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WHAT IS
HYPNOSIS? Hypnosis
is a technique with which we get a different
psycho-physiological state from the normal waking state. The
electro-encephalogram of a hypnotized person is different
from a person who is awake or asleep in a natural sleep.
This state is very suggestibility. That is,
if one hypnotizes another person and he falls into a deep
trance, where the hypnotist suggested that their body will
start to feel hot, they will find alleviation by removing
their clothes. Why is this happening? Because there is a
separation between the conscious and the unconscious mind in
our mental activity. So in
hypnosis, especially where the individual operates
unconsciously, which significantly reduces the ability of
reasoning and self-consciousness, most of the hypnotist's
suggestions will be admitted as fact. Apart from
the ridiculous stage performances, hypnosis is actually a
practical and beneficial application for clinical therapy,
to cure diseases or improve physical or mental problems. For
example, some well known applications of hypnosis are : the
extraction of teeth without pain, mental and psychological
disorders: phobias, fears, trauma, depression, anxiety,
nervousness, stress, enuresis, shyness, and so on. It has
been very useful in dermatology to cure almost instantly
warts, eczema, and all kinds of rashes. In short, hypnosis
has been used for hundreds of so-called psychogenic or
psychosomatic diseases, namely those with an emotional or
psychological conflict. Hypnotherapy has a remarkable
success for addictive behavior such as gambling, alcohol,
drugs, etc. Hypnosis
is a normal altered state of consciousness, which has
nothing to do with sleep. In a trance state your mind
remains focused and clear but deeply relaxed, just like a
daydream or while at the cinema or driving home. A typical
myth about hypnosis is the fear of not being able to wake up
after a session, but even the most deepest trance is only
temporary. Some
people may be afraid of having a bad trip or experience
something frightening, but a hypnotic trance is very
enjoyable, and after waking you'll feel relaxed, content,
and happy. My exciting guided self-hypnosis audios have been
designed to make the journey pleasurable, exciting and
peaceful. A Minority of people can reach such a deep state
of trance that after waking up they only recall a small part
of their session, but even so, the information has still
been recorded into the subconscious mind. Just before each
affirmation session you will hear my voice telling you to
pay full attention and to concentrate on each
word. Hypnosis
has progressed in the last 10 years. Unfortunately, many
hypnotists are still using old established techniques which
only work for a few people. In this respect we are not all
the same, so different techniques must be used depending on
each personality. I also utilize special brain wave training
and binaural beats or isochronic pulses to induce the mind
into a theta trance. The Shamanic drum rhythms also used by
natives produce deep trance states. In each self-hypnosis
session I try to include every technique and method possible
to cater for all types of people, with the advantage of the
special effects, only available using stereo headphones for
those that need an extra deepening process. IS
HYPNOSIS DANGEROUS? Hypnosis
is not dangerous, if it is done by a qualified person, and
one certainly enough to have the ethics not to subject his
client to any practice that could be considered dangerous or
unethical. If the hypnotist was to leave, while the subject
was in a deep trance, this is not a problem because in this
case, the hypnotic state would transform into a natural
sleep. The only absolute contraindications of hypnotherapy
are for people suffering from epilepsy or
schizophrenia. HYPNOSIS
AND TRANCE The
hypnotist (therapist) is not a person with a super innate
power, acquired to subdue their will on others. The
hypnotherapist simply applies the techniques that lead to an
induced hypnotic state. This happens gradually shifting from
a lighter trance state in which the subject relaxes the
muscles to enter a lethargic state. Later, when the person
is more relaxed and his body reaches a cataleptic state of
trance, and finally, the deep trance state which is
considered somnambulism, in which the individual is able to
open his eyes without leaving the hypnotic sleep, accepting
the suggestions. HYPNOSIS
AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY Hypnosis
itself is not "paranormal." However during a hypnotic state
it's relatively easy to produce phenomena that are the
subject of scientific study of parapsychology, which fall
within the study of Extra Sensory Perception (ESP). So using
techniques of hypnosis the subject has a a telepathic
advantage i.e.. can relatively easily grasp the thoughts of
a particular person, whether they are near or thousands of
km away, including the state of their health. HYPNOSIS
and PAIN CONTROL? Absolutely,
during the BBC documentary "the Power of Suggestion"
a Valencian doctor Angel Escudero always operates without
using general anesthetic, but by sending his patients into a
trance, and where the subjects are completely awake to
observe and discuss their own operation without any
fear. TRANCE
STATE OR CATATÓNICO (cataleptic) This state
is characterized total muscle stiffness. Immediately after
this, the subject will be induced to enter a stage of deep
hypnosis very quickly.
Affirmations
are messages or phrases directed at the subconscious
mind. e.g.
"I
hate sweet sugary food" Affirmations
work better if they are short, precise and always positive.
A negative suggestion such as "you will
not smoke", will only confuse the subconscious mind, and may
have the opposite of the desired effect, as the mind in
trance is not capable of understanding the meaning of "not".
