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Fear of flying phobia

More and more people come for hypnotherapy to help overcome flying anxiety. Some people are mildly anxious about flying and find that it gets worse over time - others simply develop a full blown phobia for no apparent reason.
In our experience, there are three types of "fear of flying". There is the fear of crashing, the fear of not being in control and the fear which seems to be more a symptom of claustrophobia.
Strangely enough, more often than not, the nervous flyer fits a profile of someone who has flown often in the past and didn't always have the fear. Although, it certainly isn't always the case, we do generally find that the phobia or fear can be traced back to a particular incident but didn't necessarily become chronic at that point. The intensity or panic symptoms developed later
Often fear of flying begins at a time when someone is going through other problems or traumas and almost becomes an extension of that situation.

Overcoming a flying phobia

Practically speaking, what can be done about a fear of flying? Hypnosis can be extremely helpful and often helps to eradicate the fear completely. You need to start with a goal. Would you like to be able to enjoy flying or simply to cope with flying? If not enjoy, then why not?
We recommend hypnosis where you can choose from an extensive range of options.

Flying phobia, inconvenient as it may be, is essentially always positive. That may sound strange but then consider the idea of removing a phobia of flying to such an extent that you become happy to run onto a plane which is clearly not in a suitable condition to fly? This couldn't possibly be healthy.
Hypnotherapists have always seen a healthy benefit to fear, if that fear is logical. Illogical fear or irrational fear is just fear that has become a bit too intense. Hypnotherapy will certainly help you to desensitize the fear. You will always have an internal warning system should you ever need it but confidence in this fact allows you to get on and enjoy your life in the way you deserve.
If you could overcome your fear of flying, where would you go? Imagine you could confidently walk into a travel shop and book tickets anywhere - which destination would you choose?
Imagination can be used to create possibilities or to restrict you from doing something. Perhaps today could be the day you start to use your imagination in a different way.

Scared to Fly?

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Turbulence can be uncomfortable, but is a normal part of flying
People are often frightened by turbulence, because they don't understand what is happening. Nervous flyers are scared, as it seems that the plane is falling out of the sky. They focus on the downward bumps as these are the most apparent, but in fact each downward bump is followed by an upward bump. These bumps are actually caused by slight tipples in the air, which is normally perfectly smooth. Think of it in terms of bumps in the road. It doesn't take huge craters or bumps to make for a jerky ride in a car. It's the same with turbulence - small disturbances in the air can make a plane ride feel uncomfortable, but there's no real danger.
The plane is designed, built and tested to rigorous safety levels
Modern airplanes have to be designed and built to comply with rigorous safety standards which are set out by independent aviation authorities. Airplanes and their equipment are manufactured by systems also monitored by aviation authorities. Once built, they are then tested in flight before being given a final seal of approval. They are built to withstand many more stresses and strains than they will ever encounter in flight - the safety margins are enormous. Aircraft are intended to be in the air - it's what they were made for.
Flying is routine
Everyday, just under three million people fly safely all around the world. If you watch planes taking off and landing at your local airport, or look at the arrival and departure boards in the airport, you'll understand just how many flights operate safely each and everyday. Flying really is just routine. It happens all the time with no problems.
The importance of thinking positively
Think positively all the time. If you catch yourself dwelling on negative thoughts, stop and bring yourself back to the positive. Focus on what is happening in the present moment and not what could happen in the future. It can be easy to start imagining a disaster film scenario - make the effort to redirect your wild imagination somewhere more positive. Distract and occupy yourself by reading, doing a puzzle, listening to music or watching a film, or having a conversation.
Tips to cope with feeling nervous
When you are frightened, you breathe more quickly and your heart starts to beat faster. Try this exercise to calm yourself. Push your stomach outward and slowly taking a deep, long breath in through your nose, fill your lungs with air. Hold this breath for a moment, then let it out gradually. Do this once or twice when you are feeling nervous and you will start to feel better. This is a simple but effective technique for calming yourself down. Practice it whenever you feel tense and soon it will become easy and natural.
Fear or panic itself cannot hurt you
The sensation of fear is your body's way of telling you that it perceives a threat to your safety. It is a protection mechanism, preparing us for the "fight or flight" response, and will not do you any harm in itself. Once you understand that the threat poses you no danger, the feeling of fear will vanish. A panic attack will not lead to heart attack or a loss of consciousness.


Hypnosis for sports and fitness

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Athletic Performance And Fitness

Hypnosis has been a useful tool for athletes for many generations.  Whether you're a professional, or wanting to improve your tennis serve for weekend tournaments, hypnosis can be offer many options for improved mind-body performance and coordination. Anything that's a part of your daily ritual affects how you perform in your chosen sport or activity.  By learning about what personally motivates your peak performance, is how working with the unconscious mind can be of most benefit.  This is where meditation can be especially powerful when visualizing a victorious outcome, or improvement in any physical goal. Most successful people in sports or physical fitness will tell you the key element in their suburb performances lies in their ability to visualize the event.  Runners will visualize a better time, martial artists will visualize faster more powerful punches and kicks, skiers will visualize moving through a course with ultimate ease and grace.

