Client Stories

Spiritual Awareness/Workshops

“Working with Brenda has been an incredibly enriching experience. In her “Discovering Your Heart’s Desire” workshop, I not only discovered much more clarity about what I really wanted to do in retirement as my second career, but I also found new spiritual awareness of who I really am in my deepest nature. Doors of opportunity and resources that I need to pursue my second career continue to emerge in the most unexpected and synchronistic ways. On a personal level, Brenda shared deeply about her own journey, including the obstacles and challenges, and created an atmosphere in the group that helped all of us learn from each other as well and move through our own challenges with more trust that the universe will provide.”

-Susan Pearson, Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico.

Smoking Cessation and Weight Loss

The changes that I have made in my life, with just a few hours of face to face interaction with Brenda, are remarkable.

When I first contacted her, I smoked 2 1/2 packs a day. I was spending a fortune on cigarettes, and really doubted that I was ever going to be able to quit. I had tried lots of different methods of quitting, and at most would stop for a couple of weeks. I thought if hypnosis didn’t work, I wasn’t going to be any worse off than I already was! Brenda helped me understand how my own mind was working against me. I quit smoking simply by choosing to change the thoughts that I thought. I smoked my last cigarette on October 31, 2005 and have never regretted making the decision to try hypnosis with Brenda.

In the fall of 2010, I decided that I no longer wanted to keep lugging around all the extra weight. I was tired of being tired. I didn’t like the way I looked, or felt about myself. I thought I remembered that Brenda offered weight loss programs as well as the smoking cessation. Since the smoking cessation was such a success, it just seemed natural to contact Brenda again. With her help I shed 50 pounds over the course of 7 months. I have had no trouble keeping the weight off. All I had to do was change the way I thought about food.

I have no doubt that hypnosis works. The changes I made are real, the results I have experienced are dramatic! I am proud to say that I am a walking advertisement for Brenda, and hope that anyone who is thinking of trying this will talk with her.

- StP, New Mexico

Spiritual Guide

“Brenda has been a wonderful and caring spiritual guide for a number of years for me. She has an innate ability to intuit exactly what is needed in emotional situations. Brenda is very wise and listens well to provide the precise wording and energy to help a person through spiritual, mental and emotional blockages. She has the ability to provide a safe energetic environment to allow the real spirit to emerge and evolve. I would highly recommend her to anyone who wishes to become more connected to the Divine Self along the road of evolvement.”

- SR, Monroe, Washington

Physical & Emotional Pain

“Brenda helped me through a very difficult time in my life.  She taught me how to relax and take one day at a time. I still use her CD’s whenever life get’s hard to handle. Currently, I have to keep my leg elevated due to a blood clot.  The CD’s help me relax. Thank you, Brenda.

HUGGS 

Post Traumatic Stress & Childhood Trauma

One of the most important events of my life was my healing experience with hypnotherapy under the direction of Brenda Bentley with Rays of Light Healing in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

At the age of 55, my life was coming unraveled.  I was on the edge of a mental breakdown and it was the most devastating experience imaginable.  After several weeks of uninterrupted, inescapable anxiety, she was able to help me refocus and get my life back.

Beginning at age 7, I was verbally and emotionally terrorized and sexually abused by our parish priest over a six year period of time.  He was a lifelong experienced pedophile, skilled at domination.  To protect myself, I did what all abused children do.  I suppressed all of these horrible events deep into my subconscious.  I was always mindfully aware of these events, but I just kept pushing them deeper.

At the age of 55, suddenly all of these emotions came roaring back to the front of my mind and it consumed me.  I couldn’t control my thoughts.  It totally disrupted my life and I felt as if there was no relief.  My life had become one big bag of constant, unavoidable and inescapable stress and confusion.

I was very near a total mental breakdown.  I couldn’t function properly in any area of my life.  As with all abused people, I was having thoughts of ending my life.

I read an article about Brenda and called for an appointment.  It was a very difficult step for me to take, but Brenda gave me the tools to break the cycle of self condemnation.  She took me through the deeper layers of my mind to release the emotions of fear, shame, anger, guilt and anxiety.  I now have the tools to deal with those terrible events and put them in their proper place.

Brenda is a highly skilled and compassionate person and she saved my life!” 

- This client chose to be anonymous.

Stress Reduction

Working with Brenda Bentley at Rays of Light Hypnotherapy has been a profound experience for me. I have, with the help of her gentle voice and safe soothing presence, been able to address and realize self-defeating habits, transform the way I handle stress and difficult people and situations. Perhaps the most rewarding part of the process is that I have become a fuller and personally richer person with a sense of confidence and understanding of myself and my world, and that brings me peace. I highly recommend this therapy. It is a gift you give to yourself.

~MLW., Rio Rancho, NM

Transformation

After struggling and feeling unable to move forward with several personal issues, I went to see Brenda Bentley at Rays of Light Hypnotherapy. She customized my sessions and facilitated my healing. I easily and quickly progressed. Brenda is a dynamic facilitator. Intuitively she guided me through difficult territory – and I safely landed on the other side. I highly recommend working with Brenda at Rays of Light Hypnotherapy.

~AB, Albuquerque, NM

Creativity

Recently, Brenda guided me in a session to connect with creativity. I had a very powerful and meaningful contact with the creative writer inside of me. Brenda’s skill and expertise in guiding me was superb. I could feel her heart-centered presence as she guided me inside my inner world. I have since finished the first chapter of a book idea that I have been putting off writing for several years. THANK YOU, BRENDA!

~SRB, CCHt

Smoking

I am still amazed! After smoking for forty years and seriously trying to quit well over ten times throughout my lifetime, I am proud to say that I am now smoke-free! The most amazing thing is that since my sessions with Brenda, I can not even remember how it felt to smoke cigarettes. The whole smoking thing seems very foreign to me now. I am so thrilled that I just want to shout it from the mountaintop!! In addition to saving money and my health, I feel very empowered! If I can conquer that old monkey on my back, I am ready for any challenge. Thank you Brenda, signing up for your sessions was the very best thing I have ever done for myself.

~ D. Kroneman

Weight Loss

Brenda Bentley at Rays of Light Hypnotherapy has helped me to lose weight and to change my eating habits, changes which have lead to a healthier life style. I feel better, look better, and get better medical test results after participating in this therapy. I plan to stick with the program for a lifetime!

~VJ, PhD, Rio Rancho, NM

Past Life Work and Self Confidence

I believe there are no coincidences and feel that spirit led me to attend the Past Life Regression Workshop with Brenda Bentley. Then, I decided to have individual sessions with Brenda. I had always wanted to try hypnotherapy and I am pleased that I finally did. I believe this was the missing piece. I feel stronger now mentally than I ever have before. I really feel that I am in control of my life and I can make it as good as I want it to be. I feel like I can accomplish anything. Thank you, Brenda for helping me get to where I am today.

~AFA, Laguna Pueblo