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| Hypnosis is a powerful tool that can be used to | | | | to support a family or the need for food. This may be |
| release ones full potential, especially when it comes to | | | | true even though the end goal is something that can |
| losing weight. | | | | improve their life or even bring short term happiness. |
| Hypnosis is a powerful tool that can be used to | | | | That is where hypnosis comes into play. |
| release one's full potential, especially when it comes to | | | | Because hypnosis draws upon the information already |
| enriching ones life in a number of different areas, such | | | | stored in the recesses of the mind it can reorganize |
| as successful weight loss, increased motivation, | | | | and in a way reprioritize goals and objectives. |
| confidence and memory ending addictions such as | | | | Hypnosis is a self improvement method of bringing to |
| smoking, drinking, gambling or drugs, and has been | | | | the forefront of the mind the information that will serve |
| shown to be very effective in forming better | | | | as a driving force to action. |
| relationships. | | | | Hypnosis used to improve one's memory is an |
| If you have been on diet after diet and lost weight, only | | | | extremely effective therapy that includes learned |
| to put it on again, then you are well aware that it takes | | | | behaviors and reorganizing the material stored in the |
| more than will power to successfully maintain weight | | | | brain so the garbage doesn't get in the way of |
| loss. Even though you know how and what to eat and | | | | important facts. To understand how hypnosis can |
| the importance of exercise, it can be difficult to lose | | | | improve memory, it helps to understand how the brain |
| weight. That is because losing and maintaining a | | | | receives and stores information, then recalls that |
| healthy weight are much less about will power and | | | | information on demand. |
| much more about metabolism and psyche. | | | | The brain receives literally millions of signals a day, |
| So often when people try to lose weight, they | | | | most of them simultaneously. There are sights, sounds, |
| verbalize a strong desire. Yet blame for failures is put | | | | smells, and feelings that are absorbed, but few of |
| on a lack of will power. Hypnosis targets an area of | | | | them are consciously registered. All of the senses in |
| the mind that is often pushed to the background. By | | | | fact come into play as the brain is receiving bits of |
| bringing about an awareness of what lies there, | | | | information. Much of this information is not considered |
| hypnosis can allow you to have the part of your mind | | | | useful at the moment, if ever, and is quickly and |
| that truly wants to lose weight and take center stage | | | | automatically pushed to the background. |
| over the part of the mind that tells you eating that | | | | Hypnosis works to improve memory by doing a |
| chocolate cake is what you want right now. | | | | housekeeping task of sorting and categorizing |
| Part of what you have the ability to control with your | | | | information. It does this through first relaxing the body |
| mind is metabolism. Metabolism refers to how quickly | | | | and mind. Then like a virtual organizer data is sorted |
| your body uses its fuel sources (food) and how much | | | | into different regions of the brain. When the clutter is |
| will be stored. By increasing metabolism you can | | | | removed and the dust wiped away, then the important |
| speed up weight loss and maintain it. Hypnosis has the | | | | thoughts we wish to remember can be recalled |
| ability to let you change your metabolism. | | | | quickly. |
| Hypnosis is often misunderstood. Many people believe | | | | In order to hypnotize one's self or others a complete |
| it can force you to act and react in whatever way the | | | | state of relaxation must occur. This is referred to as |
| hypnotherapist instructs. Hypnosis cannot make a | | | | the alpha state of consciousness. When you are fully |
| person into someone different and cannot control a | | | | awake, aware and focused on your surroundings you |
| person's mind. Hypnosis can only draw upon what is | | | | are in a beta state of consciousness. The alpha state, |
| within the person. | | | | which is the beginning to hypnosis, is similar to being |
| If hypnosis cannot change who you are, then you may | | | | completely relaxed and comfortable such as when |
| wonder how it can improve one's motivation. It is | | | | drifting off to sleep. However, this is also the state you |
| simple. Motivation is merely a stimulation response. | | | | are in when you are fully engrossed in a book, |
| Many things can motivate a person. For example, | | | | computer game or even while driving a familiar route. |
| hunger motivates us to go and get something to eat. | | | | Contrary to what many people believe, those under |
| Or, on an emotional stimulation response may be that | | | | hypnosis are still aware of their surroundings. People |
| the promise of payment motivates us to go to work | | | | who have claimed that they have never been able to |
| each day. | | | | become hypnotized may not realize that you don't |
| Sometimes people know what they want, but can't | | | | have to be mesmerized in order to have been |
| seem to get motivated to go after it. It may be that | | | | effectively hypnotized. |