Most people experience life as a roller-coaster of different emotional states, accepting without question that emotions are something that just happen in response to life events. In any given day, you may experience a range of states, some positive and some that are negative or distressing. The emotional state we are in is so important as it affects how we behave and the results we get. If you are feeling positive and happy, of course the whole world seems better and more interesting and the way you behave will reflect this.

In fact emotional states are not something that happen to us, rather we create them based on how we view the world. We all know a really positive person who takes everything in their stride or a friend who seems to get upset at the slightest concern. In these modern times, it is how we respond to perceived threats that cause us stress and problems.

Imagine being able to control and regulate your emotions so that life is more balanced or being able to access resourceful emotional states when you need them. Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) therapy is a way that you can learn to manage your emotional state and change it at will in order to experience emotional freedom. When clients come to see me for NLP Aylesbury, Herts, I am able to teach them the tools of anchoring so that they can bring harmony and emotional balance to their life.

Anchors are naturally occurring associations between an external stimulus and a behavioural or emotional response. They occur because the human mind constantly seeks to make sense of the environment by looking for patterns and associations between things. It is likely that you have had the experience of hearing a certain piece of music that reminds you of a person or event from the past or have smelt perfume or some other smell that reminds you of someone you know. Hopefully, most people see a red traffic light and automatically know to stop! Not all anchors are positive. People learn to make negative associations between things, such as feeling anxious or worried when they are asked to go to their bosses office or when they are required to give a presentation to colleagues.

NLP deliberately makes use of anchors in order to empower people to have control over their emotional states. There are specific NLP techniques in which a stimulus is used to trigger and link an emotional state. The stimulus is usually external and may be a sound or touch. Through these techniques it is possible to for an individual to build up a resource of positive emotional states, which they can access in any situation in which they need them. It is also possible to completely collapse negative anchors so that external stimuli that cause you negative emotional states will no longer be a problem.

You will already have all positive emotional resources within you that you need. NLP, Aylesbury, Herts, can enable you to make use of these. Having this control will have a profound effect on all aspects of your life, particularly your relationships. You will find that you are able to behave in new and flexible ways. If you feel learning to use anchors would benefit you, it would be advisable to see an NLP practitioner. Anchoring is something that you can learn to self-administer and is a life-long skill that will get you better results.

The process involves remembering specific times in the past when you have experienced the emotional resource you wish to anchor. What great is that you can borrow positive emotional resources that occur in response to certain situations in your life and use them in other situations where wish you had them! So, the motivation that you felt in planning a particular holiday can be borrowed and used as the motivation you need in order to get you to the gym!

Why not spend time now thinking about specific times in the past when you have felt happy or have been laughing so hard it hurts! You will be amazed at all the positive emotions you have experienced and how it is possible to re-create these feelings again just by thinking about them. Do this and you are well on your way to being the boss of your emotional state.

Karen Hastings is an NHS experienced occupational therapist and master NLP practitioner. NLP, is available at NLP, Aylesbury, Herts.

For those alcoholics who are not helped by the traditional means, there are alternative alcoholism treatments. Mostly, these treatments have not been researched well. However, many people have had success with them.

One interesting alternative alcoholism treatment is called “drumming out drugs.” This method is just what it sounds like. Participants use drums in a group setting to enhance their recovery. Surprisingly, the procedure seems to be an effective alternative alcoholism treatment.

Many alternative alcoholism treatments are based on traditional Chinese medicine. This form of treatment is a more holistic remedy for alcoholism than purely Western means. There are several different treatments involved.

Yoga is a great tool in combating the anxiety that comes with alcohol withdrawal and recovery. The gentle stretching and spiritual focus help the alcoholic to release the tension that contributes to their desire to drink again. Meditation is a good alternative alcoholism treatment for the same reason.

Acupuncture can be used in combination with other treatments for a balanced approach to the mind-body connection. It, along with yoga and meditation can make other alternative alcoholism treatment work better. These methods can make a big difference in an alcoholic’s recovery.

Nutrition is an important alternative alcoholism treatment that has come into favor in recent times. For one thing, alcoholics tend to suffer from poor nutrition. Not only do they eat poorly as a rule, but they have physical limitations to their nutrition as well.

The small intestine is affected by the alcohol the person drinks. This keeps nutrients from being absorbed in the normal fashion. Thus, the alcoholic does not even get the nutrition from the food that he or she does eat. Alternative alcoholism treatment must address this issue if it to succeed.

Also, alternative alcoholism treatment that concerns nutrition must cover the rebalancing of blood sugar levels. Over time, the alcoholic’s blood sugar and insulin have been waging a battle. Eliminating the alcohol is only the first step in correcting the situation. The nutritional values of the foods eaten by the alcoholic are important too.