Setting A Realistic Goal

The best formula for making improvements in your game or activity, is having a clear insight into "where you are" at the present time physically.  Always keep in mind that a stride toward an objective is most effective when knowing what your full potential is now.  Hypnosis in sports is based on training your ability to consistently engage in a daily structured regiment that will result in a higher level of performance. The short term benefit of hypnosis, is a renewed enthusiasm that results in a visualized outcome, based on improvement for the next event. Of course, the long term benefit of hypnosis along with meditation, is the empowerment of a new daily structured training discipline.

Hypnosis for diabetes

 

 

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Hypnosis for diabetes

 

 

· Compliance – In many cases, the patient is non-compliant to his doctor’s plan for a healthier lifestyle. With hypnosis and self-hypnosis techniques, we can tap directly into the subconscious mind and reprogram the patient’s thought process to follow the doctor’s orders. The patient begins to eat better, exercise more, lose weight and ultimately get in control of his diabetes.

• · Less Stress and More Relaxation – Controlling anxiety and stress is important in managing diabetes. Hypnosis is one of the best ways to reduce stress and increase relaxation. In fact, hypnosis is nothing more than a very deep state of relaxation, and relaxation plays an integral role in better health.

• · Mind Games with The Pancreas – Under hypnosis, the therapist can tap the subconscious and offer suggestions for the body to produce the proper levels of insulin. This might not work for everyone, but the power of the mind has the ability to heal many common ailments and diseases in the human body. Similar strategies have been used to help mothers produce breast milk, or to alleviate pain and allow mothers to have a natural childbirth, for example.

• · Reduces Depression and Emotional Eating – Studies show that people with diabetes are at an increased risk for depression, which can lead to emotional eating and make it more difficult to manage insulin levels. Hypnosis can increase self-confidence, improve the quality of sleep and improve the belief about a brighter future, thereby reducing depression and emotional eating and helping the patient control his diabetes and overall mental health.

• · Breaks The Cycle of Bad Habits – Hypnosis can reverse the cycle of habitual negative behaviors that lead to diabetes like overeating, snacking on sweets, being dormant and more. The power of suggestion and visualization can eliminate destructive habits and literally reprogram the subconscious to want to make better and healthier choices.
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Athletic performance

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Athletic Performance

 

Hypnosis has been a useful tool for athletes for many generations.  Whether you're a professional, or wanting to improve your tennis serve for weekend tournaments, hypnosis can be offer many options for improved mind-body performance and coordination. Anything that's a part of your daily ritual affects how you perform in your chosen sport or activity.  By learning about what personally motivates your peak performance, is how working with the unconscious mind can be of most benefit.  This is where meditation can be especially powerful when visualizing a victorious outcome, or improvement in any physical goal. Most successful people in sports or physical fitness will tell you the key element in their suburb performances lies in their ability to visualize the event.  Runners will visualize a better time, martial artists will visualize faster more powerful punches and kicks, skiers will visualize moving through a course with ultimate ease and grace. 

Setting A Realistic Goal

The best formula for making improvements in your game or activity, is having a clear insight into "where you are" at the present time physically.  Always keep in mind that a stride toward an objective is most effective when knowing what your full potential is now.  Hypnosis in sports is based on training your ability to consistently engage in a daily structured regiment that will result in a higher level of performance. The short term benefit of hypnosis, is a renewed enthusiasm that results in a visualized outcome, based on improvement for the next event. Of course, the long term benefit of hypnosis along with meditation, is the empowerment of a new daily structured training discipline.



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Hypnosis for improved concentration

 

 

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Hypnosis for improved concentration

Lack of concentration affects all kinds of people. The symptoms are hard to ignore – rather than focus on the matter in hand, you regularly daydream and drift away to escape from whatever you’re doing. You’re easily distracted and avoid tasks that require a lot of thought or focus. Instead you’ve a ‘grasshopper mind’, jumping from one thing to another. Often your memory is unreliable, as is your sense of time and inability to organize yourself properly.

 Advanced concentration abilities is the main reason for good performance level in school, work, or in other activities. Concentration is not possible when you experience emotional problems, physical pain, or loss of interest towards something. Improved concentration is attained with factors like dedication and interest to the assigned task, skill and ability about the certain task, balanced physical and mental state, and a suitable environment with fewer distractions. Balancing these factors and practicing to focus will enhance your concentration ability. The reason for concentration problems varies depending on the individuality of a person. Hypnotherapy can provide insight, guidance and direction to establish personal learning goals, boost self-esteem and create motivation. Enhanced learning and improved memory result.

In hypnosis, your brain’s ability to sustain concentration at increased levels will grow, not recede. Hypnosis serves as a very effective set of training wheels of sorts which can be slowly lifted, then finally removed as your ability to improve concentration and focus — or “steer straight” — gets better and better. Hypnosis is a safe and effective way to cleanse away unproductive old habits and negative emotional associations to clear the way for success.

Besides getting you into a state of total concentration, hypnotherapy also allows you extreme peace. This relaxation helps prepare your body for waking states of action by giving you deep levels of rejuvenation and confidence which greatly enhance your ability to carry out actions that require to improve concentration.

During hypnotherapy, you can still think logically but you also have access to the ‘software’ of your mind so that you can update instinctive emotional and physical responses. In fact the hypnotized subject (not the hypnotist) calls the shots. Hypnosis will give you more control in your own life because of what it enables you to do. This is a great way to improve concentration. Hypnosis is a safe environment to ‘try out’ new behaviors and emotional patterns before you experience them for real.      Terry Everson  http://www.fortsmithhypnosis.com/

 



Forensic hypnosis

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Forensic hypnosis is not a  power that one possesses to use some “golden lasso” to get a serial killer to confess.  Typically, a forensic hypnosis session involves a willing witness or victim.  “Willing,” meaning the person volunteering is motivated to tell the truth.  In investigations we find people that want to help, but at times they can have motives contrary to finding the truth.

