Hypnotherapy
What is Hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is a proven tool to help people access areas of their conscious mind, that are often times obscure or hidden. During hypnotherapy, you relax your mind and body, moving past the guard of your conscious mind, to the subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind is a sponge waiting to absorb whatever you give it. Your subconscious mind doesn't know the difference between reality and imagination. Therefore, if you can get past the locked gates of your conscious mind to your subconscious mind, you can feed the subconscious "imagined reality." For instance...if you can imagine yourself as a non-smoker, your subconscious mind will accept that as reality. By reprogramming your subconscious mind you can change your actual behavior.
What happens during Hypnosis?
During hypnosis, positive and healing suggestions are able to sink deeply into your mind much more quickly and strongly than when you are in a normal, awake state of mind. It's a lot like a computer program that runs in our brain, virtually controlling our lives. We are unaware of the thoughts and feelings that reside there, but they are more powerful than the thoughts and feelings we are aware of. Hypnosis can also let you remember forgotten memories if you want to use it that way.
Can I be Hypnotized?
The short answer is Yes! Hypnotism isn't some magical, mystical trance that someone places on you by swinging a watch back and forth. Instead, it is a natural state of your amazing brain. When you access your subconscious, you are basically using self-hypnosis. Probably the most obvious example of this is when you are driving a car and begin to relax your mind and think about something other than the road in front of you. Five, maybe ten minutes later, you arrive at your destination and suddenly realize you are there, but you don't consciously remember driving yourself there! You entered your subconscious mind.
What is Hypnosis used for?
Hypnotherapy is a proven tool to help people access areas of their conscious mind, that are often times obscure or hidden. During hypnotherapy, you relax your mind and body, moving past the guard of your conscious mind, to the subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind is a sponge waiting to absorb whatever you give it. Your subconscious mind doesn't know the difference between reality and imagination. Therefore, if you can get past the locked gates of your conscious mind to your subconscious mind, you can feed the subconscious "imagined reality." For instance...if you can imagine yourself as a non-smoker, your subconscious mind will accept that as reality. By reprogramming your subconscious mind you can change your actual behavior.
What happens during Hypnosis?
During hypnosis, positive and healing suggestions are able to sink deeply into your mind much more quickly and strongly than when you are in a normal, awake state of mind. It's a lot like a computer program that runs in our brain, virtually controlling our lives. We are unaware of the thoughts and feelings that reside there, but they are more powerful than the thoughts and feelings we are aware of. Hypnosis can also let you remember forgotten memories if you want to use it that way.
Can I be Hypnotized?
The short answer is Yes! Hypnotism isn't some magical, mystical trance that someone places on you by swinging a watch back and forth. Instead, it is a natural state of your amazing brain. When you access your subconscious, you are basically using self-hypnosis. Probably the most obvious example of this is when you are driving a car and begin to relax your mind and think about something other than the road in front of you. Five, maybe ten minutes later, you arrive at your destination and suddenly realize you are there, but you don't consciously remember driving yourself there! You entered your subconscious mind.
What is Hypnosis used for?
The list of ways hypnosis and self-hypnosis have been used to help people is very long. It includes:
- weight loss
- smoking cessation
- accelerated healing
- building self-confidence and self-esteem
- improving academic performance at every age level
- past-life regression
- pain management
- eliminating anxiety, fear & phobias
- stress management
- insomnia and other sleep problems