Myths Of Hypnosis Revealed

I want to talk about the misconceptions of hypnosis.This is so important.As a professional hypnotist, I use these techniques all the time on people successfully over and over again, and in my own life; and I wonder why more people arent using these techniques.

Its completely natural. Its healthy. Its quick. Its permanent, and it makes me wonder why
more people arent using it. And what I’ve come up with is that there are just so many
misconceptions, and I mean completely wrong misconceptions about hypnosis that, I think, stop
people from ever really exploring it.

So, what I want to do is take you through some of the most common ones and eliminate them so that
you can really jump into this subject completely without any worry of any of these things being
true because if they were true, you should be worried, right? But they’re not.

Now, the first one is that hypnosis is sleep, and it is not. And it is crucial to understand what
hypnosis is because if hypnosis was just putting someone into a deep sleep imagine yourself,
you’re in a deep sleep, and someones standing over you giving you positive suggestions, how much
difference would it make? None. Because its just like talking to a wall and you’re not
responding to it. That’s not what hypnosis is.

And, again, this is essential to really understanding how powerful hypnosis really is because
hypnosis theres a wake, there’s a sleep, and hypnosis is kind of right in the middle utilizing
the best of each of these states. Its one of the only things it does. This is what makes it so
powerful.

We’re using your conscious ability to choose the right directions. For example, you know what
foods to eat; you know what foods you should eat in order to get the body you want.

And there’s the unconscious part where its your vivid imagination. So, for example I use this a
lot. If you think about when you’re falling asleep that sensation of actually falling, if you’ve
ever felt that, that’s a hypnotic state. You’re not actually falling, yet it feels as if its
really happening. Well, that’s really powerful.

You see, because instead of thinking, Oh, I should eat that food, now what we can do is add these
visceral, emotional responses to the desired action. And thats what hypnosis is. We want to use
this state because its so powerful to intentionally do things we want to do.
But its not sleep, right? Now, sometimes, you’ll hear a hypnotist say, Sleep, or theyll say it
over and over again. But that’s a hypnotic sleep. Its not traditional, unconscious sleep.
That’s very important to understand.

The next thing that I think that kind of draws out of that is that you’ll lose control in hypnosis,
and this is completely untrue. If anything, you have more control in hypnosis because you’re more
focused. You become more aware.

You think about it right now. You listen as there are all these distractions going on around you.
In hypnosis, usually your eyes are closed and you’re very focus, and it frees up your awareness.
You’ll not do something that you don’t want to do.

So, if I had someone in a deep, deep trance, and I said, Now, you’re going to go out and steal
that old ladys purse and bring it back to me, the person would either not move, but more likely
what happens is they would come out of trance because some part of them would say its ridiculous,
you know, watch out, red flag, you know.

So, as you’re in hypnosis and suggestions are given, youre accepting or rejecting them as you go
along. And so, you always have that ability no matter what. No matter how deep a trance you go
into, you always have the ability to say yes or no to whatever is being said or asked of you. This
is essential because if in the back of your mind, if you’re thinking, I’m going to lose total
control, then you’re not going to allow yourself to go into that state of hypnosis.

But I’m here to tell you that and, again, you’ll recognize this. If you’ve ever been in hypnosis
and when you go into a state of self-hypnosis, you will realize right away that you’re aware of
whats going on. So, its very, very important. You’re in complete control all the time when
you’re in hypnosis.

This ones important because for a lot of people, they shut the door before they ever even get to
explore hypnosis; and its hypnosis and religion. Is hypnosis against my religion? And all I can
offer you on this one is this. Hypnosis is completely and totally natural. As a matter of fact,
you have experienced the hypnotic state thousands and millions of times in your life.

You pass through a state of hypnosis every time you wake up and go to sleep, when you’ve been
driving along roads on the highway, when you’ve been in a class that was really boring and you were
just daydreaming out the window. Those are all hypnotic states.
So, to say that hypnosis is something from the devil or its something supernatural is untrue
because but what I’m saying is this. Its something that you can’t avoid. Itll be like saying,
you know, breathing is against my religion. You couldnt say it because everyone has to breathe.
Well, everyone goes in and out of hypnotic states.

So, the question is, how are you using it? And I think you very quickly realize when you start
experiencing hypnosis that it feels very natural.

The two things I would always hear the most when I would hypnotize people for the first time that
they’ve ever been hypnotized they would always say two things.

First, they would come out and they would say, That’s not what I was expecting, because they were
expecting that they’re going to totally zone out not lose control but not be aware of anything
that was happening. And then they come out and say, You know, I heard you the entire time. I
heard everything you said.

And the other thing they would say is that it felt very natural, it felt like I’d experience it
before. And that’s because it is. Its a very natural state that you have experienced before. The
difference with hypnosis is that we’re using it intentionally. And so because its so natural, I
don’t see how it could be against a religion. There’s no dogma to it. Its just something that
people do, anyways.

The next one is not everyone can be hypnotized. While its true that there’s a very, very small
percentage of people who can’t be hypnotized, its usually because they either have extremely low
IQ or they had some sort of brain damage. Other than that then, again, to the situation where,
certainly, some people can go on hypnosis immediately very, very deeply; and then some people have
a harder time with it.

But if you start thinking of it as a process, its not “I can be hypnotized or I can’t.” Everyone
has the ability and experiences it naturally, anyways. Sometimes you just have to work with it a
little bit. And that was my case, and a lot of it was because I didn’t really realize that you
could actually go deeper and deeper into hypnosis.

