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understanding hypnosis
What is Hypnosis?
Hypnosis is a meditative state of deep relaxation promoting focused attention and heightened suggestibility. The individual is safely guided by a trained specialist into a relaxed state, where they experience a shift in brain frequencies and altered states of consciousness. When we move into lower brainwave states, we can bypass critical thinking and access deeper mental processes. It's important to note that hypnosis is not mind control; individuals remain aware and in control of their actions at all times. While in hypnosis, an individual can respond to suggestions or questions while the body remains relaxed, and the mind is aware throughout the entire session. There are numerous hypnosis techniques that can be utilized for various purposes.
As human beings, we are products of our environment and by early childhood, our minds start to develop thought and belief patterns based on what we've experienced and absorbed from our surroundings or from societal expectations. The good news is, we all have the ability to retrain our conditioned paradigm to move beyond the illusion of limitation.
How does Hypnosis work?
Hypnosis is a proven way to help rewire the brain to affect change in your life through your subconscious. Research suggests that hypnosis can alter brain activity, impacting areas associated with perceptions, emotions, memories, and behaviors. Brainwaves play an essential role in understanding hypnosis. During hypnosis, brainwave patterns shift resulting in a transition from normal states of awareness to altered states of consciousness, which enhances the individuals ability to be more receptive to suggestions and guidance.
- Alpha Waves (8-13 Hz): A relaxed, calm state common in light meditation or daydreaming. Alpha Waves increase during the initial phase of hypnosis as you transition into relaxation.
- Theta Waves (4-8 Hz): Associated with deeper relaxation, creativity, and the early stages of sleep, Theta Waves become more prominent during deeper levels of hypnosis. The Theta state is linked to heightened suggestibility and enhances access to the subconscious mind. From this state of expanded consciousness, we have the ability to tap into our inner wisdom and can facilitate change in thoughts, feelings, behaviors & habits.
In the Alpha-to-Theta range, an individual has greater access to the subconscious mind while remaining conscious enough to process suggestions, which can allow for positive changes and healing to take place.
LET THE UNIVERSE GUIDE YOU
All of the answers and resources are within us. Hypnosis can help you connect and align with your inner being to retrieve the answers, resources & understanding you seek. Throughout your journey with hypnosis, you will learn how to Trust the Universe to guide you towards your
Highest Life Path.
Maintaining an open mind will change your perception of the world around you in profound ways.
One of my favorite quotes is:
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” by Wayne Dyer.
Understanding the Subconscious Mind
The subconscious mind operates as a powerful, automatic processor of information. It stores memories, beliefs, patterns, and emotions, which influence thoughts and behaviors without conscious effort. The subconscious plays a crucial role in shaping identity and influencing our daily lives & personal growth. The subconscious is the birth place of Change.
- Emotion & Memory Storage: The subconscious retains everything we have ever experienced in this lifetime as well as past lifetimes. These stored emotions and memories impact us continuously shaping our behavior, reactions & beliefs.
- Automatic Functions: The subconscious handles routine tasks and bodily functions, allowing you to perform repetitive actions without focused attention in order to conserve mental energy.
- Habit Formation: When behaviors are repeated consistently, they become automatic and ingrained in the subconscious. These rooted behavior patterns and habits are often resistant to conscious attempts to change them, and should be addressed at the subconscious level.
- Receptivity to Suggestion: The subconscious is highly suggestible. In a relaxed state, it often accepts and absorbs information without critical analysis, making it receptive to suggestions. This suggestibility is why techniques like Hypnosis can be effective for changing behaviors, beliefs, or habits. Since it has the ability to integrate new thoughts and ideas, this allows for old limiting perceptions and patterns to be released and replaced.