A Meditation to Help You Manage Diabetes- Guided Imagery and Affirmations for Type 1 or Type 2, Endorsed by Diabetes Educators

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This Health Journeys™ guided meditation for diabetes is a holistic, mind-body, evidence-based treatment tool that can be applied to either Type One or Type Two diabetes. Offering affirmations and guided imagery for diabetes, this recording has been endorsed and distributed by AADE, the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Embedded in this soothing, hypnotic meditation for diabetes are suggestions designed to help lower blood sugar naturally. The narrative invokes images in a relaxed, focused state of mind, of the body’s receptivity to insulin, whether from an under-utilized, natural supply or from medications, or some combination of both. Guided imagery is a holistic, mind-body technique that consists of healing words and hypnotic images, set to soothing, immersive music, to provide ways to lower blood sugar and hemoglobin a1c naturally. Repeated listening once or twice a day for 2-3 weeks ensures maximum impact. Recent research has shown that meditation and diabetes create a positive partnership, reducing cortisol, blood glucose and hemoglobin a1c. Our Health Journeys™ guided meditation for diabetes was made in consultation with diabetes educators, endocrinologists, and other medical specialists. It was written and narrated by noted guided imagery and holistic health pioneer Belleruth Naparstek and scored to the exquisitely soothing music of Steven Mark Kohn. The narrative provides images of a steady, balanced digestive process; continuous, on-going organ renewal and repair, and a steady flow of energy and strength, thanks to the healthy, even absorption of nutrients. Other imagery provides extra relaxation and stress relief training for an additional healthful boost to blood chemistry. There are also suggestions to inspire and motivate self-care and a positive attitude toward the sometimes rigorous and frustrating demands involved in managing diabetes. A separate track of affirmations provides shorter versions of the same powerful themes provided by the guided imagery for diabetes, for those who prefer to listen while engaged in other activities, or even while driving. Endorsed and distributed nationwide by The American Association of Diabetes Educators, this guided meditation and many others by Health Journeys™ are dispensed to people with diabetes by endocrinologists, diabetes nurse educators, nutritionists, dieticians and other diabetes health providers, as adjunctive treatment, alongside other protocols and treatments. (Running Time: 48 min.)

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I am a diabetic who has been taking insulin, Glucophage and Prandin for the past 3 years to control my blood sugar. I decided to run a little experiment to see if meditating could reduce my need for these medications, which I am not happy about taking. This is especially true of the shots. My nurse told me that regular relaxation might possibly reduce my blood sugar. I started three new relaxing activities which I had never tried before. I joined a hatha yoga class that meets three times a week at the community center. I also started listening to either the Health Journeys Diabetes imagery or the General Wellness imagery, in the morning and the evening. I am not sure how far this will take me, but last week, my nurse-educator told me that I am definitely taking too much medication, and that we will have to start cutting it down! (Reprinted from Health Journeys website March 2009) –Katha