What is Hypnosis

What is Hypnosis
Hypnosis is a wonderful modality to improve your life. But what is hypnosis. Hypnosis is the state between wakefulness and sleep where the mind is especially alert and open to positive suggestions. The suggestions must be positive in nature. You must want the change in your life. A hypnotist can’t make you do anything you don’t want to do. But a hypnotist can empower you to make yourself produce positive change in your life.

Hypnosis is a naturally occurring state. We all go into hypnosis. Have you ever read a book and been so engrossed in the book that you may hear road work outside, or someone may be talking to you, but it doesn’t bother you. You’re totally engrossed in the book. Have you ever been to the movies and you’re focused on the screen and have an emotional response to the movie.

Have you ever been in a boring meeting and your mind drifts to a more exciting place. Have you ever driven from point A to point B. Something’s on your mind and when you get to point B, you think to yourself “How did I get here so fast.” That’s an example of your conscious mind thinking about one thing and your subconscious mind being on autopilot. Like when we were kids and tried to tie our shoes or ride a bike. Consciously it was very difficult. But now we can tie our shoes with our eyes closed or get right on a bike and ride it. Our subconscious minds are on autopilot. That’s how hypnosis works to produce positive changes in our lives. It happens automatically.

What do you experience in a hypnosis session. You will experience a deep feeling of relaxation. Maybe the best relaxation you’ve ever felt. Your body will feel either very heavy or very light. You will hear everything. You will remember everything. You will see everything. You will hear other sounds, think other thoughts. If you do yoga or meditation, it’s very similar to meditation. In meditation your brain waves decrease, your breathing rate decreases, your heart rate decreases, your blood pressure decreases, and your stress hormones decrease. It’s the same with being in hypnosis. Doesn’t that sound good.

Who can be hypnotized. Well first of all, all hypnosis is self hypnosis. The hypnotist doesn’t really hypnotize you. The hypnotist is your coach. The hypnotist guides you to hypnotize yourself. So if you have a good imagination, are intelligent, and can concentrate, you can be guided to place yourself in hypnosis.

Now I’d like to dispel the 3 most common myths about hypnosis that have developed because of TV, movies, and stage hypnotism. The 3 most common myths about hypnosis are: 1. That you’ll lose control in hypnosis. 2. That you’ll reveal secrets in hypnosis and 3. That you could get stuck in hypnosis. These are all myths.

You don’t lose control in hypnosis. You’re in control. All hypnosis is self hypnosis. Your awareness increases in hypnosis. You’re not unconscious. You’re not asleep, you’re not awake, you’re in that in between state. You hear everything, you remember everything, you see everything.

You won’t reveal secrets in hypnosis. You’re not going to say anything in hypnosis that you wouldn’t say when not in hypnosis.

You can’t get stuck in hypnosis. No matter how deeply you go into hypnosis, you can always come out of hypnosis. Now if you were having a hypnosis session and you were in a deep state of hypnosis and the hypnotist left the room, what would happen to you. Well, since your awareness increases in hypnosis and you hear everything, you would hear the hypnotist leave the room, open your eyes, and wonder what happened. So you can’t get stuck in hypnosis.

About Tony Longobardi, Certified Hypnotist. Tony has a private hypnosis practice in Phoenixville and is a member of the Phoenixville Chamber of Commerce. Certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists, he teaches self hypnosis classes at Owen J. Roberts Adult Education in Pottstown and the Widener University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Exton.

You can contact Tony by phone at 610.659.0526
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