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Playground of the Mind

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Playground of the Mind is a wellbeing and Hypnotherapy practice for anyone who needs support on their journey.

Have you ever daydreamed? Got lost in a good book? Drove from A to B without even thinking about it? Meditated? Then you have experienced a state of mind that is very close to hypnosis. It is an extremely relaxing trance-like state of awareness. That feeling of being between awake and asleep will give you a very good idea of what hypnosis feels like. It's said we go into trance, on average, once every 7 minutes a day. You can bring yourself out of this state anytime you like and you are certainly in full control. It is actually a very normal everyday state of being.

PHILOSOPHY

"All you can look for is progress not perfection. The value is in the practice and the progress"

- Paris Macgarr

✨I spend time alone the last week, I cocooned, not to escape, but to return.

To come back to the parts of me that I lost in the noise of others.

Here are some of the things that came up 🫶🏻

⛈️ Facing the storm.
Expanding our tribe.
Healing old wounds.
Dropping old armour.

Finding the gifts…
and stepping into versions of ourselves that simply fit better.

This retreat was a remembering of boundaries that protect, connections that nourish & the truth that we are never alone again.
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A special love note to our extended tribe @londonnootropics, always with us, always part of the journey.
If you want to try the blends we use on retreat, you can get 20% off with the code PLAYGROUND at londonnootropics.com #rewritethepattern
#ritualsofthebrave #ceremonialchaos
#innerplaygroundvibes
#tribeexpansionmode
#stormwalkers
#boundariesbutmakeitspiritual
#peacockmedicine
#retreatingfromtheretreat

🌼 World Mental Health Day 2025
This year’s theme is “Access to Services – Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies” a reminder that when crisis strikes, emotional support and psychosocial care must not be sidelined.

🧠 You DON’T have to face your thoughts or struggles alone.
If you are in need of a safe space to acknowledge, reflect, and reach out.
Whether you’re trying to reframe intrusive thoughts, exploring therapeutic options, or looking for someone to lean on, we’re here.

🤝 Our services are built uniquely for you, wherever you are.

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#WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD2025 #YouAreNotAlone #MentalHealthSupport #PlaygroundOfTheMind #AccessToCare

It was such an honour to be part of Master Your Mind at a space where I feel most at home, @remedilondon a beautiful evening of insight, healing and connection hosted in collaboration with @the.longevity.network.

The event opened with an inspiring panel featuring @marisapeertherapy @drtaraswart and @by.jonathanramalho exploring the power of mindset, neuroplasticity and self-healing.

I had the privilege of guiding the group through a grounding meditation & breathwork to help everyone arrive fully in their bodies before the talk, creating a calm, receptive space for what was to come.

Filmed for Beyond the Pill, an @amazonprime documentary on natural healing, the evening gently closed with a restorative Sound Bath l on Red light therapy mats!! It looked really cool!!

I love holding space for moments like this where science, spirituality & connection meet.

#WorldMentalHealthDay #MasterYourMind #PlaygroundOfTheMind #RemediLondon #MindBodySpirit #HealingSpaces #ConsciousCommunity #NaturalHealing #SomaticTherapy #Breathwork #GroundedLiving

This October I’m inviting you to go inwards.

It’s a month for remembering what has healed, not what has hurt.
A time to hold the memory, but release the weight.
To stop seeking closure from people who were never capable of offering it.
To see your scars not as proof of pain, but as evidence of strength.

Let this be your season of soft release, of choosing peace over closure, presence over perfection, and self-trust over old stories.

✨ Breathe. Remember how far you’ve come.
Your body already knows how to heal.

#healingseason #emotionalhealin #somatictherapy #breathworkjourney #InnerPlayground #nervoussystemregulation #consciousbreathing #hypnotherapy #traumahealing #selfcompassion #octoberenergy #mindbodysoul

🌟 Pause with me for a moment 🌟

Think of a recent time when you felt just slightly anxious (not overwhelming), just a gentle ripple. Close your eyes and bring it to mind.

