About Self Hypnosis
Cant be bothered to wade through the text? Listen to the podcast explanation of how and why it works!
The phenomenon of Hypnosis is far from new and has been documented as far back as the ancient Egyptians. It is a perfectly natural state of mind which we all pass in and out of during the course of every day of our lives, often without us realizing it.
You would already recognize this mental state as:
- Daydreaming
- Gazing out of the window during 'geography'
- Being 'there' but 'miles away' at the same time.
In a 'trance', you might say.
James Braid first coined the term 'hypnosis' in the 1840's and possibly due to this choice of word the subject has been surrounded by myth and mystery ever since. The wonderfully powerful self-help potential to boost confidence, improve sight reading or learn at astonishing speeds has gone largely untapped.
The unfortunate spin-off of hypnosis has been the development of its use for entertainment. Ask the man in the street and this is what he'll think of when you mention hypnosis. The more you learn about the subject you will see what a tragedy this mis-conception is and how a tool for radically improving all aspects of our lives has become relegated, in the public's eye, to that of a cheap side show.
Because hypnosis is a naturally occurring state it is often said that 'All Hypnosis Is Self Hypnosis'. And if that is true then there is no such thing as a hypnotist...except oneself! It follows then that you are 'under no one's power' except your own. You can be guided into trance in many ways: by a hypnotist/hypnotherapist, by listening to music, by gazing into a log fire, by being bored into trance by a geography teacher, or by using tapes and CDs like this one. The advantage of using a therapist or tapes and CDs is that you can do extremely positive 'change-work' whilst you are in trance. Just imagining playing the saxophone like Coltrane or the Drums like Buddy Rich is the start of self motivated change. Hypnosis can accellerate this learning if we learn how....