Lara says:

I have suffered from migraines for over a year now. I’ve been to many doctors, specialists, tests, medicines, massage, websites, articles, etc all trying to heal myself.

My new method of trying to heal it is with Reiki. It has been the most pleasant healing process and most effective. I am not attuned to energy healing myself (yet) so I contact healer friends when I have an attack and they are always so happy to send healing energy my way with distance healing.

I woke up this morning and found your blog and knew I had to share my story. Just last night, 3am, I woke up with a migraine I had been trying to shake off for over a day. I went to my computer & emailed everyone I knew to send me healing. I was desperate as the migraine was reaching the point of severe pain & I was desperate for relief.

I sent the email and as I went back to sleep I felt great energy surround me, strong energy, very peaceful & soothing. I woke up this morning and my migraine is completely GONE. I feel 100% myself again. I’m so grateful to have found a source of relief. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. It has turned my pain around completely.

Although, I still get these migraines, since starting Reiki as a healing treatment, there have been fewer attacks (as I use to get them 1 or 2 a month) & the pain is weakened significantly.

I’m so so grateful and look forward to the day of when I am attuned to help heal myself and others.

Jessica Miller is who demonstrated Reiki for me & who really informed me about energy healing…
http://www.reikimastery.com/

Thanks for sharing your story, Lara.  Please keep us posted on your progress.

Hypnosis  has been used as one of the oldest healing techniques since the ‘sleep temples’ of ancient Egypt. However, in 1955 the British Medical Association endorsed the practice of hypnosis and since that time it has been recognized as a valuable addition to conventional medical treatment, despite the popular myths of mind control incorrectly suggested by “stage hypnotism”. The therapy is also recognized by the American Medical Association and the American Dental Association.

There are two main approaches someone may take to hypnotherapy – either find a professionally qualified practitioner, or use self-hypnosis.  Some people find the latter approach less worrying because no third party is involved.

Your can learn self-hypnosis online, free, with Learn Hypnosis in 5 Days - a professionally created course. The first lesson of the free hypnosis course will be emailed to you immediately and then will then get further hypnosis course instalments every 2 days, and a monthly newsletter ‘Inspired Minds’.  Register right away for your free course.

NOTE: Contraindications for hypnosis

Your medical practitioner should always be consulted before you use hypnosis / hypnotherapy for migraine or tension headaches. Any pain is a warning signal from the body, and you should first check out with your physician that the pain of your migraine is not due to any other condition. In particular, hypnosis is contraindicated for anyone suffering from epilepsy, clinical depression, heart or breathing problems, allergies, psychiatric illness or anyone using recreational drugs.

Are Morning Headaches and Snoring Connected?

They definitely can be.

If you’re very tired when you first wake up, there could be many reasons. For example, persons with hypoglycemia or other blood sugar problems may need some protein to get their blood sugar back to normal after having not eaten for eight or more hours. Or you may be a night person who just doesn’t enjoy the mornings. Many times we wake up dehydrated, and a big glass of water can get us back to normal very quickly.

But for many, it’s more than just being tired. Many people experience frequent severe morning headaches, and often snoring is to blame. But why the connection between the two?

Why does snoring cause morning headaches?

One of the reasons that morning headaches and snoring are connected is that the person snoring may have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a very dangerous condition wherein someone actually stops breathing for a few moments because of restricted airflow. They then wake up just long enough for the body to force itself to start breathing again and are typically not awake long enough to even know that their sleep has been interrupted. When caused by sleep apnea the connection between morning headaches and snoring is because the brain is literally starved of life-giving oxygen, over and over again, throughout the night. If left unchecked, this condition can even cause slight brain damage, so it’s no wonder that a person would get morning headaches from this! Sleep apnea is very common in persons who are overweight as their excess body fat puts undue pressure on the neck and cuts off the airway.

Most sufferers do not even know that they have sleep apnea. Considering how dangerous it is, if you have morning headaches and snoring problems, and especially if you are overweight, you may want to talk to your doctor immediately about medical intervention or treatment options.

Other Causes

Another reason that morning headaches and snoring are connected is because if a person snores very loudly or deeply, they are actually hurting their own head. That constant vibration of the dry tissue of the throat can cause damage to the entire back of the neck and head giving a person a headache.

And of course chronic sleeplessness is another cause for morning headaches and snoring is a big cause of sleeplessness. If you re trying to sleep next to a chronic snorer, you are probably very sleep deprived, whether you know it or not. Fatigue, irritability, restlessness, inability to concentrate, and falling asleep at inappropriate times are other symptoms of insomnia much like morning headaches. And snoring is a leading interrupter of sleep, not just for the snorer, but for those next to him or her.

If you re experiencing regular morning headaches, you should consult with your doctor. There may be other health concerns and issues that are causing them of course, but morning headaches and snoring are very common. These headaches can be indicative of other serious health problems that you may be having, or may be at risk of having, if you do not address your snoring issues immediately.

Morning Headaches can be caused by many things from the simple and easily correctable like dehydration or hunger to the serious and potentially dangerous. Find out if you should be worried if you are having frequent morning headaches.
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Article From Holistic Health Articles

Although you’re here to read about migraine, healthy eating plays a vital role in keeping your migraine at bay, and there’s no better “healthy eating” speaker than Patrick Holford, so I have no hesitation in recommending his talk below.

Nutritionist Patrick Holford

• Do you want to lose weight quickly and keep it off?
• Feel full and bursting with energy?
• Slow down the ageing process
• Improve your mood and memory
• Reduce your cholesterol without drugs
• Cut your cancer risk
• Prevent and reverse diabetes and heart disease?

The good news is you can find out how to achieve all of this with nutrition expert Patrick Holford – author of the best selling Optimum Nutrition Bible – who will be touring the UK from 20th April to 1st May 2009 to explain how a low glycaemic load (GL) diet can help you master your weight and improve your health.

Patrick is a great speaker and one of the UK’s leading nutritionists. I am proud to have numbered him amongst my lecturers when I trained at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition.

The tour takes in Bristol, Totnes, Bournemouth, Brighton, Guildford, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and Manchester.

We have arranged for you to save £3 on the normal ticket price of £15. To book click here and quote GLRSO when asked for a promotion code.

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I’ve been putting up a series of free subscriber emails giving information on migraine and food intolerance, one of the migraine topics that attracted the most interest, according to my website statistics.

While you are on that site, do have a look at the extensive range of other topics covered in my ebook.

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