Not only that, it’s also been covered by numerous major dailies such as the Washington Post and The New York Times.

Here’s an article that’s written by a news journalist, James Crenshaw that was published in FATE Magazine.  Here, he talks about the various experiments which he personally observed with a few professors on psychic healing. The methods used, as well as the results are truly interesting and mind-blowing.

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I know that there are those of you out there who doubt your own abil­i­ties of heal­ing, which means you doubt the power of your mind. So I recommend that you read this report  to erase any hesitations you may have which will hinder your ability to heal.

Better and Better,

Laura

Arna is now a Silva instructor and a successful business owner. I’ve posted her story below for your reading pleasure and as a source of inspiration.

Change Your Thinking — Change Your Life

Want to sleep better, change unwanted habits, improve your business and have the life of your dreams? Then think about it! The power of your thoughts can change your life.

You may have heard that you can achieve anything you set your mind to – but is it really that simple? Yes, it is scientifically proven! Best selling authors call it “The Secret” or the “Law of Attraction.” Jose Silva has perfected the techniques and The Silva Method Workshop now teaches you how to put these powerful tools into practice. If you want to not only know more, but create more with your thoughts, you can experience the power of your own mind by attending this Silva Method workshop presented by Arna Berg who claims she owes much of her abundant success in life to The Silva Method.

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After years of working for someone else, Arna explained that circumstances led her to start a little business in Simpson Bay Yacht Club and she opened the doors of The Business Centre. In the beginning it didn’t go very well, every day she wondered how to attract clients, whether the business could pay her a salary and if the business would even survive to the end of the first year. In 1992 her friend Malcolm Maidwell read a book about the Silva Method and he persuaded Arna and a small group of friends from St. Maarten to fly to New York and take this four-day workshop. The things she learned there dramatically changed her life.

Last week, we talked about 5 simple ways to be happy.

As Silva students, we’re fortunate enough to have tips and techniques that can naturally help us achieve happiness. This of course, include meditation, which is the key ingredient used in all of Silva Method’s exercises.

Meditation helps us to relax our mind and body while giving us physical as well as inner peace. It heals stress, anxiety as well as depression.

We already know that engaging in activities that relieve you from stress, anxiety and depression, such as meditation, can reduce the negative energies in our system leading to happiness.

Unfortunately, there are still so many out there who have yet to experience its wondrous benefits.

So, in their quest to achieve happiness, they try various methods that may include medication, drugs and other adrenaline-rushing activities which just aren’t healthy in the long run.

For this reason alone, I am very happy to see that meditation is being recognized more and more in the medical world for its natural and permanent benefits.

Here’s an article written by Janis Whitlock (MPH, PhD), which talks about the increasing number of those addicted to unnatural methods in their quest to find happiness, but with less than positive results.

According to Janis, with the quest for happiness, as it is socially and culturally defined in most western nations, comes heightened risk for addictions of all sorts — particularly for youth.

The article elaborated on the science of addiction, which reveals that when someone struggles with substance abuse or process addictions present in our culture such as food, sex, gambling, self-harming behaviors, or even excessive Internet usage or workaholism, the pay-off is the same: increased levels of “feel good” chemicals.

All of these behaviors increase levels of “happiness” chemicals such as dopamine, serotonin, endogenous opiods, and norepinephrine — at least for a short while.

Meditation, meanwhile, provides the much sought-after positive and permanent qualities that so many are searching for:

• Increased understanding of the neurology of contentment suggests that practices such as meditation and contemplation may hold the key to real and lasting happiness
• Studies of long-term meditators by researchers such as Richard Davidson from the UW-Madison Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience show that meditation is linked to significant activity in the left prefrontal cortex — areas of the brain linked to positive emotion
• Studies of the effect of meditation on mental health typically show meditation linked to significantly less trait anxiety and negative affect, enhanced levels of circulating antibodies and the high-frequency gamma waves associated with higher mental activity
• Similarly, as reviewed in Stefan Klein’s book, The Science of Happiness, long-term compassion-focused meditation has been linked to the most intense left-sided, happiness-related brain activity ever recorded
• These studies have shown that the effects of meditation are believed to be permanent

You can read the rest of the article here, and see for yourself how even the medical world is now recognizing the wonderful benefits of meditation.

