• How to remove negative blocks that may be causing you pain. For example, a headache every December because of the stress of the holidays.

• The secrets of the healing touch technique and how to fix your body, mind and spirit so that you can function solely on your health and transmit free flowing energy.

• That when we focus too much on negative emotions and feelings such as jealousy, gossip, judgments of others, self-hatred, anger, resentment, and holding onto painful memories of the past instead of staying present in the moment, then our energy becomes blocked and illness can arise.

• What others think of the Silva Method Healing Techniques in video testimonial from the Silva Mind Body Healing course.

Healing by touch has been and continues to be a practice by couples and stranger. After reading Healing Touch Techniques For Self Healing , if you have any tips or stories about how you’ve healed yourself or others please share them with us. We love hearing you success stories and experiences.

Mental stimulation is important and helps improve your memory, prevent Alzheimer’s, dementia and a multitude of many other mental illnesses. This is because by exercising your mental muscle you stimulate growth of new blood vessels and keeps existing vessels open and functional.

Strengthening your intellect can take many forms. From watching a good movie, reading a book or having a good conversation with friends.

If you do not maintain your mind, you’re mental state will become ill, weaken and wither.

Quality Of Thought

The quality of your thoughts directly effects the quality of your mental health and your overall health. Do you see the bright side of things? Or are you constantly seeing the flaws and negativity in people?

Holding limiting, negative thought patterns will affect your health in many ways – it can directly affect your levels of happiness, your sleep and your immune system to name a few.

You can maintain your mental health by developing high thought quality through actively replacing negative thoughts with positive, resourceful thoughts.

We all feel down, angry or fearful at times, but its important to recognize this behavior and stop it. Sometimes it may be all too easy to slip into a negative thought process. Its important to be consciously aware of this and stop it in its tracks before it becomes a habit.

There are some  negative thought patterns though, that are a bit more subtle. We can be guilty of these thoughts, sayings and mannerisms without even realizing it.

A simple test it to ask yourself if you ever say the following:

• That drives me crazy
• That really burns me up
• He really pushes my buttons
• I can’t stand it when……

These are examples of some of the few small statements that can make a big difference on our quality of thought.

The next time you notice saying any of these negative sayings or thought, just stop and tell yourself “cancel”. It may seem silly at first but over time it will form into a habit. Only through regular meditation will you be able to grow and maintain your mind.

If you do not maintain your mind, you’re mental state will become ill, weaken and wither.

There are 4 pillars of health that must be addressed anytime anyone wants to get healthier through time.

And there is no shortcut to the perfect health. This is the one big mistake most people make, because they want a quick fix. The only quick fix there is, is to go through the entire holistic process of healing.

This means addressing the 4 pillars of health – mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. You must make sure that every single pillar is strong and healthy.

Your Mental Self

Let’s take a look at the mental part of you. Everything is about the mind. Everything comes from mind. When your mind is working with you, then you’re going to have a better outcome. Your mind is everything that’s invisible, intangible, and everything that moves your outer living experience.

If you think in a negative way, your outer experience may resemble your thoughts. If you think of illness and problematic experiences, your living experience is going to reflect that.

This is why the Silva Method puts so much attention into developing your mind in a positive way. Positive thoughts lead to positive outcomes!

We used to call the Silva Method “Mind Control”, which is self thought control and self mind control.

It’s very important to have that self thought control because you want your living experience to reflect your thoughts, whether its thoughts of healing, gratitude, self empowerment, good deeds or of hope.

We spend a lot of time in Silva Method just developing those skills and everyone can learn to have those skills by following the Silva methodology.

And from there, you can bring into your living experience what you desire.

The Silva Method was designed to allow you to learn those skills to improve every aspects of your life, and most certainly to improve your health by focusing on the positive, whether through thought, belief, imagination and living. Most importantly, the Silva Method is a method that empower the individual because you have every tool you need to become healthier right inside of you.

Remember, your mind has to be working for you and not against you.

