What is Hypnosis?
To explain what hypnosis is, it might be better to state what hypnosis is not When a person is hypnotized, they are not asleep or in some eerie trance state. The hypnotized individual is aware of everything that is taking place. Even after being brought out of hypnosis, a person will be able to recall anything that took place during the session. Hypnosis is a very normal, natural state that most of us experience every day. An example of daily hypnosis would be driving a car and realizing that you can’t remember the last three or four streets you just passed. Perhaps you drove right by your exit! Another example would be a person watching television. When another member of the family enters and announces that dinner is ready, the person watching the television did not even blink an eye! These are examples of a light hypnotic state. In both cases the conscious part of the mind had been distracted, allowing the subconscious part of the mind to take over. During a hypnotic session, an indi
Hypnosis is apowerful, yet completely safe, form of self-persuasion. It is a state of deep, passive relaxation in which the subconscious mind becomes accessible and open to positive change. It is an elegant approach to behavioral change in that no drugs, surgery or willpower areinvolved. Hypnosiscorrectly assumes that all the power and the resources necessary for change are already within you.It differs from meditation in that hypnosis is goal-oriented while meditation is process-oriented –If meditation had a desired outcome, it would not be meditation. Meditation is pure consciousness, while hypnosis has an ulterior motive –It wants you to lose weight, stop smoking, overcome your fear of flying, etc. Hypnosissimply makes the suggestion that, for example, alcohol or nicotine is no longer wanted or needed in your life physically, mentally and emotionally — and so it will be! You can do it yourself or I, your friendly neighborhood hypnotherapist, can do it for you.
