SELF HYPNOSIS

HOW IT STARTS

As a Hypnotherapist, I am always ready for the question: "Can any body be hypnotized?" Well here is the real scoop. EVERYBODY on planet earth has been hypnotized or programmed in one way or another. Your beliefs and MO (modus operandi) are all a part of your early programming, ie hypnosis. As an infant you come into the world fresh and sweet and ready to be programmed with information from parents, relatives, religious leaders, teachers, friends, TV, etc. Get the picture? A young child being nurtured by people and environment has no "filters". Filters start to kick in around 7 years of age when peers and self get a sense of right and wrong. By that time, much of the non-useful and mostly well intended programming and hypnotic suggestion has prescribed and described you.

As an adult, if you are observing your life as problematic, you have the choice to first accept the difficulty and then the opportunity to structure change. You can break out of bad habits formed by early non- useful programming. By observing and questioning messages of earlier years, you are starting to take adult responsibility for your choices and ultimately your success.

So here is some freeing information. As an adult, the only hypnosis is self-hypnosis. By choosing NOT to accept or believe this valuable information, you are limiting your own power and refusing to take on the adult role of accountability.

SELF-HYPNOSIS

As a healthy adult, you are the one accepting suggestions. Working with a skilled facilitator, you take the responsibility for accepting the previously agreed upon "suggestions" in the pre-hypnotic discussion with the therapist. Working with a trusted and skilled practitioner is by far the most effective and valuable road to quick and lasting results. If you are unwilling or unable to find a person you feel comfortable with and would like to test your own skills, the method is fairly simple.

A voice other than your own, with positive affirmations used before you work these techniques, will put you in a space to receive yourself as leader and commander of your own life. A CD with a trusted soothing voice can suffice. This experience will not personalize the programming, but can assist you in confidence and self knowledge and will give you an insight into the process leading to a more confident decision should you choose to hire a hypno-therapist. The following techniques are to foster confidence and insight. Again, working with a successful and knowledgeable therapist is recommended as a skilled practitioner can get to the route of the problem in a way that the simple self-hypnosis techniques cannot. With most of my clients, I liken the non-useful early programming to a splinter in your finger. It is irritating and you can feel the pain, and it stays on your mind until it is removed. Easily removed, you move forward again until the next "splinter" shows up for removal. Like a splinter that stays imbedded, it can get infected and cause more serious problems. So paying attention to the the pain can reveal a way toward freedom and dream fulfillment as you become aware of what is holding you back and work to release limiting beliefs.

THE SIX SIMPLE STEP FOR SELF HYPNOSIS REPROGRAMMING

1) Get yourself into a comfortable position on a bed or couch with your legs elevated
slightly and your head elevated higher than when you go to sleep.

2) Put your right hand over your heart and your left hand over your solar plexis.

3) Observe your breathing and as you observe the breath observe also that your breath
is deepening and your body is relaxing.

4) Observe slowly each part of your body going from head to toe and allow relaxation to
occur just by noticing any areas of tension. Note these quietly and just let go.
Be aware of any thoughts that may come into your mind and allow them and let them go.
Know that you are in a safe place fully supported by the bed or couch you are reclining
on. Know too that your are safe with your own thoughts. Take notice also of the parts of your body that are retaining tension.

5) As you become relaxed and breathing continues to deepen, visualize what it is that you
want for yourself right now and accept that it is coming into fruition. Allow thoughts
that come into your mind to "be" and let go gently as you greet them. You are designing
YOUR vision in this hypnotic state between waking and sleeping where you are in complete
control. Should you fall asleep, accept it as this may happen at first, but your
dreams may become much more clear.

6) Be with your image for as long as you want and then keep it in your heart as you replay
the CD you have chosen with the trusted voice and positive affirmations.



Now empowered to conquer fears that may be a barrier to your dreams, you have taken steps toward the successes you know you deserve. Create habits that lead to success. This is the experience of self-hypnosis: creative, useful, empowered, connectedness. You are here to realize your dream, your Self.


SELF KNOWLEDGE>>>CONFIDENCE>>>SUCCESS