Visualization Techniques

Are you depressed/tired and want to change your health?

by mroth July 19, 2011

Our Happy Mind and Healthy Body Program, which improves your health, was recently reviewed by a member of The Connected Mom. The Connected Mom is a natural parenting site that focuses on fostering positive connections with our children, our communities, our planet, and each other. We are happy to share this review with you. Circle+Bloom’s [...]

Read the full article →

A Birth Within offers Fertility by Hypnosis® and pre-conception hypnosis programs

by mroth July 7, 2011

Welcome our guest blogger A Birth Within. “The journey to becoming a parent is a different road for every woman. Fertility by Hypnosis® relieves stress and empowers women to fulfill their dreams and prepare their mind, body and spirit to conceive a child.” Due to its unique ability to address the body, mind, and spirit, [...]

Read the full article →

Mind-Body Fertility Seminar with Joanne Verkuilen at The Berkely Center for Reproductive Wellness – NYC

by mroth February 23, 2011

We are pleased to be working with mind-body series to help you learn powerful visualization techniques for not only your www.newyorkfertilityacupuncture.com Registration Required There is no charge for this event, but you must register as space is limited. Please register via phone or email: 212.685.0985 / patientservices@berkleycenter.com

Read the full article →

How Einstein Would Get Pregnant: Week 4 Video Intro

by Joanne October 8, 2010

“The truth is: love heals.” – Bernie Siegel, M.D. Welcome to week 4 of our new How Einstein Would Get Pregnant blog series to learn more about how we can proactively use our brains to influence our bodies and reproductive health. This week, we are positively thrilled to have our own “Einstein” – Dr. Bernie [...]

Read the full article →

Congratulations Jennifer!

by Joanne September 27, 2010

This incredible email was waiting for me on this Monday morning and I thought I would share it with you in all its glory. Thank YOU Jennifer for writing this, for using our programs and promising to shout from the rooftops when you hit your second trimester! She is a patient of Mike Berkley of [...]

Read the full article →

5 New Ways To Re-Think Fertility and Stress

by Joanne August 31, 2010

With this study published definitely linking stress and trying to conceive, we are one giant step closer to understanding more about our female bodies. Three years ago when I had my “a-ha” moment, standing in my kitchen holding a cup of coffee, with the idea of Circle+Bloom banging me on the top of the head, [...]

Read the full article →

PCOS! Be afraid…be very very afraid.

by Joanne August 25, 2010

We are setting our sights on you, PCOS!  We are in our labs right now mixing up a deadly concoction of brain-body therapy to rid you forever! When we sent out our questionnaire a few months ago as to what next product you would like us to develop, PCOS was high up on the list. [...]

Read the full article →

Waking Up Feeling Refreshed – It’s Possible!

by Joanne July 7, 2010

When creating our Energy for Empowerment Program, I did a lot of research on the effects of lack of sleep on our body.  Turns out, lack of sleep can be the first domino in a chain of events that can wreak havoc on all aspects of your well-being.  When you do not get enough sleep, [...]

Read the full article →

How to use Circle + Bloom

by Joanne June 29, 2010

Just to show you how truly easy it is to use our programs and integrate it into your daily life – take a minute and watch…We had fun making it! And it might just get you to make a similar one and enter to win an Apple iPad!

Read the full article →

Psychoneuroimmunology…your superpower!

by Joanne June 14, 2010

We all have a superpower and it is called the internal communication between mind and body. The fancy and scientific name for it is Psychoneuroimmunology, which means your thoughts and feelings (psycho) affect the chemicals in your brain (neuro), which affects the hormones that fight disease or replicate viruses (immunology). Research centers have sprung up [...]

Read the full article →

The Beginning of a Life Style Change

by Susan June 6, 2010

I have had an amazing couple of weeks, a beginning of a life style change that I know will help me live my life to the fullest. I joined Joanne at Circle + Bloom because I wanted to make more of a difference in the world. That might seem odd, but something stirred within me [...]

Read the full article →

3 Steps Towards Creating a Mind-Body Habit Everyday for Pregnancy

by Joanne May 18, 2010

Whenever I approach the challenge of creating a new habit – whether it is start a new exercise routine or to eat better – I have found it’s always easier when others before me lead the way and provide advice on how best to do it. Our intent with this post is to do two [...]

Read the full article →

Using Circle+Bloom with Acupuncture for Fertility.

by Joanne May 14, 2010

We’re thrilled to announce that the Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness in New York City will be offering their patients our programs on iPods to listen while they are being treated with acupuncture. Mike Berkley, L.A.c., founder and director, was very complimentary of the quality of our programs – including our detailed physiological visualizations – [...]

Read the full article →

How to Trust Your Instincts

by Joanne March 25, 2010

Recently, we received an email from a woman who told us about an “epiphany” she encountered while using our programs. In a blink of an instant, while in a relaxed state and mentally focusing on her reproductive organs, she realized that she didn’t trust her body to do what it is supposed to do. Having [...]

Read the full article →

Using the Other 90% of your Brain

by Joanne January 13, 2010

Whether or not the claim that we only really use between 5 – 10% of our brains is true, we know that we can always improve our mental well-being for purposes of increased focus, better sleeping and overall improvement in health and energy levels. I have found over the past three years that by changing [...]

Read the full article →

Power of Music

by Joanne October 7, 2009

“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.” -Plato Dr. Mike Miller, a research cardiologist at the University of Maryland, has been studying the effects of happiness — or things that make people happy — on our hearts. He began his research with laughter, and found watching funny movies and [...]

Read the full article →

Our Next Product – Insight and Notes, Part 1

by Joanne September 10, 2009

Since I wasn’t blogging during the creation of our existing 28-day program, I thought I would spend a little time  documenting how the production process of creating, editing, scripting, recording and then finalizing the auditory programs to create the best possible quality, enjoyment and outcome for our customers. This program has been a special request [...]

Read the full article →

The Courage to Adopt

by Joanne September 7, 2009
Thumbnail image for The Courage to Adopt

My dear friend, Stephanie, who has been our source of inspiration – our “muse” – used our program for one full month, got her period and started using the program again the next month.  About 10 days into the following month, however, she was stuck with powerful intuition from her body while using the program. [...]

Read the full article →

Getting Granular

by Joanne September 1, 2009
Thumbnail image for Getting Granular

Maybe you are like me, but I always found when reading books and materials about fertility – the topics surrounding the technical details of what your LH, FSH, ovulation, progesterone, temperature, pituitary glands all were supposed to be doing – I would usually be put right to sleep.  Maybe it was a combination of the [...]

Read the full article →