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Thank you for visiting the White Mountain Reflection Center online. We have a NEW NAME to go along with HYPNOSIS which better represents the importance of Nature in our lives. If you have any questions about the different programs offered, please feel free to contact me. We are located in Madison, New Hampshire, the foothills to the White Mountains and faces the famed Mount Chocorua.
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EVENTS: WEDNESDAY NIGHT METAPHYSICAL DISCUSSION GROUP 7 pm DIRECTIONS428 Conway Rd, Madison NH 03849
Going SOUTH on Route 16 in Conway, NH past the school and the Kancamaugus Highway, turn LEFT onto Route 113. Drive 3.8 miles on Route 113. It's on the left just past the "Hathaways".
Going NORTH on Route 16 in West Ossipee, NH turn RIGHT onto Route 41. Drive the whole length of 41 (5 miles) and turn RIGHT onto Route 113 in Silver Lake. Drive another 5 miles and turn LEFT at the stop sign at the intersection of the East Madison Road and Route 113. The Center is 8/10 miles from there on the RIGHT, heading toward Conway. The address is 428 Conway Road, but don't trust your GPS! |
MICHAEL R. HATHAWAY Certified Hypnotist & Hypnosis Trainer Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy Past Life Regression Therapist NGH Fellow |
MESSAGE FROM THE MOUNTAIN Short reflections on the connection between Nature and Spirituality that can be used in our daily lives. click here.... 428 Conway Road (Rt 113 N), Madison NH
Set Goals Stop Smoking Reduce Stress Control Weight Strengthen Faith Promote Wellness Improve Athletic Skills Learn Positive Thinking Resolve Past Life Karma Hypnosis Certification Course Past Life Regression Certification |
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MICHAEL R. HATHAWAY, Board Certified Hypnotist by the National Guild of Hypnotists, is a specialist in PAST LIFE REGRESSION and NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming). He works with people to help them make positive changes in their lives and become balanced in mind-body-spirit-emotions as they become in tune with their life purpose. A typical appointment lasts approximately 90 minutes, which includes a PERSONALIZED RECORDING to reinforce goals. The fee is $90. Appointments are also available by Zoom, Skype, and phone.
BOOKS by Michael Hathaway include: A Complete Idiot's Guide to Discovering Your Past Lives The Everything Hypnosis Book It's Time to Simplify Your Soul's Code The Everything Lucid Dreaming Book The Only Psychic Power Book You'll Ever Need They may be ordered from our store, Amazon.com, or Abebooks.com. He is available for WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS on a variety of topics, including hypnosis, past life regression, and soul purpose. He also offers a COACHING PROGRAM for those who wish to have regular personal appointments. He works with mediums for GALLERY READINGS, and is active as a MUSICIAN on piano and trumpet. You are always welcome to contact him with questions by phone or email for further information.
2015 - Ormond McGill chair, coveted award for best presenter of the year, chosen by his peers,
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2023 - Charles Tebbetts Award - "spreading the light of hypnosis". Pictured on left, Jereme Bachand, NGH Executive Director; right, Tommy Vee, MC
2012 - ORDER OF THE BRAID - The centerpiece of the National Guild of Hypnotists' awards system which recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication and service. This is the highest recognition that the 15,000-member guild gives its members.
2019 NGH convention presenter with colleague Rose Neves-Grigg
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YOU ARE WHAT YOU WERE
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Are you comfortable living in today's world? Is there a period in history that you find absolutely fascinating? If so, do you read books about it or listen to music of that time? Do you imagine what it would be like to live back then? Do you visit places that have historical sites related to that time period?
You may wear your hair a certain way or dress in a style that was popular in a different time period. It doesn't have to be hundreds of years ago. Your interest need only go back to before you were born this time. In fact, everything you do in some way or other has the potential of relating back to a different lifetime, including the way you dress, the way you walk, the way you eat, and even the way you think. Chances are, when you were a child, you may have been much more open to past lives than you are as an adult. Society has some very narrow beliefs about reincarnation. Your interest in different time periods can be influenced by the memories that are stored in your unconscious mind. Once they become part of your conscious thinking, you are influenced by your memories from another time without even knowing where they came from. A past life discovery experience is the process of going back into a previous lifetime through your unconscious mind while you are in a relaxed, self-hypnotic state. You soul will reincarnate or experience many different lifetimes before its journey is complete. Each lifetime or incarnation adds to your soul's memories, such as an interest in the things you knew from before. The process of reincarnation happens each time a soul enters a new lifetime. When you experience a past life journey, you are actually going back to the memories of one of your previous lives. (from "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Discovering Your Past Lives" by Michael R. Hathaway) A Past Life Regression experience is a great way to become in tune with your soul's purpose. Every experience is different, and Dr. Hathaway will work with your unique mind to help you become aware of the rich heritage of your soul. Michael R. Hathaway is a Board Certified Past Life Regression Therapist through the International Board for Regression Therapy. He has a Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy, is a Board Certified Fellow of the National Guild of Hypnotists, and an instructor of their hypnosis certification course. An appointment, which normally lasts 1 1/2 to 2 hours, costs $90, and an audio recording may be provided at no additional cost.
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DEMYSTIFY YOUR SIXTH SENSE Almost everyone has heard of the term "sixth sense" and almost everyone knows at least one person who has it. Actually everyone has it; it just occurs differently for each of us. No one in the world experiences it exactly the same way. Webster’s Dictionary defines the sixth sense as “intuition” or “a strong suspicion that is not necessarily logically tenable”. I’m sure that just about every one of you has had a strong feeling about something that came out of nowhere. Perhaps some of you have experimented with ESP cards like those designed in the 1930s by Duke University Professors J. B. Rhine and Karl Zener to test subjects to determine their abilities in telepathy, precognition and clairvoyance. Interest in the sixth sense has been around since humans have inhabited the earth. Early man used rituals, stars and planets; the Greeks visited oracles; the Bible tells of prophets; and Native Americans used Medicine Men. William James and members of the British and American Psychical Research Societies attempted to use mediums during the latter 1800s and early 1900s to prove that it was possible to communicate with the Other Side. Today there are many how-to books that teach readers to use their psychic abilities, and there are instructors and organizations, such as The Spiritualist Church, that offer mediumship certification training. |
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Have you ever had a “gut feeling”, a “bad taste” in your mouth, a premonition, a dream about the future, a sense of being in a place before you visited it for the first time? Have you ever seen auras, worked a dowsing rod, or encountered a ghost? Chances are you have experienced one or more of these phenomenons at least once in your life. They all come from your sixth sense. I can remember similar occurrences in my life such as dreaming my father had won a small boat in a raffle only to see the dream come true a few days later. That was a good dream, but it is just as common to have dreams that predict negative images having to do with the future. Many young people become frightened of a psychic experience and spend a good part of their lives trying to block similar information from their conscious minds. For most people their sixth sense may be a curse rather than a blessing.
Imagine that we all are like radio receivers, capable of connecting to a signal that provides us with information that we could not easily have conceived on our own. Now consider the fact that each one of us receives our information on a specific frequency or channel that is different from anyone else's on earth. Mind you, that is a lot of frequencies and you might wonder how it could be possible. Let me see if I can take some of the mystery out of how your sixth sense works. You may find that you have been using it all along without paying much attention to it.
