability to relax at will, to
experience feelings of confidence, to use a cue to bring
awareness of control, motivation for success, or ability to
defuse a fearful situation.

Positive help can be derived from creating a personal plan
for success that involves three steps: To accept the learning
experience as an opportunity; To change habits and procedures
detrimental to learning; To improve confidence and self-esteem.

Hypnotherapy can provide the insight, guidance and direction
to establish personal learning goals, boost self-esteem and
create motivation. Enhanced learning and improved memory result.



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