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Hypnosis is a tool which allows you to reach a state of confidence, a state of safety and relaxation. You are not in an unconscious sleep but in a state of increased perception. Hypnosis allows you to unlock the creativity and the potential within.
How does hypnosis work?
Hypnosis creates a direct access to the mind's most powerful area, the subconscious. The subconscious mind is a learned program: how you see the world, your life, yourself. What you have learned, you can unlearn. Hypnosis can help you to overcome and change limiting beliefs and add positive beliefs if you so desire.
Can everyone be hypnotized?
Yes. Hypnosis is a very natural state of mind. We all enter some form of hypnosis several times a day: watching a great movie, just before falling asleep, driving on the freeway and missing an exit, being in love... . Every person who is capable of concentration and, is willing to cooperate can be hypnotized.
Is it possible to lose my self-control under hypnosis?
No. You know exactly what is going on because you are fully aware and alert under hypnosis. You are in control. Hypnosis can not make you do or say anything that is against your belief system. The hypnotherapist is your guide and through his/her guidance, you allow your mind to achieve a hypnotic state.
Why does hypnosis work? Physiological explanations have taken one of three main forms:
1.Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system.
The autonomic system is divided into two systems; the sympathetic division and the parasympathetic response. These systems are in direct opposition to one another. The sympathetic division is responsible for mobilizing the body's energies to meet emergencies. The parasympathetic response restores the calm operation of the body and conserves its energy. These two systems, the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, cannot both be active in the same body at the same time. Hypnosis activates the parasympathetic response of relaxation before the sympathetic response can begin. The effect of the parasympathetic response is so strong that the sympathetic response remains absent.
2.Patterns of Brain-Wave Activity
The normal activity of the brain is the beta state. It is a state of full alertness, physical activity and excitement. The alpha state is a state of a beginning relaxation, well-being, pleasure and tranquility. The theta state is a state of tranquility, creativity and deep relaxation. Research studies have shown that hypnosis allows a change from the beta state to a predominantly alpha-theta state. The delta state is the brain-wave state experienced in the deepest stages of sleep. The delta brain-wave state is not reached in hypnosis.
3.Complex interaction of both brain hemispheres.
The research on hemispheric function in hypnosis is complex and the results are conflicting. There is probably a combined interaction of the dominant and non-dominant brain hemispheres which are responsible for the results achieved in hypnosis.
"... Hypnosis does recruit more brain areas; it is like giving the brain imagery vitamins" Stephen Kosslyn - Harvard University.
Hypnotherapists are not licensed by the state as healing arts practioners. Some therapy may require teamwork through a referral from your medical doctor or a licensed psychotherapist.
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