Better and Better,

Back in 2002, Dr. William Klish of Texas Children’s Hospital told the Houston Chronicle: “If we don’t get the epidemic of childhood obesity in check, for the first time in a century children will be looking forward to a shorter life expectancy than their parents.”

I remembered the uproar that followed his statement, even after Dr. Klish said that he merely based this on his intuition.

Thankfully, his statement went unproven and was marked as a mere myth.

But still I couldn’t help but wonder, how did it reach to a deteriorating point where even children’s health were so compromised?

Thankfully, we’ve moved away from such an unhealthy state and I think it’s safe to say that humanity is now more attuned towards their own healing abilities – especially through natural or energy healing.

In the past, energy heali

ng was referred to as “alternative healing.” Now, it is well known as “holistic healing” or “energy healing”, which is really just a natural way to heal.

Our understanding towards “energy” and how it affects our body has evolved tremendously to the point where we no longer doubt that our thoughts or feelings can affect our bodies. Conscious awareness and manipulation of this subtle energy is the basis for energy healing.

So what’s depicted in the movie, Avatar, isn’t really science fiction after all!

I’m pleased to see the stage we’re at now. It’s simply the natural order of things. Whenever there is a new radical idea that challenges current world view (and energy healing is one of those ideas), it will always receive some degree of scorn.

After that, the idea will be studied and then years later it will be accepted and we wonder why no one had known about this before.

Energy healing is currently at stages of growth and maturity. It’s been studied, validated and is now moving towards general acceptance. Silva has had countless research conducted and countless reports and newspaper articles published on scientific evidence behind energy healing. We’ve also received hundreds if not thousands of case studies from those who’ve healed themselves with the power of their mind.

So what’s next?

Several generations from now, energy healing will be a natural part of the medical community. Why? I think it’s safe to say that the human consciousness has progressed to a point where many are aware that the essence of being human is to be a spiritual being, which is basically, an energy form.

What are your thoughts on where energy healing is headed next? Do you feel that it’s going to be part of our everyday lives, or will it still face an uphill battle? Leave your comments in the box below.

Better and Better

You can help your doctor heal your body through meditation!

All you have to do to strengthen your immune mechanism is entering your level and remaining there for at least fifteen minutes. You can use that time to relax physically and mentally. You can practice countdowns, from 100 to 1, or from 50 to 1, or from 25 to 1. On each descending number you will relax even more. You can review projects you are working on and visualize successful end results.

If you have a minor health problem, we recommend that you enter level for at least fifteen minutes once a day.

For a more serious health problem, we recommend that you enter level for at least fifteen minutes twice a day.

For very serious health problems, we recommend that you enter level for at least fifteen minutes three times a day.

And Remember….

Meditating once a day is good, twice a day is great and three times a day is excellent. 5 minutes a day is good, 15 minutes a day is great and 20 minutes a day is excellent !

You can also simply enter your level and think about your problem and what to do about it. There is a lot of information available to you at alpha, so take advantage of it.

The simple process of taking greater control of your life with the help of the Silva techniques will reduce stress and make it easier for you to remain healthy. Use these tools, for your own sake, and for the sake of your loved ones.

by William R. “Bill” Sturdevant

(Bill is an award-winning Silva instructor who began presenting Jose Silva’s mind training system in Alaska in 1984.)

There are several ways the Silva techniques can help persons with disabilities. I know of many people who have used them very effectively… including myself.

First, the techniques help the individual in coping with the situation. Some people grow bitter when they are hit with a serious problem, but that doesn’t help in any way. When we improve our own attitude about the situation, this has enormous benefits. There is less stress on the person with the disability, and they have much more energy they can use to cope and deal with life.

At level, you can come up with more ideas for circumventing the disability, for living life in as normal a way as possible.