Think of it this way. Hypnosis is actually, scientifically and this goes back to the religion a
little bit. If you track a brain in hypnosis, it looks the same as a brain in meditation, and as
the brain wave patterns in deep prayer. So, when you’re in these deep states of hypnosis, its
completely and totally natural, and its very similar to these other experiences that people
usually have.

But this is the thing. No one says that they can’t meditate. They might say its very difficult
for them, but they realize its a process and you can get better and better at it.

The beauty of hypnosis is this, though, that when you go into hypnosis and you go a little deeper,
the next time you go into hypnosis again, you usually start from that level. Its very similar to
again, people would say that once you learn to ride, you know how to do it. Think about it.
When you ride a bike, youre not doing it mentally. Your body somehow knows how to do it.

Well, hypnosis is the same thing. Your body learns how to do it, and once your body understands
and experiences it, it can pretty much do an autopilot. So, again, everyone can be hypnotized
pretty much, and for the people who have difficulty with it initially, just relax, and work with it
a little bit, and you’ll find that you go deeper and deeper into it.

The next one common is that you can get stuck in hypnosis. You can’t get stuck in hypnosis. What
would happen if you got put into a deep trance, and then the hypnotist got up and left is that
you would fall into sleep? Remember, there’s a wake, sleep hypnosis, and the middle. You would
fall into sleep, and youd come out of it, and wake up when you woke up. So, getting stuck in
hypnosis is like saying you’re going to get stuck in sleep. You cant. At some point, you just
wake up.

On the other hand, the effects and the suggestions that you’re given in hypnosis, that you give
yourself, those can last long term. That’s why we’re doing all this because we want to influence
our behavior, our thoughts, and our thinking.

And finally, this is understandable and its important to put this one to rest. Its that you’ll
reveal deep secrets, and this completely and totally untrue. Again, going back to before, you’re
in complete control the whole time. And, if anything, you become even more aware that you didn’t
want to reveal a secret.

Let me explain one of the ways that people experience hypnosis sometimes its almost like
having one or two alcohol drinks in the sense that it relaxes you, maybe. Maybe you talk a little
bit more. Your inhibitions go down a little bit.
Sometimes, hypnosis can feel a little bit like this in the sense that you’re relaxing your body,
you’re relaxing your mind, and sometimes, that can feel really nice, and you just start to feel
more comfortable, and you might open up a bit more.

So, in that sense, you might reveal a little bit more than you normally would but you’re not going
to give up your bank account number or pin. You’re not going to give some deep secret that you
want to keep. You always have that ability to keep those under wraps. Hypnosis does not change
that.

So, you can rest easy. That’s the point of this. I want you to feel comfortable and good that
hypnosis is completely safe and completely natural. Its going to feel very common because you’ve
experienced a state like that very often, and you can really magnify the results you want with
this.

Now, one thing I have to say. I have to make a quick disclaimer here. Although I say you don’t
lose control in hypnosis, you can be influenced. In hypnosis training, they’ll tell hypnotists to
say, You can’t be hypnotized against your will. And while this is technically true, you cant.
You cannot be hypnotized and do something you don’t want to do, absolutely.

The wiggle room is this. What is it that you want to do? Your will is based upon beliefs and these
foundations of thoughts that can be manipulated. I tell you this because throughout this program,
you’re going to learn when that’s being done to you, how to protect yourself, and how to do that to
others in a positive way.

But the point is that that doing hypnosis, you are aware of whats going on and you can feel
comfortable experimenting and playing with it because, as I said, if someones going to begin
shifting your will, its usually a long-term process. That’s why I say that so you can go see a
hypnotist and feel completely comfortable that nothings going to happen, that its not right
because you are aware and you are safe.

So, I hope you enjoyed this, and I hope it frees you up to really jump into the subjects. Listen.
If you have been already, begin listening to the calls that we’re doing because we’re going to go
deeper into some of the misconceptions of hypnosis and exactly what hypnosis is.

So, have a great week, and I’ll talk to you all next week.

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Conversational Hypnosis To Control The Outcome Of A Discussion

conversational hypnosisConversational Hypnosis is becoming an increasingly popular treatment for people suffering from phobias, anxiety, and even addiction. But did you know that it can be used in many other applications including gaining a stronghold in conversations and possibly affecting the outcome? It’s called conversational hypnosis and it has been utilised in advertising for ages, and is quickly working its way into many other realms of everyday life. After reading this article you should have a firm grasp as to what conversational hypnosis is, and ways to implement it into conversations to achieve your desired goals.

The basis of conversational hypnosis is quite simple and the reason it works actually makes a lot of sense. It’s rooted in the fact that you can only think of one thing at time. This means that if you can distract someone from something for whatever reason, then this gives you the opportunity to refocus their attention onto whatever you suggest.

Of course you can only take this principal so far, I doubt you’ll be able to suggest to someone to cut you a check for the entire balance of their bank account. But if it’s an issue within reason, or something they’re not entirely sure of, then they’re wide open for suggestion. Like anything of this sort you have the power to do good or evil, so keep your karma in mind when planning on utilising conversational hypnosis.

