Mastering self hypnosis enables you to relax the body and the mind quickly, wherever or whenever you need to. It simply enables you to rehearse a range of coping strategies and techniques in your imagination so you can face stressful situations more easily and build a greater resilience. Using audio recordings of our hypnosis sessions allows you to practice using your own positive suggestions to move away from negative thinking and towards a much more positive outlook. It's a technique you can even use on trains, the tube, bus, whenever you want to take just 15 minutes out to completely unwind. It is a powerful technique for changing your underlying attitudes to many issues from anxiety and stress to low self-esteem, depression and insomnia.
Once you have practised hypnosis for a couple of weeks you will find it easier to use this brief version of traditional self-hypnosis. There are of course many variations of this script, however, the majority of people find this one convenient and effective. This method is based on the original self-hypnosis technique developed by James Braid in the 1840s and central to all subsequent traditional-style hypnotism.
Prepare
Sit in a comfortable chair with your eyes closed and feet flat on the floor, hands separated and resting upon your lap.
Pause long enough to settle down.
Want to relax, intend to relax, mean to relax, and think only of relaxation throughout this exercise.
Trigger Self-Hypnosis
Take a deep breath and hold your breath for a few seconds until you are aware of the tension in your chest.
Repeat the words “Sleep Now” in your mind, firmly and with intention, as you begin to exhale slowly. Act as though letting out a deep sigh as your body slumps down in the chair like a limp rag doll. (Repeat these steps 1 & 2 three times.)
Pause long enough to settle down further. If you have not done so already, let your eyelids close now.
Deepen Self-Hypnosis
Begin counting slowly back in your mind from ten down to zero, thinking only of deepening relaxation as you do so. (The numbers are just used to bridge the mental gap, and break the relaxation process down into manageable stages.)
Pause long enough to settle down even further.
Positive Suggestion
Repeat an affirmation, such as “I now feel more happy, more positive, and more alive”, many times in your mind. As you do so absorb your attention in the meaning of the words. Assume a relaxed and accepting attitude, and a firm but encouraging tone of voice.
Pause long enough to settle down into a sense of completion.
Hypnotic Emerging
Tell yourself your eyelids will flutter open on the count of five.
Count from one to five, assume a powerful and energetic tone as you begin to breathe more deeply.
Open your eyes and look for constructive ways to act upon your positive feelings.
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