 When searching for the truth, often investigators are confronted with untrustworthy or blank memories.  Investigators and detectives around the world have closed cases or placed them in the cold case file for want of information.  Many times, the case remains dormant while time passes and no new leads are found.  A new lead may come about, but often it is vague and hard to confirm.  When a forensic hypnotist is asked for assistance his or her goal is to refresh memory if possible.  Any information gained from a forensic hypnosis session must be corroborated by an independent investigation.   Strict rules exist involving the ethical standards of forensic hypnosis.  The professional forensic hypnotist should not misrepresent his/her credentials, training or experience.

 When conducting the pre-hypnosis interview and the forensic hypnosis session, the welfare of the witness or victim comes first.  No matter how crucial the information to be elicited may seem, the subject’s welfare is the primary focus.  If the hypno-investigator feels that the session may be harmful to the witness, the session may need to be postponed or cancelled entirely.  Rapport and trust are crucial to the relationship of the hypno-investigator and the subject undergoing hypnosis.  This may begin with talking about hobbies, likes and dislikes of the subject.  This can be important in assisting the hypno-investigator as to how to conduct the session and give him/her insight into the personality of the witness or victim. When speaking of confidentiality of witnesses Martin Reiser, Ed.D, the Father of Investigative Hypnosis states: “Information learned from an investigative hypnosis session has the same status as other investigative material.  Generally, this information should be kept in confidence with the usual legal and professional exceptions.” 

 All forensic hypnosis sessions should be recorded.  Marx Howell, retired Texas Department of Public Safety Inspector and premier authority on Investigative Hypnosis says the session should be recorded from “hello to goodbye.”  Whether it is audio, video, or both, the session should be fully documented.  It is a common practice to have both.  Many hypno-investigators have two video cameras operating during a session, in case of malfunction. 

Howell is adamant that all equipment should be tested and tested again to ensure everything is operable.  Another point Howell stresses is that everyone in the room should be identified by name, position, agency and purpose for being present during the interview.  Often, composite artists, lead case investigators and advocates for the victim may be present during the interview.  However, this is at the discretion of the lead investigator and the hypno-investigator at the time of the interview. 

 This is a brief overview of what is involved in the field of forensic hypnosis.  Later articles will include the “nuts and bolts” of what increases the chances of success.  Undoubtedly, the reader of future articles will find that hours of training, practice, experience and a multitude of considerations for each session must be addressed.  The purpose here is to merely inform the reader and give a cursory view of what is involved.

                               Terry Everson Fort Smith Hypnosis  http://www.fortsmithhypnosis.com/



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Hypnosis for insomnia

 

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We've all "been there." Tossing and turning, getting up, maybe reading a little, or watching a little TV. Then more tossing and turning, still unable to fall asleep and, finally, out of sheer exhaustion, we do "drop off."
Or we have occasionally fallen asleep and then, only two, three, or four hours later, woken up, unable to go back to sleep. We may even ask ourselves, "What's going on here?"
These two experiences are the more common forms of insomnia, i.e., 1) Inability to get to sleep. 2) Inability to maintain sleep. When either or both of these conditions become chronic, they can easily affect our ability to cope and our overall capacity to effectively function in our everyday activities.
The good news is, once we understand the real behavioral dynamics at work here, these conditions can be easily corrected.

How We Get To Sleep

Let's examine how a person who has no difficulty getting to sleep actually does it. Most people are unaware that someone who lies down in bed and "goes to sleep" actually moves through four different stages, the last of which is unconscious sleep.

The four stages of sleep are:

1. Thinking
2. Fantasy
3. Hypnoidal
4. Unconscious Sleep

Stage 1 - Thinking

When we get into bed, we start thinking about the events of the day or, possibly, what will happen tomorrow, or any myriad of things.

Stage 2 - Fantasy

Whether the person is consciously aware of it or not, his thoughts eventually turn to thoughts ASSOCIATED with relaxation. (Perhaps thought of a future vacation or activity in a place that person already associates with feeling relaxed.)

Stage 3 - Hypnoidal

As both the mind and the body relax, the muscles release tensions, and the person enters a light stage of hypnosis, known as hypnoidal. When a person enters this state of mind, he is still conscious, yet he also experiences time distortion and some amnesia. We actually must enter this hypnoidal stage because it is what enables us to attain the last stage. (No one, for instance, can honestly say, "Last night I fell asleep at 11:34 p.m. and 17 seconds.") It is the amnesia and time distortion aspects of the hypnoidal stage that make it impossible to identify the moment of transition from hypnoidal to unconscious sleep. We simply "drift" from one to the other.

Stage 4 - Unconscious Sleep

We are not consciously aware of anything going on around us.

