HEALTH

TRANSFORM YOUR FEARS SURROUNDING SURGERY INTO AN EMPOWERING AND HEALING EXPERIENCE

---Surgery and certain treatments for illness and disease can have a great emotional impact on the psyche as well as on the physical body. Worry about the procedure and outcome, separation from family, financial and job related concerns can all cause added stress and anxiety. Even some simple procedures done in a doctor's office can provoke a strong reaction.

---Studies show that when people transform their perspective from passive patient to active healing participant they gain a sense of empowerment, feel more confident and peaceful about their surgery and treatment and can actually recover quicker. Research indicates, learning stress reduction and relaxation techniques prior to surgery can allow the patient to feel peaceful before and during an operation or treatment, thereby, assisting immune function and enhancing the body's healing process. Blood loss is reduced, less pain is perceived, fewer analgesics are needed, hospital stays can be shorter and money can be saved.

---These benefits contrast starkly with the disadvantages of approaching surgery swamped with worries. When this happens, increased stress hormones can precipitate such undesirable reactions as heightened pain perception, more complications during and after surgery, excessive bleeding, even slow-to-heal wounds. In recognition of this, many doctors are now endorsing the idea of dealing directly with pre and post-surgical stress.

--4-WEEK W.I.S.H. FOR WELLNESS CLASS
Pre & Post Surgery Preparation.
---Prepare and support your body, mind and emotions for surgery with effective relaxation, breathing and guided imagery techniques. This class will teach you how to transform your anxiety, fears and worries into a visualization of successful outcome and assist your imune system in the healing process. "Numerous research studies have now shown the benefits of being prepared for surgery using relaxation techniques-people experience less pain, anxiety, complications, leave the hospital sooner and heal quicker." - Stanford Health Improvement Program

---Week 1 - Learn about the mind-body connection and how it affects your immune system. Identify your personal fears, worries and doubts about your surgery. Learn the basic relaxation technique.

---Week 2 - Tools to reduce anxiety, stress & fatigue on the physical, mental and emotional levels. Learn to desensitize triggers to anxiety and transform your fears into confident, healing messages.

---Week 3 - Exploring the deeper meaning behind your surgery and aligning yourself with your healing intentions

---Week 4 - Refining your personal imagery of complete surgical support, healing and wellness

--4 WEEK W.I.S.H. FOR A STORK CLASS
Fertility & Women's Health Class

---Many times anxiety and stress are factors in having difficulty conceiving. This class is an integrated mind-body-soul approach to creating the "inner" and "outer" balance that can assist women in overcoming the barriers to pregnancy and give support for a vision of complete female health. Align yourself with divine creation and transform your fears, doubts and limiting thoughts and beliefs into messages of fertility and receptivity for conception and perfect health. This class is also suitable for women wanting to heal from hysterectomy, masectomey and other female conditions.