Here is an example of how the techniques can help:

One man who is experiencing “post polio syndrome” told me that he had quite a revelation at level one day. “I realized that the reason I have so much knowledge and information is that when I was a kid, my activities were so restricted while I recovered from the polio that I spent a great deal of time reading. I read books, magazines, newspapers, anything I could find. “Now the limitations I am experiencing at this time have caused me to go back to using my mind more, since I cannot use my body as much. I realized at my level that the very thing that gave me the knowledge I have today, is now directing…actually forcing…me to put that knowledge to use in a productive manner.”

“I would not be doing this if it were not for the new disabilities that I now have. I’d still be running around doing lots of different things, instead of using my knowledge in a way that helps people, by writing, publishing information, making it available to people who can benefit from it. “Analyze your own situation at your level,” he suggests. “You might be as surprised as I was at the idea that you get at the alpha level.”

He told me that he used Headache Control to deal with the pain, Awake Control to deal with the fatigue that accompanies the post polio syndrome. He also used the Three Fingers Technique to help deal with certain situation.

He also uses the Mirror of the Mind of course.

“I don’t want to just mask symptoms,” he said. “When using Headache Control to relieve pain, and Awake Control to relieve fatigue, I keep in mind that this is correcting the cause of the problem.” We once asked Mr. Silva why the Headache Control Technique works the way it does. It appears that we are only treating the symptom – the pain – and not the underlying tension that causes the headache. Yet thousands of Silva grads have reported that when they used the technique, they stopped getting headaches, and no substitute symptoms ever showed up.

Mr. Silva explained it this way: When you enter your level on your own – not guided by anyone else, such as a hypnotist or Silva instructor – and you do the programming yourself, then your brain and mind understand that you intend to correct the cause of the problem.

I think that the most inspiring success story we have ever received about the power of the human mind to correct problems came from a young man named Ed Thiessen.

Silva International was seeking success stories from Silva grads, and was even offering prizes for the best ones. Ed didn’t know this; his aunt had simply asked him to write a letter to Mr. Silva telling him about his experiences.

We checked with the instructor in Oklahoma where Ed took the course, and she said that the last time she saw Ed, he still had a pronounced limp.

When we checked with the instructor in California where Ed was living at the time, the instructor there had a hard time believing the story. He said that Ed showed no signs of any physical problems, and appeared to be perfectly normal in every way. He told us that he had asked Ed to help him – the instructor – with some programming, but Ed simply told him that he was nothing special, and anybody else could do the things he did.

When we called Ed to tell him that his was the best story we had seen, and we were awarding him $500 and some Silva tapes, he was surprised. And he declined the awards we were offering. He finally agreed to accept them when we pointed out that he share them with others, and use the money to help someone attend the Silva courses who couldn’t otherwise do so.

We published his letter in You the Healer, but it is worth repeating. Here it is exactly the way he wrote it to us:

Couldn’t even imagine being well

“When I was born in 1962 I have been told I wasn’t expected to live and if I did, I would have severe brain damage and cerebral palsy. It was later found out, through further examination, I had muscular dystrophy as well. I was also partly deaf, had severely crossed eyes and legally blind.

“The ‘experts’ didn’t give my parents much hope I would ever be able to read or write or function in the ‘outside world’ – ‘outside’ of a state institution. Because of this and my declining health, they didn’t expect me to live for long.

“At the age of 2 I had my first surgery on my eyes to correct my vision and my crossed eyes.

“From 1967 to 1979 I was placed in institutions and special schools and went through several operations on my legs and eyes to try to correct my many problems. But none seemed to really help. My eyesight was getting worse and hearing and speech were getting worse.

“Then in the early part of 1978 a volunteer gave me a book she had been reading. I often looked at books to see how many words I knew. As I read and reread your book (The Silva Mind Control Method) many times, over a period of time I mastered the techniques in the book. At times, I even slept with the book. I wore the book out.

“The doctors couldn’t understand it but my health seemed to be getting better. I did not tell them what I was doing – it’s called ‘programming.’