🧐 Notice your body:

What sensations arise in your chest, throat, or breath?

Do you feel tightness, warmth, restlessness?

What’s happening inside your body… and outside in your impulses or movements?

Now, shift your attention.

Find a place in your body that feels steady, easy, or strong. Maybe your legs, your feet, your hands.

Oscillate between the two, between the tension and the strength.

Between the constriction and the calm.

Like a pendulum, gently moving back and forth.

💫 With each shift, notice how the tightness softens. How your system begins to settle.

This is the gift of presence: you don’t need to push the anxiety away, you can meet it, balance it, and let it ease.

#somatichealing #anxietyrelief #breathworkpractice #mindbodyconnection #nervoussystemhealing
#playgroundofthemind

Stress isn’t just “in your head.” It’s the way your body and mind respond when life feels too heavy, too fast, or simply too much.

👉 Some days it looks like anxiety or overthinking.
👉 Other days it shows up as anger, tears, exhaustion, or even gut issues.

The truth is: stress doesn’t disappear if we ignore it. But you can learn to shift your response, build resilience, and find a calmer way of moving through life.

✨ Imagine knowing exactly what your body needs in those moments… instead of feeling hijacked by it.

You don’t have to carry it alone. With the right tools, you can create more space, more control, and more ease in your everyday life.
How is stress showing up for you right now? Drop a word or emoji below 👇 — let’s start the conversation.
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#MentalHealthAwareness #StressReliefTips #AnxietySupport #NervousSystemRegulation #ResilienceTools #EmotionalWellbeing #CalmMindCalmBody #MindBodyConnection #BreathworkPractice #SomaticHealing #StressFreeLiving #InnerStrength #HealingJourney #Wellbeing2025 #DailyRituals #PlaygroundOfTheMind #SelfCompassionPractice #HolisticHealth #AnxietyHelp #YouAreNotAlone

Life's easy when it's easy, right?

But what about when it's NOT?

When you have kids at home asking for your attention... and you're simultaneously moving through your own sh*t. Stress. Finances. Personal stuff. Study. Move.

There are seasons when things feel HARD.

When you're at your capacity. Feeling like you can't handle any more on your plate. You're a second away from dropping the ball on something.

You don't need to figure it out in your head. (You might not even have full access to your logical mind).
You need to get back in your body. To feel.
To BREATHE without your chest tightening.
To remember what safety feels like.

This is when the body starts to shut down, because it's trying to survive something it doesn't have capacity for.
That's when you freeze/fawn/fight or flight.
Your fuse runs short. Your temper runs hot.
You Check out. Or watch your life happen from above.
This is the time to get back in your body. The time to book a 1.2.1 session with me.
It's not about fixing or uncovering more layers. It's about support.
Nervous system expansion & regulation. Reconnection to your physical body.

DM me "SESSION" if you want the booking 🔗
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#traumainformed #nervoussystemhealth #embodiedhealing #regulateyournervoussystem #somatictherapy #breathwork #playgroundofthemind

A sacred space for release, renewal, and remembering who you are beneath the noise.

Spaces are limited. If your body whispers yes… DM me to learn more 🕊

#theinnerplayground #retreatyourself #sacredspace #breathwork#somatichealing #portugalretreat

We heal by being witnessed.
✨ You never have to shrink to be accepted. ✨
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#youaresafe #playgroundofthemind #somatichealing #subconscioushealing #boundaries #hypnotherapy

🌿Tuesday Tonic
A gentle pause for your body (& your inner child).

lets begin:
Breathe.
Soft sighs through the mouth. A hum in the throat.
speak to your body:
✨ “You don’t have to work for your worth here.”
✨ “There’s nowhere to get to. We’re simply listening.”

Now journal while tuning in to your body:
💭 If your shame had a shape or temperature, what would it be?
💭 Where in your body do you carry the pressure to achieve?

& if your 6 year old self could see you now, what would they need to hear?