People who have difficulty getting to sleep

This person has great difficulty transitioning from thinking to fantasy, or he simply stays in the thinking stage way too long; usually because he is worried about something or doesn't know how to control his own mind.
Now that we know about the four stages, the strategy for someone having difficulty initially getting to sleep is to skip the thinking stage altogether. Therefore, when the person gets into bed to go to sleep, he needs to begin visualizing or imagining the fantasy stage. Remember, the fantasy stage needs to be thoughts associated with relaxation.
One way to develop a fantasy stage is to reflect upon some real experience where you really were feeling relaxed. This could be when you were on a vacation or involved in some activity that you associate with relaxation. One of my clients visualizes riding north on Pacific Coast Highway, while another visualizes an imaginary round of golf on one of his favorite courses. Yet another visualizes being on a beach on the island of Maui. It is important that you use your own experience because you already associate that occasion with relaxation. It is most important that you stay in or maintain that fantasy thought process. That will eventually draw you into the hypnoidal stage and then into unconscious sleep.

Alternative method for getting to sleep

Yet another way of understanding how we get to sleep is to recognize that the combination of stages 2 (fantasy) and 3 (hypnoidal) result in the person actually hypnotizing himself. A person may not be consciously aware that that is actually what he is doing, but, in fact, it is.

How to use Self-Hypnosis to get to sleep

Self-hypnosis (like meditation) is possible because of two Dominant Laws of Suggestibility. (These laws of suggestibility, of which there are five, are literally how we learn everything.) The Laws of Association and Repetition are what make self-hypnosis possible.

Hypnotizing Yourself

Step One is to make sure your body is relaxed. Relaxation occurs when there is an absence of tension in the muscles. A good technique to accomplish this is to sequentially tense and release the muscles in the different areas of your body. Starting with the area of the feet up through the knees, first tense, then release the tension. Next, concentrate on the thighs through the hips, again, tensing and releasing the tension. Then bring your focus to your abdomen, chest, and shoulders, and do the same (tense and release), followed by the areas from your shoulders down through the arms and hands, all the way to your fingertips. Lastly, do not tense the mouth and jaw areas, but simply release any unnecessary tension there.
The next three steps replicate the physiological (body) changes experienced by anyone entering hypnosis. Take a really deep breath, hold it for a moment, then slowly exhale. (The brain and body require more oxygen to enter hypnosis.) Now create a swallow (you can do this by pretending to swallow something.) Next, roll your eyes up (eyelids closed, looking up into the forehead). This causes the eyelids to "flutter," replicating the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) of sleep.
There are several options for this next step. You could visualize or imagine your "fantasy" stage, as mentioned above, noting that it is very important to control your thoughts and stay in the visualization. Another option is to concentrate on your breathing and, only on the exhale, repeat a series of words, such as: peaceful, restful, sleep or beautiful, deep, restful, sleep.
With either option, you have by now, indeed, hypnotized yourself, and that state of mind will draw you into unconscious sleep.

People who have difficulty maintaining sleep

Let's ask a very important question: What would cause a person who has fallen asleep to suddenly be reawakened to consciousness? The usual culprit is something I call toxic worry. When we are worried about something that will occur the next day or about some important issue going on in our lives, it can interrupt our sleeping through the night. It is similar to children who are excited about Santa coming on Christmas Eve. They have difficulty getting to, and maintaining, sleep. I call it toxic worry because during those hours when it affects us, there is usually very little we can do, if anything, about the "issue" in question. No business is being conducted, people we may want to contact are probably sleeping and, at that time, when fatigued, we are not at our best.

Strategy for maintaining sleep

This strategy for maintaining sleep throughout the night is based on two elements of human behavior: 1) As we approach sleep, we become more "suggestible." Remember that to attain the unconscious sleep state, we must pass through the "hypnoidal" stage (of hypnosis). As we approach this stage, our mindset is one of receptiveness, or increased suggestibility. (For this reason, it is also a good idea to avoid depressing, fear-provoking news programs prior to sleep.) 2) There is one person in our lives to whom we are the most suggestible: ourselves. We talk ourselves into and out of things. Whatever we tell ourselves, we are more likely to follow through on.
Considering that toxic worry can trigger us out of unconscious sleep, a good strategy for maintaining sleep is to give ourselves a "suggestion" when getting into bed. Say to yourself (aloud or silently), "I refuse to worry during my sleep state. This kind of worrying accomplishes nothing. I deserve my peaceful, restful, sleep." When we tell ourselves that, we are certainly more likely to follow that suggestion (or advice).

Getting back to sleep

Sometimes, we do wake up in the middle of our sleep, whether it's for a trip to the bathroom, a pet disturbing us, a change in room temperature, a loud noise, a light going on or off, or toxic worry. An excellent strategy for getting back to sleep is to concentrate on your normal breathing. (What you are really doing is controlling your thoughts.) Become aware of how your normal inhale and exhale actually feel. This takes some practice, but once you concentrate on your normal inhale and exhale, begin repeating a series of words only on the exhale: peaceful, restful, sleep or peaceful, deep, restful, sleep.
What this repetition of words (silently or aloud) actually does is prevents you from going back into the thinking stage. You could also think of this repetition of words as a "substitute fantasy stage." With practice, you will most likely be back asleep within five to ten repetitions of the series of words.

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Hypnosis for self confidence

 

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Hypnosis is a powerful tool that communicates with your subconscious mind and replaces your negative self doubts and beliefs with more positive thoughts that help you see how capable you really are.  The possibilities are endless when your confidence soars.

By working with a professional hypnotherapist, you can make profound differences in the way you approach life.  You will seize the bull by the horns and take charge of your life.  Your shyness and fears will dissipate as you become stronger and more confident. 

