Self hypnosis may seem mysterious, but it really consists of only 5 simple steps. Of course, you will need to practice these steps to become adept at self hypnosis, but the steps themselves – induction, deepening, suggestions, post-hypnotic suggestion, and awakening – are not difficult to understand.
Self hypnosis begins with induction. In this process, you bring yourself into a hypnotic state. You can begin with progressive relaxation or by focusing on a word or phrase. Most people find induction easiest if they are comfortably positioned in a quiet room with their eyes closed. After you have practiced enough that you can reach the hypnotic state with a single word or thought (a trigger), you will not be as easily distracted by noise or visual stimuli.
The next step in self hypnosis is deepening. The purpose of deepening is to develop the hypnotic state further so that you can communicate directly with the subconscious mind. An effective way to achieve this is to count down from 20 to 1, feeling yourself go deeper with each number. You can also repeat, “I am going deeper and deeper.”
The main work of self hypnosis is carried out during the third step, suggestions. In this step you will use visualizations and affirmations to suggest the desired changes to the subconscious mind. Visualization involves using the imagination to create a picture, complete with all 5 senses as well as thoughts and feelings. In this picture, you have achieved the change you want to produce. If you wish to quit smoking, you may imagine yourself at a party or another place you might smoke, but doing something else pleasurable. The better you can see, hear, feel, smell, and even taste the desired situation, the more powerful the visualization will be. Affirmations are also used during the suggestions step. Affirmations are positive statements that describe desired changes to the subconscious mind. These changes may involve behaviors, beliefs, or attitudes.
Using a post-hypnotic suggestion, the fourth step, helps to make the suggestions of the third step more powerful. A post-hypnotic suggestion states that when a particular event happens outside of self hypnosis, the changes made in the third step will become stronger. For example, returning to the example of smoking, a post-hypnotic suggestion might be “when I see a pack of cigarettes I will want to (something you have visualized yourself doing instead of smoking).” The outside stimulus is the cigarettes; the response is the behaviors suggested in the visualizations.
The fifth and final step in self hypnosis is awakening. You should allow at least 20 to 30 seconds for this step, since coming back to full consciousness too quickly may cause disorientation (confusion about time and place). An effective technique is counting from 1 to 5, telling yourself at each number that you are becoming more awake and aware. Each number should take about 5 to 6 seconds. When you reach the number 5, you will be fully conscious.
Self hypnosis does require practice, but if you practice the 5 steps described above, you can become expert at this process and use it to make the changes you desire.
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December 16th, 2009Self Hypnosis CDs To Change Any Area Of Your Life
November 30th, 2009Self-hypnosis is now a prevalent method used to cure all kinds of ailments. It is widely used by celebrities and common man alike with good success. Young people or aspiring artists looking for weight loss find it a very worthwhile technique. People also use hypnosis for healing, motivation, better sex life and good relationship and so on. Hypnosis is used to give suggestions directly into the subconscious mind.
The subconscious can assimilate information very fast depending on how strong the messages are. Thus self hypnosis cds can be used to learn abilities very fast which otherwise might take months of hard work. It may be also used to change the character of a person which is difficult to change with the person’s will power alone.
Self-hypnosis cds are in use for quite some time. It mainly works this way. The cds contains very light music in order to calm the person. A trained vocalist may be giving suggestions in the mean time with the music playing in the background. The vocalists have very attractive and convincing sound. The success of this technique depends on, how effective the communication has been with the unconscious mind.
The unconscious mind understands and processes all the information, that we see and feel. When we force ourselves to learn a new skill or make some regular habits over some period of time, the unconscious accepts it as a normal routine and we automatically tend to such activities under similar situations. Self hypnosis cds may be used to bring back long forgotten memories. This is especially helpful to people who have memory problems frequently.
Many movie stars and politicians use them to change their habits or their likings. It is a very effective method to increase ones self esteem, disperse any fear of public speaking, managing stresses, quit smoking or drinking habits etc. Self-hypnosis cds have the convenience of being able to use it at home or in a comfortable and private place. And for those who dread going to a psychiatrist or hypnotist they are of much help.
There is lot of self-hypnosis cds available. Just walk in to the nearest music store and one can find a variety of such cds. It is a very easy and convenient technique. Only a few minutes each day listening to the cds is enough to make progress. A CD player or walkman is useful to listen to it while walking home or office. Self-hypnotic cds are also available online and anyone with an I-pod or mobile phone can download the content and listen to it at leisure times.
Listening to these is very soothing and relaxing. It helps reduce daily stresses. Anyone can use it, particularly students who have trouble concentrating. Hypnosis is not essentially mind control. The mind is allowed to concentrate on certain things when in a trance state. Hypnosis is a proven technique of therapy and has the approval of many medical authorities also. Hypnotic suggestions may sometimes lessen after some time. A few more sessions of listening to the cds will help in such cases.