First of all let me say that I grew up somehow knowing that I was different from other people. Early on in school, I became aware that I just didn’t learn or think the same way others did. To tell the truth, there was a part of me that felt pretty dumb. I carried this secret with me for almost fifty years of my life. I knew in my heart that I was a fake. I couldn’t really do what people thought I could do, and somehow I had learned to fool them. Fortunately there were other people, including my patient wife, who could bale me out, and I managed to get by. It wasn’t until I studied NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) as part of my studies in hypnosis, that I learned how different my mind actually was. I found that I was lacking the ability to image in four and a half of our five main senses. I like to say that I am practically senseless, and yet today I consider that the Universe has given me a blessing rather than a curse. Some of you may have had similar experiences.
Your sixth sense comes to you through one or more of your five natural senses. Those senses are composed of your ability to see, to hear, to feel, to smell, and to taste. When one or more of these senses are somehow impaired, usually another sense will pick up the slack. For instance, a blind person often develops an acute ability to hear or feel. Someone that is deaf can usually feel the vibrations of music and other sounds. Some of us have the full range of senses to work with, while others do not, and they rely on making up the difference with those that work best for them.
Your mental DNA is determined by how your mind processes information through your five senses. The mind functions in three tenses, the past, the present, and the future. You are constantly bouncing back and forth between them as you think. In one instance you may be recalling a memory, and in the next instance you are thinking of what you will be eating for lunch. Then you might be totally focused on something you are doing in the moment. Those five normal senses and the way you process them is also an indicator of the frequency you operate on in receiving your psychic information.
Just because you see through your eyes does not mean that you are going to remember something in visual images. You may not recall memories by pictures in your head. I have good eyesight, but I do not experience memories with my visual sense. In other word, I have no mental pictures in my mind. Understanding how your mind works can help you focus on and use your strongest senses. Here are some questions that may help you determine how your mind naturally recalls images. If you do not imagine in one or more of your senses, don’t worry about it and just go on to the next. Not everyone processes in all five.
Your visual sense: Can you imagine pictures or visual images in your mind? Perhaps you can think of something you enjoy doing, a place you like to go, or the inside or outside of your home? You may want to close your eyes if it’s hard to get a mental picture when they are open. If you can visualize in your imagination, can you see in color or is it black and white or sepia? Can you see the image like a video or is it a single picture? Can you imagine a scene so that you are watching yourself or do you experience the images as if you were actually there? Can you switch back and forth? Can you zoom in for a close-up or move back and watch from a distance? Some of you may be able to do all of this, some of you a few, and others like myself will be unable to experience any pictures in their mind. These are a few questions to help you determine your mental DNA.
Your hearing sense: Can you imagine any sound in your picture images? If so, can you move around in the scene and come closer to or further away from what you hear, such as running water, traffic, talking, or music? Perhaps you can imagine pleasant sounds such as birds singing or ocean waves. You may imagine unpleasant noises like someone running their fingernails over a chalkboard. Can you play music by ear? You may be able to experience some of these sound questions, a few of them or none of them. I do not hear in my mind, and as a musician I cannot play by ear.
Your feeling or kinesthetic sense: This sense is complex and is connected closely to your other senses. There are two ways to experience your kinesthetic sense, externally and internally. Your external feeling sense is known as your tactile sense or the ability to imagine touch. Go back to your picture image for a moment. Can you experience the temperature in the scene? Could you imagine the feel of objects or the ground in your mind? Could you feel hot or cold? Emotions drive the internal kinesthetic sense. Can you feel other’s moods, or pain? Do you feel an emotion attached to your picture or hearing sense? Do you experience emotions when you read or watch a movie? Do you connect happy or sad emotions to your memories?
Your smelling sense: Are there any smells that you can imagine in your picture images? If so, can you move around in the scene and experience a single or different smells as you get closer or further away? Can you remember the smell of flowers, the ocean, or food cooking? Are there smells that you can recall that make you happy or sad?
Your taste sense: Can you imagine the taste of food? Perhaps you can experience a pleasant memory though certain tastes. This sense may be connected to a visual, audio, kinesthetic, or smell image. You may remember foods you like or dislike by experiencing their taste, smell, feel, or looks. As you can see, images are often connected and experienced by more than one sense. Sometimes we do not even realize which sense is influencing us.
Were you able to get an indication as to how you process with your senses? You may have found that you have some strong ones and you may have some that are harder to image with. Recognizing and using your strong sense or senses can help you become more in tune with your sixth sense.
How does this all relate to demystifying your sixth sense? Your sixth sense, or intuitive ability, works the same way, only instead of imaging information known consciously or unconsciously, it comes to you by way of your own special frequency. You will receive the information the way your five senses normally process images. For example, if you are a non-visual person then your sixth sense will not come to you in pictures. When we get psychic information, our conscious or ego mind can often persuade us that our images are created by our imagination and are not valid. Your sixth sense is giving you information all the time and is a natural way of providing information that can help you and possibly others navigate through life.
Here are some ways that people get sixth sense guidance and information:
Your sixth sense and the ability to see in your mind: You may have dreams in pictures that relate to past lives, future events, or information connected to where you currently are in life. This information could show you positive or negative outcomes, or clues to how or why things happened in the past. You might get visual visits from souls that have passed over or see guides, angels or other beings. You might see auras or energies in either colors or waves of energy around people or places. You may be able to see a person in a past life. You could have the ability to see spirits, ghosts, or visualize people as they were in a past life. You may see a parcel of land as it was in another period of time or get pictures of future events in your mind. You may be able to hold an object and receive picture images of its history. All of this information is coming to you in a visual format from a source that you may not be able to explain, but it is still coming to you.
Your sixth sense and hearing: You may get guidance in your sleep in the form of a voice that can connect you to the past, the present, or the future. You may get messages from the Other Side or become a channel for the voice of another entity that speaks through you. You may hear the voice of your guide, angel, or spiritual power in your mind. The information may come to you in digital thought form as if it was your own thoughts but instead are coming from outside of yourself. You may get your guidance from nature sounds or from music. You may combine your hearing sense with other senses such as being able to hear the sounds in a visual image. You may hear your own voice giving you Universal Wisdom. You could hear sounds from another time period or voices of ghosts.
Your sixth sense and touch and emotions: You may get feelings in your body, such as gut feelings or a sudden chill or have the hair stand up on the back of your neck. You may experience internal feelings like nausea or a sudden pain. It could be a good or bad feeling about something. You may have feelings about certain places or people. You may be able to get feelings from objects. You could even experience a physical touch when no one is near you.
Your sixth sense and smell: You may be able to get a smell from an object or a location that was put there a long time ago. You may be able to determine a person’s health by your sense of smell. You may receive smells as signs from those who have the crossed over to the Other Side.
Your sixth sense and taste: You can also receive information through your sense of taste. Have you ever gotten a bad taste in your mouth as an indication that something is not right? You could also get a pleasant taste that connects you with good images or that is connected to someone you know either living dead.
A lot of people are currently waking up to their sixth sense and if you are not expecting it, it can be unsettling. If you have had intense events in your life physically, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally, then your ability to experience imagery with your senses becomes even stronger. Thus your sixth sense will become more acute as you live your life. This I have learned through the process of recovering and growing from being hit by a car twenty years ago.
Partnering your sixth sense with your personal belief system can guide you to some incredible experiences throughout your life journey here on earth. It is very possible that as you revisit memories and experiences, you will find that your sixth sense has been with you since birth. It is my hope and prayer that there may be something in these words that help you demystify and understand a little more about your special sixth sense abilities.
Imagine that we all are like radio receivers, capable of connecting to a signal that provides us with information that we could not easily have conceived on our own. Now consider the fact that each one of us receives our information on a specific frequency or channel that is different from anyone else's on earth. Mind you, that is a lot of frequencies and you might wonder how it could be possible. Let me see if I can take some of the mystery out of how your sixth sense works. You may find that you have been using it all along without paying much attention to it.