Hypnosis is an empowering tool that will help you grow.  It has been proven to be an effective self help instrument that positively changes lives.  You can take advantage of this help and use it in your life.  It doesn’t get any easier to make such immense changes in your life.  You can make your self confidence fly and enjoy your life to its fullest.  Terry Everson Fort Smith Hypnosis  http://www.fortsmithhypnosis.com/



Hypnosis and pain management

 

 

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Hypnosis and pain management

 

Stress and pain are intimately related. When being in pain causes stress or being stressed worsens pain, psychological therapies -- including hypnosis, meditation, and relaxation -- may help break the cycle.

For pain therapists, these treatments, which focus on the relationship between the mind and body, are considered mainstream. For other health professionals, they may be considered alternative or complementary therapies. Regardless of how they are labeled, there is evidence that for many people they work.

If you're considering trying one of these approaches to pain relief, here's what you need to know:

Hypnosis

For many, hypnosis brings to mind a parlor game or nightclub act, where a man with a swinging watch gets volunteers to walk like a chicken or bark like a dog. But clinical, or medical hypnosis is more than fun and games. It is an altered state of awareness used by licensed therapists to treat psychological or physical problems.

During hypnosis, the conscious part of the brain is temporarily tuned out as the person focuses on relaxation and lets go of distracting thoughts. The American Society of Clinical Hypnotists likens hypnosis to using a magnifying glass to focus the rays of the sun and make them more powerful. When our minds are concentrated and focused, we are able to use them more powerfully. When hypnotized, a person may experience physiologic changes, such as a slowing of the pulse and respiration, and an increase in alpha brain waves. The person may also become more open to specific suggestions and goals, such as reducing pain. In the post-suggestion phase, the therapist reinforces continued use of the new behavior.

 

Benefits of Hypnosis

Research has shown medical hypnosis to be helpful for acute and chronic pain. In 1996, a panel of the National Institutes of Health found hypnosis to be effective in easing cancer pain. More recent studies have demonstrated its effectiveness for pain related to burns, cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis and reduction of anxiety associated with surgery. An analysis of 18 studies by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York revealed moderate to large pain-relieving effects from hypnosis, supporting the effectiveness of hypnotic techniques for pain management.


Hypnosis and PTSD

 

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Hypnosis And PTSD

Hypnotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

As well as undergoing the treatment recommended by their health care provider, some PTSD sufferers also find that hypnotherapy treatment is beneficial. Hypnosis is a tool to ease stress in the mind and body. This benefit alone serves as an added resource for anyone seeking help with this condition. Make sure you consult with your doctor before seeking hypnosis, or any other therapy outside of your medical treatment.

The aim of hypnotherapy is to unlock stored emotion so that the trauma can be revisited and explored from a different perspective.

There are various forms of hypnotherapy a practitioner may use and in order to determine which is the most suitable for you, a practitioner will usually begin by performing an assessment of your personal circumstances.

In most cases practitioners will tend to use cognitive hypnotherapy or analytical hypnotherapy, both of which function on a deeper level than suggestion hypnotherapy and are able to work with the unconscious mind so that negative beliefs which were built up during the trauma can be explored and alleviated.

A hypnotherapy practitioner will treat you and your problems with sensitivity and understanding and will discuss and explain any decisions regarding you treatment plan with you thoroughly before treatment begins or any changes are implemented.

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Hypnosis and past life regression

 

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PAST LIFE REGRESSION THERAPY

When considering a physical, emotional or spiritual healing modality, it’s important to understand its purposes as well the healing effects and limitations in its ability to move you forward in your health goals. This brief article is designed to give the reader a basic overview of Past Life Therapy.

A Past Life Regression is not a parlor trick and has serious implications about how we live our lives. It is deep work on the unconscious template that often dictates our reactions to situations, people we choose to partner with and our physical health and habits. With this in mind, when doing a past life regression, it is important that you work with an experienced professional who can assist you with issues that may arise following your regression.

With that caveat, there are very few healing modalities that can offer the physical and emotional healing and insight that can be had through past life therapy. We are, as individuals, far more than we understand ourselves to be in this present lifetime. I believe that the numbers of previous life experiences that we have had are countless. Furthermore, my belief follows that we continue in an infinite number of future lives in order to realize who we are. As we experience, we continue to grow, change and become as we evolve into something more wonderful and wise than we can imagine. Past Life Regression is an important tool for us to understand what we (as a soul) have been becoming which assists us in moving forward on our path toward God.

Are Past Lives Real?

Most major religions have reincarnation as a basic tenant. Early Christians believed in past lives as well until the Catholic Church banned it as a heretical offense, nowhere in the Bible is reincarnation denied as a spiritual reality. Because of this, the tradition of reincarnation in the west is new and takes an approach that often leads to a more surface understanding. We want to know if we’ve been here before, who we’ve been and maybe to see if we were some famous past-life figure. Often times, the deep spiritual meaning as well as the importance and effect that on our current life situations are often overlooked.

Hindu tradition views reincarnation as a spiritual prison where we keep going around an endless circle of lives and reincarnation until we reach enlightenment. This enlightenment can be reached at any moment ending the cycle of incarnations. In Buddhism, incarnations are a way of development of the soul and the realization that there is no me/you or mine/yours. We come together in the realization that we are all one with everything. Obviously, these are simple statements for dynamic religions that have been in practice for thousands of years.