“First I began walking. In a short time I no longer needed braces for my legs and arms. My hearing was restored as well as my speech. “They said I would lose my eyesight but, by going to Level three to four times each day, eyesight improved. In the early part of 1980 I was able to leave the institution for good.

“A few months later my aunt heard about The Silva Method and she thought it would help me. She did not know how much it had helped me already. In December of 1980 we took the class.

“It helped me even more. My health improved greatly. In 1981 I stopped wearing glasses and now I have 20/20 vision and am in perfect health.

“In 1982 I took my GED test for my High School diploma and only missed one question in trigonometry. That was because I did not program for the problem. “I used to have to buy two pairs of shoes as my feet were not the same size. I programmed at the beginning of last year (1983), now both feet are the same size. One foot grew three sizes in less than one year.

“All that is left from the past is a slight limp; that will pass soon. That is ‘one’ of my projects for 1984.

“My success is not a ‘miracle’ and I didn’t do what I did because I am some super special person. What I did, I believe anyone can do. It just takes belief, a method (Silva) and a lot of work!

“Thank You, Jose Silva.”

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This movie really moved me, and it features top geneticists, scientists and also true stories of people healed with the power of the mind.

It reinforces the fact that every living being has incredible abilities to heal itself.

As Silva students, you already know all about energy healing or psychic healing, now here’s a movie that explains it all too.

Enjoy and don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comment box below.

May the Rest of Your Lives Be the Best of Your Lives,

Laura Silva

How It All Began…

Twenty-five years ago there was no science called psychoneuroimmunology or behavioral medicine. Today these are disciplines within the medical profession that teach that the mind can have a significant impact on the outcome of disease.

There are now scientific studies that establish that attitude: One’s mental state, can affect the immune system, according to author David Tate, keynote speaker at the 1991 Silva International Convention.

“For example,” Tate pointed out, “long periods of feeling helpless and hopeless are likely to result in raised levels of cortisol, a hormone in the blood, and increased levels of cortisol are correlated with a decreased immune response.”

Tate spoke from his own experience. “When I was 27, when diagnosed and treated for Hodgkin’s disease, a form of cancer,” he said. Afraid and depressed, he reached the point where his doctors could no longer give him a favorable prognosis. “But I had the good fortune, the grace, to have a number of things happen which I believe saved my life,” he said. One of those things was the Silva training.

“I had taken the Silva courses in 1972″ he said. “In 1974 1 attended the annual Silva convention which was held in Boston. The keynote speakers were Dr. 0. Carl Simonton and Stephanie Simonton.

“Now I had been using the Silva technique of going to alpha, affirmations, visualizations for two years in my own healing process, and so you can imagine how delighted I was to hear a physician, a radiologist who treated cancer patients, talk about the importance of Silva concepts. The importance of hope and a positive attitude in dealing with cancer.

The Most Powerful

“About the Silva system, Dr. Simonton said, ‘I would say it is the most powerful single tool that I have to offer patients.’

“In her part of the address, Stephanie Simonton talked about how they used the mental techniques at their clinic. ‘Probably the single most important tool we have,’ she said, ‘is the mental imagery technique.’ She then went on to tell the audience of the need for all of us to take personal responsibility for our health.

“It is up to us to use the technique that all of you who have had the Silva course have learned and to use it regularly,” she said.

In 1978 the Simontons published Getting Well Again, a book that describes in great detail the ideas they discussed at the 1974 Silva convention. The book was a turning point in mind-body medicine, the field now known as psychoneuroimmunology.

Growing Proof, Backed By Science

“Since that time, hundreds of books have been written, extolling the values of relaxation, affirmations and imagery in the treatment of cancer and other diseases. Perhaps the most famous is Bernie Siegel’s Love, Medicine and Miracles.

“Bernie Siegel, a surgeon at Yale, wrote about his experience in working with what he calls exceptional cancer patients. His book was on the best seller list for years. His seminars and speeches are widely attended.

