The Healing Practice of Self-Hypnosis: 6 Simple Steps

The practice of self-hypnosis can help you tremendously when it comes to emotional healing, handling stress, and having peace of mind. It is an individual practice that helps you to get control over your thoughts and opens your mind for new positive thoughts.

Hypnosisย sounds like such a scary thing to many people. You โ€œgo underโ€ and maybe lose control of your mind and functions. Someone else is giving you suggestions that you may or may not like. It can be hard for the person who has experiencedย traumaย or who doesnโ€™t trust easily to work with aย hypnotherapistย and let go in a way that helps with healing or change.

Self-hypnosis is a harmless way to keep control and achieve many of the same benefits of working with a hypnotherapist to change behavior. Hypnosis can help with everything fromย stressย managementย andย anxiety, to weight loss andย dietย changes, toย confidenceย and presentation skills.

Learning hypnosis can help you study more effectively, remember information for tests, call up information when you need it, and generally calm yourself to stay open and receptive throughout the day.

Hypnosis is no more than your conscious and always-thinking mind being calm long enough for yourย subconsciousย mindโ€”which drives the train within you, urging you on and telling you what you should and should not doโ€”to get hold of ideas that are more beneficial and positive for you.

Learning self-hypnosis is fairly easy, but like any new skill, it does take practice. Commit to yourself the following steps at least two to three times each and every day until it becomes second nature. There are no drugs involved, no medical procedures, and no perfect conditions you have to achieve. Just practice and your mind will start to cooperate.

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How You Can Practice Self-Hypnosis

1. The first step is to find a quiet place you can sit for about five minutes and be uninterrupted.

You donโ€™t want a ringing phone, needy kids, or your boss walking in on you. For some people, sitting in a parked car (with the doors locked andย safety first) or stepping into a public bathroom stall for a few minutes could work. Otherwise, find a spot you like where you feel safe and can sit comfortably. Make sure that your back is supported and you are not liable to fall over once you start to become relaxed.

2. Start by uncrossing your legs and allowing your hands to rest comfortably in your lap.

Once you are comfortable, begin by taking a deep breath. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth, very gently and very calmly. Focus on the breath, imagine you can see it going in, and see it coming out. Take two more deep breaths and on the third breath, when you are breathing out, close your eyes.

3. Sit there for a couple of minutes just allowing your breath to go in and out and focusing all of yourย attentionย on your breath.

Every time you want to think a thought, or check the time, or get up and tend to a matter, gently push that thought away and come back to your breath. Do nothing other than breath.

4. Once you are fully relaxed and focused on your breath, allow your body to get very heavy wherever you are sitting.

Notice your legs and your arms becoming weighted down and almost glued to the chair. Itโ€™s a comfortable state and overall a very relaxing one, as you just give in to your body weight and allow yourself to sink into wherever you are sitting.

5. Once you are very relaxed, in your mind gently repeat a positive mantra such as: โ€œI am calm, I am in control, I am relaxed.โ€

Repeat this mantra over and over, or find one that resonates with you. The language should be โ€œIโ€ language and should be positive and encouraging but also soothing. Repeat this over and over and allow your body to give in to the relaxation and calm feelings you are generating.

6. When you have reached your five minutes, you will start to feel energy returning to your body,

Once you have reached your five minutes, (you may have to use a timer the first session, but over time your mind will let you know when five minutes are up), you will focus on each limb and body partย and send energy and confidence to that part, and you will take three more deep breaths, again in through your nose and out through your mouth.

Count slowly backward from 10 to oneย and when you reach the count of one, open your eyes. Allow yourself to sit there for a couple of minutes and enjoy the positive experience of giving yourself this valuable time.

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This process is not the same asย meditation, because it is more active. You are engaging your mind and your body, but doing it in a calm and centered way. If you canโ€™t afford five minutes two to three times a day, start with less and work your way up.

Once you practice this, you will find the same calm feelings and thoughts spill over into your daily activities even whenย your eyes are open. It can be a great cure for stress, anxiety, and worry, and it doesnโ€™t cost anything except 15 minutes of your time.

Check out Beverly Flaxingtonโ€™s best-selling book onย Amazon.


Written Byย Beverly Flaxington
Originally Appeared Inย Psychology Today

When you practice self-hypnosis, you will see that with time it is becoming easier for you to handle the difficult and challenging things in your life. You will feel less stressed out, and more positive. You will love yourself more, and understand yourself like never before. Try it out, and see how miraculous it truly is.

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