Tapping your inner powerhouse of creativity, succeeding professionally and attaining a sense of profound peace: These are but a few of the wide range of benefits promised by the Sedona method, now being taught in Tokyo by psychotherapist Stewart Wyndham.

Wyndam says that the method helps people release disturbing emotions and stress by teaching them how to let go of limiting ideas and feelings and move out of their emotional "comfort zone."

"It's like a bank account," explains Wyndham. "Let's say you always have between 100,000 yen and 300,000 yen in your account. This range is your comfort zone. If you have less, you panic; if you have more, you start spending until you get it down to that amount. It's like that with everything in our lives. Very often we feel comfortable with our negative feelings simply because we are used to them; they are known. This method allows us to expand our comfort zones so that what we become capable of tolerating expands. As a result, we experience more and more acceptance and peace."