Bowers Hypnosis

His head hung down as though he had nodded off in class. His eyes were closed.
Gracefully, William Hathorn moved his left hand through the air.

For several minutes, the Orchard View High School student seemed oblivious to the bemused stares of his classmates. Temporarily forgotten were the everyday stresses of school work, parental expectations and a desire to be socially accepted.

Hathorn was in a deep state of hypnosis.

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BEN AFFLECK is helping TV titan OPRAH WINFREY prompt Americans to stop smoking by talking about the reasons behind his decision to quit after 20 years.
The movie star/director appeared on Winfrey’s show on Tuesday (22Jan08), which was aimed at those struggling to give up nicotine.
He revealed he once smoked a pack of cigarettes a day and that became “part of who I was”.

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Waves softly pound a rhythmic island beat against white sand dazzling under a cloudless sky. A warm and gentle breeze smells sweet, carries pleasant music and softly caresses Susanne Giller’s skin. Stretched out in a chaise longue, the 33-year-old is serene and worlds away from all stress and tension. “I have a drink in my hand,” she adds.

The Hopewell Township woman was in paradise — not as a result of frequent-flier miles or winning a contest. She reached the imaginary place through self-hypnosis — and did so while in labor, opting for the self-induced state over pain medication to deliver a healthy baby boy, her first child, after four hours of labor.

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TAMPA, Fla. — Millions of people are overweight and they will vow that this is the year, 2008, they will lose the weight. Maybe they’ll diet. Maybe they’ll exercise … but maybe they should take a more mental approach.

Rena Greenberg reaches deep inside Jane Zinkham and Sarah Tenison. She uses hypnosis to reprogram the way they feel about food and exercise.

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THE VILLAGES – Anxiety attacks weren’t something Barbara Friedman of Stonecrest had ever experienced before her husbands death, but they were rapidly becoming a hindrance to normal life.

It¡’s a terrible experience. You feel very out of control, she said.

Not knowing what to do about her problem, Friedman turned to hypnotherapist and Village of Chatham resident Ann Westin for help.

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“I could quit for two weeks to a month then something would snap,” says Liz, who is a smoker.

“I tried the patch, that didn’t work also broke out on skin,” says Debra, who is also a smoker.

Together Liz and Debra have been smoking for 42 years. They’ve tried to quit but nothing has worked, until now, through hypnosis.

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Patients who are hospitalized may be more likely to quit smoking with the help of hypnotherapy, according to researchers.

A study, conducted by the North Shore Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital in Salem, Mass., found that more patients were likely to quit smoking after six months, compared to patients who used nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or those who wanted to quit on their own, which is known as going “cold turkey.” Researhers also found that patients who were admitted to the hospital with cardiac disease were three times more likely to quit smoking than those with pulmonary (lung) problems.

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A shady character slowly swings a pocket watch in front of a person’s face as the subject gets sleepier and sleepier, falls into a trance and, against his will, struts like a chicken on command. That’s how hypnotism traditionally has been portrayed in old movies and television shows, but real life does not imitate art.

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Hypnotherapist Bonnie Katlun didn’t make any Union High School students bark like dogs Wednesday, but she admitted she has altered her own dog’s state of consciousness to see if she could.

Native Americans use a process called “gentling” to stroke horses into an alpha state. Then there are cobras “charmed” out of their baskets, which Katlun hasn’t tried. “It’s rhythmic and getting them to focus, which was a challenge with my dog.”

Her hypnosis is not the stagy sideshow staple, but guided meditation to a deep state of relaxation where the subconscious can be put to work solving problems

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If you want your New Year’s resolutions to stick, you just might want to consider some backup — from your own mind.

Hypnosis is one way to get your mind’s attention. The process relies on entering a relaxed but focused trancelike state in which you are very receptive to suggestions.

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