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Self-Hypnosis And Relaxation

July 24th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Relaxation is an essential part of the hypnosis induction process, so in self-hypnosis, the it’s important that you begin with relaxation exercises to completely relax physically.

Using a body scan to relax as part of a hypnosis induction

One of the easiest ways to relax completely is to use a body scan. Focus your attention on each part of your body in turn. You can start at your toes, and finish with your scalp, or start at your scalp, and finish with your toes.

A complete body scan should take you around five to ten minutes, so go slowly, and mentally tell that body part to relax.

When you feel completely relaxed - your body feels heavy, and you don’t want to move - begin a relaxation visualization.

Imagine that you’re lying on a tropical beach, with the sun beaming down on you, and a soft breeze playing over your body…

Now you’re ready to give yourself the suggestions that you’ve prepared earlier. If necessary, you can read them from a sheet of paper. Just open your eyes and read. You could give yourself the suggestion: “even though I am opening my eyes and reading, I remain in a state of hypnosis, and my mind absorbs the suggestions I give myself.”

Hypnosis induction: it’s really just relaxation

July 16th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

“Hypnosis induction” sounds complication. However it’s simply involves you (or the person undergoing hypnosis) becoming completely physically relaxed, and following a single train of thought. The hypnotherapist guides you, so there’s nothing you need to do, you simply allow it to happen.

Induction methods include visualization and arm-levitation methods and many others. Each hypnotherapist has his or her own preferred method.

Hypnosis is always quite a pleasant state to be in, because of the relaxation of induction. For many people, it’s the first time they’ve relaxed in years. If you’re practicing self-hypnosis, you may want to sit up while you do it, because you can become so relaxed that you fall asleep if you lie down.

A hypnotherapy session involved three phases: the induction, the suggestion phase, and finally the return to normal waking consciousness.

For example, if you’re undergoing hypnosis to lose weight, the induction might consist of several minutes of your hypnotherapist leading you through an induction of relaxing all the various parts of your body, and visualizing a scene of a beach, and your total relaxation in this particular scene.

The induction is over as soon as the hypnotherapist is confident that you’re completely relaxed, and open to suggestions.

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