What is hypnosis?
For many, the word hypnotize brings to mind a parlor game or nightclub act, where a man with a swinging watch gets volunteers to walk like a chicken or bark like a dog. But hypnosis at Re is more than fun and games. It is an altered state of awareness used to treat psychological or physical problems.
So what is hypnosis? Hypnosis is a fully consensual state wherein an individual is assisted in attaining the proper mental attitude to achieve acceptable selective thinking, which produces positive, permanent results. Delving a little deeper, this means that the brain and nervous system respond only to mental images, and it does not matter if the image is self-induced or comes from an external source. The image formed becomes a “blueprint”, and the subconscious mind uses every tool at its disposal to carry out the plan. In other words, what is expected tends to be realized. Any such image must be acceptable to the individual, of course, or it would have no effect. It has been scientifically quantified that our physical health is largely dependent upon our mental expectancy, and hypnosis has been proven to assist the individual to access the subconscious “programming” and change the idea or mental image (blueprint) responsible for the negative outcome.
It is well known that our brains operate in four general states, which can be determined by the frequency of the electricity generated by our neural activity. These states are commonly called the conscious state, the hypnotic state, the dream state and the sleep state. We pass through all four states sequentially and automatically on our way into sleep, and reverse the sequence on our way to full conscious awareness. The conscious state is where we spend most of our waking hours. In this state, our minds reason, evaluate, assess and judge. Unfortunately, when making life changes, our conscious mind often gets in the way. In the hypnotic state, memories become easily accessible and new information is stored. This works very well because in this state one does not ‘think’ in the traditional sense. One ‘experiences’, without the judgments or critical analysis of the conscious mind.
Indeed, the hypnotic state is truly a normal function of the human brain, and while no power we possess can keep us from travelling into it there is also no power we possess which can ‘force’ us into it. We often pass through it so quickly that we neither realize nor gain benefit from it, and this is where the properly trained hypnotist comes into play. The true function of the hypnotist is to help the individual hone their skill in entering this state, holding on to it, and achieving the real and quantitative benefits of positive change. What is hypnosis? In its simplest definition, it is the establishment of acceptable selective thinking, acknowledged into the subconscious mind, which propels the individual toward a desired goal or change in a positive, permanent way.
Meet your hypnotist
David is a transformational hypnotist, trained through the Omni Hypnosis Training Center®. He has been practicing for 2 years and has treated a wide variety of concerns including smoking cessation, insomnia, as well as various pain and athletic performance issues. He also practices massage therapy at Re Complimentary Therapies.
Hypnosis for performance
Are you getting the results you want at work? Sometimes you excel and surpass your goals and other times you find yourself struggling to meet your baseline? Studies have shown that hypnosis is one of the best tools for performance improvement. At the subconscious level of your mind there are very real reasons why you aren't achieving your goals. Using hypnosis, you can overcome those mental, emotional and/or physical blocks.
Business Performance Improvement: If you know that you could have higher sales, better presentations, or get better results in your career, consider hypnosis for performance improvement. Did you know that the brain can't tell when something is "real" or "imagined"? Using this natural aspect of your psychology, you can create the environment and success you desire and make it real inside you and you just begin to live the level of performance you desire. Using hypnosis for performance improvement, old associations and fear of failure can be removed, you then can integrate this lack of inhibition at all levels of your life so that you achieve improved results.
Athletic Performance Improvement
Are you an athlete who would like to improve performance and reach your peak? Did you know that athletes who practice hypnosis and visualizations can experience a significant increase in their performance? The same muscles can be stimulated when an athlete imagines an action as do when it's actually being done physically. The power of the mind is incredible. Immediate results. Immediate improvements.Here are a few links to interesting articles!
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Improve Your Sports Performance With Hypnotherapy
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Hypnosis for specific issues
Hypnosis is also helpful for many medical conditions. There is so much positive research on the effectiveness of hypnosis for specific medical conditions. David is trained inthe medical uses of hypnotism, with specialties in anxiety, panic, IBS, pain management, phobias, surgery preparation, as well as healthy eating, smoking and stress ( which often contribute to many medical conditions). Hypnosis for specific issues usually takes more than one session, but can be effective in as few as one initial session. In order to work with any medical condition, your physician or health care professional needs to be made aware that you are seeking out hypnotism as a complimentary therapy. I encourage you to consider investing in yourself and your health. You are worth it.
Hypnosis for pain management
Research has shown hypnosis can be helpful for acute and chronic pain. In 1996, a panel of the National Institutes of Health found hypnosis to be effective in easing cancer pain. More recent studies have demonstrated its effectiveness for pain related to burns, cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis and reduction of anxiety associated with surgery. An analysis of 18 studies by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York revealed moderate to large pain-relieving effects from hypnosis, supporting the effectiveness of hypnotic techniques for pain management.
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