First you need to be
absolutely clear about what you want to achieve, this is the first step to good
outcomes once you have mastered a few simple techniques. If you want a ‘zen’
experience you are talking more of meditation where outcomes are not the priority,
the experience you have is. As all hypnosis is self-oriented, you can’t
hypnotize to have lots of money, or meet a soulmate, it needs to be something
real to you like being more confident, solving a problem, learning more
efficiently, releasing pain or communicating better etc.
Focus techniques for
starters are easier if you focus outside of yourself, get a candle in a jar
(for safety reasons), light it and hold it in your hands, take your time just
looking at the flame for a few minutes then set it down in front of you. Allow any
and all thoughts that want to come, to enter your mind as you look at the
flame, with each complete thought (I have to cook dinner, something that
happened in your day, the sounds around you) take a deep breath and sigh it
out, like those big boredom sighs lol. As you begin to relax your eyes may want
to close, but keep looking at the flame a little longer, when the main thoughts
have dwindled away and all you see is the candle, and all you want is to close
your eyes, remember what your goal is and simply close your eyes, take some
nice relaxing breaths, and let go.
Body Focus
Technique: this is something most of us did at school and works incredibly
well. Get comfy, (always know why you are doing the self-hypnosis buzz) close
your eyes, take a few deep breaths in through the nose and out through the nose
then focus on your toes, stretch your toes, count to 10 then release them, move
your focus to your feet, point your toes to stretch your feet downward from the
ankle, count to 10 then release. Every time you release there is a little rush
of energy as the muscles relax, quite delish actually.
Move up to the
calves tensing however you know how, count to 10, then pull up the knee caps,
remember how to do that? count to 10, tense the thighs, count of 10. Keep doing
this all the way up your body, squeeze your buttocks together count of 10, push
your belly out, for the chest pull the scapula bones together in your back
opening up the chest area. Pull the shoulders up to your ears, count to 10,
clench your fists so thumbs are up making sure you can feel the tension all the
way to your biceps by locking your elbows. Stretch your jaw wide open count to
10, this is all best done while you are alone or someone may consign you to the
psycho ward, then squeeze your eyes shut as tight as you can then finally lift
your eyebrows. last count of 10. If you aren’t relaxed now, you really, really
need to practice this, also a great method to release pain areas in the body,
aid in sleep, and general anxiety. Once completed remind yourself of what you
are trying to achieve and do a slow backward count from 10.
If you want to learn
something, using either of the above techniques when you get to the point of
relaxation, you can introduce a black or white board, a classroom or a library,
any place you feel you can learn and process. If you want to change a mindset,
i.e. anxiety to confidence, remember a few things you did really well, that you
felt pleased with, and imagine doing that will in other areas. The choices are
endless, once relaxed enough with a few clues your mind will (gratefully) take
over and help you out.
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