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  Want to lose weight? Then don’t! Instead, Gain Health... ...and enjoy life! By Abu Yusra NLP Trainer and Hypnotherapist  © Abu Yusra All rights reserved. Contents What will this e-book do for you? 4 It’s all about the weight, isn’t it? 5 So, what’s the solution? 6 PRECISE™ Goals 6 P State Precisely and Positively what you want 6 R Is it Realistic? 6 E Is it Exact and Ecological? 6 C Is it as if it is Current? 7 I Is it for you? (I want this.) 7 S What’s the Small but Significant first Step? 7 E [...]

The full mind and body workout – courtesy of Ramadan! (Part 2) Bismillah, was-salaatu was-salaamu ‘ala Muhummed (saw). When you think about Ramadan and how it changes you in just one month, isn’t it amazing?   Over the course of the year, between one Ramadan and the next, we slowly lose the focus that was sharpened by this most holy of months.  We begin to fall back into bad habits; we start missing our salaah; we abandon the Holy Qur’aan; we most definitely abandon the Masjid; we are less careful with our language and sometimes less worried by our behaviour. [...]

The full mind and body workout – courtesy of Ramadan! (Part 1) Bismillah, was-salaatu was-salaamu ‘ala Muhummed (saw). The blessed month is (nearly) here. Preparations are underway in most households to welcome this blessed, annual guest.  Some prepare mentally, some prepare spiritually, some prepare by stocking up on food – dare I say it, exotic food and drink – yet almost no-one prepares physically! There are many blessed Shuyookh out there, may Allah (swt) preserve them, who have, and will continue to help us, me included, to grow spiritually. My article is about attaining and maintaining physical and mental health [...]

  Introduction to NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) can be life changing and offers a set of skills that transforms all area of someone life. The  pillars of NLP is a good place to start.  NLP is an outcome discipline and is about: flexibility of behaviour sensory acuity – how you observe others language – how you use and receive it taking action. Having clear goals (outcomes) in life makes a real difference. Goals give us direction and energy which can bring purpose to life. Once we know where we are going, flexibility to make changes is need based on feedback (Sensory acuity). [...]

Exam Stress Busters It is no secret that exams always arrive with a companion: stress.  Expectations, whether personal, parental or teacher / tutor, and the realisation – in most cases – that time could have been spent better all add to the pressure felt by students as exam day looms ever closer. If you feel no stress, then that isn’t a good sign at all because it means that doing well in your exams isn’t important to you.  So, after spending the past 10+ years in education, it is reasonable to assume that you do want to do well in [...]

Emotionally Intelligent Parenting(A talk by Abu Yusra of Yusra Training and Therapy at The Living Islam Camp, 30 July 2011)Bismillah, wal-hamdu lillah, was-salaamu ‘ala rasoolillah.Dear Friends, I am pleased to be here to address you on this most important subject.  I am not here to teach you how to ‘parent’.  I am here to share some ideas that I have found to work well in my regular work with children and more importantly, as a parent myself. I would like us to discuss and discover, through reflection, how we can be better parents and have a better relationship with our children, or children [...]

About the Author The author is a Trainer and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) having studied both in the UK and USA for his qualifications. Over the last 15 years, he has helped: people to have a better, more fulfilling lives  students to achieve better results in their GCSE, A-Level, Under and Post Graduate studies parents to enjoy the joys of parenthood through developing loving, respectful and aspirational relationships with their children many people, both children and adults, to overcome learning and social difficulties and to achieve beyond their wildest dreams. He is also a qualified Hypnotherapist and has [...]