First of all let me say that I grew up somehow knowing that I was different from other people. Early on in school, I became aware that I just didn’t learn or think the same way others did. To tell the truth, there was a part of me that felt pretty dumb. I carried this secret with me for almost fifty years of my life. I knew in my heart that I was a fake. I couldn’t really do what people thought I could do, and somehow I had learned to fool them. Fortunately there were other people, including my patient wife, who could bale me out, and I managed to get by. It wasn’t until I studied NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) as part of my studies in hypnosis, that I learned how different my mind actually was. I found that I was lacking the ability to image in four and a half of our five main senses. I like to say that I am practically senseless, and yet today I consider that the Universe has given me a blessing rather than a curse. Some of you may have had similar experiences.
Your sixth sense comes to you through one or more of your five natural senses. Those senses are composed of your ability to see, to hear, to feel, to smell, and to taste. When one or more of these senses are somehow impaired, usually another sense will pick up the slack. For instance, a blind person often develops an acute ability to hear or feel. Someone that is deaf can usually feel the vibrations of music and other sounds. Some of us have the full range of senses to work with, while others do not, and they rely on making up the difference with those that work best for them.
Your mental DNA is determined by how your mind processes information through your five senses. The mind functions in three tenses, the past, the present, and the future. You are constantly bouncing back and forth between them as you think. In one instance you may be recalling a memory, and in the next instance you are thinking of what you will be eating for lunch. Then you might be totally focused on something you are doing in the moment. Those five normal senses and the way you process them is also an indicator of the frequency you operate on in receiving your psychic information.
Just because you see through your eyes does not mean that you are going to remember something in visual images. You may not recall memories by pictures in your head. I have good eyesight, but I do not experience memories with my visual sense. In other word, I have no mental pictures in my mind. Understanding how your mind works can help you focus on and use your strongest senses. Here are some questions that may help you determine how your mind naturally recalls images. If you do not imagine in one or more of your senses, don’t worry about it and just go on to the next. Not everyone processes in all five.
Your visual sense: Can you imagine pictures or visual images in your mind? Perhaps you can think of something you enjoy doing, a place you like to go, or the inside or outside of your home? You may want to close your eyes if it’s hard to get a mental picture when they are open. If you can visualize in your imagination, can you see in color or is it black and white or sepia? Can you see the image like a video or is it a single picture? Can you imagine a scene so that you are watching yourself or do you experience the images as if you were actually there? Can you switch back and forth? Can you zoom in for a close-up or move back and watch from a distance? Some of you may be able to do all of this, some of you a few, and others like myself will be unable to experience any pictures in their mind. These are a few questions to help you determine your mental DNA.
Your hearing sense: Can you imagine any sound in your picture images? If so, can you move around in the scene and come closer to or further away from what you hear, such as running water, traffic, talking, or music? Perhaps you can imagine pleasant sounds such as birds singing or ocean waves. You may imagine unpleasant noises like someone running their fingernails over a chalkboard. Can you play music by ear? You may be able to experience some of these sound questions, a few of them or none of them. I do not hear in my mind, and as a musician I cannot play by ear.
Your feeling or kinesthetic sense: This sense is complex and is connected closely to your other senses. There are two ways to experience your kinesthetic sense, externally and internally. Your external feeling sense is known as your tactile sense or the ability to imagine touch. Go back to your picture image for a moment. Can you experience the temperature in the scene? Could you imagine the feel of objects or the ground in your mind? Could you feel hot or cold? Emotions drive the internal kinesthetic sense. Can you feel other’s moods, or pain? Do you feel an emotion attached to your picture or hearing sense? Do you experience emotions when you read or watch a movie? Do you connect happy or sad emotions to your memories?
Your smelling sense: Are there any smells that you can imagine in your picture images? If so, can you move around in the scene and experience a single or different smells as you get closer or further away? Can you remember the smell of flowers, the ocean, or food cooking? Are there smells that you can recall that make you happy or sad?
Your taste sense: Can you imagine the taste of food? Perhaps you can experience a pleasant memory though certain tastes. This sense may be connected to a visual, audio, kinesthetic, or smell image. You may remember foods you like or dislike by experiencing their taste, smell, feel, or looks. As you can see, images are often connected and experienced by more than one sense. Sometimes we do not even realize which sense is influencing us.
Were you able to get an indication as to how you process with your senses? You may have found that you have some strong ones and you may have some that are harder to image with. Recognizing and using your strong sense or senses can help you become more in tune with your sixth sense.
How does this all relate to demystifying your sixth sense? Your sixth sense, or intuitive ability, works the same way, only instead of imaging information known consciously or unconsciously, it comes to you by way of your own special frequency. You will receive the information the way your five senses normally process images. For example, if you are a non-visual person then your sixth sense will not come to you in pictures. When we get psychic information, our conscious or ego mind can often persuade us that our images are created by our imagination and are not valid. Your sixth sense is giving you information all the time and is a natural way of providing information that can help you and possibly others navigate through life.
Here are some ways that people get sixth sense guidance and information:
Your sixth sense and the ability to see in your mind: You may have dreams in pictures that relate to past lives, future events, or information connected to where you currently are in life. This information could show you positive or negative outcomes, or clues to how or why things happened in the past. You might get visual visits from souls that have passed over or see guides, angels or other beings. You might see auras or energies in either colors or waves of energy around people or places. You may be able to see a person in a past life. You could have the ability to see spirits, ghosts, or visualize people as they were in a past life. You may see a parcel of land as it was in another period of time or get pictures of future events in your mind. You may be able to hold an object and receive picture images of its history. All of this information is coming to you in a visual format from a source that you may not be able to explain, but it is still coming to you.
Your sixth sense and hearing: You may get guidance in your sleep in the form of a voice that can connect you to the past, the present, or the future. You may get messages from the Other Side or become a channel for the voice of another entity that speaks through you. You may hear the voice of your guide, angel, or spiritual power in your mind. The information may come to you in digital thought form as if it was your own thoughts but instead are coming from outside of yourself. You may get your guidance from nature sounds or from music. You may combine your hearing sense with other senses such as being able to hear the sounds in a visual image. You may hear your own voice giving you Universal Wisdom. You could hear sounds from another time period or voices of ghosts.
Your sixth sense and touch and emotions: You may get feelings in your body, such as gut feelings or a sudden chill or have the hair stand up on the back of your neck. You may experience internal feelings like nausea or a sudden pain. It could be a good or bad feeling about something. You may have feelings about certain places or people. You may be able to get feelings from objects. You could even experience a physical touch when no one is near you.
Your sixth sense and smell: You may be able to get a smell from an object or a location that was put there a long time ago. You may be able to determine a person’s health by your sense of smell. You may receive smells as signs from those who have the crossed over to the Other Side.
Your sixth sense and taste: You can also receive information through your sense of taste. Have you ever gotten a bad taste in your mouth as an indication that something is not right? You could also get a pleasant taste that connects you with good images or that is connected to someone you know either living dead.
A lot of people are currently waking up to their sixth sense and if you are not expecting it, it can be unsettling. If you have had intense events in your life physically, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally, then your ability to experience imagery with your senses becomes even stronger. Thus your sixth sense will become more acute as you live your life. This I have learned through the process of recovering and growing from being hit by a car twenty years ago.
Partnering your sixth sense with your personal belief system can guide you to some incredible experiences throughout your life journey here on earth. It is very possible that as you revisit memories and experiences, you will find that your sixth sense has been with you since birth. It is my hope and prayer that there may be something in these words that help you demystify and understand a little more about your special sixth sense abilities.