You’re not too much. You were just learning how to trust.

✨ You never have to shrink to be accepted. ✨

If this moved something in you,
Save it. Return to it. Or message me for more ways to go deeper.

#somatichealing #innerchild #embodiedliving #playgroundofthemind #journaling #breathwork #subconscioushealing

Tools that bring you back to yourself
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#findyourharmony #innerpeace #anxiety #playgroundofthemind

🎧Headphones on. Take a breath, close your eyes & switch on your hearing Modality.

You are safe.
You are calm.
You are choosing to relax.

That’s the energy of this space.

Whether it’s a private session, a guided breath journey, or a retreat deep in nature,
I hold space for the part of you that’s tired of holding it all together.
✨The part that’s ready to soften. To land.
To remember how to feel safe… in your own body.

This short meditation is a gentle invitation back to your center.
A breath. A reset. A moment of nervous system repair.

And if your body wants more of this,
more calm, more clarity, more space to just be there’s room for you at the August retreat.
DM me the word RETREAT and I’ll share the details.

✨ Save this for when your system needs to exhale
✨ Or send it to someone who’s been holding their breath for too long.
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#guidedmeditation #playgroundofthemind #healingretreats #traumainformedhealing #subconscious #mindfulness

“There’s something in you the world needs.”

Maybe today, instead of pushing forward, you sit back.
You close your eyes.
You listen, not to the noise, but to the quiet buzz under that.

Because deep inside your soul,
there’s a diamond. One that’s waiting to be cut and polished. Maybe it’s hiding under survival & self doubt? Maybe its covered by Trauma?

💎But that brilliance, oh It’s not extra. It’s essential, it is needed. Not someday. Not when you’re more healed, or more ready, or more worthy.
But now.

To deliver our gifts to the world is the only job we really have.

So ask yourself:

💫What am I here to bring?
💫What truth wants to come through me now?

📖Journal on it.
👇🏼 Drop one word in the comments that describes your gift, your essence, or your truth.
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#journalingprompts #playgroundofthemind #soulwork #purpose #Breathwork #inneralchemy #healingretreats

Most of us, me included, were never taught how to feel safe in our bodies when life hits in the most unexpected of ways.
We learned to cope.
To perform.
To bypass.
To survive.

But healing doesn’t happen through the mind alone.
It happens in the breath, the body & the space between words.

It happens when you’re finally held powerfully & without shame.

👋 I’m Paris.
Clinical hypnotherapist.
Somatic breathwork facilitator.
Space holder for the parts of you that never got to rest.

I guide 1:1 sessions, group breathwork, and transformational retreats that meet you where you are, spaces to bring you back to who you truly are.

If you’re ready to:
- Let go of survival mode
- Reconnect to your nervous system
- Remember your voice, your breath, your power (most of all)

You’re in the right place.

✨Comment “SAFE” if this resonates
✨Or DM me “RETREAT” if you’re curious about joining us in person

Your body is not the problem. It’s the portal you haven’t learned how to access yet.
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#somatichealing #hypnotherapylondon #nervoussystemhealing #breathworkfacilitator #traumainformedhealing #healingretreat #subconsciousreprogramming #comehometoyourself #embodiedliving #playgroundofthemind #remediretreats #Innerplaygroundretreat#healingispossible #spaceholder

💥 STRESS & EMOTIONAL REGULATION
Stress doesn’t just live in your head—it lives in your nervous system.

When your body’s in fight, flight or freeze, it’s your vagus nerve that brings you back.
This quiet powerhouse is your inner switch from chaos to calm.

✨ And your breath? It’s the key.
Intentional breathing activates the vagus nerve, signals safety to your brain, and helps your system finally exhale.

You don’t have to force change.
You just need a new experience of safety.
Let your breath show you how.

Group breathwork sessions are held @remedilondon every month. If you are want to know just how powerful your breath is, come join a class.