The first step to implementing conversational hypnosis is to build rapport with the individual. If you’re trying to help someone overcome a fear then this is the time where you relate to them and make them feel like you know what they’re going through and that it’s totally normal. This builds trust between you and the individual and leaves them wide open for suggesting a solution.

Step two in conversational hypnosis is to distract them from the problem you were just discussing. This can be done by asking them a question that is similar to their fear but not related to their fear entirely. For example, if a person has a fear of public speaking you can ask something like what would it feel like to be mute and not be able to express what you’re thinking and feeling through language. This should sufficiently distract them from the fear and open them up for a solution.

The final step in this application of conversational hypnosis is to provide the solution. For our fear example you could suggest how great it would feel to get up in front of a group and express your ideas and opinions. This step is entirely dependent on the outcome of the problem so there’s going to be an array of different solutions.

It’s important to note that conversational hypnosis doesn’t apply just to conquering fears, you can use it in just about any sort of interaction that’s dependent on ideas and problem solving. For instance, if you’re trying to convince your boss that it’s time for a raise then this would be another great place to implement the techniques discussed above.

Once again I have to stress the importance of using conversational hypnosis in an ethical and just manner. There are many people out there who are naive and easily swayed, and you just might find someone who’s willing to cut that check for the balance of their bank account. If conversational hypnosis is used in a productive and ethical way, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t become an integral part of conversation and our daily interactions.

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What Is Hypnosis And How It Influences The Unconscious Mind

This is the first lesson and I want to talk about what is hypnosis because throughout this program,
you’re going to learn how to use hypnosis on yourself to change any behavior and to really achieve
the things you want to achieve.

You’re also going to learn how to use hypnosis on other people. In my opinion as a professional
hypnotist, its one of the most powerful systems out there for really being able to persuade and
influence people, and to be able to persuade and influence yourself.

And so, each week, you’re going to get a video lesson where you’re going to learn a different
aspect of hypnosis and how to use it in your life. And that being said, that’s what I want to lead
into, what is hypnosis? Because you can ask a hundred different hypnotists what is hypnosis and
you’re going to get a different answer from each one.

The most accepted definition of hypnosis is a bypassing of the critical faculty going straight to
the unconscious mind. But in order to really understand hypnosis, we need to understand our minds,
and a lot of times, we don’t get this explanation.

So very simply, the hypnotic understanding of how our mind works is that we have a conscious mind
and we have an unconscious mind. And the conscious part of our mind is the one that we are used to
thinking with. When we think about logic, when we think about reasons, when we think about
willpower, we’re talking about the conscious mind. And the conscious mind is very useful in a lot
of situations but is not whats running the show.

The unconscious part of our mind is truly the engine for our existence. It not only handles
automatic things like breathing and body temperature, things we’ve done since before we were even
born, but in this course, whats more important is that it runs our habits. It runs our behaviors,
and a lot of it is without us even knowing.

So, for example, if you think about a behavior like reading and writing, something you did not know
how to do when you were born, you learned how to do it when you were younger. Then, at some point,
you just knew how to do it; and then, you never had to think about it again.
If you think about when you read and write, you don’t even know how you’re doing it. You just know
that you’re able to do it. And so, this is the beauty of our minds, that once we understand
something completely, we just do it automatically.

And so, this is what we’re going to refer to. Its the unconscious mind, the part of our mind that
does things automatically for us. And we’re going to focus a lot on the unconscious mind in this
program so that you can learn how to influence it.

You know, I work a lot with weight loss; and if you look at your eating behaviors, you eat the same
foods, right? When you go to the restaurant, you order the same things. You have the same
habitual patterns and you don’t need to think about them. You just do them. And this is the real
power of the unconscious mind; its pattern oriented. It learns something and it does it.

Now, the important thing to understand is that the unconscious mind operates differently than the
conscious mind. The conscious mind is very rational, and so we use the food example. You know what
foods are good for you and what foods are bad for you. But that doesn’t mean that that’s what
you’re going to eat because then you have these desires, these cravings, and a lot of those are
designed and developed in the unconscious mind.

And so, throughout this program, we’re going to learn how to influence your unconscious mind and
the unconscious minds of the people around you because this is how you can begin to influence
yourself and others in a very, very powerful way.

So, a few things about the unconscious mind. Its not logical. It has its own logic, and to
explain this, I want to refer to Pavlovs dogs. Pavlov was a Russian scientist who worked with
dogs studying their digestive tracts, and he came up with an experiment where he would put food in
front of a dog and it would salivate naturally. And at the exact same time, he would ring a bell,
and he would do this over and over and over again. And, eventually, what happened is he could just
ring the bell and the dog would begin to salivate regardless if there’s food there or not.

So, what that taught us about our minds is that our unconscious minds operates through associative
conditioning where we can link things up that have nothing naturally that have to do together. So,
the bell has nothing to do with making a dog salivate or food. If you link them up enough times,
our minds start to link them up together.
So, this is one of the most important things to understand about the unconscious mind. It is that
even if something doesn’t make sense so, the bell doesn’t logically have anything to do with the
food, yet it still elicits that response.

So, that’s how we need to begin thinking of the unconscious mind, that it doesn’t understand the
world rationally and logically, and understands a lot of it through connections and associations.
And so, sometimes those associations can make a lot of sense and be useful for us; and sometimes,
they can be harmful.

If we go back to the food analogy, you can know maybe that ice cream is bad for you and not going
to help you achieve the results you want. But on an unconscious level, you have a real strong
connection of pleasure and a lot of emotional connections, pleasurable ones to it. And so, that
drives you to it. That creates those cravings that are ultimately going to win.

