I’ve just added a range of self-hypnosis recordings to this site for clients who want to work on their own. The power of self-hypnosis is sometimes underestimated, so here’s a bit of background about hypnosis and self-hypnosis:
We’re all hypnotists!
Hypnosis is not a special state that can only be induced by a professional hypnotist. Without knowing it, we naturally go in and out of trance many times in a normal day. When you sit at your desk and daydream for a few moments – that’s trance! When you’re driving somewhere and you realize you’ve been on autopilot and can’t recall anything about the route you’ve just travelled – that’s also trance. And most people slip very nicely into trance when they come home in the evening and sit down in front of the television.
What these three examples have in common is this:
- the body and mind are relaxed
- the mind is focused on one task
- phenomena not related to this task are tuned out
Those are some of the characteristics of hypnotic trance, and as you drift in and out of this state all the time you’re actually quite an expert at hypnotising yourself. You’ve been practicing self-hypnosis without knowing it!
How to do self-hypnosis
So what can you do to begin using self-hypnosis in a more constructive manner? Essentially, all you need to do is to relax deeply and offer positive suggestions at the appropriate time. Here’s the procedure:
1. Relaxing
Sit in a comfortable position. Take a nice deep breath of air and hold it a moment. Then let it out, closing your eyes and letting all that tension flow out through your arms and legs. Do this once or twice more.
2. Deepening
There are many ways of deepening relaxation. For example you can imagine you’re walking down a stairway with 5 steps. Tell yourself that at each step your relaxation will double and that by the time you get to 1 you will be in a very deep state. Begin walking down that stairway, sinking deeper into relaxation with each step.
3. Giving suggestions
In this very relaxed state, your mind is open and will more readily accept any message that is given to it. So now you can begin repeating the positive suggestions you’ve prepared. If these suggestions are acceptable to the subconscious mind they will be taken as the truth and will be acted on.
4. Waking
When you’re ready, count yourself back up those stairs and return to waking consciousness.
That’s it – self-hypnosis in a nutshell! Most people experiencing hypnosis for the first time expect something really trippy or they think they should lose consciousness or fall asleep. In fact, all you’re likely to experience is a sense of calm awareness or a daydreamy lightness and lack of concern. Don’t be fooled – this state is very powerful. Whatever message enters your awareness at this point has a good chance of being accepted and acted upon at a subconscious level – so choose your affirmations well!
Self-hypnosis MP3s
Self-hypnosis MP3s
To really take your self-hypnosis sessions to a new level, or to work on a particular issue, consider using the professionally recorded self-hypnosis MP3s offered on this site.
