What is hypnotherapy? The process of hypnosis entails being in trance, or a deeply relaxed, but focused state which is like being in a daydream. Hypnotherapy utilises the power of the subconscious mind. In Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality, the subconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that are outside of our conscious awareness. Many of the contents of the subconscious are unacceptable or unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict. According to Freud, the subconscious continues to influence our behavior and experience, even though we are unaware of these underlying influences. It is the part of you that drives a car or walks to the shop even though your mind is wandering to other places. It is also the place where negative, limiting beliefs and old patterns are stored. This is why even when you desperately want to improve yourself; you just keep playing out that old, unfulfilling script. Hypnosis is thought to work by altering our state of consciousness in such a way that the analytical left-hand side of the brain is turned off, while the non-analytical right-hand side is made more alert. The conscious control of the mind is inhibited, and the subconscious mind made accessable in order to make positive changes. Benefits of Hypnosis Hypnosis can be helpful in many ways, from simple relaxation to completely changing your life. Many people use hypnosis to change bad habits, such as quitting smoking, and form new good habits, like exercising daily. There are no potential negative side effects, and it can give multiple benefits at the same time. Hypnotherapy can be applied to many psychological, emotional and physical disorders. It is used to relieve pain in surgery and dentistry and has proved to be of benefit in obstetrics. Phobias of all kinds lend themselves well to hypnotherapy, and anyone suffering from panic attacks or obsessional compulsive behaviour, and stress-related problems like insomnia, IBS, eczema and asthma may benefit. Research even suggests that hypnosis may be able to make your body look younger and enable healing to occur by chanelling your mind to reprogram new cells and instructing them to find the healthiest blueprint to develope. How does the hypnosis recording work ? When you listen to our CD you will be guided into a state of complete relaxation using clinical hypnotherapy techniques, then appropriate suggestions made by the therapist will help you to make positive changes within yourself. you will then be gently brought out of this state of relaxation. Is hypnotherapy safe? Yes, hypnotherapy is very safe and contrary to popular belief, hypnosis is not a state of deep sleep, but a gentle state of relaxation and you cannot be made to do anything against your own will. It is important to remember that you are being guided, so you will always be in full control of the whole process. If at anytime you want to stop, you just open your eyes and you will be wide awake. Long gone are the days when hypnosis was wrongly percieved as controlling peoples minds as this is impossible. The British Medical Association adopted hypnosis as a viable therapeutic tool in 1958.The American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association have approved hypnotherapy for use by professionally responsible individuals. Can I possibly not wake up? This is impossible because the trance in these programs is very light. If the phone rings, you would hear it, and then you could decide whether to get up to answer, or if you would prefer to stay in the focused state of hypnosis. You will be in complete control and can open your eyes any time you wish. What is hypnotherapy for? Hypnotherapy aims to re-programme negative patterns of behaviour within the mind, enabling irrational fears, phobias, negative thoughts and suppressed emotions to be overcome and to change. In clinical hypnosis, you will be aware of what is going on and you will find you actually feel you have more control over yourself. The hypnosis is simply increasing your ability to communicate with yourself and clears the pathway to make positive changes in your life. For how long should I listen to my program? It is best to listen to the CDs, or MP3s and to do the visualisations which will strengthen the hypnotherapy, on a daily basis for 21 days. The subliminal track should be listened to as often as you possibly can for it will empower you in your personal achievements. You can continue until you have reached your goal or overcome the problem, You may even choose to continue listening indefinitely if you wish. Can every one be hypnotized ? The only reason you can't be hypnotized is if you are incapable of paying attention due to an extremely low IQ or brain damage. Research at Stanford demonstrates that about 95% of people can be hypnotized in most cases if they are willing and do not resist. What makes Mindmakeovers 3 in one system more effective ? Scientific research has found hypnotherapy to have a success rate of 65-70%. Our program improves vastly on these figures giving a 95% success rate due to the addition of strengthening visualisation exercises and subliminal affirmation recordings which all together, have the effect of reinforcing and stimulating the will power, facilitating our clients to benefit from desired positive changes and long term benefits in their lives. What are subliminal affirmations and how they work? A subliminal message is a signal or message designed to pass below (sub) the normal limits of perception. For example it might be inaudible to the conscious mind (but audible to the unconscious or deeper mind). Our sublimal affirmations are carefully worded affirmations relating to the purpose of the hypnotherapy for example, weight loss. These affirmations are positive, subliminal messages embedded in an outer music track bringing you into a mentally relaxed and creative state, allowing you to absorb the affirmation on a very deep level. Subliminal messages work with virtually no effort on your part, the music will relax you and the silent affirmations will be impressed upon your subconscious mind to end self-sabotage and remove limiting beliefs and retrain your mind for total success. We use stereo confusion, in one ear you will hear the affirmation in the other ear we will play a metaphorical story. However, all you will really notice is a pleasant listening track which will free any psychological blockages, boost your therapy and work deeply on your subconscious. When should I listen to the subliminal track? You can listen any time you want but you have to use headphones. What is creative visualization or guided imagery? In the past many of us have used our power of creative visualization in a relatively unconscious way. Because of our own deep-seated negative concepts about life, we have automatically and unconsciously expected and imagined lack, limitation, difficulties, and problems to be our lot in life. The technique offocusing one's thoughts and imagination on an objective with the intention of achieving that objective and to do so consciously is the essence of creative visualization. In our program we use positive creative visualization to strengthen and maintain the will power and focus which empower ours clients to achieve long term benefits and desired changes. Can These CDs/MP3s Be Used While I Sleep? It is preferencial to not fall asleep during your hypnotherapy, however this does occasionally happen when we are so relaxed. It is best to sit on a comfortable chair or lie down on a couch without falling totally falling asleep though, as you will get more from it this way. Of course you must do your visualization exercise when you are awake and the subliminal recording can be listened to at any time that you wish. How Does Hypnosis Differ from Meditation? Meditation is a discipline that takes steady practice over a long period of time. The practice involves clearing one's mind over long periods of time by allowing thoughts to pass by while focusing on a point, a mantra, or some other focus. Often breathing exercises accompany this practice.The aim of meditation is to detach from your thoughts, and to experience a deep awareness that your thoughts are not you. One important thing to know about meditation is that it is "content-less." There is no goal aside from the meditation itself. It can lead to many health benefits, including stress relief and peace of mind, but it is not goal-driven. Hypnosis, on the other hand, is a state of focused attention where the conscious mind is distracted so that work can be done with the unconscious mind directly. In short, the difference between hypnosis and meditation is that they both bridge the unconscious / conscious interface, with meditation being without content and not goal-driven, while hypnosis has content and is goal-driven. In fact, a lot of people use the aid of hypnosis to help them develop the discipline to focus on their meditation practice. Hypnosis helps a person create the behaviors that lead to the goals they set for themselves.