This document discusses how to use energy healing techniques to improve mental and physical health. It notes that the body and brain are made of energy that can be impacted by things like stress, alcohol abuse, thoughts, and feelings. Some signs of low energy include forgetfulness, difficulty making decisions, irritability, and sleep issues. It then outlines techniques for energy healing, including visualization, breathing exercises, connecting with the heart, gratitude, mindfulness meditation, and self-hypnosis. These techniques can help regulate energy levels and shift brain states from negative to positive. The document emphasizes that daily practice is needed to see benefits and that the brain can change patterns through repetition of these techniques.

1. Using Energy to Heal Your Mind, Brain, and Body!
Irene Cauwels!
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor!
Certified Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist!
Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor!
National Certified Counselor

2. You are ALL Energy
Your body (cells) are little
bundles of energy that
respond to the
environment
Alcohol first excites then
depletes your energy
As vibrational being, you
can and DO impact your
energy

3. Healthy vs Alcohol Abuse Photos

4. Alcohol Affects Brain Function -
Therefore affects energy!

5. What you do, say, think and feel all
impact that Energy
Being Too Stressed!
Self-Criticism
Accepting negative
messages (people, TV)
Busy-ness (doing not
being)

6. Warning Signs that you are not
properly energized
Forgetfulness
Difficulty Making
Decisions
Irritability
Headaches
Sleep Difficulties
Back/Neck Pain

7. That Energy Gets Kicked Out Of
Whack A LOT Every Day

8. When your energy is in stress mode,
the brain can (and usually will) shift to
very negative states
Feeling Empty
Critical, Cynical
Unforgiving
Need to Prove Self
RELAPSE

9. Ineffective ways to “soothe” our
energy
TV Numbing
Carbohydrate/
Sugar Cravings
Internet/
Facebook/Phone

10. You have the power to heal your brain!!!!
!
Needs consistent, daily practice (like breathing)!

11. The Techniques
Visualization
Breathe
Connect with your Heart
Gratitude
Mindfulness, Meditation
Self-Hypnosis

12. Visualization
Your Brain Doesn’t
Know the Difference
between
what is REAL vs
what is IMAGINED

13. Breathe
Breath Connects With
Soul
Abdominal Breathing
Deep Breathing
In Nose/ Out Mouth
Inhale Energy/ Exhale
Stress

14. The Heart Can Help Regulate our Energy
Heart sends more
signals to the brain than
the brain sends to the
heart
Simple
*Center of Chest - Heart EnergyArea
*Simple doesn’t always mean Easy
*Imagine breathing in and out of
this area - opening like a flower
and expanding
*Gratitude,Appreciation,
Happiness as you breathe in and
out
*Hand on Center of Chest - Heart
EnergyArea

15. Why Gratitude

16. Mindfulness, Meditation
and Self-Hypnosis (all kind of the same)

17. Brain in simply a
“Pattern Recognition”
Storage System that LIKES
REPETITION
This is why we need to
take care of it EVERY DAY

18. Minfulness vs Reaction
Mind can think about past,
present, and future
Helps us Learn
Hurts us by taking out of
the present moment

19. Mindfulness Meditation
Learn to Focus Attention
“Paying attention, in a
particular way; on purpose,
in the present moment and
non-judgmentally.” Jon
Kabat-Zinn

20. Mindfulness Practice

21. What We Found: Brain on
Meditation
A short program in
mindfulness meditation
produces demonstrable
effects on brain and
immune function. These
findings suggest that
meditation may change
brain and immune function
in positive ways (Davidson
and Kabot-Zinn)

22. Meditation
Can be part of spiritual
practice
Set an intention
Ask for Guidance
Repeat name, sound, word
“Ah” is sound of creation
“Om” is sound of

23. 7 Myths of Meditation (Deepak Chopra)
It is Difficult
Have to Quiet the Mind
It takes years to get benefits
It is escapism
Takes too much time
It is not ok in my religion
Supposed to have certain
experiences

24. Practice

25. Self-Hypnosis
Natural State of Trance
You do this all the time -
reading, driving,
Intentional instead of
accidental
You are in TOTAL
CONTROL

26. Self-Hypnosis
3 Deep Breaths
Count down
Visualize
Count back up

27. Self-Hypnosis

28. “Our deepest fear is not
that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that
we are powerful beyond
measure.”