And that’s important to remember. Between the conscious and the unconscious mind, the unconscious
mind is infinitely more powerful.

You think of all the things that you know how to do that you never have to think about, as we
mentioned, reading and writing. There’s driving your car, there’s walking, there’s making your
breakfast in the morning, there’s getting dressed, there’s taking a shower, brushing your teeth,
right?

The habits and behaviors that you have become patterns; and once you learn them, you basically just
keep repeating them over and over again. When you want to change those, how do you do it?

Well, most people try to consciously change that, and its very difficult. So, what we’re going to
do is we’re going to influence unconscious minds so that changes happen naturally within ourselves
and with others.

And to give you an example of how powerful the unconscious mind is and how limited the conscious
mind is, imagine if you had to consciously keep yourself breathing. How long can you do it for,
right? It would take a lot of effort. You would get distracted. The conscious mind gets
distracted very easily. The unconscious mind can handle many, many things all at once.

So, throughout this program, we’re really going to learn all the different ways to influence
because the unconscious mind has a different mode of communication. It doesn’t work
through logic, and words, and reason. That’s what a lot of times people do, right? They want to
start eating in a different way. What do they do? They tell themselves over and over again all
the bad things about the foods they like, and how well does that work?

So, you’re going to learn how to truly influence yourself in a way where the changes become
profound and become permanent. And so, the first thing I want to explain to you is that you are
already a hypnotist. You’re already hypnotizing yourself, and that’s what I want to prove to you
throughout these monthly programs, that you are constantly talking to yourself. You’re constantly
imagining certain things and focusing on certain things that are causing you to feel a certain way
and behave a certain way.

And its my goal to teach you to become aware of this and to take control of it so you can begin to
get the results in your life that you want. And I promise you … I can tell you from my own life
and thousands of people whom I’ve worked with that it is a much more effective and rewarding way to
make it happen.

This is not about willpower. Its not about struggling and forcing yourself through things. Its
about using your mind the way that it was meant to be used.

So, what is hypnosis? Hypnosis is this ability to influence and communicate with the unconscious
mind. And so, we’re going to do that in a different way. We’re not just going to use logic, and
reason, and force. We’re going to use a very elegant system that we call hypnosis, and that’s
hypnosis is.

Its a system. Its a structure of being able to communicate with this most powerful part of our
minds. And when you tap into that, you tap into the real power that you have between your ears,
and it makes things much, much easier. And when it doesn’t work, when you don’t get the changes
you want, you have a way of understanding it.

Its not just about, Oh, I guess I’m just a jerk, or I guess I’m too stupid to change, or I
guess I just the want to, I’m too lazy. And you’re going to start to really recognize what you’ve
been doing to yourself, how you’ve been hypnotizing yourself.

And you’re going to find out that that’s what you’ve been doing. You have beliefs and you have
things you say to yourself regularly for your whole life that you don’t even realize you’ve been
saying; and that is the reason that you’ve been getting the results that you’ve been getting.
So, the first thing you’re going to get is I’m going to send you a bonus lesson to get you started.
We’re going to show you how to make your own self-hypnosis session, and you don’t even need to
know anything about hypnosis in order to make this. We’re going to make it very, very simple
because we’re going to start off with talking to yourself in a new way. And you’re going to find
that this alone begins to change your thinking in a very natural and automatic way.

So, you just follow the lesson and learn how to make this and do it; and as you listen to it,
you’re going to find that your beliefs and thoughts are shifting and changing naturally and
automatically.

So, thank you very much for joining this program. Enjoy the interviews. You’re going to learn a
lot. One of the questions I always asked the people I interviewed was what is hypnosis? And
you’re going to hear slightly different answers from each person; and as you keep hearing them,
you’re going to form your own understanding of what hypnosis is. And you’re going to be able to
use this powerful, powerful system to begin to create the changes that you want in your life.

So, please, listen to those interviews and enjoy them because they are a wealth of information.
We’ve got some of the best hypnotists in the world to get on these calls. And so, you’re going to
learn a lot in every single call.

And the other flipside of that is to watch these lessons and participate in them. Follow through
on the exercises that are included in some of the lessons. Do the bonuses because as you
experience this that’s the key thing.

The unconscious mind is influenced when it is experiencing things. Unconscious learning is like
when you were learning how to drive a car, when you were learning how to ride a bike, when you were
learning how to write.

Understand that difference. You were actually doing what your body was involved in
something and you were learning it completely. So that eventually, at some point, you could just
do it naturally and automatically. As opposed to theoretical learning, Oh, I get that. I
understand that.

That’s conscious learning. What we’re going to understand here and master is unconscious learning
so you can really, really master this stuff and begin to use it everyday of your life.

 

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Parallels Between Hypnosis And Meditation

There are many similarities between hypnosis and conventional meditation techniques. Like meditation, hypnosis involves entering a deep state of relaxation and attaining a state of one pointed concentration. In this article we’ll discuss these similarities in a little more detail and then talk about how one can be an effective tool for improving your performance and effectiveness in the other.

The first parallel between hypnosis and mediation that you’ll notice is that they both involve a deep state of relaxation. This state of relaxation can be achieved in several different ways but the most common is to concentrate on your breathing. Basically what you want to do is take in deep abdominal breaths and concentrate on the rise and fall of your chest. This is an integral part of almost all meditation practices and is used to develop one pointed concentration.