“His chapter on Images in Disease and Healing begins, ‘I began working with imagery and cancer using the approach developed by the Simontons.’

“I point this out to show you the obvious link between Jose’s work and the so-called leading lights in the field of mind-body medicine or psychology or psychoneuroimmunology,” Tate continued.

“Other examples include Shatki Gawain’s book, Creative Visualization. As many of you know Shatki is a Silva graduate.

“Another classic in the field is Kenneth Pellitier’s Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer, published in 1977. Dr. Pellitier acknowledged the contributions of the Simontons, and in fact they wrote the forward to his book.

“Another best seller was Louise Hay’s “You Can Heal Your Life”. In the earlier edition of that book, she recommended Silva, but that recommendation was omitted in later editions. Louise told me she was unaware that it had been withdrawn, and expressed to me her continued support for the Silva system.

The Founding Father

“In concluding my remarks about health, I believe I have established that Jose Silva is one of the founding fathers of psychoneuroimmunology.

“Robert Stone, the author of eighty books, among them, Jose’s biography, supports me in this view. He told me that at a conference held in Hawaii attended by 100 invited scientists, the term cyberphysiology was officially adopted as the umbrella term for the mind’s ability to affect the entire body. ‘Of course,’ he wrote, ‘Jose Silva has taught this for a quarter of a century.’

“In Jose’s owns words, ‘The body’s immune system is the mechanism that God included in the biological human body to heal all health problems. It is said that doctors and medications do not cure the patient, that doctors and medications help the immune system to heal the patient’.”

For More on healing yourself and others go here.

Silva Mind Body Healing is about learning to use your ESP to detect more information, because when you have more information, you can make better decisions. The best part is that you can obtain information, guidance, and help from higher intelligence, which can really put you in a better position to make the best possible decisions. This is called intuitive healing.

Not only that, Silva Mind Body Healing can also help you control your food intake, manage your exercise routine, achieve your ideal weight, and maintain your energy level.

It is not like other programs that are designed to help you “get what you want.”  My father,  Jose Silva recognized long ago – probably as far back as the early 1950s – that we were sent here to planet earth, for a reason. He understood that we all have a purpose, and that we need to learn what our purpose is and then fulfill our mission.

We’re not here just to get things for ourselves, which is obvious when you study both successful and unsuccessful people. This is why we have to make sure that whatever we are programming for will benefit “at least two or more people.” That’s one of the guiding principles of the Silva Method. We should gain helping other people gain, not gain at other people’s loss. The more people who benefit, the more help we will get from higher intelligence.

Here’s what you need to do if you want to reduce and achieve your ideal weight:

1. More benefits = greater desire.
2. Enter your level and think about all of the benefits of reducing your weight and keeping it at the right level. There are many benefits to you: You will look better, feel better, be healthier.

Whey are those things important… not just to you, but to you and at least one other person? Here are some possible reasons:

• Do it for your loved one. They want you to be with them for a long time, not die an early death because you are overweight and unhealthy.

• Think of the ways that you can help your loved ones by being healthier. You can give them guidance from your own life experiences. You can love them, and support them, in their efforts to fulfill their mission. You can inspire them by your example.

• It is important to go beyond your own family when you think of people who will benefit. Even animals take care of their own immediate family members. Human beings also care about other human beings.

• The more people you can think of who will benefit, and the more ways your success will benefit them, the better. When you are healthier and have more energy, you can accomplish more things – you can do more to improve conditions on the planet.

• Fulfilling your mission.

At level, you can come up with many people that you can help, and many ways to help them.

Then… when you are doing all that you can – and are looking for even more ways – to fulfill your mission and improve conditions on planet earth, as higher intelligence sent you here to do, you will get all the help and guidance you need from higher intelligence.

It is a new way of thinking. Not everybody will understand it in the beginning. Those who do understand it, will be able to use the techniques in our MentalVideo Technique – to obtain guidance and help from higher intelligence to do whatever needs to be done, and more.