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR MIND Just as your physical DNA is different from anyone else’s in the world, so is your mental DNA. Your mind is like a very complex computer. It processes and stores information. Many things, including genetic makeup, physical, and mental environments, influence it. Much of the way it works still remains a great mystery. You process, store, and recall information through five different senses. They are the visual, hearing, feeling, tasting, and smelling senses. It is possible that you may produce excellent images in all five. It is more likely that you may have different levels of response in each one of the senses. It is important to remember that no one else will respond to the following exercises the same way that you do. It is fun to compare how you image with others. Once you have completed the examples it will be possible to build a sensory model of your imagery. Remember “imagery” is actually your natural ability to imagine in the five senses. Take your time, and give yourself a moment after each question to evaluate your experience. It is very possible that you have never considered questions like these before. It is perfectly okay not to have answers to some or many of them. Determine how clear each of the images is. There could be no image at all, a fuzzy image, a moderate image or a very clear image. |
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The Visual Sense
Imagine a place that’s special to you. It can be inside or out, real or imaginary. You can do this exercise with your eyes open or closed, whichever works the best for you.
Can you see this special place in your mind? If you can see it, is it clear? Very Clear? Fuzzy? Do you see it in brilliant color, normal color, faded color, or black and white?
Can you see it as a moving picture like watching a video? Can you rewind it and play it over again, or freeze it in one frame? Can you change the picture colors, seasons, or contents, or dim or brighten it?
Can you look at it from a different location, zoom in for a close-up, step back for a broad view, look over or under it? Can you see yourself in the picture? Can you change the picture of yourself at a different age? Can you see the picture without you?
Although many of you were successful in answering “yes” to these visual questions, there are some of you who may not have been able to see any images in your mind at all. Some of you may be “non-visual”. Remember that the visual sense is only one of five.
The Hearing Sense
Can you imagine any sounds in your special place? Are there sounds of nature such as birds singing, water running, wind blowing, or just the sounds of silence? Can you hear
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the sounds coming from different directions in your special place, from the left or the right, from above or below? Can the sounds fade or get stronger?
Can you imagine a sound that relaxes you? Can it help you feel calmer? Can you imagine a sound that gives you energy? Can you imagine happy or sad sounds?
Can you replay conversations or sounds from the past? Can you change them, turn the volume up or down? Do you hear your own voice in your head? Do you hear other voices in your head?
You might think of how sound influences your life. Do you seek out places with loud energetic music, or do you search for peace and quiet? Can you imagine music in your head? Can you turn the volume up or down, slow the music or speed it up? Can you pick out different instruments or voices?
Do you have trouble holding a focus when you are surrounded by a lot of sound? Do loud sounds bother you? Can you “zone out” so nothing bothers you?
The Feeling Sense
The kinesthetic or feeling sense is experienced in two different ways. The tactile part represents physical feelings that may experience both internally and externally. The second part of the kinesthetic sense is the emotional part. Emotional images are often linked strongly to all the other senses.
Can you imagine feeling the temperature in your special place? Is it hot, warm, cool or cold? Is it dry or damp, windy or calm? Can you raise or lower the temperature?
Can you feel the texture of things close to you, such as the ground, your clothes, or other objects? Can you hold or touch an object and feel its history? Can you picture its past? Do you feel emotions in your special place? Can you relax there, get energized, let your worries go, or feel the creative flow of the Universe?
Do you hold emotional encounters inside you long after the event has occurred? Do you pick up and hold onto others’ feelings? Do you have a sense of space around you; do others intrude into it? Can you change your emotions?
The Taste Sense
Do you have a favorite food? Can you imagine the taste? Can you change the taste, add a different seasoning, or cook it a different way? Can you blend the tastes of different foods on your plate?
Do you like to cook? Can you read a recipe and know what the result will taste like? Do you use recipes or do you cook from “scratch”? Are there foods that comfort you? Are there foods that bring back memories, good or bad?
Are there foods that you do not like? Is it because of the taste, smell, feel, or looks? Can you imagine a little bit of an unpleasant taste? If so, now remember a pleasant taste.
The Smell Sense
Can you imagine any smells in your special place? Is there more than one? Can you experience one smell, than another, or inhale a combination of smells at one time? Can you imagine moving about in your special place, experiencing smells as you go?
Can you imagine a smell that relaxes you? Do you have more than one? Do certain smells bring back memories? Do these smells help you remember sights, sounds, emotions, or tastes?
Are there smells that create a feeling in you? Do they make you sad, happy, give you energy, or make you tired? Are there smells that remind you of feeling ill, or being healthy? If so, remember the healthy smell.
The Importance of Sensory Imagery
It is very important to understand how your sense modalities function. Someone that is non-visual often tilts his or her head downward more than one who is visual. Their eyes may set back in their skull, making them look as if they were blind. They have developed a strong kinesthetic sense to compensate for their lack of the other.
There are interesting links between your physical and mental DNA. The most noticeable can be observed in the shape of your head. The position of the eye sockets in the skull has a strong impact on the visual and kinesthetic senses. Eyes that are far apart have a wider range of vision.
How far to the side can you see? To find out, hold your arms straight out at your side with your elbows bent and forearms pointed upward. Spread your fingers apart with your thumbs closest to your head. With your eyes looking straight ahead, move your hands foreword until you can see them. Now move your hand away from your head, and you will be able to determine your side vision range.
A visual person may be sensitive to light. They may need to shade their eyes more than others in bright light. Even the flickering of florescent lighting can produce headaches. The lack of daylight during the winter can cause feelings of lethargy, irritability, and sadness, and increased desire for more sleep. This condition is known as seasonal affective disorder or SAD for short.
Now it’s time to evaluate the results of your sense modality exercises. Rate each one of them as none, weak, moderate, or strong. Can you image with your visual sense? Can you detach and view it with no emotional feelings? Can you step into the image and experience it?
Can you image sound? Can you raise and lower the volume, slow it down or speed it up? How did you experience the kinesthetic sense, internally and externally? Can you image texture and emotion?
How strong is your taste imagery? How do you rate your sense of smell imagery? Could you image these senses by themselves or were they tied to other senses?
Imagine a place that’s special to you. It can be inside or out, real or imaginary. You can do this exercise with your eyes open or closed, whichever works the best for you.
Can you see this special place in your mind? If you can see it, is it clear? Very Clear? Fuzzy? Do you see it in brilliant color, normal color, faded color, or black and white?
Can you see it as a moving picture like watching a video? Can you rewind it and play it over again, or freeze it in one frame? Can you change the picture colors, seasons, or contents, or dim or brighten it?
Can you look at it from a different location, zoom in for a close-up, step back for a broad view, look over or under it? Can you see yourself in the picture? Can you change the picture of yourself at a different age? Can you see the picture without you?
Although many of you were successful in answering “yes” to these visual questions, there are some of you who may not have been able to see any images in your mind at all. Some of you may be “non-visual”. Remember that the visual sense is only one of five.
The Hearing Sense
Can you imagine any sounds in your special place? Are there sounds of nature such as birds singing, water running, wind blowing, or just the sounds of silence? Can you hear
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the sounds coming from different directions in your special place, from the left or the right, from above or below? Can the sounds fade or get stronger?
Can you imagine a sound that relaxes you? Can it help you feel calmer? Can you imagine a sound that gives you energy? Can you imagine happy or sad sounds?
Can you replay conversations or sounds from the past? Can you change them, turn the volume up or down? Do you hear your own voice in your head? Do you hear other voices in your head?