The next parallel between hypnosis and meditation is the use of one pointed concentration to focus in on a specific topic. This is basically the ability to concentrate on one thing without being bombarded with an array of thoughts. When you sit down for the first time and actually assess your mental continuum you’ll quickly find that you have literally thousands of different thoughts popping in and out of your head throughout the day. It’s extremely difficult to get a stronghold on the mind but once you do, one pointed concentration will benefit you in every aspect of life.

Some common techniques for developing one pointed concentration  in addition to watching the breath is to look at a picture or an object and focus on it with all your concentration. Each time a thought pops into your head acknowledge it but don’t pursue it any further. With practice your thoughts will fade away and becoming few and far between. This is one of the most important parallels between hypnosis and meditation as it grants you the ability to do the necessary internal work.

Once you have improved your concentration you’re onto the next similarity between hypnosis and meditation, which is visualization. In both hypnosis and meditation you use visualizations to work on aspects of your conscious and unconscious mind, as well as bring on a desired emotional state.

For example, if you’re trying to conquer your fear of water then you could do a visualization where you go for a swim or dive into a pool. Since you’ve developed one pointed concentration the experience of swimming in real life or in your mind will bring about much of the same feelings. So if you desensitize yourself to the experience you’ll be much more likely to conquer your fear of swimming.

As you can see the similarities between hypnosis and meditation are numerous. Either one you choose to partake in will improve your performance in the other as they’re both based on the same principals. Hypnosis and meditation are both great ways to conquer your fears, gain confidence and work to improve the overall quality of life. So if you’re looking for a cheap way to improve yourself and your state of mind then look no further because meditation and hypnosis provide a cheap and effective solution.

 

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Art Of Hypnotic Persuasion

It can be difficult in today’s society to progress with so many people vying for the same positions. It would be extremely useful to have the ability to coax anyone into doing just about anything you want wouldn’t it? Well luckily for us there’s the art of hypnosis for persuasion. If you can master just a few easy steps you’ll have a stronghold over any type of interaction and you’ll have people practically eating from your hand. In this article we’ll go over some basic techniques that will allow you to start using hypnosis for persuasion and take back control over your life.

Persuasion is usually defined as the ability to convince somebody to do something. So you can see just how powerful this ability would be if you could master it. Hypnosis for persuasion is a vast topic but I’ll present you with the basics so you can start practicing immediately after completing this article. First things first, you’ve got to build rapport with your subject.

This means that you have to be confident in yourself so that the subject trusts you and feels safe confiding in you. If you’re fumbling with your words and not getting your point across clearly then there’s just no way that you’ll be able to direct the conversation. So if you have a bit of social anxiety then that’s probably going to be your first task to overcome. The entire basis of hypnosis for persuasion rests on building rapport with the subject so you’ve got to be able to take control over the situation.

Once you feel you’ve made a connection with the subject and they seem to trust you, you’re ready to move onto the visualization. This part can be difficult when starting to use hypnosis for persuasion but once you get it you’ve basically mastered the art. What you do is paint a clear and desirable picture for the person you’re acting on. If for example you’re in sales, then you’ve got to paint a realistic picture of your client using the product and loving it.

The reason why the visualization works so well is because of the trust you built in step one. If the client doesn’t fully trust you and care about what you have to say then your visualization will be greatly hindered. But as long as the subject feels that you’re someone they can identify with, hypnosis for persuasion will work every time.

The final step is the suggestion. If you’ve implemented steps one and two properly and efficiently then this won’t be a problem at all. Basically all you do is suggest the desired outcome. In fact, the sign of a master of hypnosis for persuasion won’t even have to suggest the outcome; the client will do it for them. If though the client still doesn’t feel they need the suggestion then you’ve got to stay persistent and subtly go back to the visualization over even rapport building steps to win them over.

Hypnosis for persuasion is that easy. Of course, there are more advanced topics that build on these out there that utilise body language and sleight of mouth, but for a beginner this is a great place to start. Remember, it takes practice, so don’t get down on yourself if you don’t get it the first couple times you try it. If you stay persistent, hypnosis for persuasion will definitely become an integral part of your  daily interaction.


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Hypnosis For Relaxation Guide

Hypnosis For RelaxationUse hypnosis for relaxation to  free your mind of worldly desires when our lives are so fast paced. Unfortunately this sort of life style has led to an increase in overall stress for individuals as well as stress related diseases and deaths. To combat this problem many people are turning to alternative medicine for results and one of the most common solutions is the use of hypnosis for relaxation. In this article we’ll discuss a few techniques that will allow you to use hypnosis for relaxation as well as why this is an effective technique for reducing stress and improving the overall quality of life.

The first thing you’ve got to practice if you want to use hypnosis for relaxation is clearing your mind of thoughts. This may sound simple but you’ll quickly find that when you try not to think of anything for some reason your mind decides to throw a thousand different thoughts at you. The best way to begin counteracting this is to go to a place that you find comfortable and that’s free of distractions.

Once you’re comfortable shut your eyes and begin to pay attention to your breathing. Count how many breaths you can take before a new thought pops into your head. Each time a thought protrudes acknowledge it and then let it go, don’t pursue it any further. In the beginning of using hypnosis for relaxation you won’t be able to go very long between thoughts, but with practice they’ll become few and far between.