Cover 🖼️credit @visionsin.blue
#NervousSystemHealing #VagusNerve #breathwork #stressrelief #EmotionalRegulation #AnxietyTool

Just let go, you’ll be alright now ✨
After all this time? Always. It’s the bravest thing you can do.
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#surrender #lettinggo #healingjourney #higherself #breathworkfacilitator #breathwork #breathworkersofinstagram #hypnotherapy #playgroundofthemind

Did you know a 10-second breath can shift your entire nervous system?

One of the most effective and scientifically-backed techniques for calming anxiety is called the physiological sigh & it’s beautifully simple.

✨ Two inhales through the nose (the second one slightly sharper),
✨ Followed by a long, slow exhale out the mouth.

This breath pattern activates the parasympathetic nervous system — the part of your body responsible for safety, softening, and calm.
It tells your body: You’re okay now.

I use this whenever I feel my stress rising or need a quick reset. I’ve used it a few times over the last two weeks if I’m being transparent.
The body knows how to regulate itself we just have to remember how to work with it.

💫 Try 3 rounds next time you feel overwhelmed and notice what shifts.
📌 Save this post so you can come back to it when you need it most.

#breathworkhealing #reducestressnaturally #stressrelieftips #physiologicalsigh #breathworkpractice #breathworkcoach #breathworktips #breathingtips #anxietymanagement #breathworkfacilitator #calmyourself #ukbreathwork #playgroundofthemind

Something has been quietly brewing behind the scenes…
A sacred space.
A circle of breath, beauty, and becoming.
A place to lay it down the masks, the expectations, the stories that no longer fit.

If your soul has been whispering for pause, presence, and permission to feel…
This may be for you.

🌿 Comment RETREAT and I’ll send you the details.

This is for the person who’s ready to return to themselves.
Not to be fixed, but to be met.
You’re not broken. You’re becoming.

#retreatyourself #breathworkjourney #somatichealing
#traumainformedhealing #healingretreat #nervoussystemsupport #breathworkretreat
#innerwork #emotionalalchemy #healingspaces #spiritualretreat
#feminineenergy #slowlivingmovement #subconscioushealing #energymedicine
#theinnerplayground #embodiedliving #resttorise

Something I wish someone had told me years ago. Not feeling “that way” is not an option.
Learning to process, metabolize, and regulate starts with f.e.e.l.i.n.g. and I promise it can happen with more ease than you think! learn how to process, metabolize, and regulate with ease with me.

#emotionalintelligence
#nervoussystemregulation #somatichealing #anxietyrelief #stressrelief #healingprocess

✨ Affirmation of the month ✨#healingjourney #breathworkfacilitator #connection #learning #awareness #subconsciousmind

The 1st Monday of the month is dedicated to @remedilondon for a group breathwork & meditation class.
I absolutely love these evenings because they are so connected. I adore my Remedi family and what we are determined to provide for anyone that requires support.

This month we are shifting the usual practice not just to a different day but also online. We are moving with what life brings. I’m so looking forward to holding space for this group.
You can join the session through the Remedi website under ‘spirituality’ then ‘classes’.
See you there!
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#breathworkfacilitator #somatichealing #healingjourney #selfcare

Mayamoon Retreat - Healing is not a one size fits all. It’s a deeply personal journey.
It was such an honour to have been a part of this particular journey, October Mayamoon 🍃 brought the winds of change.
#retreat #healthyfood #healingjourney #growth #connection #change #fearless

A lot of what weighs you down isn’t yours to carry.

Consider this sentence for a moment. Think about the pressures, the stresses and expectations that make you feel heavy. Most of them are not yours, other people gave them to you. You have permission to put them down.

You choose what to carry from this moment on. Be intentional.
📸 @visionsin.blue
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#mindset #somaticawareness #choices #mindbodysoul #mindandbodyconnection #somatichealing #somaticbreathwork #hypnosis #hypnotherapist #subconsciousmind #london

Everyone has them, but not everyone acts intentionally with their priorities in mind.