You might think of how sound influences your life. Do you seek out places with loud energetic music, or do you search for peace and quiet? Can you imagine music in your head? Can you turn the volume up or down, slow the music or speed it up? Can you pick out different instruments or voices?
Do you have trouble holding a focus when you are surrounded by a lot of sound? Do loud sounds bother you? Can you “zone out” so nothing bothers you?
The Feeling Sense
The kinesthetic or feeling sense is experienced in two different ways. The tactile part represents physical feelings that may experience both internally and externally. The second part of the kinesthetic sense is the emotional part. Emotional images are often linked strongly to all the other senses.
Can you imagine feeling the temperature in your special place? Is it hot, warm, cool or cold? Is it dry or damp, windy or calm? Can you raise or lower the temperature?
Can you feel the texture of things close to you, such as the ground, your clothes, or other objects? Can you hold or touch an object and feel its history? Can you picture its past? Do you feel emotions in your special place? Can you relax there, get energized, let your worries go, or feel the creative flow of the Universe?
Do you hold emotional encounters inside you long after the event has occurred? Do you pick up and hold onto others’ feelings? Do you have a sense of space around you; do others intrude into it? Can you change your emotions?
The Taste Sense
Do you have a favorite food? Can you imagine the taste? Can you change the taste, add a different seasoning, or cook it a different way? Can you blend the tastes of different foods on your plate?
Do you like to cook? Can you read a recipe and know what the result will taste like? Do you use recipes or do you cook from “scratch”? Are there foods that comfort you? Are there foods that bring back memories, good or bad?
Are there foods that you do not like? Is it because of the taste, smell, feel, or looks? Can you imagine a little bit of an unpleasant taste? If so, now remember a pleasant taste.
The Smell Sense
Can you imagine any smells in your special place? Is there more than one? Can you experience one smell, than another, or inhale a combination of smells at one time? Can you imagine moving about in your special place, experiencing smells as you go?
Can you imagine a smell that relaxes you? Do you have more than one? Do certain smells bring back memories? Do these smells help you remember sights, sounds, emotions, or tastes?
Are there smells that create a feeling in you? Do they make you sad, happy, give you energy, or make you tired? Are there smells that remind you of feeling ill, or being healthy? If so, remember the healthy smell.
The Importance of Sensory Imagery
It is very important to understand how your sense modalities function. Someone that is non-visual often tilts his or her head downward more than one who is visual. Their eyes may set back in their skull, making them look as if they were blind. They have developed a strong kinesthetic sense to compensate for their lack of the other.
There are interesting links between your physical and mental DNA. The most noticeable can be observed in the shape of your head. The position of the eye sockets in the skull has a strong impact on the visual and kinesthetic senses. Eyes that are far apart have a wider range of vision.
How far to the side can you see? To find out, hold your arms straight out at your side with your elbows bent and forearms pointed upward. Spread your fingers apart with your thumbs closest to your head. With your eyes looking straight ahead, move your hands foreword until you can see them. Now move your hand away from your head, and you will be able to determine your side vision range.
A visual person may be sensitive to light. They may need to shade their eyes more than others in bright light. Even the flickering of florescent lighting can produce headaches. The lack of daylight during the winter can cause feelings of lethargy, irritability, and sadness, and increased desire for more sleep. This condition is known as seasonal affective disorder or SAD for short.
Now it’s time to evaluate the results of your sense modality exercises. Rate each one of them as none, weak, moderate, or strong. Can you image with your visual sense? Can you detach and view it with no emotional feelings? Can you step into the image and experience it?
Can you image sound? Can you raise and lower the volume, slow it down or speed it up? How did you experience the kinesthetic sense, internally and externally? Can you image texture and emotion?
How strong is your taste imagery? How do you rate your sense of smell imagery? Could you image these senses by themselves or were they tied to other senses?
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A TYPICAL HYPNOSIS SESSION The knowledge of trance states can prove to be a powerful tool in helping a client change habits. I believe that salesmen, preachers, healers, Shamans, and politicians, to name a few, have been consciously or unconsciously using the knowledge of trance states as a way of enabling them to achieve their desired goals. If we focus on an individual, we can observe their body language, their eyes, or their voice and take note of when they enter, experience, or leave a state of trance. To use this tool in my practice I must first learn how my client naturally goes into a trance. I begin to study their mental DNA the moment I meet them. How do they greet me? Is their body stiff? Are they resistant to the process of change? As I set about guiding them into their natural trance states, I may speak at the same speed they do, breathe as they do, sit as they do, and talk about anything but the reason for their appointment. |
I want to know about their work, their hobbies, their interests and favorite places they might like to go where they can escape or be with people. Are they involved in athletics? I want to know how they know what they know and how they create what they create. I watch them enter into and out of trances. My voice has slowed and I begin to emphasize key words as I reflect the client's own words back to them. I ask questions like, "Can you imagine picturing a special place? Can you see yourself in the picture? Is it in color? Is it moving or still? How clear is it? Are there sounds, smells? How does it feel?
I want to know if they can hear music or other sounds in their mind, slow it down, speed it up, or adjust the volume. What do they like about the music, the words, melody, beat or the feeling? Do they have a favorite smell? Can they experience it at that moment? How about food? Do they have a favorite? Is there a food they don't like? Is it because of the feel, the smell, or the taste? During this part of the hypnosis session I have now watched a typical client go in and out of trance many times. I inform them that they have been in and out of hypnosis many times in our conversation. I explain that the mind works backwards, accessing memories, projects into the future, and is also in the moment which is constantly changing, influenced by the past and perceptions of the future. It is now time to address the reason for the appointment.
The word "quit" creates the expectation that one must give something up in order to change. "Quitting" implies an ominous task, one that provides little enjoyment and intrudes on a person's right to do something. It takes away their freedom. It is important to understand the benefits of the unwanted habit. How does it feel, smell, taste, sound and how does the client view their own participation in the habit? I ask what it is like to imagine the habit at that very moment and what part of them likes and dislikes the experience. What is it that they don't enjoy about the experience and why do they want to change? Then I ask the big questions. What good will it do anyone else if they change, and how will the change affect other people and circumstances in their lives.
I have found that many clients put themselves last and others first. They do not treat themselves in the same manner as they do others. I create another trance. I ask them to imagine they have a new friend, a relative, a customer or a client. When they have that image I ask them to take a good look and see themselves as another person. Many times the client's eyes open wide as they are taken a-back when they look into the mirror of their mind and see themselves. I ask if it would not be better for others if they treated themselves in the same way.
Together the client and I have now identified both negative and positive trances that they have been experiencing. There is more to do. I'm still not ready to do "hypnosis" yet.
I explain that I believe all communication is either permissive or authoritative. We are told what we should believe by others, and then we try to convince ourselves. Most of the time this doesn't work. Our intuitive mind searches for something to give us an outlet, an escape, and this often manifests itself in a negative habit.
The next step is to imagine changing the negative habit and substituting a new positive one in order to see if the change will be affective for both one's self and others. How does it work? Do we need to make some adjustments? I ask the client to project the new image into the future. Is it comfortable and will it work? While there I ask what it would be like if the old habit had not been changed. I intertwine the different images the client has given me over the time spent with them and create a holographic swirl of words with both negative and positives that move in the past, the future and the present. During this time, the clients are totally involved in creating their own trance for a positive change. From this moment on, they will quite likely never view their unwanted habit the same way as they did before their visit. If they so choose, they may now give themselves permission to make the change, to go beyond the impulse of the moment, to experience their own positive trances so they may provide the benefits of the old negative trance without the negative effects.
