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| Nicola Griffiths hypnotherapist. |
I recently found myself in a situation where I absolutely
knew I had to take more time for myself.
I run a busy clinic, I have my hypnotherapy clients and I lecture at two
schools of hypnotherapy training. I
don’t make life easy for myself as one of those schools is in Belfast and the
other in Manchester, so not exactly on my doorstep. Oh, and that doesn’t include the new school
I’m taking on in completely the opposite direction of Southampton!
So considering all this, I found myself smiling to myself as
I said to a client the other day “If we run ourselves ragged, we can damage our
health and our ability to concentrate.
Our focus can become foggy and we lose sight of what we want to achieve”. Mmmm, Nicola, you might want to listen to
yourself a bit more!
But then I relaxed, as I know I do look after myself in
between all the work. I take time out
for things like facials and spa days. I
have regular reflexology and acupuncture which I love. And I know that we don’t have to put
everything down in order to regain that focus, you don’t have to have a week’s
holiday to recharge (although I’ve nothing against that obviously). Even 50 minutes of proper time out can do the
brain one heck of a lot of good. It
allows the thought processes to calm and for clarity to emerge.
Sue Drew, the holistic beauty therapist at my clinic calls
it ‘Investing in Yourself’. She says “People
get facials for different reasons, and with our busy lifestyles it is not easy
to find time for yourself. However in my many years of experience in the beauty
industry, without a doubt my clients who have a regular facial look younger and
have a lovely complexion”. Now if that
happens, it’s certainly going to do people a power of good!
People incorrectly think of massage, whether a facial
massage or a body massage, as a pamper session.
In fact massage is very beneficial for stress and various other
symptomology. Even the NHS recognises it has benefits!
I originally entitled this snippet ‘One for the Ladies’, but
then I thought that was wrong. Because
in these modern times, we see more and more men coming in for facials and
massages – not just because they need distressing but these days they tend to
look after themselves more than they’ve ever done before. Now there’s a nice topic for my next little
article!!
Nicola runs the
Cirencester Hypnotherapy & Health Centre in Dyer Street. Their massage therapists include Sue Drew,
Maggie Godden, Sally Peachey, Karen Benbow (Indian Head Massage) and Cheryl
Webster. More details at: www.cirencesterhypnotherapycentre.co.uk
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