How to use hypnosis to help yourself and others

E-course with audio - Lesson 4

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In lesson 4:

- How to structure a freeflow induction

- Audio session

:::: How to structure a freeflow hypnosis session ::::

Hi Sanjay

Welcome to lesson 4 and one of the most important parts

of learning how to do hypnosis - how to compose a
hypnosis session and why you do it this way.

Now, although this course is for people who want to

hypnotise themselves for personal development and self
help, the way to get really good at self hypnosis is to
treat yourself as someone else when doing the hypnosis.

For this reason you use "you" instead of "I" when

hypnotising yourself, and follow all the same
principles as we have covered so far.

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:::: Conscious vs unconscious response ::::

Don't get confused between your conscious and

unconscious mind. You may consciously think "I don't
need all that to go into hypnosis", but your
unconscious mind will respond to hypnotic language
regardless.

It's just the same as when someone blushes - they are

thinking "Oh no, I really don't want to blush", but
they are blushing all the same.

This doesn't mean you can hypnotize people if they

don't want to be hypnotized - your subject does
actually have to listen!

So, before I get too far off track, the point here is
that when doing self hypnosis, pretend you are
hypnotizing someone else - it works best that way.

:::: So you're going to hypnotize yourself ::::

OK, so imagine you are sitting down to do a self

hypnosis session. Instead of listening to a CD, you
want to do your own session.

A great way to learn hypnosis quickly is to record your

own sessions and then listen to them later (if you can
leave a day or so between recording and listening
that's even better).

This enables you to hear what worked well, and what you
need to work on. Making a recording also makes you
focus so you learn better.

You know what to say to yourself - remember the

language patterns - but how do you put it all together?

Here's how...

1) Start by observing the way you feel. If you are

feeling a bit 'hyper', then start your induction off
briskly - there's nothing worse than hypnosis that
mis-matches the way you feel. In this case, start off
your induction by talking quite quickly and in an
'everyday' voice'. This parallels your emotional state
and makes it easier for your unconscious mind to get
involved.

2) Talk about things that are immediately observable to

start with - "You are sitting in that chair", "You can
listen to my voice", "You are still nice and awake" -
remember 'adjunctive suggestions'?

http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/course/pages/coursesupport264893.html#adjunctive

3) As you feel yourself beginning to focus, just start

to slow your voice down slightly, and soften it a
little - suddenly jumping into 'Mr Hypno' voice will
just jarr ;-) .

4) Begin introducing nominalizations for the sort of

response you want - you know; relaxation, calmness,
focus - that sort of thing. Start making suggestions
for responses.

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5) Start to use imaginative involvement - talk about

things you can see, hear, smell, touch and feel. As you
begin to relax, your imagination will work better.

6) Once you have attained a good level of relaxation,

you can do any rehearsal you want to do - you can
rehearse how you want to feel in a particular situation
(more on this in the advanced course).

http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/course/advanced/hypnosis_course.html

7) When you decide you want to bring the session to a

close, draw the attention away from internal
imagination back to things in the immediate
environment, such as sensations in the body, sounds in
the room. This will begin the re-orientation process.
As you do this, very gradually make your voice more
normal. This will serve as a message to the unconscious
to return to the normal waking state.

OK, so now I'll give you an example of this so you can

hear what I mean...

Here's the audio download:

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In our final lesson we will look at how you use

hypnosis to achieve specific goals. Until then -
relax... :-)

Best

Roger
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How to use hypnosis to help yourself and others

E-course with audio - Lesson 5

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In lesson 5:

- Achieving specific goals with hypnosis

Hi again Sanjay

Welcome to the final installment of How to Use Hypnosis

to Help Yourself and Others!

:::: Achieving specific goals in hypnosis ::::

So today I'm going to show you how to use self hypnosis

to achieve a specific goal. Many so-called hypnosis
'masters' will tell you that all you have to do is
repeat positive ideas to yourself for things to
improve.

That is such nonsense I wrote an article about it: The

Pitfalls of Positive Thinking

http://www.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk/positive_thinking.html?hdcs

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:::: Skilled sculpting, not sledgehammering! ::::

Achieving the best (or any) results with hypnosis is a

subtle blend of solution-focused psychology and
carefully crafted communication.