How intentional can you be about your priorities?
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#priorities #intentions #subconsciousmind #planning #programming #goalsetting #goals #clarity #focus #focused #mentalhealthawareness #hypnosis #hypnotherapy #clinicalhypnotherapy #pom #playgroundofthemind

Let me fall if I must fall.
The one I am becoming will catch me.
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#depthpsychology #mentalwellness #clinicalhypnotherapy #trust #higherconsciousness #higherself #lessons #learnings #lifelessons #playgroundofthemind #pom

Once a year, I sit somewhere beautiful to take an audit of what has come so I can adjust course accordingly to what I want more of. Call it an annual review if you like, cause I’m so used to that structure. The 1st part of this year taught me very clearly, that superficial no longer interests me. Be it in a form of friendships, opportunities, conversations or relationships. I thrive with depth - that’s what I’m learning about myself. Thats what I’m meant for. Thats what I am calling in. If that speaks to you, I’d love to help you in your healing, growth & transformation 🌟

To close the mayamoon retreat with this song - completely unplanned encompasses everything about the days that we spent together @thecasacolab. We all experienced something powerful either individually, in small groups or as a collective like right here in this clip, with this song playing in the background. For me it will be the theme song of our time together. The power of human connection blows me away 🦚🐈‍⬛🐍

Will my own inner work ever stop? Honestly, this is something that went through my mind only 2 weeks ago as I found myself being activated in a breathwork class. My entire body was shaking, in a not too dissimilar way to this clip (which is actually kundalini activation)@thecasacolab.
My body has began to recognise now when it’s ready to release and I am becoming more willing to surrender in moments that I can. What you see is me desperately trying to stop what my body needs to do - and resisting, l am verbally pushing back & physically trying to hold it in. What I have learned in the months that followed - in breathwork sessions or energy activation sessions that my body quickly finds the same space and gives me the same signals that tell me to listen. My mind is loud, it shadows the whispers of my body. I’m learning to listen deeper.

Trust me when I say I know this looks weird. I know it looks embarrassing. Some of us find it hard to do this in the group, some of us find it hard to do this alone because we require the guidance. This is me urging you to find your space, your modality and giving you permission to let it in & let it go. Use your voice to get it out, tap your chest, tap your palms on the ground, move your body to help the stored trauma to be released.

We nourished our minds and souls, while chef LouLou nourished our bodies.
This woman is a genius with food. ❤️ #unlearn.relearn.recode

Retreat nourishment. Ayurvedic. Grounding. Love. Food. Collection. Mindbody healing.

We called in the divine feminine ✨and boy did she come!

Our first retreat: The Maya Moon Retreat ��🌕
Meco, Portugal 2024

A space to unlearn & let go so you can create the room to heal ❤️ relearn ✨and grow 🌳

Who here is breaking cycles? ⭕️

If you are wanting a complete reset & you have the need to take action - then this one is for you. Join us in Portugal for an exclusive and life changing retreat. It stops with you.

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#wellnessretreats #retreat #trauma #reset #unlearnrelearnrecode #purpose #direction #somatichealing #connect #letitgo #rebuild #intention #mentoring #breath

“YOU HAVE SEE MY DESCENT. NOW WATCH MY RISING.” -Rumi
Yesterday was the most depressing day of the year.
The third Monday of January, or the so-called Blue Monday, is considered to be the calendar’s gloomiest day 🌧️ Factors like the weather, low motivational levels, feeling reflective 🤔& looking for change🔍.

If you are wanting a complete reset & you have the need to take action - then this one is for you. Join us @healingwithrikin in Portugal from 21st -25th February for this exclusive and life changing retreat. UNLEAERN.RELEARN.RECODE
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#wellnessretreats #retreat #trauma #reset #unlearnrelearnrecode #purpose #direction #somatichealing #connect #letitgo #rebuild #intention #mentoring #breath

2️⃣1️⃣2️⃣2️⃣A story of the boy & his magic numbers.