Better and Better,

Laura

Why teens addict: The elusive search for happiness

by Janis Whitlock, MPH, PhD

Happiness. We all want it. If you were born in America you learned early that happiness is not only your right but a national obsession as well. Indeed, not only do we individually spend huge amounts of time, energy, and money becoming and staying happy, corporations spend equal amounts of these convincing everyone that they are not happy enough and deserve more. The western relationship to happiness is indeed an odd one. And, it is into this odd relationship that adolescents are inducted as one of the many unspoken rites of passage into adulthood.

Okay, for those of you who just got here and have no clue what’s happening, this is a continuation of an exercise I started last week.

See I was talking about how  we all have a list of things that we keep telling ourselves we’ll do, things that we know would improve us, make us better persons… yet we keep putting them off!

So I asked everyone to list down their 3 things in their “Life’s Big List” and then I gave everyone one week to get the ball rolling to accomplish these things! Those who actually do something about it will get a Silva reward!

Of course to be fair, I need to participate too… So here are my 3 things which I posted up last week:

1. Start writing my novel
2. Take guitar lessons
3. Read at least one book a week

Well, what do you know, I managed to get it started!

In the past week alone, I have:

1. Organized, collated and re-edited my drafts, and even started talking to a few editors to see if I could find one to help me out!
2. I have signed up for guitar lessons
3. I finished reading The Culture Code by Clotaire Rapaille and next I will be reading Paradise Lost by John Milton

I am feeling SO accomplished right now and so excited!

And now I want to see what you have done and share it with me. Leave your accomplishments in the comment box below and tell me exactly what you did to start getting closer to your goals.

OH! Please don’t forget to leave your email addresses too… This is very important because I will be emailing you the details of the prize that you’ll be getting from Silva for participating in this exercise!

Cheers,
Jill

PS: Well, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and start typing, I just can’t wait to see what you have gotten so far

By spending a few minutes watching this, you’re going to understand the importance of  mindset and how it’s going to affect your ‘flow’.

This will, in turn, help you boost your income by affecting your 4 different states of mind:

It’s so inspiring to see this former Silva Graduate tell his story on how he used the Silva Method in his day-to-day life as well as to build a highly successful business.

I strongly suggest you take his tips and techniques into your strategy to lock in wealth and success. Such a rare nugget of wisdom may be rare to come by but when it does, it only makes sense for you to take full advantage and apply it to your life!

Remember: Knowledge, however attained, when applied will prevent suffering and lead to greater success.

Better and Better,

Laura

PS: What did you think of the video? Drop us a comment and let us know if it has helped you with your ‘flow’.

Bill was hit with a series of life challenges, one after the other, but he never once gave up. He broke his back and was told by his doctors that he would never, ever, walk again. On  top of everything else, his wife left him for being a paraplegic but Bill proved, once and for all that he could overcome anything.

His story left me with a warm feeling of gratitude, humility and pride for his achievements as well as the work of my father, Jose Silva.

I really must share Bill’s story with you so listen here to find out the rest of his story and see for yourself how far he has gone since.

I guarantee you that you will be amazed and inspired.

Listen to Bill’s story, it brought tears to my eyes:

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Better and better,

Laura

PS: Do you have similar inspirational stories to share? Leave some comments below!

I just got back from a great trip with my husband, its great to get away and relax! (especially with the busy holiday season just around the corner)

I absolutely adore my life but it can get pretty hectic. I just seem to be on the go all the time.

And I’m positive you can relate.

Luckily,  I have a secret weapon that I always use to calm and relax myself.  And I want you to have it too!

The Relaxation Series contains 3 powerful exercises:

1. 30 Minute Meditation on Deep Relaxation
2. 15 Minutes Meditation on Deep Relaxation
3. Sounds of Relaxation (this will help you meditate without my voice in the background)

But I need your help!

I am doing a survey to learn more about you (yes, my beloved Silva students) and I need your answers to complete my research. Just six easy questions and all you have to do is check a box that suits you the most!

So please click on the link below and help us out. After answering 6 easy questions, you will be redirected to the Relaxation Series.

Go To The Survey

Don’t forget to have fun while you’re at it!

Better and better,

Laura

P.S. This Poll will be open just for a week! You won’t find these meditations anywhere, so act fast if your serious about your inner peace

It goes without saying that meditation is one of the most powerful tools that if used properly, can help us achieve wealth, health and happiness. It helps us release negative thoughts and energy and instead, focus on joy and positivity.

It is one of the most important ingredients to a more potent Silva living.