Therapist’s Point of View

While Past Life Therapists view reincarnation as a spiritual reality, this view is of secondary importance in a Past Life Regression. Primarily, the importance is the material that surfaces from the unconscious mind that is acting on the inner and outer life of the client. If, for instance, a client has discovers that she was Jesus in a past life, the work around that manifestation is on the Christ within and the healing of that aspect of the self. So, if a client has an “unlikely” past life experience, it is necessary to treat that as absolutely real in order to get the full benefits of the regression. The reason for this is simple. Whether you were Christ, or whether you deeply identify with that figure, your unconscious mind has brought this aspect of you to your attention. Perhaps the client who regresses to a Christ life needs to bring that energy into his life. It is possible that the client thinks about herself as “too small”, by bringing up the possibility that she may have been Christ in a past life may be a way to get the client to think about herself in a larger capacity. Finally, it may be possible that this person was Christ. In getting the most out of the regression, do not judge your experience, just go with it and see what is uncovered about yourself.

Why do a Past Life Regression?

In my practice, I have found that Past Life Regressions are particularly valuable when dealing with issues that have no “rational” cause. Many people find healing with individuals that they are in conflict with at work, in social circles and in their families. These conflicts all have the quality of “unsolvability” meaning that there is no outward cause of the conflict but rather the feeling that “there is just something about that person I don’t understand”.

I find regressions are particularly helpful in solving relationship problems with partners, parents and family members because of the tendency to continue to share life experiences with these primary people.I have also noticed that people with phobias tend to do well with Past Life Regressions.

Fear of heights, fear of flying, fear of water, etc. all seem to have roots in Past Life Traumas and I have found that this modality is especially effective in these cases.

There is also remarkable evidence both in my practice and the literature that chronic somatic illnesses can be relieved and often times cured through the use of Past Life Regressions. Our bodies are a reflection of our conscious and unconscious mind. As a result, certain traumas that occur in a previous life can manifest physical symptoms in this life.

I had a client named “Beth” who had problems with headaches and dizziness. Tests and MRI’s showed no physical cause. In her regression, she was “blindsided” with a blunt object while asleep in a teepee during a raid on her village. After the regression, her head was in pain and she was extremely dizzy for about a half an hour. When she regained her balance and her head cleared, she was able to go home. She reported to me that her headaches were cleared.

While Past Life Regressions can have impressive curative effects on somatic illnesses, it is important for such people to continue their allopathic care and to realize that it is important to heal the body as well as the mind and spirit.

How to Approach a Past Life Regression

In approaching any “transpersonal therapy” it is important to have a specific intention. While many people initially want to “just be open” to whatever they might experience, it has been my experience that we just have so much going on that an intention offers us a context in which we can consciously understand our experience.

In approaching a regression and a new client, I never know what that client is going to see or why spirit has brought them to me in the first place. An intention allows the client a framework in which to draw conclusions and gain insights into themselves. Many people are concerned that they will limit what could be obtained, my experience is that spirit never disappoints or limits us. The intention is for us, not spirit. You will experience what spirit wants you to experience.

My advice then is to have an intention, then be open to the possibilities. “This or something better” is a prayer that is often said in the new thought community and a good approach to regression therapy.

What kind of intentions work well? Anything that is problematic is really best. Specific questions about life circumstances, relationships, phobias or illnesses will all bring good results. Make sure that you keep it within the realm of your everyday life and always about you only. This will also help you see how truly spiritual your everyday life is. If you stay with things that you consider problematic, you’ll be able to see how you’ve played out your problems in the past and what you’re trying to accomplish in this lifetime.

Past Life Regressions- Three Common Questions

Compulsion to Repeat

The compulsion to repeat offers a clinical explanation of why we live out the unfinished business of a past life. Jung wrote, “a complex arises where we have experienced failure in life.” Roger Woolger Ph.D. expands that phrase to “in any life”. This compulsion to repeat is the method by which we finish our unfinished business for when we repeat the behavior, we have the opportunity to change the outcome, thus finishing the business.

Past life therapy offers another way in which to finish business while learning the lessons. The client, after experiencing the failure of that particular life, is able to release the repressed emotions and see the situation from the paradigm of his current life. This view allows resolution with his past situation as well as assist him in finding other solutions, alleviating or dissipating the existential problem.

Often times, clients who have anorexia or bulimia find past lives of starvation. Also, the compulsion to repeat is often expressed by the opposite behavior. Roger Woolger noted “the number of concentration camp past lives that appear in the U.S. (can be expressed) with all its 24-hour grocery stores and fast food chains.”

I have found that many of my interests and talents come from past life experiences. My metaphysical, Gnostic and shamanic leanings seem to come from a past life as a medieval priest as well as a medicine woman in a tribe of American Indians. Both of these lives were violent and ended in predictable and deserved death in the former and tragic, Shakespearean death in the later. Many of the drives of service began with “setting right” the past. Understanding the meaning of the lives and letting go of the repressed material has cleared the picture of the direction that I am going in this lifetime.

What if I Get in Over My Head?

This is one of the two most commonly asked questions that I hear from clients that begin working with Past Life Regression. The unconscious mind’s “prime directive” is to protect the body and the psyche from harm, so you can rest assured that you will not experience anything that you cannot handle. This is one of the “fail safe” mechanisms built into human beings. Even when it feels difficult, know that you are ready for this experience. You are much wiser than you are consciously aware of.

