Hypnosis For Weight Loss info & intro...
Does eating rule your life? Do you ever feel out of control with your eating? Do you want a healthy relationship with food with an end to constant dieting, overeating & binge eating? Hypnosis for weight loss can help you reach your natural weight without feeling deprived or hungry. You can gain positive results within a few sessions of hypnotherapy. You may have read Anne Diamond's recent article about me in the Daily Mail. Call or email for a free brochure and testimonials explaining how it works. If you need to know even more about hypnosis after receiving your brochure then please ask for a no obligation initial consultation. Please ask me about this, one of the gentlest ways to lose weight and stop binge eating.
Stop binge eating.Are you trapped in the diet and binge cycle? Do you eat excessive amounts of food, feeling that you just cannot stop or control what you are eating ? Does it feel as if eating and food controls your life? There is help available and your first step is to call me or email me direct from the home page. With the help of hypnosis you can stop binge eating and start a healthy relationship with food.
Freedom from Bulimia.If you have had enough of this eating distress then please contact me. Hypnosis and guided imagery are proven, powerful tools and can help bring you HOPE. They can help you find the resources inside that could release you from this unhappy state. Visit my homepage for contact details - I am a member of the National Centre for Eating Disorders and hold its Practitioner Diploma. Please contact me from the home page and I will email you my brochure.
Hypnosis can help you reduce anxiety and create a hopeful futureHypnosis can help you to create more confidence for yourself and improve feelings of self worth. You can also learn to overcome problems like the fear of public speaking; phobias like being terrified of traveling on the tube; and become more at ease with yourself by building your confidence and self-esteem.
Low self esteem and depression Are you depressed or feeling low in self-worth? This is an increasingly serious problem: find out how hypnosis can help you create and build up feelings of self worth and self belief. Overcome the hurts of the past and move on towards a more positive and hopeful future. You can move into a better future. Please visit my home page and email me for more information.
Fears, Phobias & FlashbacksHypnosis can be most effective in releasing phobias -amongst the ones I am often asked to treat is the fear of traveling on the tube in London. It can also deal with the effects of trauma, including flashbacks. Modern techniques can substantially reduce or even remove the symptoms in 2/3 sessions. If you are in the grip of any irrational fear then please contact me now. Visit my home page for contact details
Hypno Practice information & intro...
The basic methods of hypnosis involves progressive relaxation, affirmations, are programming using different positive affirmations and creative visualization. Once the subject is induced into hypnosis, it is very easy to take them second time provided you include trigger words like, "Every time you go into hypnosis you will go even more deeper into the deep state of relaxation and when I say sleep now you will go into deep relaxation instantly." The purpose and goal of taking the subject into hypnosis should be very clear before attempting the exercise of hypnosis.
Some of the other methods are:
Pendulum Method : Here a pendulum made out of brass, non metal or crystal is used. The person is made to follow the sway of the pendulum keeping it about one feet away from the eyes and 6 inches above direct gaze. Suggestions like, "As you observe the pendulum swing, your eyes will become heavier and heavier and at the count of three you shall close your eyes and go into a deep state of relaxation" are given. Most probably the subjects would blink at the beginning but eventually their eyes would become tired and they would not be able to keep the eyes fixed on the swinging object. This would result in hypnosis. Even after they close their eyes it is very important to keep on saying, " With very breath you are becoming more and more relaxed and going deeper and deeper into a total state of relaxation" otherwise the subject could come out easily.
Gaze Fixation : Subject can be made to fix his gaze on a shiny object held 2 feet away or at the palm of the therapist or even at the eyes of the hypnotist. Once the fixation is complete affirmations like, "As you observe the object or my eyes (whichever is applicable) you are becoming more and more relaxed, your breathing is becoming deeper. Your eyelids are becoming more and more heavier and you are going into total relaxation".This is a powerful method and the hypnotist while asking someone to look into his eyes might sometimes get hypnotized which is exactly the reverse of what the hypnotist intended.This ability can be strengthened by practicing Yogic technique Trataka which involves observing a candle for 10-15 minutes daily without blinking the eyes or till tears roll down.
This makes the person very powerful with piercing eyes and most of the people will not be able to see into your eyes. Trataka can also be practiced by constantly gazing at the moon and the early morning sun to increase psychic powers.
Hyperventilation Technique: This is an old technique used by the hypnotists in the last century where the subject is made to take a deep breath and hold it for some time and then made to exhale rapidly. Due to fast exhalation carbon dioxide levels decrease leading to dizziness. The hypnotist says, "As you breathe in and out your head will become lighter and lighter". Further subsequent deepening affirmations can be given.Placebo Technique: For difficult clients this is a disguised technique where a sugar pill is given to the subject and is told, " As you take this special hypnotic pill, you will start feeling drowsy and sleepy". Say it 2-3 times in a soothing, polite demeanor since some clients do not like authoritative affirmations. After 30 minutes observe the subject and affirm" Your eyes are red and you are going into a deep state of relaxation, you are hardly able to keep your eyes open". Generally they go into a deep state of relaxation immediately.Hand Levitation Method : This can be done by instructing the subject to keep their eyes fixed on any object in front of them as described before (refer to gaze fixation) and affirm, "As you watch the object your right hand is becoming lighter and lighter. just brush away all thoughts from your mind and shift all your focus on the object and without any effort your right palm will become lighter and lighter as if it is tied to a gas balloon and move towards your face. When it touches your cheeks it will drop down with a thud as if a wet cloth is thrown on the floor and you will close your eyes and go into deep state of relaxation". Affirmations have to be continuously said as it takes 15-20 minuets to achieve this. Patience and endurance on the part of the hypnotist is the key to success of this method.