As the nominees are announced for the category that his team was put forward for @dr.nima held his phone up, pointing at the time✨21:22 on 02/12✨smiling as @remedilondon won the award. His numbers came through.
It has been an absolute honour to watch this clinic come to life. Three people @yas_shiraz1 @dr.nima @dianarachel7 poured their heart & soul into it over the last year, committed to creating a physical, mental & spiritual sanctuary that will allow people to feel at their best & closer to their true self. What a joy to be able to practice along side people you consider as family. The biggest CONGRATULATIONS to @remedilondon

✨Helps you see it now, doesn’t it?
I know you’ve been there, running on empty and your reactions to things become EXTREME. Operating from a place of stress with the people you love, losing your temper much more often than usual 😖

Figure out a what refuels you, it doesn’t have to be some elaborate plan that takes hours of your day and most of your 💷
It doesn’t have to look like your friends plan either. It just has to work for you. Full Stop.

I came across @bigdreamhakeem via @lawofattractionlive and I loved his work so much that I wanted to share it with you.

Can you resonate?
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#selfcare #mentalhealthsupport #mentalhealthadvocate #burnout

✨EVERYTHING you consume matters, food, information, conversations, energies.
Get yourself a tribe that will catch you if you need it. If you don’t have it, trust me they will find you. The people you no longer need will just fall away, because I don’t want anything to change. This version of you that does an advocate for themselves works for them.
Remember this.
#mindset #awakethesoul #healingjourney #neveralone #levelup

It may tilt, but it will never fall. Baby I’ve got you.
I’ve been officially back to work from the start of this month and let me tell you, it has been all about readjusting those CROWNS 👑. So when I came across these beautiful words and that voice 🥰 @seasoned_dialogue it just hit home.

✨ So stand up tall and keep that chin up.
🔇 Turn down the volume of the inner critic that makes you doubt yourself. That’s just fear talking, it’s not you.

When you stand, we stand. Remember that.

❤️ I see you. I hear you. I understand you.

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#knowyourworth #love #motivation #lifelessons #happiness #mindset #womensupportingwomen

World mental health day 🌍 October 10th.

Stress & Anxiety figures have tripled amongst young adults. And for those already dealing with mental health issues, things have been particularly hard. The profound loneliness, grief, fears of

Perhaps feeling more isolated, having to deal with grief and unexpected additional pressures. So, on this day it’s time to take a pause, take a beat. Be kind, take a little bit more consideration with your reactions and expectations both for yourself and for the people around you. It takes immense courage to ask for help.

The therapy services at Playground of the Mind are bespoke, tailor-made to fit your particular needs with a range of therapeutic models. This is a no judgment, confidential space. To book a complementary 15min call, use the link in Bio.

Mental health. Clinical Hypnotherapy
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#hypnotherapy #support #mentalwellness #worldmentalhealthday2023

Do you ever catch yourself saying
"A part of me wants this, and part of me doesn’t"?
Maybe when it comes to making a certain decision to change as a lot you find yourself becoming indecisive, not knowing what decision will be right?
How many times I tried to change something about yourself, maybe a habit or a reaction, yet you found yourself helplessly doing it?
Whether it was a bad habit or an important decision, it's the inner conflict you are experiencing that prevented you from acting the right way. The internal conflict that's happening on a subconscious level.

Check out these examples:
💷 One part of you wants to make a lot of money while the other part doesn't want you to make too much
money because more money = more problems and too
much money = you being greedy.

🏅One part of you may say 'go for it, you can do it' when faced with a challenge or goal while the other part says 'no you can't, it's too risky' (because it remembers that time in school when you tried to be risky and you you were judged or laughed)

One part of you wants to get out of the relationship you are in unhappy in, because you have outgrown it and you don’t feel valued or seen and the other part doesn’t want to change anything, because your current relationship gives you security. And security, even when unhappy = stability & safety, while leaving = the unfamiliar & unknown, uncertainty.