If you have listened to any of the downloads listed on

the left, you will probably have noticed the many ways

in which the goal of the download is reinforced. Some

you may not have noticed at all. Sometimes more subtle
is better!

Now there are many threads to interweave when creating

a powerful and effective goal-focused script, but I can
give you a few of the central techniques right here.

:::: Fundamental hypnotic techniques ::::

It is vital that you get a good understanding of these,

so I have included as much information as possible on
this lesson's support page:

http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/course/pages/coursesupport58429.html

There you will find descriptions of the '3 pillars' of

hypnosis:

1) Rehearsal

2) Anchoring

3) Pattern interruption

:::: How to use these techniques to achieve your goals

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OK, so let's take a look at some of the things you

might want to do using hypnosis, and how you would set
about achieving them using the techniques above.

:::: Self confidence ::::

There is much you can do with self confidence (which is

why we developed our free self confidence course and
the Self Confidence Trainer CD pack)
http://www.self-confidence.co.uk/

But first, let's look at the basics:

Using hypnosis, you can decrease anxiety by using

rehearsal, and improve confidence at the same time. You
can use anchoring to powerfully remind yourself how it
feels to be confident, and to remember times when you
did feel confident.

These feelings can be 'applied' to the new situation

using rehearsal.

:::: Anxiety ::::

There are varying degrees of anxiety from mild worry

through to panic attacks. (For more on this, see our
panic attacks site.)
http://www.panic-attacks.co.uk/?hdcs
However, the enemy of anxiety is calmness, and there is
no better way to get seriously calm and relaxed than
hypnosis.

Relaxing every day will bring down your average anxiety

'set point', allowing you to be calmer generally. You
can also use anchoring to remind yourself of a time you
felt really relaxed.

Rehearsal can be used to help prepare for an event that

is making you anxious, and if you tend to worry in a
repetitive way, pattern interruption will help a lot.

You can also think more constructively by relaxing

yourself in hypnosis first, then thinking calmly and
slowly about whatever it is that is bugging you.

:::: Public speaking ::::

This is an incredibly common problem, which is why we

developed the public speaking confidence download.

http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/downloads/personal_development/public_speaking.html

There are two main things you need to do to help

yourself be more relaxed. Firstly, take care of any
conditioning effects of previous unpleasant speaking
experiences. For that, you can use the dissociation
technique outlined in the section on rehearsal.

For any previous experiences that were unpleasant,

relax yourself nice and deeply, then watch the old
experiences on a screen in your mind until you can do
it and remain calm.

Then, rehearse the way you want things to happen - how

you want to feel, how you will look and sound, the way
the audience will be responding, that sort of thing.

Although simple, if done properly, this can make a huge

difference.

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And that brings us to the end of our course. Although

it may seem brief, there is a vast amount of
information contained in these lessons, handouts and
audio files. As with any skill, hypnosis takes time to
master, but the great thing is that you can begin
getting results right away, which is great motivation
to continue your study.

Hypnosis is the most useful life skill you can have. It

is at the core of all self help techniques and, dare I
say it, all effective therapy.
Once you understand it and can use it, the limits are
only that of your imagination - and even that improves
when you use hypnosis! :-)

It has been a pleasure telling you about hypnosis and I

hope I have inspired you to learn more!

My best wishes

Roger Elliott
Co-founder
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3573107

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Here are the '3 pillars' of hypnosis, as mentioned in the course:

Hypnosis Technique 1: Rehearsal

Put simply, this is just a way of using the imagination constructively. And it really is the most
fundamental technique for hypnosis. And so many problems are created by people using their
imaginations against themselves - see negative self hypnosis. (As I write this I am finding it
difficult to convey just how important this is!)

Briefly, your imagination is an unbelievably powerful tool that you can be used by, or that you
can master and learn to use for your own benefit.

If you constantly imagine things going wrong, you are going to feel anxious of course. If you are
able to imagine things going right, and in a detailed, relaxed way, you are likely to feel more
optimistic and calm. Plus (and it's a big plus), you are much more likely to get the responses
you want from yourself in the situation you have rehearsed.

