A quick notice to let everyone know that I'm holding my Stop Smoking Workshop on Sunday, March 30^th, between noon and 2 p.m. If you know anyone who would like to stop smoking, this is the class for them to finally succeed.

You've all seen the latest commercials. They're horrifying in their graphic nature, but they are also true. Smoking is extremely costly. Someone smoking two packs a day is spending more than $300 per month that goes up in smoke. There are plenty more costs to smoking that I could write about, but all smokers know the true cost: their health.

Did you know that the only type of physical environment that cancer can grow in is an acidic one? Smokers have an excessively acidic body chemistry because their lungs are clogged up with tar and 21 other poisons that they take in with each drag on a cigarette. That's one of the primary reasons that smokers eventually develop cancer. They don't "catch it," they grow it from the inside out.

Now for the good news:

• You can reverse the acidity in your body. It's part of the training program on Sunday.
• Your lungs will regenerate over time until they're almost as good as if you never smoked.
• You can regain your health.
• You can regain your breath.
• You don't have to gain weight when you stop. It's also part of the program.
• You can eliminate the underlying urge to smoke in the first place.
• You can change your life for the better. That's what the program is all about.
• You can stop smoking - NOW! Guaranteed!!

Your lifetime investment is $260.00. Less than a month's worth of smoking for most people. You will be hypnotized, taught Emotional Freedom Technique, given a 50 page workbook, a pamphlet and receive two follow-up hypnosis/EFT sessions within the next two weeks. And the entire program is guaranteed to work. Money back if you're not satisfied. No questions.

Call our Center at 516-248-5346 for reservations and directions. Reserve early, we keep these workshops down to a small group so that everyone gets direct, personalized attention during the class.

IF YOU WANT PEACE, FIRST BE PEACE

If you want peace, you must first be peace. Ghandi said that over sixty years ago and it still is true to this day. But how can you be peace when your mind is constantly thinking, scheming or filled with negative thoughts and emotions? The answer is you must first eliminate or resolve the negativity generated within your mind before you will find peace, stillness and silence within. For many, this may seem like a tall order, but for those who know how, it can be simple.

I use Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) in my practice to help people eliminate the negative emotions and self-limiting thoughts in their lives so they can be more present. The basic principle of EFT is that "All negative thoughts, emotions and pain are caused by a blockage in their energy system". Whenever you are feeling anything other than peace, stillness and silence within, one or more of your meridians are blocked due to a prior trauma of some sort. It could be a physical, emotional or chemical trauma. Each of us has a meridian system, like having a series of pathways running between the cells of your body which brings life force to them. I liken it to a long straw with a top and a bottom and, as a metaphor, if the "straw" gets a little fluid stuck in it, it will become blocked and the energy won't be able to flow any longer. However, when you tap on the top of the straw, it dislodges the blockage and the pathway will be free to allow the life force energy to flow again. As the life force flows again, the negativity will automatically resolve itself.

The key is to recognize the negative feelings you're experiencing and address them specifically with words that bring up those feelings as fully as possible. We do this because the more you feel those feelings, the better the results will be. In other words, you must feel it to heal it. And the more you feel it, the more you heal it. This is the counter-intuitive aspect of EFT.

We don't work to instill positive affirmation like most systems do. We work to eliminate negative self-talk and emotions, leaving the person with their own innate positive emotions. Once we eliminate the negative emotions and pain, we can then introduce positive affirmations to reinforce whatever is already there. This is one of the only techniques that works to eliminate negatives rather than instilling positives and that causes many people to be reluctant to use it at first, but once they realize that they will not "grab hold of" the negatives as long as they're tapping simultaneously, they're fine with it.

You've been hearing a lot about the present lately, but here goes one more time. The reason most of us aren't present is because we are caught up in our mind. The mind keeps us in the past or future, but never in the present. It also holds us into our memory and our anticipation of what's about to happen in the future as we try to get ready for things to happen. In fact, the mind will pose a thousand questions just so it can provide a thousand answers. On the other hand, the deeper mind is where peace resides. When you meditate, you quiet the thinking mind and find deep peacefulness in the quietness and stillness that results from becoming present. Just being here. In the moment.

This is why I've chosen to teach and use EFT with most of the people I see and groups I conduct. By eliminating the hold that the thinking mind has upon each person by eliminating the meridian blockages, they are left with a free flowing meridian system and at peace in the present moment. As each new experience arises, they have the opportunity to feel it fully without prior determination or prejudice and they can feel the peace that comes in each moment.

Blessings,

Ted

ANOTHER REMINDER:
EFT LEVEL 1
APPROVED CONTENT COURSE