We offer yoga and hypnosis for addictions and habits that you want to change. Whether the issue is food, alcohol, prescription drugs like benzodiazepines, or tobacco, we work with you to achieve goals of moderation or abstinence. We use specific yoga and meditation practices, and hypnosis (in some cases), to enhance self regulation and self soothing, dealing with cravings, provide a healthy focus in life, provide accountability, and to increase overall well being, while working towards long term recovery. Our work is confidential and discreet.
Most of the people we work with wish to address issues around alcohol. For some people moderation is the best outcome. For others, abstinence is easier. There are studies that show that the majority of problem drinkers are able to learn to drink in a manner that is controlled and safe.
A major US study found that only 25.5% of the alcoholics ever received treatment - most of them made progress in their recovery more or less by themselves. Of the thousands of alcoholics in the study, 25% remained alcohol dependent (unrecovered), 18.2% managed to abstain and 17.7% had become low risk drinkers. The rest fell somewhere in-between active alcoholism and low risk drinking.
The possibility of recovery from any health affecting habit, outside of a formal setting, is quite possible and we are here to help.
There is research that indicates that if you start something like yoga, that you are more likely to give up a bad habit, more easily, as you will have started to heal, and eventually you realise that continuing with the bad habit is inconsistent with feeling better. The famous cardiologist, George Sheehan, stated that:
Most of the people we work with wish to address issues around alcohol. For some people moderation is the best outcome. For others, abstinence is easier. There are studies that show that the majority of problem drinkers are able to learn to drink in a manner that is controlled and safe.
A major US study found that only 25.5% of the alcoholics ever received treatment - most of them made progress in their recovery more or less by themselves. Of the thousands of alcoholics in the study, 25% remained alcohol dependent (unrecovered), 18.2% managed to abstain and 17.7% had become low risk drinkers. The rest fell somewhere in-between active alcoholism and low risk drinking.
The possibility of recovery from any health affecting habit, outside of a formal setting, is quite possible and we are here to help.
There is research that indicates that if you start something like yoga, that you are more likely to give up a bad habit, more easily, as you will have started to heal, and eventually you realise that continuing with the bad habit is inconsistent with feeling better. The famous cardiologist, George Sheehan, stated that:
The athlete doesn't stop smoking and start training. He starts training and finds he has stopped smoking. The athlete doesn't go on a diet and start training. He starts training and finds he is eating the right things at the right times.
We have other resources available on our research page. Please contact Shanti to discuss your needs.