Learn to use rehearsal well and you will be able to prepare yourself to perform the way you want,
be it socially, in exams, for sports, presentations - whatever!

The 2 stages of rehearsal

There are two stages to good rehearsal:

Stage 1: Dissociated - this simply means to see yourself in an experience as if you were
watching yourself on a screen. You will feel less (if any) emotion when viewing an experience in
this way.

Stage 2: Associated - this means to imagine an experience as if it were happening now - seeing
the world through your own eyes. You will feel more emotion when imagining an experience in
this way.

The best way to go about rehearsal is firstly to imagine yourself on a screen looking and sounding
the way you want to be in the situation you are rehearsing.

Then, once you have got a good idea of how that would look, 'float' into the screen and
experience it from within yourself. Once in this position, really focus on how you want to feel, what
you would see, hear, feel, touch in the situation (just like in lesson 1).

Hypnosis Technique 2: 'Anchoring' - amplifying resources

Sometimes called 'anchoring', this technique focuses on the area of a person's life where they
feel good, or can do something well, and 'transfers' it into another area where they feel less
capable.This technique is unbeatable for helping with public speaking, confrontational situations,
social anxiety and many other scenarios people have difficulty with.

How does it work?

'Anchoring' works due to human 'conditioning'. Ivan Pavlov discovered over 100 years ago that he
could make dogs salivate by ringing a bell having previously paired the bell with food.Humans
work the same way in the emotional sphere except that here, the bell is replaced by the finger
and thumb touching. Used well, this is perhaps the most effective and important technique for self
hypnosis.

How to do 'Anchoring' in Self Hypnosis

Principle: to set up an association between a stimulus (anchor) and a positive state.

1. Create deep relaxation and a positive state by using nominalisations. Often a good
memory will come to mind at this point.
2. Bring the finger and thumb together to create an association between this and the
positive emotional state.
3. Repeat application of the anchor until you notice that you feel good when the anchor is
applied.
 4. Imagine a situation where those resources would be useful. Bring the finger and thumb
together.
5. Notice the differences as you experience the situation whilst feeling really good.

Hypnosis Technique 3: 'Pattern Interruption' - breaking habit patterns

Although it may not seem like self hypnosis at first, this technique is highly hypnotic. It is brilliant
for getting rid of 'bad' habit patterns and addictions. People on our courses have used it for:

• Smoking
• Nail biting
• Procrastination
• Worrying
• Overeating and bingeing
• Difficult or stressful situations

How does it work?

Pattern interruption works because it 'breaks the flow' of a habit, or unconsious process. If you
are driving a car and someone asks you to describe what you are doing, it can quickly become
diffcult to drive, much like it was when you first learnt. This is because we are making a smooth-
running unconscious process more conscious.

How to do it

Principle: to disrupt an old sequential pattern of problem behaviour. Imagine you have to
describe the steps of your habit to an alien.

1. Work out the steps of the problem from start to finish. If there is a desirable behaviour you
would like to 'substitute' for the present one, write that down too.
2. Go through the steps in order. Close your eyes to imagine each step happening then
open them again before going onto the next step.
3. Do the same as in 2, but in a different order. For example 1 then 4 then 8 then 2 then 7
etc... It is a good idea to do each step 3 times.
4. As you progress, focus more on the steps you would like to have happen and less on the
ones you want rid of.
5. Imagine the first step of the behavior, then follow it with your desired behavior, so you are
effectively missing out the undesirable way of doing it.
So to sum up, you i) Break the unwanted behavior down into step ii) Do each step in turn, then in
random order 3 times iii) Hypnotically rehearse the way you want things to go

Example pattern interruption for nail biting

1. Sensation of boredom or stress.

2. Feel around the fingers for a 'catchy' nail.
3. Pick at nail.
4. Bite nail with teeth.
5. 'Clean up' rough edges.
6. Spit out or swallow piece of nail.
7. Repeat steps 2 to 6 until too painful or bleeding.
8. Feel guilty.

Preferred behaviour: Relax and enjoy sense of achievement at having beaten habit.