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Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis is a highly effective and scientific method of assisting people in making changes in their lives to either break undesirable habits, create new desirable patterns or help to solve problems leading to healing and greater fulfillment in life. In hypnosis, your mind is directed to specific beneficial goals that you wish to achieve.
Hypnosis is a natural and effective state. You may be surprised that there is a high probability that you have been hypnotized before. If you've ever concentrated so hard that you completely lost track of time, if you've ever been totally absorbed in reading a book, watching a movie or daydreaming to the point that you were oblivious to the environment around you, then you've experienced hypnosis.
This pleasant calming experience can be used as a therapeutic technique to help you reach your goals, improve your life and have better health. Hypnosis can provide the means to cope with the stresses of today's society more easily.
What is Hypnosis?
Hypnosis is a lot like daydreaming with benefits. Hypnosis can be described as a state in which your mind pays attention to things in a different way. In hypnosis, you are more open to positive suggestions and are more likely to follow these suggestions. Whether these suggestions are to do something, to think something or to imagine something. Being open to suggestions is normal and natural so hypnosis is an ability that everyone has.
How long has Hypnosis been around?
Hypnotic techniques have been used for thousands of years. Certain healing therapies conducted by priests in ancient Egypt, Greece and China greatly resemble current hypnosis practices.
The actual term hypnosis originated with the work of a British surgeon, Dr. James Braid working in the 1840's. He had seen the work of a follower of Dr. Franz Mesmer's theories and became interested. He gave up using the term "mesmerism" and popularized the term hypnosis. The term comes from the Greek root word hypnos (meaning sleep) thus leading to some of the common misconceptions about what hypnosis is.
Can anyone be Hypnotized?
Since responding to suggestions is a natural ability found in most people, going into hypnosis is something everyone can do to some degree, if they so wish. Anyone who wants to work in cooperation with the hypnotherapist to achieve a goal can be hypnotized. The depth of the level of hypnosis varies for each individual and sometimes even per session.
This does not mean however that a person can be hypnotized against his or her will. You can only be hypnotized by cooperating fully with the hypnotherapist's instructions. Also, no one under hypnosis can be made to do or say anything they would not freely do or say if not under hypnosis. Nothing can be achieved without a person's willingness and full cooperation. A suggestion only works if it is something you would not believe to be immoral or wrong. Motivation counts, you must want it to happen.
How does it work?
During hypnosis the subconscious mind is accessed and given positive direction and suggestions that are accepted more easily in this altered state of mind. The subconscious mind (unlike the conscious mind) does not analyze or apply logic and reason and having accepted the suggestion will cause it to happen automatically.
What can I expect during a Hypnosis session?
During your first visit to a hypnotherapist, it will be beneficial to discuss hypnosis, what you wish to achieve and why, what your expectations are and what, if any apprehensions and misconceptions you may have. Once your concerns have been addressed and the myths dispelled, the hypnotherapist may ask you to do a couple of short exercises to determine what type of subject you might be, to what type of suggestions you respond best and what type of sensations you experience while being given these suggestions. These exercises are not hypnosis but they will help the therapist to develop a program that will be of the best benefit to lead you to full realization of your goals.
You will then be asked to sit or lie down and make yourself comfortable. The hypnotherapist will confirm that you agree to be hypnotized. Then all you have to do is listen to and follow the words and instructions given by the hypnotherapist.
What will you experience?
People respond to hypnosis in different ways and to various degrees. Most people feel physically relaxed yet mentally alert. The varying possible sensations that some people experience include heaviness or weighted down, numbness, lightness, floating, tingling or twitching, profound relaxation, good feelings, warmth or heat, coolness or time distortion.
During the hypnosis session you will be aware of where you are, what is going on around you and you will hear what the hypnotherapist says to you. You will also remember what took place during the session after the session is over.
Misconceptions such as those referred to above lead some people to think that they were not hypnotized. However, tests completed by the hypnotherapist and observations made during the session will indicate to the hypnotherapist that you were hypnotized and to a certain extent the level of trance you experienced. Even in light trance, the suggestions given are still effective.
Even though it may look like sleep, hypnosis is not the same as sleep. You do not "pass out" and you are not unconscious when you are hypnotized. You do not lose control over your mind or your feelings. You do not weaken or surrender your will to any other person. Consequently, it is not possible to get stuck or remain hypnotized longer than you want to be.
What problems can be solved using Hypnosis?
The uses of hypnosis are practically limitless. It can be used to change a habit, change an attitude and even change some physical symptoms. Some of the most common problems dealt with are quitting smoking, losing weight, increasing memory and concentration, fears and phobias, anxieties, improving self esteem, pain control, insomnia and the list goes on.
Some people even use hypnosis to regress to a past life so they can evaluate and learn from the patterns that are coming through in their present lives.
Session prices are as follows:
$50.00 Canadian or special pricing for multiple sessions.
Book your consultation today!
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Namasté
"I honor the place within you where the entire Universe resides.
I honor the place within you of Love and Light, of Truth and Peace.
When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only ONE of us."
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Four Winds Healing Centre
Shelly Mayer
Brandon, Manitoba
Canada
Phone (204)724-6855
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