In this E-News:

June Speaker--Mary Lee LaBay, Ph.D.: "Getting to the Heart and Soul of
the Issue"

Feature Article--David Zarza, C.Ht.: "Meditation vs. Hypnosis"

June Meeting Announcement and Misc.
--Call for Articles

Member Announcements
--Connie and Michael Brannan offer life and career enhancing Seattle NLP
certification trainings
--Keith Livingston is now organizing a Seattle Meetup group for hypnosis
and NLP enthusiasts


GREETINGS:

Thanks to all of you for your efforts in spreading the word on the
NGHWA, our membership is growing every month! Keep it up! The more
minds, the more ideas, the more we can all grow and learn from each
other. Our membership is for everyone, from practicing hypnotists to
hypnosis enthusiasts.

Keep an eye on the NGHWA website http://www.nghwa.org
<http://www.nghwa.org/> for our new format and features. The first
stage of the update is live now.

There are lots of exciting surprises and improvements in store. If you
have any ideas to share, please email me, Michael Brannan, at
cmbrannan@yahoo.com <mailto: cmbrannan@yahoo.com> . Members, remember to
send us your information for inclusion on our current members page to
Craig Sigl at Craig@break80inc.com <mailto: Craig@break80inc.com> .


KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Getting to the Heart and Soul of the Issue
Mary Lee LaBay, Ph.D.

According to a 30-year research by Segerstrom and Miller, illness and
dysfunction stem from stress, and the nature of the stress will indicate
the nature of the illness. This is important news for hypnotherapists.
While it is well-known that we assist our clients in alleviating
stress, hypnotherapists trained in specific approaches, can also
facilitate the discovery of the nature of the stress – leading to
sustainable health and happiness. And this means a successful practice
for you!

Sure, we know that jobs, finances, family issues, and so forth cause
stress – but what is it in the individual's philosophy and sense
of life, and their interaction with reality, that will bring them back,
again and again, to self-sabotage, low self-esteem, addictions, and poor
choices? While many claim it is fear, there are much deeper and more
specific causes to uncover.

In this workshop,

--Discuss a number of concepts vital to achieving sustainable health and
happiness for your clients.

--Learn techniques that lead to the discovery of the deepest roots of
stress – what to look for and how to proceed.

--Witness a demonstration on a volunteer.

Mary Lee LaBay is known for her organic, no-scripts approach to hypnosis
and has presented at conferences in The Netherlands, India, U.K., and
across the U.S. Mary Lee holds a Ph.D. in Behavioral Psychology and is
a Certified Instructor of Hypnotherapy. She has authored 5 books,
including Hypnotherapy: A Client-Centered Approach, which is widely used
as a textbook. Her Awareness Engineering®, hypnosis trainings are
coming up this summer in Bellevue. For more information, see
www.maryleelabay.com <http://www.maryleelabay.com/> and
www.awarenessengineering.com <http://www.awarenessengineering.com/>.


FEATURED ARTICLE:

Meditation vs. Hypnosis

David J Zarza, C.Ht.

As a professional hypnotherapist, we field a variety of questions
regarding our profession. It is important to be equipped with the
correct answers. Here's one of the more common question I hear,
"David, what is the difference between Meditation & Hypnosis?"

The Short Answer is that Meditation is achieved by organizing your
thoughts and with practice, helps you achieve more conscious control
over your thought processes. Hypnosis is a state achieved by
disorganizing your conscious thoughts to help your subconscious affect
more automatic changes in your thought processes and body.

On Meditation: Essentially, meditation is characterized by a mix of
various brain wave states (from full waking to dream state). Meditation
works because it strengthens the relationship between the amygdala (the
part of our brain that decides if we should get angry or anxious; our
fear center) and the pre-frontal cortex (that part of our brain that
makes us stop & think about things; our inhibitory process); such that
you end up being able to more easily shift your thoughts, consciously,
away from fight/flight thinking.

Additionally, some studies have shown links between the practice of
meditation and activity in the left pre-frontal cortex (associated with
concentration, planning, meta-cognition [thinking about thinking], and
positive affect [good feelings]) yielding changes that last over time
even after you don't meditate for a while.

On Hypnosis: In Hypnosis, brain waves characterizing sleep & dreaming
increase, while brain waves associated with full wakefulness decrease.
This pattern does fit the hypothesis that the conscious mind backs off
during hypnosis and the subconscious mind takes a more active role.

