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hypnosis
Hypnosis is a natural everyday phenomenon used to communicate with the unconscious and update it, so that the clients’ own resources can be utilised to solve their problems.”
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We have two minds, the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. The conscious mind is in control of everyday thinking and actions, like shopping, going to work, working, cleaning etc. The subconscious or unconscious mind controls the running of the body, the immune system, the heart rate, the filing of information in the mind and much more. The conscious mind only works when we are awake but the subconscious mind functions even when we are asleep, sometimes giving us dreams to sort information or to alert us.
Our subconscious mind holds all of our experiences and memories. It is the experiences and information gathered in our past that creates our beliefs and behaviour patterns- positive or negative, helpful or unhelpful. For example if you have had a difficult childhood with uncaring parents, you will learn that you are unlovable and difficult. You may be unable to experience loving relationships because you have never felt this love and don't know how to recognise it. If you have had abuse as a child, you are likely to experience many negative feelings like guilt, anger, hatred. These feelings again will impact upon your future relationships as the negative feelings take control.
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For every traumatic experience our subconscious mind files the circumstances,
the feelings, maybe even the sounds and smells. The same sights, sense or smell
will bring up the same subconscious feeling so you may feel stressed in other situations and fail to understand why. Without understanding the working of our subconscious mind we are out of control. There are people who think that they have to be in control all the time but
this is through fear of being out of control!. When you go into self hypnosis, you are in touch with your subconscious mind and you can make changes that make your life easier, more pleasant. Daydreaming or meditation is very similar to the state we experience in hypnosis. It is a perfectly natural state of mind. In this pleasant dreamy drowsy state, we can communicate with the subconscious directly.
All hypnosis is self hypnosis as no one can hypnotise you against your will. When I help you to go into self hypnosis, we work together to alter inappropriate and outdated
feelings and behaviour that hold you back. We release the
trauma/uncomfortable feelings and this creates new beliefs and behaviour patterns that are positive and life affirming.
In hypnosis you are fully aware but deeply relaxed. I cannot make you do anything and you are quite free to open your eyes or stop the session at any time you wish. This is nothing like stage hypnosis. This is for your benefit and I simply assist you to learn self-hypnosis so that you can practice it at home. You have a useful tool for the rest of your life.
The benefits of hypnosis are many: reduced stress levels; lower blood pressure; steady heart rate; greater relaxation and self healing for the body. Hypnosis is the same brainwave state as meditation so many people who struggle to meditate find it much easier when they have experienced hypnosis. If you would like to turn your self hypnosis into meditation just let me know and I will give you all the information and tools you need.
Hypnosis is a relaxed, dreamy drowsy state of mind, like when you just wake up, or like daydreaming in a warm bath. The normal conscious brainwave is called Beta. This is when you are thinking normally about everyday matters. When you go into meditation or Hypnosis, you slip into a deeper level of brainwaves called Alpha. The Theta brainwave state is equivalent to a light sleep and Delta is when you are in a deep sleep.
Brief History Of Hypnosis
Hypnosis has been used as a tool to our knowledge since the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. A relief at the Temple of Thebes shows physicians using Hypnosis. The modern name of Hypnosis is taken from the Greek God of sleep, Hypnos.
The novel, “Trilby”, by Georges du Maurier, featured Svengali and in the story, he mesmerised a young model. This gave hypnosis a bad reputation and for years it was feared or ridiculed. In the 18th Century, Anton Mesmer was discredited by a Commission of Louis XV1. He had claimed cures based on his work with magnets and the power of his mind.
In the 19th Century, Dr John Elliotson, a Professor of Medicine at University College, London used hypnosis to perform painless surgery. In 1838, the Council of the Hospital forbade this practise. Dr James Braid was the first to prove that hypnosis worked without the use of magnets. He lived and worked in India performing operations with “Mesmeric Anaesthesia”.
Hypnosis started to gain credibility later in the 19th Century, when Professor Jean-Martin Charcot founded the Salpetriere School of Hypnotism in France. The professors of the University of Nancy were also convinced that Hypnotism could be induced by verbal means. These were distinguished, respected men. Pierre Janet, a pupil of Charcot started to study Regression, recognising that the root cause of a problem is essential to its cure. He received little cooperation or recognition.
In the first part of the 20th century, although Hypnosis gained credibility, Past Life regression was not credible to many. It was only when Morey Bernstein was working with Virginia Tighe that a breakthrough was made. She accidentally went into a past life during a session of Hypnotherapy. The past life, accessed was as Bridey Murphy, living in Cork in 1798. During Hypnosis her voice changed and she gave many details about her life, which were later confirmed. It lead her to write the book, “The Search for Bridey Murphy”. See more under recorded cases of Past Life Regression.
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