Now it's time to "hypnotize" the client. I make a personal tape for them afterwards and recommend they play it regularly to reinforce the suggestions formed in the session. They now have the tools to continue the change if they so choose to use them.
I want to know if they can hear music or other sounds in their mind, slow it down, speed it up, or adjust the volume. What do they like about the music, the words, melody, beat or the feeling? Do they have a favorite smell? Can they experience it at that moment? How about food? Do they have a favorite? Is there a food they don't like? Is it because of the feel, the smell, or the taste? During this part of the hypnosis session I have now watched a typical client go in and out of trance many times. I inform them that they have been in and out of hypnosis many times in our conversation. I explain that the mind works backwards, accessing memories, projects into the future, and is also in the moment which is constantly changing, influenced by the past and perceptions of the future. It is now time to address the reason for the appointment.
The word "quit" creates the expectation that one must give something up in order to change. "Quitting" implies an ominous task, one that provides little enjoyment and intrudes on a person's right to do something. It takes away their freedom. It is important to understand the benefits of the unwanted habit. How does it feel, smell, taste, sound and how does the client view their own participation in the habit? I ask what it is like to imagine the habit at that very moment and what part of them likes and dislikes the experience. What is it that they don't enjoy about the experience and why do they want to change? Then I ask the big questions. What good will it do anyone else if they change, and how will the change affect other people and circumstances in their lives.
I have found that many clients put themselves last and others first. They do not treat themselves in the same manner as they do others. I create another trance. I ask them to imagine they have a new friend, a relative, a customer or a client. When they have that image I ask them to take a good look and see themselves as another person. Many times the client's eyes open wide as they are taken a-back when they look into the mirror of their mind and see themselves. I ask if it would not be better for others if they treated themselves in the same way.
Together the client and I have now identified both negative and positive trances that they have been experiencing. There is more to do. I'm still not ready to do "hypnosis" yet.
I explain that I believe all communication is either permissive or authoritative. We are told what we should believe by others, and then we try to convince ourselves. Most of the time this doesn't work. Our intuitive mind searches for something to give us an outlet, an escape, and this often manifests itself in a negative habit.
The next step is to imagine changing the negative habit and substituting a new positive one in order to see if the change will be affective for both one's self and others. How does it work? Do we need to make some adjustments? I ask the client to project the new image into the future. Is it comfortable and will it work? While there I ask what it would be like if the old habit had not been changed. I intertwine the different images the client has given me over the time spent with them and create a holographic swirl of words with both negative and positives that move in the past, the future and the present. During this time, the clients are totally involved in creating their own trance for a positive change. From this moment on, they will quite likely never view their unwanted habit the same way as they did before their visit. If they so choose, they may now give themselves permission to make the change, to go beyond the impulse of the moment, to experience their own positive trances so they may provide the benefits of the old negative trance without the negative effects.
Now it's time to "hypnotize" the client. I make a personal tape for them afterwards and recommend they play it regularly to reinforce the suggestions formed in the session. They now have the tools to continue the change if they so choose to use them.
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THE ANCIENT ART OF HYPNOTISM COMES OF AGE The ancient art of hypnotism known to shamans, medicine men, prophets and soothsayers is now available for everyone to experience and use in their daily lives. It is still magical, but the magic is now known to be within the individual who practices hypnosis. Simply put, hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness or a trance. We enter in and out of these altered states hundreds of times a day. Some are positive and some of them are negative. While in these altered states we imagine and communicate between our conscious and unconscious minds. The conscious mind is judgmental and constantly thinking, while the unconscious mind accepts the images stored there as a reality. When this mind is in control, the conscious mind steps aside and the individual is often powerless to stop the trance until it has subsided. Have you ever experienced a smoking, eating, or emotional trance where you were powerless to stop the experience you were having? Each person images differently through his or her five different experiential senses: seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, and tasting. An individual's mental DNA determines how they process these images. For instance, you may be very visual and be able to recall a memory through vivid pictures in your mind while someone else may have no visual images. Therefore the way you may experience an altered state of consciousness may be entirely different than someone else's. The modern awareness of the power of hypnosis was realized in the 1970's when the technique of Neural Linguistic Programming was developed. This method of hypnosis incorporates the concept of mental DNA and encourages individuals to use their image strengths to help build mental programs for their unconscious mind to help them achieve positive results. Most hypnotists are now trained in NLP and are fully prepared to teach their clients how to use this ancient magic as a powerful tool to help them in many aspects of their lives, from habit change to stress control to creativity, health, and even success in sports and business. |
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EVERYTHING IS HYPNOSIS
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Did you know that everything you do involves hypnosis? Believe it or not, it does. When you think of hypnosis, does the image of a stage show, with a group of people doing crazy and embarrassing things pop into your mind? Do you imagine someone with piercing eyes that might take control of your mind? If that is how you think of hypnosis, you are not alone. the stage show is a form of hypnosis that for better or worse helps publicize that idea to many people who might not give it a thought otherwise. Many of you don't even dare to look a hypnotist in the eyes out of fear of going into an instant trance. The state of trance is a major part of hypnosis; however, it is not the hypnotist that creates, it. You do.
The word "hypnosis" comes from the Greek word "hypnos" which means sleep. A hypnotized person can look as if they are asleep. Actually they are far from it. They are in a state of heightened focus. their focus has shifted from the normal world into what an athlete calls the "zone". While they are in that zone, they can change the perception of speed, time, and distance. To a basketball player, being in the zone means that the hoop is not thirty feet away; in their mind it is only three feet away. They can mentally almost reach out and guide the ball into the net. When this happens, they are in a hypnotic state.
You enter trances many times each day. It might be when you are driving down the highway and your mind drifts off. Before you know it, you have gone by your destination. You may become so absorbed in a book or television program that you lose track of time. You may become so involved in work or a project that you let several hours slip by unnoticed. Some of you virtually live in a trance.
Not all trances are positive ones. You may constantly replay events of the past in your mind. You may worry about the future. Someone could treat you unfairly and you become consumed with anger. You may carry a sense of guilt with you wherever you go. These are all negative trances - negative hypnotic trances.
Hypnosis can be defined as "communication and imagination". Every advertisement is hypnotic. Every word and thought written or spoken is hypnotic. Even religion is hypnotic.
"Communication" is the ability to get your message to someone else in a way that they can understand the meaning of it. The wrong words or actions may send the wrong image. Communication is also the ability to understand what you are telling yourself. It is possible to be a great communicator with others and not with yourself.
"Imagination" is the ability to string together a series of images that create an understanding in your mind or the minds of others. Advertisers use your ability to imagine so that they can get you to purchase their products and services. They may want you to imagine a good result or a bad result. They are experts at using negative and positive imagery to induce you into a hypnotic trance that lets their message filter into your unconscious mind. their goal is to influence you by planting a suggestion in your mind that will become real to you.
Some religions consider hypnosis to be the work of the Devil, and its members are forbidden to practice it. An image is created in the minds of the worshippers that relates to evil. Some go so far as to define it as mind control. The very nature of the imagery and communication used to discourage the practice of hypnosis is actually hypnotic in itself.
Every single person on earth will experience hypnosis naturally and differently from each other. That is because you have your own mental DNA, which, just like your physical DNA, has its own blueprint. However, that blueprint can only be determined by understanding your mind. That's where imagery or imagination comes in. You process your information or communication though five different senses. They are seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, and smelling. Every experience you have, whether you are aware of it or not, is taken in through one or more of these senses. It is then stored in your unconscious mind as a memory.
