Hypnosis
In hypnosis you are more consciously in control of your emotions, imagination, intuition, and conscience. You can begin to intentionally associate stronger feelings to your goal and not to the unwanted behaviour. Just as an athlete gets "psyched up" to win, in hypnosis you are better able to imagine your success and emotionally motivate yourself to take action without fear or guilt. Winners do not win by running away from failure. Fear and guilt are stressful and unhealthy motivators for change anyway!
And who needs more stress? Realize you are going to go into hypnosis everyday anyway. You can either hypnotize yourself to succeed or hypnotize yourself to fail. The choice is yours!
Hypnosis a natural, normal, relaxed and focused state of attention characterized by:
- Feelings of well-being
- Increased muscle relaxation
- Increased pain threshold
- Predominating Alpha Brain Waves
- Diminished ability to vocalize
- Flashback access of stressful memories
- Literal, childlike understanding of ideas
- Ability to accept new ideas about yourself if they are emotionalised and not in conflict with your values.
Simply put, hypnosis is either interactive guided imagery or applied meditation toward a specific goal while in various levels of a trance state.
Hypnosis has existed in the plant and animal kingdom in one form or another since time began. In hibernating, animals 'turn inwards' and are able to exist for long periods of time without sustenance.
No-one knows for certain when the practice of hypnosis originated but it is known that ancient Egyptians used a form of it in their dream temples. Some ancient Egyptian paintings depict an apparently sleeping person with others who seem to be making hypnotic passes over them. Shaman rituals and dances from Africa and South America, purportedly for healing, have been show to induce trance .
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Alister Marriott
"...everyone
needs to change sometimes..."