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Creating Health Through Guided Imagery

By Gwenn Henkel, CMH, MH Certified Medical and Master Hypnotherapist Peninsula Woman Magazine May 2006 For years it has been widely known that the mind exerts a tremendous influence on our physical well being, and many times determining the difference between good health and disease. In ten years of doing my work, I have learned many techniques for tapping into the mind’s healing energy enabling us to influence our own health with amazingly fast, positive results. The medical use of guided imagery is not new. It has existed in many cultures around the world, in Tibet, India, Egypt, Africa, among…

What Is Hypnosis?

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Overcoming Depression With Hypnosis

By: Gwenn Henkel, CMH, MH It’s a brand new year and you may be finding that nothing has changed in your life. The news has been filled with sadness with missing people like Lacy Peterson, the young Midesto woman who is pregnant and was reported missing December 24th. The space shuttle just crashed in February and lives lost there. All of these things can be very stressful and even very depressing for many people. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than seventeen million people in the United States experience depression each year. Research shows that men, women,…

The Benefits of Hiring a Personal Trainer

If you are looking for a fast, effective training plan to meet your body’s needs and your lifestyle, then hiring a personal trainer might be the way to save yourself a lot of time and effort. A personal trainer can also help you upgrade or maintain your routine over time, so that you get maximal results from your workouts. A personal trainer should be someone who understands your fitness goals and is ready to help you meet those goals within your body’s ability to do so. Having a personal trainer means the end to wasting time and money on workout…

Optimal Fitness Lifestyle Center: Certified Green Business

Hi Everyone, Recently we became recognized as a Certified Green Business and from my understanding we are the only health & fitness club to be Certified in the Bay Area. We are committed to green practices and have improved our recycling of paper and plastic, conserved energy by installing new lights, motion sensors in the restrooms and limiting lighting in the daylight when not needed. In addition, we have made an effort to purchase recycled office products and are committed to other future green practices. We would like to encourage other business’s to also get Certified with the goal of…