Parts Integration is a NLP technique used to improve congruency in an individual.
This technique is used in hypnotherapy to facilitate the elimination of a persistent unwanted behavior patterns where one part of you wants to do one thing, but another part acts independently & wants to do something else.

Parts Integration is an involved & very powerful technique in which you communicate with the parts involved on a subconscious level to resolve inner conflict, to achieve alignment with your goals & to create positive change in your life.
It's pretty mind blowing &
And this is just one of the many powerful tools that I use to help clients achieve their goals. Song Credit: Just Fine - Desiree Dawson
#clinicalhypnotherapy #hypnosis #nlp #partstherapy

Sitting in a library of a hotel somewhere in Germany reflecting over the past day or two. I’ve intentionally stepped away from the familiar buzz of London to prepare for something that I personally find difficult.

Even over a short period somethings are very clear:

✨ Your body is always speaking to you, but you don’t stop to notice. If you give yourself the permission to listen, and address what it is trying to say you will save yourself the time & energy on things that will temporarily address the symptom.

✨ Your environment matters. Remove yourself from the familiar routines, actions and responsibilities. Step in to a different environment completely, then really pay attention to that thing that is bothering you. Is it bothering you in exactly the same way now?

✨ EVERYTHING you consume matters, food, information, conversations, energies.
Get yourself a tribe that will catch you if you need it. If you don’t have it, trust me they will find you. The people you no longer need will just fall away. Remember this.

✨ Your inner-child is one of your biggest allies, don’t ignore them. If you haven’t met them, and you would like to I can facilitate that. Drop me a line, as simple as that.

✨ Your subconscious knows what you need, your analytical mind gets in the way as it attempts to rationalise things. Reminding you that you need them in balance. Get in to the habit of making space for your subconscious/ your higher self/ that all knowing part to show you the answers. It will show you where you need to be and what you need to do at every moment. Walk, meditate, do some self hypnosis, practice yoga, teach your mind & body resilience. Take care of your soul.

Taking my steps with an intentional guide & two warrior guardians I didn’t know I needed. Showing me I’m not alone.
🪽✨🐉 #subconsciousprogramming #perspective #ptsd #journey

We learn so we can guide others. I can hold your hand & support you because I’ve been through it, I know what it feels like. I’m also about to do it again.
One evening, a week before Christmas of 2020 I went to St.Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, with a suspected appendicitis. It was in the mids of Covid, with additional restrictions announced on that very day.
I was admitted, but not treated soon enough.
And so this marked the start of a journey that tested me in ways I could never have imagined.
I had gone in anticipating a routine, keyhole surgery. I had full trust that the medical team will know what is best. That was not the case.
What actually happened was the keyhole surgery but once the appendix had already ruptured for some hours, leading to sepsis, a laparotomy, Covid & PTSD.
I spent almost 30 days fighting through this alone (covid = visitors ban), with the limited number of hospital staff that seemed ever changing. Needless to say I had plenty of support outside the hospital walls, an incredible team of family and friends that I would not be here without. An army of people virtually propping me up every minute of every day & night to whom I am eternally thankful.
It took sometime to put parts of me back together, some parts of me are new, some have changed. This is the adaptive beauty of being human. We are designed to evolve.
I’m certainly a different version of me and these beautiful humans @dr.nima @fatimaasad1358 @niyanahealing @christinasang may never fully realise how instrumental they were in the space they provided. At the end of this month I’m scheduled in for a very similar surgical procedure to resolve some complications. Everything feels extremely familiar, yes I know what it’s like when your analytical mind says you are safe & your body responds with ‘no you are not’. Even with training one’s personal work is never done.
#thisisme #trauma #trust #surrender #learning #choices #hypnotherapy #mindbodysoul #control #therapy #tribe #support #subconsciousmind #somatichealing #compassion #awareness #emotions

If you DISSOCIATE you may feel disconnected from yourself and the world around you. For example, you may feel detached from your body or feel as though the world around you is unreal.
For me it’s like I’m floating just above my body & I’m in a bubble, so all the sounds around me seem muffled until something or someone interrupts the patter. Like someone saying ‘hello’ as I’m walking past.
For me, this is a symptom of PTSD. For you this can be down to anxiety. Dissociation is a way of your mind coping. It may be something you feel for hours or it can last longer, sometimes for days. It may also be something that you’ve done since you were little in order to cope with stress or anxiety.

