What Is Hypnosis?
If you think about it, we all enter in and out of various levels of hypnosis or trance every day. Below are two examples.
Firstly, have you ever driven somewhere, and all of a sudden realize you've safely arrived at your destination? This phenomenon is called “Highway Hypnosis”. Be assured that you stopped at every light and sign, and followed every rule of the road during the trip. Our subconscious mind would not allow otherwise; because one of the main functions of the subconscious mind is our own safety.
The other example of hypnosis is whereby we all enter states of hypnosis at work, school or home. We wander off to a place far from our current physical locale, almost as if transported in time or space to somewhere else. We’ve all done this; it’s called daydreaming. Everyone daydreams to some extent.
Hypnosis is not as depicted by Hollywood and other negatively portrayed models. It is a safe mode of assisted relaxation, whereby nothing “bad” can or will happen. The clients’ subconscious mind always, automatically keeps them safe and out of harm’s way. Safety is always one of the main “jobs” of the subconscious mind. Hypnosis is not a mind control trick. This is because the mind will not let us do anything we don't want to do. That's right! One of the main functions of the subconscious is the protection of self from harm or doing anything the person does not think is proper behavior.
Hypnosis is not a truth serum either. If you’re not one who tells the truth before going into a hypnotic relaxation, the odds are extremely high, close to 100 percent, that you are not going to tell the truth while under hypnosis (unless, of course, you want to be truthful). Law enforcement agencies would be allowed to use it all the time if it was a truth serum. But the problem is that a liar under hypnosis will lie and a non-liar is prone to make something up, confabulate, based on perception of the particular circumstance.
Hypnosis is nothing more than a heightened state of relaxation, awareness and suggestibility between a trained, professional hypnotist and a client. Hypnosis is a tool for a hypnotist to assist the client to achieve specific goals; goals that the client wishes to achieve. As a matter of fact, the client is 100 percent in the driver’s seat. Hypnosis is successful if the client is ready and willing to move forward. There is no magic in the power of the “healing mind”. Hypnosis is used as a tool for helping ease or remove problems, habits, unwanted behaviors, or addictions that clients have been practicing for a long time. Hypnosis has also been used for years to help with grief stricken individuals, pain analgesia/anesthesia, exam anxiety, sports motivation, life or career motivation, increasing an individual’s self-esteem and so much more. Hypnosis, depending on your belief system, has also been used as a tool in Past Life Regression (PLR) work; and there have been many non-fiction books written on this subject. Whatever they believe, most hypnotists will provide PLR’s if they have been trained in the process, like us.
There are many misguided, misconceived and unfounded beliefs in regards to hypnosis. They are not true and some have been levied by individuals that seek to gain substantially in financial terms by placing this cloud over the hypnosis industry. If it was an unsubstantiated practice, hypnosis would not be recognized by the Department of Labor, the Catholic Church, the American Medical Association, and the British Medical Association to name a few. It is a healing technique, a mere tool that can assist the overburdened and overpriced healthcare industry and save people a little bit of money in the long run.
If you think about it, we all enter in and out of various levels of hypnosis or trance every day. Below are two examples.
Firstly, have you ever driven somewhere, and all of a sudden realize you've safely arrived at your destination? This phenomenon is called “Highway Hypnosis”. Be assured that you stopped at every light and sign, and followed every rule of the road during the trip. Our subconscious mind would not allow otherwise; because one of the main functions of the subconscious mind is our own safety.
The other example of hypnosis is whereby we all enter states of hypnosis at work, school or home. We wander off to a place far from our current physical locale, almost as if transported in time or space to somewhere else. We’ve all done this; it’s called daydreaming. Everyone daydreams to some extent.
Hypnosis is not as depicted by Hollywood and other negatively portrayed models. It is a safe mode of assisted relaxation, whereby nothing “bad” can or will happen. The clients’ subconscious mind always, automatically keeps them safe and out of harm’s way. Safety is always one of the main “jobs” of the subconscious mind. Hypnosis is not a mind control trick. This is because the mind will not let us do anything we don't want to do. That's right! One of the main functions of the subconscious is the protection of self from harm or doing anything the person does not think is proper behavior.
Hypnosis is not a truth serum either. If you’re not one who tells the truth before going into a hypnotic relaxation, the odds are extremely high, close to 100 percent, that you are not going to tell the truth while under hypnosis (unless, of course, you want to be truthful). Law enforcement agencies would be allowed to use it all the time if it was a truth serum. But the problem is that a liar under hypnosis will lie and a non-liar is prone to make something up, confabulate, based on perception of the particular circumstance.
Hypnosis is nothing more than a heightened state of relaxation, awareness and suggestibility between a trained, professional hypnotist and a client. Hypnosis is a tool for a hypnotist to assist the client to achieve specific goals; goals that the client wishes to achieve. As a matter of fact, the client is 100 percent in the driver’s seat. Hypnosis is successful if the client is ready and willing to move forward. There is no magic in the power of the “healing mind”. Hypnosis is used as a tool for helping ease or remove problems, habits, unwanted behaviors, or addictions that clients have been practicing for a long time. Hypnosis has also been used for years to help with grief stricken individuals, pain analgesia/anesthesia, exam anxiety, sports motivation, life or career motivation, increasing an individual’s self-esteem and so much more. Hypnosis, depending on your belief system, has also been used as a tool in Past Life Regression (PLR) work; and there have been many non-fiction books written on this subject. Whatever they believe, most hypnotists will provide PLR’s if they have been trained in the process, like us.
There are many misguided, misconceived and unfounded beliefs in regards to hypnosis. They are not true and some have been levied by individuals that seek to gain substantially in financial terms by placing this cloud over the hypnosis industry. If it was an unsubstantiated practice, hypnosis would not be recognized by the Department of Labor, the Catholic Church, the American Medical Association, and the British Medical Association to name a few. It is a healing technique, a mere tool that can assist the overburdened and overpriced healthcare industry and save people a little bit of money in the long run.
