Jumpstart Spring with Free Hypnosis Workshops
March 24, 2011, page 10.....

It’s time to jumpstart into spring, and according to Samuel Lurie, “While the power of our own minds may not melt the snow any faster, it can help fire up our own motivation for exercise, positive habit change or meeting challenging goals.”
Two free introduction-to-hypnosis classes, “Motivate for Spring,” are offered March 29 and March 31 at Shelburne Health and Fitness to help participants tap into the power of their own minds to create positive change. The workshops are led by Lurie, certified hypnotherapist based in Burlington who is also a fitness instructor at Shelburne Health and Fitness, where he teaches a popular class called “Mindful Spinning.”
“Hypnosis is simply a combination of relaxation and focusing,” Lurie explained. “The relaxation helps us move through any kinds of tension or blocks towards our success; and focusing allows us to move positively ahead, able to visualize ourselves successful at reaching our goals.” The hypnotherapist helps participants learn how to do this more effectively than when just working on their own, incorporating positive suggestions to help with exercise, eating, wellness and self-esteem.
Lurie has been a workshop presenter at the Charlotte Senior Center for these hypnotherapy workshops for the past several years, and he says he has lots of Charlotte folks who have been interested. Patty Horsford is one of them. She has participated in his spinning classes and the workshops, which she says, “are great!” She is hoping to be able to attend another this spring.
Both day-time and evening options are provided: Tuesday, March 29, noon to 1:30 p.m., at Shelburne Health and Fitness, in the Yoga Studio, and Thursday, March 31, 6:30-8 p.m., at Shelburne Health and Fitness, in the Aerobics Studio. 
Shelburne Health and Fitness is located at 166 Athletic Drive, Shelburne. The workshops are free, but registration is required. Call Shelburne Health and Fitness, 985-4410. For more information contact Samuel Lurie at Transform and Grow Hypnosis, tghypno.com, 578-8391 or Samuel@tghypno.com.

Information provided by Samuel Lurie.