Furthermore, during hypnosis scientist have seen reduced activity in the
left hemisphere of the brain (the logical control center of the brain)
and increased activity in the right hemisphere of the brain (controls
imagination and creativity). This supports the idea that hypnosis
subdues the conscious mind's inhibitory influence and the creative,
impulsive subconscious mind takes the reigns. Evidence that hypnosis
opens up the subconscious mind!

Conclusion: Summing it all up, even though the two techniques may feel
similar, they are physiologically quite different and may be used for
different purposes: meditation for more conscious control and hypnosis
to achieve subconscious control, a more effortless influencing of your
thoughts and feelings.

For more information on David or Transformational Hypnosis, please call
(206) 920-9409 or visit my website - www.DirectedFocus.com
<http://www.directedfocus.com/> .

Meet David, the Transformational Hypnosis Expert

David Zarza is the author of Transformational Hypnosis, The Professional
Hypnotherapist and the Founder of Directed Focus, the only personal &
professional self-improvement company focused on transformative change
at the subconscious level. David is also the mastermind behind the
Direct Your Life seminar series, the nation's first seminar series
focused on combining hypnosis, mind coaching and David's genuine
flair to teach adults the value of mastering their Minds. As creator of
the how-to, hypnotherapy practice-building program, The Professional
Hypnotherapist, David is the region's leading expert on the topics
of hypnotherapy entrepreneurship and transformational hypnosis. Meet
David at www.DirectedFocus.com <http://www.directedfocus.com/> .


MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AND LOCATION:

Please join us Friday, June 12th, 2009, for our next NGHWA chapter
meeting. This month's meeting features an exciting talk by Mary Lee
LaBay, Ph.D. . Doors open at 6:30 pm for our "happy half hour" for
socializing and networking with some of the Seattle area's top
hypnotists! The meeting proper begins promptly at 7:00 pm.

Meetings are held at:

South Snohomish County P.U.D. Office
21018 Highway 99
Edmonds, WA 98026

Visitors are always welcome. An evening's visitor's pass is available at
the door for just $10. Bring your friends!

Also, if you haven't renewed your NGHWA chapter membership, now is a
good time to do so. Please see our Treasurer, Connie Brannan, at the
table by the door to renew. Annual dues are $60, for current members of
the NGH national. Please visit http://www.nghwa.org
<http://www.nghwa.org/> for maps and directions.


CALL FOR ARTICLES:

Please submit your hypnosis and NLP themed articles for inclusion in our
next e-newsletters of Hypnotic Health. The articles should be geared
for our general readership. We look forward to featuring your article
soon. Articles may be submitted to Michael Brannan at
cmbrannan@yahoo.com <mailto: cmbrannan@yahoo.com>


CALL FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS:

As a member of NGHWA, you can have your announcements included here, in
this e-news. Simply submit your announcement(s) to Michael Brannan,
NGHWA President at cmbrannan@yahoo.com <mailto: cmbrannan@yahoo.com> .


MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

From Connie Brannan and Michael Brannan:

Seattle NLP Trainings with Mindworks NLP. Pump up your success! Join
experienced Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™,
Connie and Michael Brannan for 4 exciting weekends beginning in June,
2009.

This is the time to learn these transformation technologies to build
your wealth and influence. These are fantastic skills for professional
hypnotherapists to enhance their practice as well as for the lay person
looking to craft an abundant life.

For more information, please visit http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
<http://www.seattlenlptraining.com/> or contact
connie@seattlenlptraining.com <mailto: connie@seattlenlptraining.com>
Phone: (425) 564-8608. Mindworks NLP is fully registered and licensed
through the State of Washington as a vocational school.

From Keith Livingston:
Keith has put together a NLP/Hypnosis "meetup" group which meets
monthly. The current location is the Fremont public library:

731 N 35th St
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 684-4084

For more information contact Keith at keith@advancingideas.com
<mailto: keith@advancingideas.com> or 206.721.8751

See you soon at the PUD or at one of our member events!

Warm Regards,

Michael Brannan
President, NGHWA

PS: Remember in this month's talk, Mary Lee LaBay presents a powerful
model for uncovering the sources of stress thereby allowing you to
provide more effective therapy for your clients, as well as reducing
your own stress.