Once you feel somewhat relaxed and your thoughts are in order you’re ready to move onto a visualization. The best way to go about this step of hypnosis for relaxation is to have a place pre-planned that you’d like to visit once you enter the trance. If you seek deep relaxation then maybe you’ll want to go to an island of your own creation or an old camping spot from your childhood. The choice is up to you, just remember that you want it to be free of distractions and worldly thoughts, so try not to let concerns about work or home permeate your mental continuum.

So once you’ve decided on a visualization it’s time to put it into practice. For this step your goal is to feel totally relaxed and bring about a sense of well being. For the island example you could imagine being all by yourself fishing on a crystal clear lake and then suddenly you get a bite. Perhaps the fish puts up a good fight but you finally reel it in and get it on the boat. You then proceed back to the island where you cook it up and have a fabulous fish dinner. Do whatever you like, hypnosis for relaxation is about letting yourself go, so don’t be afraid to do what it takes to make yourself feel relaxed.

One of the reasons why hypnosis  relaxation works so well to reduce stress is that it allows you to get away from the many things that are tying you down here in this life and stressing you out. You’ll be amazed once you get the hang of it because the feelings are just as real as if you were actually on an island doing it. You’ll literally be able to go anywhere in the world without ever leaving your living room.

Hypnosis brings relaxation it is literally that simple. The beauty of it is that you don’t have to stop there. Though visualizations are great, there are many more forms of self hypnosis you can use to attain a state of deep relaxation. There are many courses out on the market today that can teach you these more advanced techniques for relaxation. A quick internet search or a check of your local bookstore is sure to turn up more valuable information that can lead to the attainment of liberation through relaxation.

 

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How To Hypnotize Someone A Beginners Guide


Hypnosis is a great way to battle many different problems including addiction, anxiety, and even obsessive compulsive disorder. One of the first questions that usually comes up when talking about hypnosis is how to hypnotize someone. The truth is that it’s very easy to put a willing person into hypnosis, even if you’ve never hypnotized someone with the progressive relaxation induction before.

Putting someone into trance is very simple, but it can take years to perfect the art of giving effective suggestion to the unconscious mind. In this article we’ll go over the basics of how to hypnotize someone with the progressive relaxation induction as well as discuss other applications of the techniques.

First off it’s important to realize that it’s very difficult to hypnotize someone if they don’t want to be hypnotized or don’t believe that it works. As a beginner learning how to hypnotize, it’s best to practice on people who are open minded and would genuinely like to experience hypnosis. Once you’ve found a willing subject then you’re ready to move onto the techniques.

Most Effective Method  For Learning How To Hypnotize Someone

how to hypnotize someoneThe most effective route to take when learning how to put someone in a trance  for the first time is the progressive relaxation technique. This is the method that you’re probably most familiar with as it’s usually the one portrayed on television and in the movies. The first thing you want to ensure is that you and your subject are in a comfortable room with as few external distractions as possible.

Have the subject lie down or sit in a comfortable position so that they’re completely relaxed. When learning to hypnotize, focus on talking with a soothing voice and pay attention to your tempo (if you want the person to relax, speak slower). The trick is for the subject to feel completely comfortable with your voice and the suggestions that you’re giving for them to relax.

As the subject becomes more relaxed you want to direct their attention to different parts of their body and have them deeply relax each in order.  You start with their toes and move up their body, one part at a time. Up the front, over the top, down the back, and repeat.

This is one of the most crucial steps when learning how to place someone in a deep trance  as it helps the subject to relax but also takes their mind off the fact that they’re being hypnotized. It will likely be an integral part of them entering a state of waken sleep so you must persist with this step until they go unconscious.

The next step to hypnotize someone even deeper is to say  “Now that you’re relaxed I want you to bring your attention to your breathing and take a deep breath and as you let it out begin to feel yourself relax even more. And I want you to concentrate on each inhale and each exhale as you let yourself sink even deeper into a trance.”

In order for the subject to be completely relaxed though you have to be relaxed. So pay attention to your own relaxation and breathing. If you can put yourself into a trance the other person is almost always going to follow. How you say the words is as important as what you’re saying.

It may take as little as 5 minutes for your subject to enter a state of deep relaxation but will likely take a bit more. Cycle through relaxing the subject’s body until you see them relaxing, breathing deeper and more rhythmically. Once they’re in the desired state it’s time to work on the problem, let’s say it’s addiction to smoking. The key when learning to hypnotize  is to allow the subject to figure the problem out for themselves. You’ll likely have to direct the person’s thoughts but in the end you want them to come to their own conclusion that smoking is just a bad habit, and that it does much more harm than good. Once the subject has reached a conclusion you can use the traditional technique to awake them from their sleep by counting back from 10. The final goal is for the person to find a desired solution in their subconscious mind so that the desire to smoke is greatly lessened.

Learning how to hypnotize someone is that simple

Once you’ve mastered this technique then you can move on to more advanced methods but this is the best place to start when learning how to hypnotize someone. Remember hypnosis is a skill and the more you practice the better results you’ll get.

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From Scriptnotist to Hypnotist: The Unscripted Induction

Are you a scriptnotist? I was. What do I mean by scriptnotist? I’m talking about someone who reads the same inductions and suggestions to every client that walks in the door. Sure I used to switch up the suggestions depending on what they wanted, but I would usually read the same induction to each person and then follow that up with the same suggestions that I read to the previous clients that were looking for the same results.

