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What is Hypnosis And How Does it Work?

Hypnosis - or self-hypnosis, which is the more correct term for what we use in our self help and mental training programs on this site - is simply a state of mental relaxation where you are quite safe and in complete control at all times.

When in this state, positive suggestions can be made from a hypnotic audio recording or from a trained hypnotherapist, to help create positive changes in your life, by changing negative habits at the control-center and creating new ones, which your mind and body can use as a blueprint to follow.

Unlike 'stage' hypnosis, and the way hypnosis is usually misrepresented in most Hollywood movies, hypnosis is not a trance-like or zombie-like state where you can be controlled by another person - which means you are in complete control of your own mind, body, thoughts and actions at all times. This also means you can choose to exit the hypnotic state at any stage if you decide to do so.

Hypnosis has been scientifically and clinically proven to provide a wide range of benefits and has been shown to assist in overcoming a wide variety of issues, while helping people to focus upon and achieve their personal goals.

When you experience the wonderful sensation of being gently directed how to use your mind to create an incredible state of internal calm, you will learn just what hypnosis is, and why you can do it.

How Does Hypnosis Work?

When you are under hypnosis you are simply mentally and physically relaxed - and fully aware of your environment at all times. The relaxed state allows your mind to become more receptive to positive suggestions, which can then be received more easily and effectively in the deeper "subconscious" mind, to create positive change in your life. The subconscious is where all our innner life-programming is situated, so self-sabotage or problem issues can be changed at the very control center or source.

These positive hypnotic suggestions are best made only by a reputable audio hypnosis recording or during a hypnosis consultation by a qualified hypnotherapist. During this time, you are full able to decide at any time whether to follow any suggestions made while in this relaxed state, because you are in total control of your own mind and body at all time.

This relaxation can vary in depth from day to day depending upon how you feel and how tired you are - sometimes it will feel like very light relaxation, and other times it can feel deeper and more trance-like - but either way you are always in total control. People often say things like "I could hear every word you were saying", or "I felt like I could open my eyes if I wanted to" - because you are aware of everything around you, just like when you meditate (which is very much like hypnosis).

There is also change in the brain wave activity, similar to the changes that occur just before sleep - when you move from the beta state (the awake state) to the alpha state (the lightly relaxed state) and sometimes, in hypnosis, to the theta state (deeper level of relaxation).

How Safe Is Hypnosis?

Extremely safe! In fact, you are already in this state many times during your day, even without knowing it - such as when you first wake up in the morning, before you go to sleep, watching a good movie, listening to music, in the shower, and many other times. So needless to say, you always have the option of getting up and leaviing at any stage, just like if you were in the shower. Contrary to many myths about hypnosis that come from Hollywood movies, hypnosis can never make you do anything against your will, or to divulge any information that you are not 100% willing to give out.

Will I Always Wake Up?

Of course! 100%, absolutely, every time, without fail! You never have to worry about this. It is impossible to remain stuck in a relaxed state - just in the same way it be impossible to be stuck in a shower (which is a similar relaxed state) - you would naturally come out of it every time, even in the unlikely events of a hypnotherapist walking out of the room or an electrical problem causing an audio recording to stop halfway through.

Will It Work For Me?

Pretty much yes - every time. As hypnosis is a relaxed state you are in many times during your day, it responds well to this technique and finds it easy, natural and relaxing to work with. Results take different amounts of time for different people of course, as everyone is different, and the results can be either subtle or quite sudden - many people tend to notice the results most when they look back and suddenly realize just how far they have come!

Can Hypnosis Make Positive Changes In My Health, Body, Stress Levels, Personal Development, Achieving Goals, and Improving Sports Performance?

Yes, absolutely - on all counts! Your subconscious mind is in charge of all these areas, and this is the area of the mind that hypnosis works with directly - working with the inner 'control panel' to bring about the outer, external changes - much the way software change the way a computer program runs, or changes how the printout turns out.

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