But I have been noticing some general misunderstandings about meditation that I really feel I should address.

Here is a list of the top 5:

1. Stop Thinking

This is harder than it sounds I know.

It is only natural, but contrary to popular beliefs, meditation is not only about completely stopping your thoughts or completely blanking your mind.

During meditation, when you feel you mind begin to wander, it natural, just stop and bring it back to the present and your meditation.

A good technique is to ask yourself “I wonder what my next thought will be?”. Go ahead and do it. Did you notice a pause in your thoughts?

2. Meditate to Escape

This cannot be a more wrong belief.  It is with meditation that we come face-to-face with our most innermost fears, pain and most selfish of desires.

When we can sit with and accept these unwelcome parts of ourselves we begin to disempower them. This simple act of allowing and accepting has deep significance in the process of healing and liberation.

3. You Have To Sit In The Full Lotus Position

Contrary to popular beliefs, you do not have to sit on the floor in a full lotus position to meditate. The most important thing is that you are a hundred percent comfortable, and in a comfortable environment which will not distract your meditation process.

As long as you are relaxed, focus, and you keep your spine straight, your meditation session should be a wonderful and rewarding experience.

4. Meditation Is Deep Relaxation

While meditation is very helpful in managing stress and helping us overcome illnesses and obtaining the perfect health, its not right to reduce it to just “deep relaxation”. To be fair, being relaxed is only one part of successful meditation, while the other half is keeping the mind alert.

I know this sounds confusing, but this is the tricky part of meditation, which you can overcome over time and with constant practice and guidance from your Silva audio home study course.

5. Just Follow The CD

While the Silva Method provides you with a step-by-step guide on how to achieve all of your desires easily through a number of programs which we present to you in the form of CDs, you and I both know that we cannot just plug it in and leave it to do all the work.

The life that you desire is filled with success, healing and freedom and it can be achieved through a few additional techniques and tools which will compliment your existing programs, such as lessons and other tips that I give out here in this blog.

Also don’t forget to practice your meditation and make a habit of doing it at least once a day, to accelerate your potential and help you achieve your desires.

Better and better,

Laura

PS: Did these tips help you out with your meditation? Do let me know, I would love to hear from you.

I am so overwhelmed with gratitude.

It is indeed a wonderful opportunity for me to be able to see and hear for myself, how much the Silva Method has helped so many of you.

A couple of weeks ago, I asked you to send in your very own story stories.

The results were overwhelming.

And I am truly humbled that so many of you have allowed the Silva Method to touch your lives so greatly.  I decided to share some of the standout stories with you on the blog.

Congratulations June, and here’s to many, many more years of health, happiness, joy and peace. Also a big thank you to everyone else who were kind enough to send in their stories.

Click here to hear June’s story… And please share with me your thoughts!

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Better and Better,

Laura

P.S. Keep watching for more interviews! Coming Soon

Silva has helped thousands of people around the world. They may have started off poor, broken hearted, sick, or depressed. But like you, they are on a journey of self-discovery, enlightenment, and spiritual growth. Not to mention perfect health.

The Silva method embodies every aspect of your life and because repetition is the key to learning, we want to share with you 5 of the many reasons why the Silva Life System is taking you from a life of mediocrity to a life of excitement, joy, adventure, and peace.

If you have a story to share with us of your journey and how Silva has impacted your life please drop me a comment below or send us a You Tube video and you could be rewarded with the Silva Intuition Program for Free.

I am looking for 5 inspiring testimonials that we will reward with the Silva Intuition Program.

1. The Silva Method has influenced every other major personal development methodology.

2. You will discover and use your intuition to set your life goals and achieve them.

3. Silva brings out your innate powers to heal yourself and others and to control your health with the power of your mind.

4. Through technique and practice, you will achieve your dreams with perfect manifestation and perfect thought.

5. Silva has a tried and tested method of achieving a faster and deeper form of meditation to help materialize your dreams.

Now these are just a few examples of how Silva has changed people’s lives. You have so much power in you it’s just waiting for an opportunity to explode and show the world what it can do.

If you have a story to share please drop us a comment below or send us an email or even a youtube video!

As a gift of gratitude for sharing your stories the 5 most inspiring videos or testimonials will be given the Silva Intuition Program for free!

Better and better,

Laura Silva

P.S. -> Put your testimonials up soon! I will be deciding our favorite 5 a week from today on August 5th!