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truth is that you have already
experienced what it is like to be in hypnosis and
I would be surprised if you have not been in hypnosis already
today.
One of the most frequent questions
I'm asked, almost daily infact, and what people are most unsure
about is what hypnosis actually is and how it will feel to
them.
I usually answer one
of two ways, the first being:-
Have you met any deaf children? Dinner is ready and you call
them, and they are so engrossed in a film or computer game
that they simply don't hear you? It is often (not always)
genuine, they fail to hear you because they are in a trance
like state (hypnotised).
and the second being:
How about when you're driving your car... it's a familiar
route you've been along many times before. When you arrive
at your destination, you realise that the journey has flown
past without much thought to the actual driving.
Can you remember how intently you concentrated when you first
passed
your driving test?
Your subconscious mind basically
takes over for the most part of your day, trained over many
years to think it knows what is best for you. It has been
taught by you and that lesson has been reinforced over years
of behaviour patterns adopted by you.
Being under hypnosis is like
being very relaxed on a chair or sofa while you watch a good
movie. You are aware of your surroundings but you choose to
remain comfortable and engrossed in this movie. You can hear
other sounds but you're focused on this movie and so you choose
to ignore the other sounds. Well, this is hypnosis.
You're seated on a chair or
sofa and the hypnotist will guide you through a series of
visualisations, this allows your body to relax completely
and, in time, your mind follows the relaxation.
It is at this point that the
therapist continues communicating to your subconscious mind
and intervening with therapeutic positive suggestions. These
enable your subconscious to learn new behaviour patterns.
That really is hypnotherapy
in a nutshell.
I've put together 10 simple reasons
why everyone
should learn to use hypnosis:
1. Hypnosis is natural and normal; you pass through hypnosis
as you go to sleep and as you wake up.
2. Hypnosis allows access to your subconscious mind, the
part which knows just what to do and just how to do it, the
part which acts automatically and spontaneously.
3. When in hypnosis your creative mind comes to the forefront
so you can use imagery and visualisation for therapeutic intervention
more easily. Images become more vivid and therefore more real,
explaining why hypnosis is so beneficial to sports performance.
4. Visualisations created while in hypnosis are also a very
beneficial way in which you can gain relief from many physical
ailments, such as IBS relief, depression relief and anxiety
relief.
5. You can use hypnosis to create a zone state and in effect
have tunnel vision for more powerful direction of thought
and intent.
6. You can learn self hypnosis at home with the help of hypnosis
CDs. You get better at it with practice, so you can learn
to access deeper states as you wish. Even though mild hypnotic
states are perfectly effective for therapeutic intervention.
7. Hypnosis creates an REM state, the same state which you
access each night as you dream. This is the state of mind
which is essential to natural and easy conflict resolution.
With hypnosis you can get your conscious and subconscious
minds, your logical and creative minds working together. In
this way you can overcome a feeling of "being in two
minds" and instead create a feeling of alignment and
balance.
8. There are no uncomfortable side effects to hypnosis. In
fact, the "side effects" are good - you feel relaxed,
calm and comfortable; worries and tensions just fade away.
This makes hypnosis a great way in which you can learn to
change mood easily and it is a natural antidote to anxiety
or the "fight or flight" response.
9. Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation, and when in
hypnosis your heart rate slows down as does your breathing
and your blood pressure naturally lowers. Almost like taking
a mental massage and you can use your mind whilst in hypnosis
to feel as if you have had a physical massage as well.
10. Hypnosis allows you to look within, to access the inner
workings of your mind. Everything in life starts with how
you think about it. If all you want to do is to change your
attitude towards something hypnosis will be a great help.
If you want to take things a step further, and change how
you act as well as how you think, hypnosis is invaluable.
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