We see this psychic prime directive working when discussing abuse. Often times, people do not remember their abuse as a defense mechanism allowing them to cope and survive in society. When one begins to remember abusive situations, they do not “get it all at once” but remember pieces and spend years reconstructing their childhood. To remember it all at once would be devastating to the individual.

The same is true of past life experiences. My experience tells me that people have been through torture, separation, war and abandonment both as the victim and the perpetrator. To remember all of this in present time would be absolutely overwhelming. In regression therapy, the goal is to remember just a little bit at a time, process it, and remember a little bit more.

Will this Work for Me?

There is some debate in the hypnosis community about who is hypnotizable and who is not. My experience is that a person who is willing to suspend what they think they know and are willing to allow themselves to sink into an altered state of consciousness are good candidates. My answer is yes provided that you’re willing to allow yourself to become deeply involved in your experience.

It’s like reading a book. While you are reading, you allow yourself to get into the flow of the action, become deeply involved with the characters in the story and often times draw pictures in your mind about what the characters might look like, their setting, perhaps what they’re feeling, etc. This is a form of hypnosis and if you can look at it that way, you will be very successful. You wouldn’t say, while reading this book, that this isn’t really happening, its just words on a page and my imagination is making it up. You become involved in the action and often get your other senses involved. This is what I find is most helpful for people doing regression work.

What Results Can I Expect?

Past Life Regression is one of the most effective psychological and transpersonal tools available and often saves many years of psychotherapy, however, nothing is a panacea and rarely does just one or two sessions solve a lifetime of problems and habits. People often notice profound changes after one or two regressions, but without continued work and follow-up, these changes tend to be short lived. Rarely does one past life hold the answer to all of our problems, nor does one regression cover all the subtleties and insights of a given life. Our past lives were lived in the same way that your present life is, with growth spurts, times of stagnation, moments of sorrow as well as joy.

Dedicated and consistent effort in your healing process provides the best results. In the case of regression therapy, you will find that a series of lives around this issue. Successful lives around particular problems can be accessed to give you more resources and energy to move forward, difficult and painful lives can be brought to closure and redirected, again to give you more energy and resources to your own personal search.   Fort Smith Hypnosis Fort Smith AR  www.fortsmithhypnosis.com



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The Smoking Gun

OK, I don't know of anyone who has ever quit tobacco because of any fear based reasons.  Sure, It's common knowledge that smoking has fatal consequences, the death rates are staggering due to tobacco addiction.  Are you scared yet?  I didn't think so!  So why is it that a person can watch a loved one die from a tobacco related illness, take up smoking them self, acquire the same fatal illness as their parent, and smoke up until their last day on earth?  The answer is not complicated. Tobacco is the most addictive drug there is.  People who have overcome years of alcoholism, heroin, meth or cocaine still have the most difficult time eliminating a tobacco addiction.  If you have you ever been to an A.A. or N.A. meeting, you may of noticed the high percentage of members outside smoking during the break.  Many of these people have been clean for several years, but can't imagine a life without their cigarettes.  So, you may be wondering well geez, I'm not a alcoholic or an addict,  I just want to stop smoking!  That's wonderful!   Whats important is developing your understanding of why you want to quit tobacco.  Is it because of outside pressure?   Is it because someone in your life is fed up with your addiction?  These are important factors to consider when deciding to make the positive decision to quit. Hypnosis is a means to search out the right reason that will work for you.

The Checklist

I would love to work with anyone who has the honest motivation to stop tobacco. However, be aware one of the traps tobacco  is famous for.  Sure, a person will be willing to TRY anything in order rid themself of tobacco, so they try the patch, the gum, the drug, the artificial cigarette, ect.  As they go along with their mission to find the RIGHT program to stop, the entire time their  checking off their LIST, unconsciously hoping to fail in order to justify their continued addiction.  So before contacting me, or any other hypnotherapist, ask yourself right now..is hypnosis another "Try this" on your CHECKLIST?  I do have empathy, don't get me wrong, what I'm saying is once you arrive at the right reason to stop tobacco, your chances of success increase dramatically, especially with hypnosis.

Why Hypnosis Is Successful For Smoking Cessation

 As a hypnotherapist, l have adapted my own philosophy on what I feel is the most effective approach.  Being involved with research  on smoking cessation, I have found    the main reason hypnosis is successful,  is because hypnosis aligns the mind and the "will" into agreement of the expected outcome.  The part of you that tells yourself "I know need to stop"  is basically your "Wish". The will however, is that powerful part of yourself that will not compromise in Its determination for an outcome, that being of course, to STOP tobacco NOW and for the rest of your life.  It is the same "Will" you access during hypnosis that got you through college, gets you to work in the morning,  motivates you to new challenges, and dedicates you to your family and the things in life that are precious to you.   Once the agreement is established between the "Wish" and the "Will," a positive transition into an addiction free life lies ahead for you through hypnosis.

 

 



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Weight Management Through Hypnosis

The essential rule of thumb for weight loss in the long term, is a consistent  program that WORKS.   Not only will hypnosis help the body burn calories faster and speed the metabolism, but it also programs the unconscious mind to do all the right things necessary to achieve results.  Eating habits, exercise, motivation, and the long term objective of managing the weight for life, once the desired weight is reached.  Ultimately, physical results come by way of a non conflicting decision to make the changes necessary to reach your goal.  Once a person chooses hypnosis, they have come to an agreement that the answer to their weight management exists in their INNER ability to make a lifetime decision.  

