There are three things we are going to have you do. The first is to focus. The second is get you excited about what is going to happen, and third to engage your imagination. These three simply concepts when combined begin the hypnosis process.

Lets start with focus.

Imagine the difference between, takeing a leisurely walk through a park where we may notice the sound of some birds, leaves on the ground, other people walking by, a dog playing, with a stick, the pretty flowers around us, a butterfly on a flower. A small beutiful butterfly. With interseting colours, and patterns, its wings gently moving in the wind. As we focus in on the butterfly we no longer notice the grass, people passing by or the sounds around us. So one aspect of hypnosis is focusing in on one thought to the exclusion of all other thoughts. By doing this we amplify the thought in your mind.

What we expect to occur, tends to occur?

A second aspect of hypnosis is creating an expectation of what we are going to do. If a person says I am going to hit you, the body prepares to take the hit. Muscles tense, adrenalin gets released even though nothing has actually happened. When you think about eating , even before you eat, salivia enters the mouth, acids are produced in the stomach, changes are occurring in your stomach before you take your first bite. With hypnosis our expectation is a very deeply relaxed place.

Imagination but not how you know it?

Another part of hypnosis is imagination. When your eyes are closed your unconscious mind isn’t aware of the difference between what you imagine and reality. This is easy to understand because everyone has had a dream. If it is a nightmare you may wake up feeling scared, or flustered, sweating, or anxious. However what you dreamed wasn’t real, it was all ‘in your head’ and yet you reacted as if it were real. So anther part of hypnosis is using your imagination, to trick your subconcious into believing a new reality about you and the way you want to act.

When we combine these three elements together in a very specific way we have a process called hypnosis, which can then help to create rapid change within people.