Three Finger Technique : The subject is made to close his eyes and the hypnotist places his thumb on the centre of the forehead between the eyebrows ( third eye) and 2 fingers on the skull. He then gives the affirmation, "As you put all your focus on your forehead your breathing is becoming deeper and deeper and you are going into a state of deep relaxation". Once the subject is under trance he can be taken deeper by further giving him suggestions to visualize a ten-flight staircase and affirming, "With every step you will go deeper and deeper into the trance.
The hypnotist can even start counting backwards from 10-1 slowly and simultaneously affirming that with every count the subject will go deeper and deeper. All the muscles are getting relaxed making the subject feel heaviness in the arms, legs and other parts of the body. These suggestions would make the technique very effective.If a blue colored light is lit in the room where hypnosis is conducted, it helps to induce the alpha state of mind much faster and quicker.
About Hypnosis info & intro....
Q: What is hypnosis?
A: Experts have been trying to define hypnosis for years, with little agreement between them! The best way I can answer, for the time being at least, is this: Hypnosis is a natural and often spontaneously occurring state of consciousness in which the conscious mind, the part of our mind that judges, evaluates, and analyzes is "put to the side" so that our subconscious mind predominates. When someone is in a hypnotic state of mind they are open to accepting ideas, concepts and suggestions that they may integrate into their belief system. This can effect a change in feeling about an issue, in addition to changing behavior relating to that issue. Many believe that it is the ability to change feelings, more than behaviors, that makes hypnosis so powerful.
Q: When I am in hypnosis can someone control my mind, cause me to do things I wouldn't ordinarily do?
A: Mind control is a popular myth surrounding hypnosis that many of us in the hypnotherapy field are working hard to dispel. It is NOT true that someone can control your mind while you are in hypnosis. In fact, many hypnosis experts like to say that rather than lose control, you gain control while in hypnosis. This assertion is based on the fact that our conscious mind constitutes a measly 10% of our mind, whereas our subconscious mind rules the remaining 90% of us! Even though it is said the subconscious mind is open to suggestion and doesn't judge or discriminate against suggestions, it has been demonstrated time and again that people will not behave contrary to their moral/ethical beliefs, they will not violate their core standard of behavior. What confuses some people is how individuals will behave during a stage hypnotism show; ordinarily shy, quiet folks will often bark like dogs, sing like Elvis, do the hula or a myriad of other silly things in front of sometimes hundreds of strangers! This observation seems to contradict the statement of non-violation of personal behavior codes; but there is a reasonable explanation. Often, when people you least expect to do so, exhibit flamboyant behavior under hypnosis, we are seeing another aspect of that person. Just because some people seem shy and quiet doesn't mean they are destined to always be that way! All it may take is the opportunity for the conscious, rational mind to step aside, for another facet of that person to emerge! This is a very simplified explanation of the dynamics that can occur with some individuals, but, suffice it to say that, with 90% of your mind in the driver's seat when you're in hypnosis, someone else has little hope of controlling you!!!
Q: What are post-hypnotic suggestions and how long will they last after being given while in hypnosis?
A: Post-hypnotic suggestions are those ideas offered to a person in hypnosis to "take with them" into their conscious life. The suggestions often deal with behaviors or beliefs the person wishes to change, such as to stop smoking, develop a better sense of self etc etc. How long the suggestions last is extremely variable and dependent on a number of things. Duration of a post-hypnotic suggestion is probably influenced most by how well the suggestion was accepted by the subconscious mind during hypnosis. Acceptance, in turn, is affected by a number of conditions/variables, such as resistance, deeper-seated issues affecting the situation being dealt with, sometimes depth of hypnotic trance and perhaps rapport between subject and hypnotist. It is probably safest to say that many issues of long-lasting duration, deep emotional impact and importance or around which there is a great deal of resistance to change, will need periodic, perhaps frequent (for a certain period of time) reinforcement of acceptance until the subconscious mind can truly integrate the new thought, feeling, emotion and/or behavior in a comfortable, natural way.
Q: Can anyone be hypnotized?
A: It is felt that virtually everyone is able to go into a hypnotic trance to some degree or another. In fact, certain researchers believe that people go in and out of hypnosis spontaneously several times a day! How receptive the person (subject) is to being hypnotized by someone else, can be the determining factor of whether or not they go into trance . The more open a subject is to relaxing and going into hypnosis, the more successful they usually are. Because many people don't understand what hypnosis is, what it can feel like, or how it may be experienced, they will believe they didn't "go under" during a hypnosis session, when, in fact, they were hypnotized. It is not true that a person has to be completely "out" to have been in hypnosis. Many people achieve a very powerful level of trance (in terms of being receptive to suggestion) and are able to hear and remember every word the hypnotherapist says. Perhaps it's helpful to say that, like many other phenomena in the world, we experience hypnosis in our own, personal way; there is no right or wrong, good or bad--our way is just our way!Interestingly, many hypnosis experts believe that children are in hypnosis most of the time! Because children play "make believe" so much of their day, they are in a nearly constant state of "suspended disbelief", which, in effect, is what we do in hypnosis! This may also be why children are so able to be influenced by their environment! What is around them day in and day out is being fed to their subconscious minds as they "pretend", thus explaining why childhood-acquired beliefs, philosophies, attitudes and perceptions are so deeply embedded and often so hard to dispel! There is much food for thought, research and intervention here!