How Hypnosis Can  Provide Your Answer To Lifelong Weight Control. 

My personal goal for all my clients is to reach a desired weight  by unlocking your individual potential.  Since you are a unique person, the right therapy that will fit into your lifestyle is the most important goal.  Three things have to happen in your life in order for your weight management changes to occur.  The right program supported by the right mental process, the right choice in physical activity, and the right long term strategy for lifelong results.  Once you have made a conscious decision to make the appropriate choices,  my hypnosis sessions with provide you the added benefit of integrating your unconscious  with your true will.    www.fortsmithhypnosis.com

      


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Athletic Performance

Hypnosis has been a useful tool for athletes for many generations.  Whether you're a professional, or wanting to improve your tennis serve for weekend tournaments, hypnosis can be offer many options for improved mind-body performance and coordination. Anything that's a part of your daily ritual affects how you perform in your chosen sport or activity.  By learning about what personally motivates your peak performance, is how working with the unconscious mind can be of most benefit.  This is where meditation can be especially powerful when visualizing a victorious outcome, or improvement in any physical goal. Most successful people in sports or physical fitness will tell you the key element in their suburb performances lies in their ability to visualize the event.  Runners will visualize a better time, martial artists will visualize faster more powerful punches and kicks, skiers will visualize moving through a course with ultimate ease and grace.

Setting A Realistic Goal

The best formula for making improvements in your game or activity, is having a clear insight into "where you are" at the present time physically.  Always keep in mind that a stride toward an objective is most effective when knowing what your full potential is now.  Hypnosis in sports is based on training your ability to consistently engage in a daily structured regiment that will result in a higher level of performance. The short term benefit of hypnosis, is a renewed enthusiasm that results in a visualized outcome, based on improvement for the next event. Of course, the long term benefit of hypnosis along with meditation, is the empowerment of a new daily structured training discipline.



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Meditation Instruction

Integrated into what I teach my hypnosis clients, is the powerful tool of meditation. The benefits of meditation for both mental and physical importance have been researched with extraordinary results.  When the average person meditates daily, profound physiological changes occur.  The heart rate slows down, the blood flow to the brain increases, while the blood flow to the kidneys deceases.  While in meditation, you go into the "alpha state" in which meditation term refers to as "restful alertness."  The short term benefits also include positive changes in the hormones, lowered blood pressure, and increased mental clarity.  Most recent studies have found that when a person follows a structured meditation program over the course of 5 years, becomes biologically 12 years younger than a person born in the same year who does not meditate.  So both, short and long term studies have yielded profound results.

Meditation Is Not A Religion.   

Although it is true that meditation is part of many spiritual faiths, it is not in itself a religion.  Because of the medical research involving meditation proves It's a healthy practice, people of any faith or belief will positively improve their lives with a consistent daily meditation routine.  Since meditation brings about a calm sense of self awareness, many of the basic questions of mankind have been contemplated through meditation.  The questions of who am I? Why am I here?.. are the most basic fundamentals of mankind's quest for personal truth.  So it is no mystery why meditation has been the focus of many spiritual and religious faiths, because of It's ability to deepen the mind's creative contemplation of self.  I personally have been involved in meditation for a large part of my life, and as with hypnosis, It's power of resolve for positive change offers a priceless reward to those who engage in It's practice.



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Understanding Depression

Depression is a condition that has many faces. It's often treated with drugs, because of the origin of It's personal impact of the individual affected by it. Depression can be a result of various mental disorders in which a clinical approach of drug therapy is prescribed by a physician. Emotional highs and lows can be brought on by a multitude of factors. Stresses of a career, illness, marriage, relationship issues and family, the list can be endless. In light of all the factors that contribute to depression, the focus of a person seeking to transcend out of depression is the understanding of the "messages" that depression sends to the brain. From the perspective of hypnotic therapy, depression is a force that brings about a false sense of who a person is, their self worth, their ability to cope and adapt, to what life can challenge us with. The basic motivations of human interaction are impaired by the false beliefs depression bring about, and the important aspect to be aware of with these "messages", is that depression is essentially a lie. The mental and philological effects of depression are in no way grounded in reality. What depression does is it alters the belief system into arriving at a conclusion that " I am not important', and not being to get out of bed and face the day with a bright outlook.

Transforming Depression Through Hypnosis

Making an informed decision on which treatment options are the best for you, is a positive step toward a life free of the influence of depression. If you choose a drug free option, hypnosis is a viable solution. The most effective way to shift from depression into a new healthy outlook, is to view depression a "lie" in your life. The pure and simple truth about depression, "And I think most would agree with me" is that every message depression sends the brain is the absolute opposite of the truth. Powerfully successful and effective people have been affected by depression, feeling powerless to the false beliefs it projects. Regardless of how loving, successful or outgoing a person is, the false emotional feeling of depression is what they yield to. So how will hypnosis help you if your a victim of the effects of depression? The answer is rather simple..you simply change how you process it, and replace reaction to "action". Everyone has a unique path in life to follow, and the focus of hypnosis is to further empower that action and intent. Every human is wired differently, so my objective as a therapist is to find your source and bring it into your daily life.