When I realized maybe I should try something a little different. I remember one time I was working with a lady who had Multiple Sclerosis who wanted to lose weight and control pain. At that time I had been in my office for about 2 months and wasn’t what you would call an expert. So, we talked for a little while and I had her sit in the chair where I was going to hypnotize her. I had my script in front of me and began reading her a mountain side induction (basically walking down a mountain path noticing all the different sights) after I relaxed her with that I moved onto a stair induction (climbing down the stairs relaxing with each step, etc.) and after that I went in to my suggestions.

I remember feeling like I was doing well, so when I brought her out I asked her how it felt. The first thing she said was that it was nice, but she didn’t like the inductions because she has difficulty walking and so as she imagined these different things she was also imagining the discomfort of walking along mountains and down stairs. I still feel a little silly when I think back on this because it was so obvious, but I totally missed it. From that day on I made it a point to move away from the script and to tailor my work for each individual person, and I can tell you that it has improved my results and my enjoyment tremendously.

So how do you move away from scripts?

The biggest advantage of using unscripted inductions is that the focus is completely on the client. Rather than reading an induction and having no idea how the client is responding, unscripted inductions give you the opportunity to direct your client more effectively because you are commenting specifically on what they are doing. The client quickly becomes aware that you are looking for certain responses and will become much more likely to perform them now. Dave Elman and Milton Erickson are two great people to study when you want to move away from scripted inductions. Let’s begin with Dave Elman because I believe he offers the easiest and fastest way to hypnotize anyone who wants to be. The Elman induction is scripted in the sense that it is the same every time, but the difference is that you only move on to the next part after you have gotten the response that you want. By using this induction you eliminate any question of if the client is in hypnosis or not.

Milton Ericikson was the king of unscripted hypnosis, he would put people into trance just by having a conversation with them. The benefit of this method is that you avoid a clients resistance if there is any. The challenge with this method is that you have to be keenly aware of very slight trance responses in the subject as you are speaking because he didn’t use the overt tests that Elman would use.

Even if you want to read suggestion scripts after the induction, you will find that your results will improve by using unscripted inductions because you will put your clients into deeper states.

 

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Basics of Hypnotic Psychology: Conscious and Unconscious Minds

hypnotic psychologyOne of the easiest ways to increase the results of your hypnosis sessions is to have a thorough understanding of what I call Hypnotic Psychology. This is very important because the majority of people that you come in contact with have a very limited understanding of psychology and what is worse is that it is usually derived from Freudian Psychology! These unconscious beliefs they have about what is going on in their own minds accounts for much of the difficulties people experience when they set about to make changes in their behaviors.

Freudian psychology’s influence can be seen throughout our society when trying to explain what goes on in our mind. The important difference is that as a hypnotist you are not interested in focusing on and theorizing about every problem that can exist in a human. Instead, you are interested in finding the quickest way to help your client create change that will help them improve their quality of life.

Hypnotic Psychology begins with separating the mind into two parts; the conscious and unconscious mind. The conscious mind is the part that is aware of what is happening while you are in a normal waking state. It hears the sounds around you, it sees the words you are reading on the screen, and feels the seat that you are sitting on right now. The conscious mind is the part of you that distinguishes between good and bad, healthy and unhealthy, basically it is the part that rationalizes.

The unconscious mind is in charge of everything else. It keeps you sitting up in your seat, regulates the temperature of your body, and gives meaning to the symbols that you are reading on the screen. Basically, the unconscious mind runs the show. Once a behavior is learned really well it drops into the unconscious mind and runs automatically when needed. Some examples of this are reading and writing, driving a car, learning how to use a computer mouse, etc. Imagine if you had to start everyday relearning how to do all these things.

It is important to realize that the unconscious mind is very much like a child, it doesn’t know the difference between good and bad. It basically operates through repetition and association. This explains the common frustration experienced by people when they want to make a change in their behavior. How many times have you heard someone say I know smoking is bad, I know I should quit and then go and smoke a cigarette. Hypnotic psychology says that whenever there is disagreement between the conscious and unconscious mind, the unconscious will always win. This is because the unconscious has considerably more resources. The unconscious is like a supercomputer and the conscious mind is like a calculator. It is no contest.

The unconscious mind does not “think”, it basically responds. When I ask you what your phone number is you don’t have to think about it, it just pops into your mind. This is an important aspect of the unconscious mind it doesn’t rationalize like the conscious mind, it works by association. Let me give you another example of this, have you ever heard a song that brought back a certain memory? You didn’t have to think of that memory; it just popped into your mind. That is how the unconscious works. It has connections between things. So, when you set out to help a client create change it is most effective to go directly to the unconscious mind with the correct understanding of how it works. The unconscious does not rationalize, so it has no sense of right and wrong. It only has connections. This is important because it allows you to take the judgments out of any behaviors that you see. If you look at someone who is a crack addict, it is easy to say “Why would they want to do that to themselves?”, but that won’t help you change their behavior. The hypnotists’ presupposition is that people make the best choices they can, so although they may have a connection that crack is bad for them, the stronger connection is that the crack creates ecstasy right away, eliminates the pain, makes all their troubles go away for a little while, etc. So if you are going to help this person create change you need to do it by developing new connections that are going to provide those feelings for them. Quitting cold turkey usually doesn’t work because the brain doesn’t see it as stopping crack use, it sees it as not be able to experience those desired states that crack is connected too. When you approach it this way it is implicit that crack is only one way to experience those desired states, when this is accepted the client will be a more willing participant in the change because there is the possibility to continue experiencing the desired states in a better way than using crack.