Your unconscious mind makes up about ninety percent of your total mind. The thinking or analytical conscious mind is the other ten percent. Each one of you experiences and remembers differently through your five different senses. When you remember, you recall the information in your strongest sense images. If you are not visual, you will not remember in pictures. The same goes for any of the other senses. Your mental DNA is determined by how you process or image through the combination of these five senses. No one else is going to do it exactly like you. No one will communicate exactly like you. No one will experience hypnosis like you. Your imagery and how you communicate with it will determine your state of hypnotic trance.
Hypnosis is most often experienced in a light trance. The trance may last for only a brief moment, or it could last for much longer. You may not even be aware of when you are in a trance state. A skilled salesperson can induce a buying trance where you have the product in hand before you are aware you even purchased it. You enter worry trances, fear trances, anger trances, love trances, and creative trances where you focus becomes so intense that you lose track of anything else. If you do not know how to change the trance, it will run its course unless it is interrupted.
Hypnosis can be used for many positive applications in your life. It can help you change a habit, reduce stress, improve a skill or ability, and create better health. It is all in the way you communicate in positive images with yourself. It can even help you focus on your faith.
Everything you do is hypnotic. If you are aware of the trances in which you live, imagery and communication can be a powerful tool for you to use to find balance in your life. If you are unaware of them, you can spend much of your life out of balance. Your mind and gifts are unique and different. The understanding of what hypnosis is and how to use it positively can help you find and keep your life in mental, physical, and spiritual balance.
The word "hypnosis" comes from the Greek word "hypnos" which means sleep. A hypnotized person can look as if they are asleep. Actually they are far from it. They are in a state of heightened focus. their focus has shifted from the normal world into what an athlete calls the "zone". While they are in that zone, they can change the perception of speed, time, and distance. To a basketball player, being in the zone means that the hoop is not thirty feet away; in their mind it is only three feet away. They can mentally almost reach out and guide the ball into the net. When this happens, they are in a hypnotic state.
You enter trances many times each day. It might be when you are driving down the highway and your mind drifts off. Before you know it, you have gone by your destination. You may become so absorbed in a book or television program that you lose track of time. You may become so involved in work or a project that you let several hours slip by unnoticed. Some of you virtually live in a trance.
Not all trances are positive ones. You may constantly replay events of the past in your mind. You may worry about the future. Someone could treat you unfairly and you become consumed with anger. You may carry a sense of guilt with you wherever you go. These are all negative trances - negative hypnotic trances.
Hypnosis can be defined as "communication and imagination". Every advertisement is hypnotic. Every word and thought written or spoken is hypnotic. Even religion is hypnotic.
"Communication" is the ability to get your message to someone else in a way that they can understand the meaning of it. The wrong words or actions may send the wrong image. Communication is also the ability to understand what you are telling yourself. It is possible to be a great communicator with others and not with yourself.
"Imagination" is the ability to string together a series of images that create an understanding in your mind or the minds of others. Advertisers use your ability to imagine so that they can get you to purchase their products and services. They may want you to imagine a good result or a bad result. They are experts at using negative and positive imagery to induce you into a hypnotic trance that lets their message filter into your unconscious mind. their goal is to influence you by planting a suggestion in your mind that will become real to you.
Some religions consider hypnosis to be the work of the Devil, and its members are forbidden to practice it. An image is created in the minds of the worshippers that relates to evil. Some go so far as to define it as mind control. The very nature of the imagery and communication used to discourage the practice of hypnosis is actually hypnotic in itself.
Every single person on earth will experience hypnosis naturally and differently from each other. That is because you have your own mental DNA, which, just like your physical DNA, has its own blueprint. However, that blueprint can only be determined by understanding your mind. That's where imagery or imagination comes in. You process your information or communication though five different senses. They are seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, and smelling. Every experience you have, whether you are aware of it or not, is taken in through one or more of these senses. It is then stored in your unconscious mind as a memory.
Your unconscious mind makes up about ninety percent of your total mind. The thinking or analytical conscious mind is the other ten percent. Each one of you experiences and remembers differently through your five different senses. When you remember, you recall the information in your strongest sense images. If you are not visual, you will not remember in pictures. The same goes for any of the other senses. Your mental DNA is determined by how you process or image through the combination of these five senses. No one else is going to do it exactly like you. No one will communicate exactly like you. No one will experience hypnosis like you. Your imagery and how you communicate with it will determine your state of hypnotic trance.
Hypnosis is most often experienced in a light trance. The trance may last for only a brief moment, or it could last for much longer. You may not even be aware of when you are in a trance state. A skilled salesperson can induce a buying trance where you have the product in hand before you are aware you even purchased it. You enter worry trances, fear trances, anger trances, love trances, and creative trances where you focus becomes so intense that you lose track of anything else. If you do not know how to change the trance, it will run its course unless it is interrupted.
Hypnosis can be used for many positive applications in your life. It can help you change a habit, reduce stress, improve a skill or ability, and create better health. It is all in the way you communicate in positive images with yourself. It can even help you focus on your faith.
Everything you do is hypnotic. If you are aware of the trances in which you live, imagery and communication can be a powerful tool for you to use to find balance in your life. If you are unaware of them, you can spend much of your life out of balance. Your mind and gifts are unique and different. The understanding of what hypnosis is and how to use it positively can help you find and keep your life in mental, physical, and spiritual balance.
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THE POWER OF HYPNOSIS AND PERSONAL BELIEFS The Importance of Using Positive Belief Systems to Strengthen Hypnotic Imagery |
During my years of private practice, I have found that the personal belief of a client can do much to help create powerful positive hypnotic imagery that in turn helps them accomplish the change they are looking for. Their belief can provide the motivation to reframe an image in their unconscious mind, letting the old failure program go. I use a basic format for collecting the information that makes up my hypnotic script for the subject. These are the steps I follow.
1. I engage the client in a conversation about their interests. What do they like to do? Where and how do they relax? I ask visual questions to determine the strength of their visual imagery. I do the same for their hearing, feeling, tasting and smelling imagery. This technique is also giving me an assessment as to what level of hypnosis they can naturally enter. I believe that every individual has a mental DNA that is different from anyone else's on earth. This process of information gathering helps relax the client and also builds rapport.
2. I ask them what they believe in. It is not uncommon for a client to be caught off guard by this question. Sometimes they blink, look uncomfortable and ask, "Do you mean God?" I will often tell them that they were born with a belief already inside, and every thing they do in life, they either feel good about or do not. Whatever they tell me, as long as it is positive, I will include in their hypnotic script.
3. What good will their change do anyone else? Most people who come into my office seem to put themselves last. They do not treat themselves in the same way they do friends or family. In fact they usually treat themselves worse. Wouldn't it be better for the others if they also took care of themselves? If the client can come to the conclusion that by taking care of themselves as they would other, they could work to the best of their potential.
4. Their belief can help with their worries. If they will communicate with their belief on a regular basis, they can ask for help in matters they feel they have no control. We work on how they can give themselves permission to trust that are doing the best they can at that moment. That doesn't mean that it may not be better next time. The goal is for them to believe that each time whatever they believe in is there with them to help.
5. Then we establish how their belief can help them find strength and courage to reach their goals. Once they feel connected to something outside of themselves, they no longer feel they have to hold the world up. They can focus on their part of the assignment.
6. The final step is to create a hypnotic script that incorporates their belief and is acceptable to the client. I generally tape this induction and recommend they listen to it once a day for at least three weeks.