🛑 look around you, see how far you have come. Acknowledging this doesn’t mean you have to stop progressing & it definitely doesn’t mean you will become lazy.
A part of you has worked damn hard to get here, you had to overcome obstacles, it took effort, it was challenging at times. A little bit of gratitude and recognition is absolutely needed now my darling. If all this sounds familiar to you, when everything seems like it’s spinning out of control try this:
⏳ Verbally state - today, I’m in this moment. Because this is how you can bring yourself back to the here & now.
💭 Separate your self from your thought - say ‘these thoughts I’m having rather than ‘my thoughts’
📿 Pick a mantra or an affirmation that reminds you that you are safe & have a choice.
So you might end up with a phrase that goes a little like this ... “At this moment, these thoughts are uncomfortable, they don’t feel good, but they are not dangerous. I’m safe right now and I know it will pass”.

#anxietyrelief #ptsd #dissociation

At the end of the month I’m scheduled for a very similar surgical procedure to rectify some complications.
Everything feels extremely familiar, I know what it’s like when your mind says it’s safe & your body says no it’s not

A short meditation guide for love & compassion.
Practicing this meditation regularly can help cultivate a deeper sense of love, compassion, and connection within yourself and with others. Remember, meditation is a personal experience, so feel free to adapt and modify the technique to suit your preferences.
And if you want to join a meditation session with me, you can find me @remedilondon on Monday evenings. Booking link in Linktree.
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#mindful #meditation #spirituality #wellness #love

This👆 is a list of some tips that you can save as your ‘go to’.
I use these in my sessions often. They are concise, and very effective adjustments in language. Why is this helpful? Because, guess what? This is something that you can control.
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#hypnotherapist #powerofwords #subconsciousthinkers #control #perspective #mindset #playgroundofthemind

That was awkward 🫥
Just sitting here, minding my own business practising some self-care, reading a book in the Sun. And I am reminded yet AGAIN that our work on expanding the awareness about ourselves is never done 😂

One of the most profound sessions, and arguably most impactful sessions that I hold with clients is the one where they meet their ‘inner child’.
Everyone has childhood traumas. Who even are you if you don’t have any childhood traumas?
For some of us, it’s trauma with a ‘T’ and for others, maybe it’s a ‘t’. And if we don’t resolve them or deal with them, not only will they dictate the decisions that we make they will also impact the people we are in relationships with, they will impact our partners immensely.
When I met my ‘inner child’ almost half way through my training as a therapist, I instinctively knew what they would look like.
However, a few years later, I discovered I actually have two inner children 😂 that’s a story for another post.

I’m curious, have you met your ‘inner child’? Did any of those points ring true for you?
Are you interested in meeting your ‘inner child’?

✨Hypnotherapy is a great way to meet that part of you, to release some pain and gain clarity and understanding on some of your thinking and feeling patterns.

if this is something I’d like, drop me a DM or use the link in my bio to book a complimentary telephone appointment.
This is life changing for some ✨
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#innerchild #childhood #trauma #heal #control #compassion #clinicalhypnotherapy

Everyone gets activated, it’s part of our human condition. Everyone has trauma, everyone has pain. Some have more awareness, others have the tools they know work for them to break the pattern of thinking.
I belong to a tribe with a belief that what we learn from that painful experience should be shared with others, in the hope that this lesson will help another person going through what you did.
Be the person you needed.
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#hypnotherapy #trauma #humanity #connection #spaceholder #safespace #perspective

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