Let’s take a look at how hypnosis works. When we were children, we could easily focus on one specific task without all of the distractions in our subconscious that often interferes with our ability to focus as adults. We grow smarter as we get older but think about this; a baby under a year of age has the ability to learn really tough actions like eating with utensils, walking and talking. For some unfortunate adults that have to relearn such natural actions after a severe accident, it takes them a longer time to learn once simple tasks.
As we get older, we discover things like when you take a fall, you get hurt, and it is tough to remove such ingrained beliefs. By using self-hypnosis to clear your subconscious mind of your old beliefs and reprogramming your subconscious mind with new, more empowering beliefs you will gain new insight in ways to train your brain and learn new actions and habits that once seemed nearly impossible. A person’s personality and emotional drive are shaped by their subconscious mind and beliefs that were formed early on in life.
The technique of hypnosis has been around for a while. We all remember the pocket watch dangling in front of someone’s eyes slowly swaying back and forth. But the real goal is to use self-hypnosis as a therapeutic technique to cure ourselves of whatever might be holding us back in our well-being. This might be any number of things like smoking, being overweight, a fear of public speaking, being overly shy, etc. By using hypnosis, you are able to concentrate on a specific thought in order to change your habits.
Most people can be hypnotized, but the effectiveness of the session depends on the willingness of the subject to accept the hypnosis process. The process of hypnotizing oneself is pretty basic and simple. The process centers on several basic steps. The manner in which the steps are achieved is what differs from technique to technique.
The first step of self-hypnosis is to achieve level of complete relaxation. The mind can move into many different levels of “sleep”. The level of sleep that you are in when you alarm goes off in the morning is a different level of sleep than when you are under anesthesia when undergoing and operation. The level of relaxation that you need to achieve for self-hypnosis is found somewhere between being alert and a light sleep.
The second step in the hypnosis process is to concentrate on a phrase, an idea, or a suggestion. This is a more heightened state of concentration than you practice on a normal day. Once these steps are achieved, you will become immobile during hypnosis. You will also experience a heightening of all five of your senses. It is called “hyper-awareness” and it happens naturally when a person is able to increase their concentration during complete relaxation. You will also experience REM, or rapid eye movement. This does not mean that you are technically asleep.
You can easily come back to full alertness when under self-hypnosis; this is not the case for most people when they are sleeping.
To be successful with self hypnosis you need the willpower of your conscious mind and the momentum of your unconscious mind. Without this momentum and willpower changing your habits, even with self-hypnosis, will be a constant struggle. Self-hypnosis takes commitment and repetitive use to be successful.
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