The conscious mind is like the captain of a ship. It sets the course and makes the big decisions, but then it leaves the grunt work up to the crew, this is similar to the mind. The unconscious mind is a servo mechanism designed to carry out orders, and the conscious mind is designed to give the orders. But trying to create change solely with the conscious mind is like the captain of a ship trying to do everyone’s job. It becomes a disaster for everyone involved. Unfortunately this is how the majority of people attempt to make change in their own lives. Think about it when someone wants to stop smoking they rarely say okay now what feelings are my unconscious mind after and what are some alternatives that would be better for me. Instead they say “that’s it, I’m just gonna quit smoking” and then maybe that works until the first stressful thing happens and they’re right back to smoking because they don’t have any way to relax other than the cigarette, and their unconscious goes “well I know the smoking is bad, but the stress is even worse, so I think I’ll smoke.”

So, with these understandings the hypnotist generates change by using a different approach than psychoanalysis, pharmaceuticals, or by sheer will power. The hypnotist creates change easily by directly accessing the unconscious mind to get to the root of the problem behaviors. When this happens change is much more likely because it is no longer a change in the feelings you experience, but a change in the way that you create those feelings.

 

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The Structure Of Habits

Habit: NOUN: A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition
“Sow a thought reap an action. Sow an action reap a habit. Sow a habit reap a character. Sow a character reap a destiny.”

Habits are created in many different ways. You have hundreds of them and use specific ones depending on the situation you are in. When I work with clients it almost always involves either the modification of an existing habit or creation of a new more resourceful habit. The first step in affecting habits is to have a clear understanding of the conscious and unconscious minds (if you haven’t read Basics of Hypnotic Psychology I would strongly urge you to do so).

Changing habits is a combination of science and art. The same basic structure can be applied to everyone, but you make it more powerful by tailoring it individually to your client. The process can be broken down into 3 parts; decision, desired behavior, and congruency.

Decision is the first step and definitely the most important. People come up to me all the time and ask me if I can make them stop smoking. I immediately respond that I can’t make them do anything! The choice is always the clients’. The only thing an ethical hypnotist can ever do is assist a client in reaching their goals, never deciding what those goals are. In order for change to occur their has to be a decision made by the client to want that change to occur. This may seem minor but your results will depend on this.

The easiest way to get the client to decide is to elicit a decision state that they have experienced in the past. Everyone has made a decision in their life where they have never looked back and that is the state you want to maximize effectiveness during the session. This is important because it will eliminate 90% of the perceived habit. Remember the unconscious mind is a servo-mechanism and when you give it orders it is in its nature to follow them. When you have a client who makes a genuine decision to stop smoking they unconsciously send a message to their unconscious mind to find new ways to deal with stress, be social, and relax.

Desired behavior is the next step. It is important to always remember that the unconscious mind which runs the show, only has the ability to think constructively. This means that it cannot understand things that you don’t want. If I tell you not to think of the color blue, what is the first thing that you think of? The color blue, right? This is because you need to think of the color blue first in order to not think about it. So, if someone comes in and says “I don’t want to be overweight anymore”, the first thing you need to do is to get them thinking constructively about what they do want. “How would you like to look? What is your ideal weight?, etc.” When people begin thinking like this they give their unconscious mind a goal to work towards. Understand that if someone says “I do not want to be a smoker” they are literally saying that they perform the action of not wanting to be a smoker, the unconscious understands that as they need to be a smoker in order to accomplish that. The first reframe you need to do with this client is to get them to state constructively what they do want; for example: “I want to be a non-smoker”, “I want to have healthy lungs”, “I want to experience peak physical health and have an athletes stamina” You get the idea. These reframes send completely different signals to the unconscious mind, and will ensure a much better success rate with your clients.

Finally, you need to make sure that the new behavior is going to be congruent with the clients’ personality. Skipping this step is often the reason that the change does not become permanent. It is important to understand that the client has a lot invested in long time habits. So, when your client wants to create new behaviors you need to make sure that they are going to fulfill the secondary gains the original behavior did. Smoking for example is less about nicotine addiction than it is about the secondary gains it creates. For example the stronger reasons for smoking are usually for the feeling of reward, or relaxation, rebellion, etc. When you approach the habit on this level you get to the heart of the behavior. So, rather than trying to change a habit with no thought about the good feelings it creates you go right to the secondary gain and come up with alternative ways to experience this.

Once you have come up with alternative behaviors you must check for congruency. This is important because you want all of the clients’ resources to be helping with this change. So as the client is in trance you ask if there is any part that has a problem with this new behavior, you will often get a yes. At this point you can do some parts therapy which will quickly resolve the issue. Once that specific issue is resolved you ask again if there are any other parts that have a problem until the answer is no.

By using these three steps as a general structure for helping your clients create new habits you will find your results improving. I believe that reading people scripts alone has a limited effect because it is not a collaboration between the hypnotist and client. Using this format will help your client understand themselves a little more and you will find that the changes will last because they played a bigger role in the process than just laying their in trance being read suggestions that may or may not relate to them.

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