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Smoking Naturally 304.258.9148 |
Stop Smoking Naturally Spa Program Give your guests another reason to appreciate the health benefits available at your site. Offer SmokeFree to enhance your image. You'll see participants return year after year because of the life-enhancing experience this program offers. The SmokeFree program is a proven combination. Over 1,000 people have attended the program and the feedback has been excellent. The concept is to hold the program away from the smoker's everyday environment and offer a safe setting with fitness activities, group support, natural therapeutics like massage and other services, and healthy meals. A life enhancing experience is provided so that the client deals with this lifestyle change in a positive manner. Good memories are created from the experience. SmokeFree is ideal for spas and resorts who want to enhance their health offerings with a proven program that addresses a very important social issue. As more information becomes available abour the devestating effects of smoking, more smokers will make an effort to give up this addiction. If you would like to inquire about hosting SmokeFree, email Martha Work Ashelman and she will respond promptly. Typical Week at SmokeFree: Evening of Day 1 ~ Orientation Overview of course - history and attributions of materials Discussion of feeling of participants. Usually they are very nervous and full of anxiety. Without exception, there is a feeling of ambivalence - between hoping that they will be given the magic bullet that will set them free, and dreading the loss of their best friend, their constant companion. Discussion of the motivation for becoming free: When individuals are putting themselves through the stress of breaking free of cigarettes for anyone but themselves, they are doomed to failure. An examination of the people in their lives who are putting pressure on them to stop smoking is important. There is something about human nature which makes it difficult to let those who have been the cheering or jeering section be right. So if their mother or children have been riding hard to get them off cigarettes and are taking some of the credit for their decision, I suggest that they make it clear to everyone that they are taking all the responsibility. We emphasize that the choice is theirs and theirs alone. They become clear that this is a big, long term commitment - to keep choosing to be free. Discussion of self-image - A poor self-image contributes to a self-fulfilling prophecy to fail. Discussion of fear of success. Becoming free of smoking means that their entire life will change and to many it is a frightening concept. Discussion of possibility, probability and positive thinking. "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve". Discuss Dennis Waitley's - "The Psychology of Winning". Checklist for celebration of Break Free morning. Breathing and relaxation exercises Day 2 ~ morning Emphasis on benefits of being free of smoking. Generally smokers are seeking more control over their lives. Most have made several attempts to stop before, so the benefits of being free, and their reasons for this choice come up frequently.Group analysis of the importance participants placed on their cigarettes and the reasons they could justify smoking, knowing that it was killing them.Discussion of foods that are beneficial to limit withdrawal symptoms. Consider the problems with caffeine during withdrawal period.Rite of passage - take responsibility for choosing to be free - one urge at a time. Theme song - "One Moment in Time" Go outside to burn all remaining smoking paraphernalia in a metal container. Let balloons go up to sky as symbol of letting go.Discuss "One puff is too many, and ten thousand is not enough" Discuss danger of alcohol during withdrawal - vulnerability Day 2 ~ evening Discussion of "The Grief Process" and how the six stages in the process affect the resolve to stay free.Changes body goes through - film and workbookVisualization and relaxation exercises Day 3 ~ morning Discussion of cravings and urgesDiscussion of withdrawal symptomsTeaching and practicing several meditation techniques Day 3 ~ evening Medical aspects of tobacco useBreathing and relaxation exercises Day 4 ~ morning Discuss fear and deprivation power of the imagination to stay on course.Addiction and the brain. Discuss Bill Moyer's film on addiction.Avoiding weight gain ~ several strategies Day 4 ~ evening Planning strategies to stay free. "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail"Guest speaker - recent or long-term graduate of program Day 5 ~ morning Make "Smart" plans - Specific, Measurable, Agreed upon, Rewarding, able to be Tracked.Discuss "triggers" and dealing with them Day 5 ~ afternoon Guided discussion - hopes and fearsReview individual reasons for choosing to be freeGraduation - awarding of diplomas |
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