The mind works at it's best using images, and it would be
almost impossible to visualize not doing something. The
correct affirmation would be "I hate
smoking" or "I love to have clean, healthy
lungs". An
affirmation may take the form of a repeated phrase, or even
better with some visualization. An actor may perform a
dress-rehearsal one day before the actual theater show.
The
subconscious mind doesn't care if your actuation was real or
just your own imagination, the result will be the same. So
the same way goes for someone who is afraid of a driving
test. When someone has visualized taking a test in a calm
peaceful manner, then when it comes down to the real day of
the test, one is more relaxed. Someone
who becomes shy and afraid while trying to date women, can
overcome this problem in two ways, by going on as many dates
as possible to gain experience, or to visualize going on a
date. The sub. mind will gain experience from these fantasy
dates just like we do while dreaming. I have
tried to include as many methods as possible into my
hypnosis recordings, to reprogram the subconscious mind, to
replace old unwanted thoughts with new fresh healthy
messages.
What would
you do if you were called on stage? Would you spoil the fun,
or play along and be a sport? Many volunteers are friends of
the hypnotist or have been paid. Turning such a wonderful
alternative medicine and self-help into a circus show with
such bad taste, and I believe that it should be regulated or
controlled. In saying that, the problem stemmed from
Hollywood who transformed this wonderful healthy science
into something darker, occult, supernatural or magic, and
often frightening or controlling. Many
excellent fully qualified and experienced hypnotherapists
often turn to stage hypnosis to increase their income. The
hypnosis therapy works so well that clients don't need to
return to the hypnotherapist, they stop smoking in a couple
of sessions, or sleep like a log, whereas other
psychological methods often take years, meanwhile this type
of therapist has a handsome steady income. Many
supposed hypnotic tricks are merely fakes, such as the rigid
body suspended between two chairs, or by telling a subject
that he cannot speak, but then not even asking him a
question, so that he remains silent anyway. With magic, we
all know that every part of the show is a trick, but with
hypnosis the audience is just not sure. There is no
measurable state of hypnosis, so that it's quite difficult
to prove, unless the subject has reached a very deep trance,
and here we can observe REM and other physiological
clues.
The
factor of personalization Each
person responds to different stimuli e.g. 85% of the world
population can reach a medium trance which is all that's
needed to make impressive changes. About 10% of the
population can reach a very deep trance, while another 5%
cannot be hypnotized because of mental disability.
Hypnotherapy as a science is still fairly new but becoming
increasingly popular as people are talking about their
success and writing about the effects on social network and
blogs. Hypnosis is often used by the British National Health
Service. Numerous dentists are using hypnotherapy to numb
pain, and some doctors are even using hypnosis to perform
surgery. Dominant
men can be easily hypnotized, although they believe
otherwise, because some people like to think that they are
in control, and that nobody could ever "put them under" or
take control of their decisions, but in reality the level of
trance doesn't depend on will power or dominance. A
hypnotherapist cannot force you to act against your will.
The hypnotist simply gives suggestions, and you may carry
out these suggestions only if you accept them. Dominant,
logical people who are always in control, who are
independent and strong minded, usually sink into a deep
trance within minutes, especially if the hypnotist is using
the confusion technique. This method will confuse the left
side of the brain, and therefore let the right-hemisphere
take over, guiding them into a trance. Most
people when watching a good movie will fall in and out of a
trance without even realizing it. Artists who paint, draw or
make music will often say how they worked for 6 hours and it
felt like only a few minutes, because in the trance state
time can be distorted, slowed down, or speeded
up. When we are in a state of trance the right side of
the brain takes over, and this part of the brain has no
interest in time. Many
people think that being hypnotized means acting like a
zombie or a slave to the master, but this is only a
Hollywood portrayal, and stage hypnosis trickery. In the
real world, self-hypnosis is where one being can achieve a
trance state where the mind and body is totally relaxed, and
open to suggestions. This state can be like a daydream, or
like lying in a jacuzzi after a few glasses of
wine. After
practicing with self hypnosis the trance gets easier and
deeper. If you are a person who enjoys smoking and has no
desire to stop, and sees no reason why to stop, then no
amount of hypnosis will help. If you have doubts, and there
is a small part of you that thinks about stopping smoking
and getting healthy again, then hypnosis will be of enormous
help, and give you the courage and motivation to stop right
away.