Many companies offer nutritional supplements as alternative alcoholism treatment. These are high in vitamins thought to have an affect on the withdrawal and recovery phases. For instance, Vitamin C is used because of its power to ease withdrawal symptoms and to remove the alcohol from the tissues of the body.

The B-complex Vitamins are helpful during withdrawal as well. They form a part of a nutritional supplement alternative alcoholism treatment. Glutamine reduces the cravings for alcohol that an alcoholic has, and so should be continued for a time.

When a nutritional plan is drawn up for an alcoholic, plenty of vegetables will be included. Certain vegetables, especially, are chock full of vitamins and minerals. Also, they contain fiber. This is an important part of an alternative alcoholism treatment because fiber helps eliminate toxins from the system.

Alternative alcoholism treatment is certainly an excellent part of an alcoholic’s recovery. The question of whether it can work without a more formal treatment is a good one. More research is being done to answer that riddle.

Can you stop the leap of the snake which intends to bite you?

Can you force the murderer who has come to kill you to drop the knife?

Can you stop the tsnumani from wrecking your house?

You might be surprised ,but the answer to all the above three questions is “Yes You can do it” . It might take a long time but i want to show you how it is done…..

I want to make one thing clear first . I have not attempted to do any of these three things stated above. However, i have applied the knowledge which i have gained thru deep insight and thru learning from great masters to similar events of a lower intensity and they have proved to be highly effective.

Before i reveal it all to you I would like to tell you of a real life incident which will help you understand this concept much better. It was in 1996 when i was in Pittsburgh,USA that i fell terribly ill. All the medicines which the doctors prescribed had failed. I went to every specialist but no one could identify my illness. I had high fever,severe vomiting and my weight was reducing by the day. It was terrible. I was admitted to the hospital at least half a dozen times. No doctor could locate the exact nature of the virus …. I came back to India half dead… My parents got me admitted to one of the best hospitals in Mumbai. However, In India it was still worse … At the age of 24 I was going through the worst moments of my life.

Then suddenly everything changed for the better…. In walked the No 1 doctor of Mumbai. He was 69 at that time. He smiled at me … I smiled back with whatever little energy i had…. “We will make you fit in two weeks time…” These were his exact words. Like a master at work ,he calmly went thru my medical history, asked a few questions, examined my body and then prescribed two tests and left…

Late evening the next day the doctor came back again and said “We have identified your illness and your medication will start tomorrow. You will be fine in a weeks time….” Within a week of taking those medicines i was back to normal. I had no fever and vomiting after a week. My parents were happy and i was relieved…

Three months of taking all the medicines prescribed by the world renowned doctors could not cure my illness… Finally the right diagnosis of the disease did the trick…..

What is the lesson for everyone here?

The No 1 lesson I learnt is “Action is the next step after Knowledge”. It is not action that is important . . It is not the number of hours you work, or your honest commitment and energy which will help you get the things you really want.All these qualities are of very little use if you are not aware of your deepest intention, your innermost dreams. Like the doctors in my case you will be putting in your best efforts, your total commitment and energy and yet you would not achieve anything that you truly want and will remain unhappy. We pride ourselves for the number of hours we work everyday, of the focus and commitment we put in our work but we care very little for knowing our deepest and most genuine desires. We do not pay any attention to it. Think about it….When i use the word know, i mean those wants which stir your soul and not your small little selfish interests of seeking money and power….

The first step is in truly knowing. Taking action is simple. Action becomes stressful and frustrating when you do not know…

You can get anything that you want only when you know what you truly want.

You can get out of any problem in your life if you can get to the root cause of the problem.

If you can go the source of the problem, the originator of destruction, the initial vibrations which forced a man to pick up the knife and murder you, or the snake to sting you or the tsunami to destroy your house, you can alter that decision and seek remedy… The force that that can propel a murderer to drop his knife, or a snake to lower its hood or a tsunami to mellow down is the same force that had enabled the doctor to diagnose the illness properly and cure it. It is only that the intensity of the force has to be much stronger to enable the murderer to drop his knife, or the snake to lower its hood. Your genuine intention and your deepest knowledge of the source of the problem will help you identify the hidden cause of the problem and thus resolve it….

You get only one second to act in all these three cases but if you had complete knowledge of the source of these problems your action might be significantly different and so yield positive results. It might take a decade or more to put these things to practise but the knowledge that you can solve any problem by going to the root cause of the problem remains intact be it diagnosing an illness or in eliminating the motive of a murderer or stopping a snake from biting you…..