1. I engage the client in a conversation about their interests. What do they like to do? Where and how do they relax? I ask visual questions to determine the strength of their visual imagery. I do the same for their hearing, feeling, tasting and smelling imagery. This technique is also giving me an assessment as to what level of hypnosis they can naturally enter. I believe that every individual has a mental DNA that is different from anyone else's on earth. This process of information gathering helps relax the client and also builds rapport.
2. I ask them what they believe in. It is not uncommon for a client to be caught off guard by this question. Sometimes they blink, look uncomfortable and ask, "Do you mean God?" I will often tell them that they were born with a belief already inside, and every thing they do in life, they either feel good about or do not. Whatever they tell me, as long as it is positive, I will include in their hypnotic script.
3. What good will their change do anyone else? Most people who come into my office seem to put themselves last. They do not treat themselves in the same way they do friends or family. In fact they usually treat themselves worse. Wouldn't it be better for the others if they also took care of themselves? If the client can come to the conclusion that by taking care of themselves as they would other, they could work to the best of their potential.
4. Their belief can help with their worries. If they will communicate with their belief on a regular basis, they can ask for help in matters they feel they have no control. We work on how they can give themselves permission to trust that are doing the best they can at that moment. That doesn't mean that it may not be better next time. The goal is for them to believe that each time whatever they believe in is there with them to help.
5. Then we establish how their belief can help them find strength and courage to reach their goals. Once they feel connected to something outside of themselves, they no longer feel they have to hold the world up. They can focus on their part of the assignment.
6. The final step is to create a hypnotic script that incorporates their belief and is acceptable to the client. I generally tape this induction and recommend they listen to it once a day for at least three weeks.
HYPNOSIS & MIRACLES
The Importance of Positive Belief
How many of you who are hypnotists have been called a miracle worker by at least one client? I’m sure most of you have heard that somewhere in your career. So, are you a miracle worker? Most would agree that the miracle really comes from what the client has accepted: an image that is real to them.
After all, hypnosis can help create new neuro-pathways in the brain leading to thoughts that may bring about profound changes in people willing to accept the positive suggestions that they are going to change. At the same time if the client does not accept the idea that they can achieve their goal, then most of the time that goal is never accomplished. In fact, they have actually achieved what they have focused their mind on: failure. Many people know how to fail but do not know how to change their thoughts to bring about success.
The Law of Attraction maintains that one receives what they focus on. Thoughts have energy, and it has been scientifically proven that when an atom has been broken down into sub-atomic particles, an element that can be found that is in everything here on earth. It is called the “God Particle”. Thoughts have that particle in them, and when a thought is conceived, there is a signal sent out into the “Universe” that instantly begins to attract like particles. Napoleon Hill wrote a book published in 1937 titled “Think and Grow Rich”. This work is result of studying very successful people over the course of twenty years.
Hypnosis, as we all know, is an altered state of conscious where the unconscious mind is open to suggestions that are accepted as real. That’s what makes a good stage hypnosis show. It is the ability of the subject to accept suggestions as absolute reality, which creates humorous responses that keep the audience laughing.
Mesmer was deemed a fake when he hypothesized that we had an invisible fluid inside that could be moved around to bring about healing. However, he was actually successful with many patients. It was the power of his suggestions that helped the patient heal. His patients accepted his suggestions whether they were scientifically correct or not.
Consider the fact that if a person’s believes that something good is going to happen, that belief leads to it becoming successful. William James contended that it was the willingness of a person to believe that leads to success. It did not make a difference what that belief was; it was the fact that the person believed in something.
Now, take into consideration that when someone has a positive attitude towards what they believe in, that thought, which is energy, is amplified when it is felt from the heart. In other words, if the object of a person’s belief is propelled by love rather than fear, those little “God Particles” are said to be sixty times more powerful than a fear thought. Placing the thought or “request” in the present tense and experiencing it with gratitude, sends out the message that the result of the thought is already manifested. In other words what one wants is happening even as they think it.
Hypnotists trained in NLP know how to help their clients create strong positive thoughts that, when reinforced in a relaxed state, are accepted by the unconscious mind as real. To change a habit successfully, it is usually much more successful when the subject believes in the purpose for changing the habit. This is called setting a goal that the individual believes can be accomplished.
So the question is, “Where do miracles come from?” It seems that they come from the mindset of the person who is the recipient. It comes from their belief that miracles are possible. People that believe in a higher power pray. Others may just expect the desired changes to happen. You may have heard the term, “Expect a miracle.” Webster’s Dictionary defines a miracle as “something which seems to go beyond the known laws of nature.”
Hypnotists do not treat, diagnose, or cure, but they can play a role in helping people achieve their goals. At the same time medical hypnotists may help a client create a mind program that results in improved health. It is obvious that hypnosis has the potential to play a major role in helping to create “miracles”.
After all, hypnosis can help create new neuro-pathways in the brain leading to thoughts that may bring about profound changes in people willing to accept the positive suggestions that they are going to change. At the same time if the client does not accept the idea that they can achieve their goal, then most of the time that goal is never accomplished. In fact, they have actually achieved what they have focused their mind on: failure. Many people know how to fail but do not know how to change their thoughts to bring about success.
The Law of Attraction maintains that one receives what they focus on. Thoughts have energy, and it has been scientifically proven that when an atom has been broken down into sub-atomic particles, an element that can be found that is in everything here on earth. It is called the “God Particle”. Thoughts have that particle in them, and when a thought is conceived, there is a signal sent out into the “Universe” that instantly begins to attract like particles. Napoleon Hill wrote a book published in 1937 titled “Think and Grow Rich”. This work is result of studying very successful people over the course of twenty years.
Hypnosis, as we all know, is an altered state of conscious where the unconscious mind is open to suggestions that are accepted as real. That’s what makes a good stage hypnosis show. It is the ability of the subject to accept suggestions as absolute reality, which creates humorous responses that keep the audience laughing.
Mesmer was deemed a fake when he hypothesized that we had an invisible fluid inside that could be moved around to bring about healing. However, he was actually successful with many patients. It was the power of his suggestions that helped the patient heal. His patients accepted his suggestions whether they were scientifically correct or not.
Consider the fact that if a person’s believes that something good is going to happen, that belief leads to it becoming successful. William James contended that it was the willingness of a person to believe that leads to success. It did not make a difference what that belief was; it was the fact that the person believed in something.
Now, take into consideration that when someone has a positive attitude towards what they believe in, that thought, which is energy, is amplified when it is felt from the heart. In other words, if the object of a person’s belief is propelled by love rather than fear, those little “God Particles” are said to be sixty times more powerful than a fear thought. Placing the thought or “request” in the present tense and experiencing it with gratitude, sends out the message that the result of the thought is already manifested. In other words what one wants is happening even as they think it.
Hypnotists trained in NLP know how to help their clients create strong positive thoughts that, when reinforced in a relaxed state, are accepted by the unconscious mind as real. To change a habit successfully, it is usually much more successful when the subject believes in the purpose for changing the habit. This is called setting a goal that the individual believes can be accomplished.
So the question is, “Where do miracles come from?” It seems that they come from the mindset of the person who is the recipient. It comes from their belief that miracles are possible. People that believe in a higher power pray. Others may just expect the desired changes to happen. You may have heard the term, “Expect a miracle.” Webster’s Dictionary defines a miracle as “something which seems to go beyond the known laws of nature.”
Hypnotists do not treat, diagnose, or cure, but they can play a role in helping people achieve their goals. At the same time medical hypnotists may help a client create a mind program that results in improved health. It is obvious that hypnosis has the potential to play a major role in helping to create “miracles”.
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