Hypnosis
or self-hypnosis only works if the person accepts and
allows it to work. It is important to use only
suggestions that are acceptable to the person hypnotized
while in a trance. When we are in a hypnotic trance, the
conscious mind is much more active than in the normal
state, which is why we must take a positive
attitude. All
hypnosis is by nature self-hypnosis. The work of the
hypnotist is to guide the person during the process, but
hypnosis is something very, very personal and only you
can decide to enter into this state or not. By allowing
new information in the form of suggestions into the
subconscious mind and by replacing the existing
information we will reject any suggestion that it is
perceived as a threat to us. (we would simply wake
up) Everything
we have learned since we are born, and perhaps before
that, is stored in our subconscious mind, and every
experience is there. Every sound, smell, taste, and word
is all recorded similar to a hard drive but with a
tremendous amount of storage space. This memory is not
responsible for our actions, but stores the information
enabling it to establish our beliefs and habits, so I
suppose we could consider our conscious mind similar to
the Ram of a computer. Some
call it the Long Term Memory. The beliefs are the result
of our life experiences. Experiences that are perceived
according to their influence on us, the people around us,
including our family. Today, that influence can come from
media, including television, radio, games, etc. All this
will create an expectation about how life should
be. Habits
automatically respond to different situations or
circumstances. If you have the habit of smoking a
cigarette after a meal, then you will, almost
automatically, and you won't feel very bad about it. Once
we managed to evade the resistance of the subconscious we
can generate an immediate change in beliefs and habits
which will result in changes in our emotions and
behavior. The emotions are generated in the subconscious,
including the emotions generated by our perception of
what is happening to us now, right now, or what we've
done in the past or what we do in the future. Every
emotion we have experienced is here, but we do not
consciously realize it, the subconscious mind responds to
these emotions physically. No matter how old we are, no
matter how many experiences we have, the subconscious
mind will store all our experiences unless you have a
brain injury due to illness or trauma. It is
important to understand that many of the habits and
beliefs that are rooted in our subconscious is the result
of information that the subconscious has received but not
necessarily corresponding with reality, or at least with
the reality that we think at a conscious level. An
example is the fact that people smoke on a conscious
level and say they do because they are calm and relaxed.
However, if we look in detail will find that most people
smoke because at some point in their lives, adolescents
may need to be accepted in a given group and smoking was
a way to seek acceptance and security, which generates
they belong to a group or social circle. As you
can see the reasons that give us the conscious mind are
not always original. We just search our database that is
stored in the subconscious mind and we can locate the
original reasons for a particular habit or behavior. The
Conscious Mind is our analytical mind. It's specialty is
to detect problems, analyze actions in response to
problems. This part helps us to operate daily in our
social circle, work, home. The conscious mind is least of
all suggestible, which is why many hypnotists use
"tricks" to demonstrate to the conscious mind that the
person is in a hypnotic state. When we
are immersed in the hypnotic state we are still
conscious, very different from what people had always
believed. However, in states of hypnosis or self-hypnosis
we can feel a profound impact on our conscious awareness,
experiencing hallucinations or temporary changes in our
beliefs. Some of
the functions of the conscious mind in relation to
hypnosis : Critical
Factor. It rejects the information based on what is
in the conscious mind. Only in a very deep state of
hypnosis can this work with the conscious mind
suggestions. Protective
function. This
act immediately let's us see that something is dangerous,
and also rejects any suggestion that it is not considered
safe. Focus.
The conscious mind is part of our state of consciousness,
it can focus on a time, place or problem. Its main focus
is on this, but can easily go back to retrieve
information stored in the subconscious or perceive the
future and be creative using information from the past
and present. Critical
Thinking is consistent with the beliefs of the
individual, critical thinking is used when necessary and
can be improved with education and training, to solve our
problems, it is logical, analytical and
rational. The
ability of the conscious mind is quite small compared
with the extraordinary ability of the subconscious, and
can only keep six to nine bits of information at the same
time.
An
induction to trance is a particular method of producing a
state of trance which can be later deepened. The idea is to
make the person very relaxed, and divert his attention, to
tap into the right hemisphere of the brain (the area
involved with dreaming, art, creativity, music, ) while the
analytical left-hand side of the brain is turned off. In
this state, you are highly suggestible, but this doesn't
mean stupid or submissive, you still have full control. In a
trance state you seem to have a better understanding of your
life, problems, and performances, especially when it's spelt
out to you. The
hypnotist is a guide, opening a door, or showing you the
right road. There are hundreds of different methods and
techniques, some are rapid and instant, while others may
take 30 minutes. The most popular inductions are the
handshake method, the progressive journey, counting
backwards, spirals, breathing methods, walking down a
staircase, direct gaze method, favorite place, and the arm
drop method. My self
hypnosis inductions are very advanced, containing several
different methods. The sound effects make it easier to
visualize each situation. The journeys contain many
techniques to persuade the listener to relax, and slowly
sink into a soothing state of mind. Some people go very deep
with just one session, while others may need to practice.
After experience, the subconscious mind learns from certain
cues and triggers when it's time to go into trance, and
especially if the hypnotist has placed a key anchor
word. Now
offering several different types of hypnosis
inductions: The
Tropical Beach,
The
Secret Garden,
The
Spring Meadow,
The
Cosmic Voyage,
The
Military Bootcamp,
The
Lighthouse,
The
Amazon Rainforest,
The
Sahara Desert
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