from Judy Sharp, our hypnotherapist and past life therapist The more I work with clients across a range of issues from holding on to weight to depression, from a strange phobia to general anxiety, the more I realise just how many of them can be traced back to a past life. It is a personal challenge of mine to somehow make people understand that working with past lives is not just “over there” stuff for hippies and wierdos, it is a very powerful healing tool for everyone. It has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with spirituality and the Universal Laws. A client doesn’t actually have to believe in past lives or reincarnation for the healing to work: it is the process of discovering the root cause of a particular problem and resolving the issue that triggers the healing. I was talking with my teacher / mentor the other day and he told me yet another lovely story. One of the students in his group, a volunteer for a demonstration of a past life session, showed the class some nasty marks down his back. He said he got them while working on a building site, there had been an accident with some cement. He was a good subject and went back to a past life where he had been whipped and burned on his back. The following week he reported that his back was starting to heal, his long-standing wounds were vanishing, all on their own. Re-reading the works of Dr Brian Weiss, Roger Woolger, Ian Stevenson and Roy Stemman reminded me all over again of the thousands of case studies that have been verified and that now support this whole theory. I am passionate about this part of my work and know from the amazing results I get just how powerful it is – you can find case studies on my website: www.effective-hypnotherapy.co.uk . related text:  Judy Sharp

This is Mr Woo, a life-size model showing acupuncture points (there are lots of them, as you can see!). Mr Woo came with us to our stall in the Orchards a while back, and he was also at our Open Day at Vinings Natural Health Centre itself. He was a great hit with younger visitors, and was the perfect way to introduce people of all ages to the concept of energy points around the body.

It’s a frantic time of year, isn’t it? End of term activities are building to a climax; summer holidays are just around the corner – and even the weather is being, well, summery! If you find that you are getting just too stressed out, take a bit of time out before your holiday. Yes, that’s right, de-stress before your holiday, so that you can enjoy your time away to the full. At Vinings Natural Health Centre you can choose from a tempting choice of massages, or perhaps some footcare to prepare your hard-working feet for summer sandals and sandy beaches? Reflexology can relax and unwind you, while acupuncture can work wonders on all sorts of summer conditions. Browse through our menu of treatments and therapies and see which catch your eye – then you can go off on your holidays knowing you’re in great shape at every level!

As locals will know only too well by now, there are serious – and long-term – roadworks in South Road, the main A272 that goes through Haywards Heath. Part of the official diversion brings cars along Church Road – right past the entrance to Vinings Natural Health Centre! We are using this opportunity to put more signage by the entrance to show drivers and passengers where we are – one man’s traffic jam is another’s promotional boost, as they say! We’ve had several outings and events in the past few months and what we have found is that, while lots of people have heard of us and know about us, lots more haven’t. Perhaps they are new to the town, or haven’t strayed behind the Orchards into Church Road – or maybe they are totally new to holistic and / or complementary therapies. In any event, we use any opportunity we can to let people know where we are and what we do, because we are proud of our therapists and the treatments they provide, and we know how much they can help people improve their overall wellbeing. And if you’d like to lower your stress levels from being stuck in traffic during the hot, sticky weather – we could recommend a lovely massage, or perhaps some acupuncture, or even some hypnotherapy: why not pop in and see for yourself?