| "Whatever the mind of man can conceive | | | | rapid treatment for "shell shock", now |
| and believe it can achieve." - Napolean | | | | referred to as post-traumatic stress |
| Hill | | | | disorders, following World War I, World |
| Hypnosis is an enjoyable, easy and | | | | War II, and the Korean War. |
| effective way to change our bad habits | | | | The American Medical Association |
| into good ones and our negative feelings | | | | approved hypnosis as an effective |
| into positive ones. All of our emotions, | | | | treatment in 1958 and recommended that |
| beliefs, and habits reside in the | | | | training in hypnosis be included in |
| subconscious mind and hypnosis provides | | | | medical school curriculum. Hypnosis and |
| direct access to the subconscious mind | | | | guided imagery continue to be integrated |
| to replace any negatives with powerful, | | | | into modern medical and health care |
| positive beliefs. | | | | systems. |
| While many people think of it as "deep | | | | The National Institute of Health |
| sleep", hypnosis is a comfortable and | | | | recognizes hypnosis as a Complimentary |
| relaxed state that focuses attention and | | | | and Alternative Medicine treatment |
| concentration, bypasses the conscious | | | | modality and continues to fund research |
| mind filter, and allows the subconscious | | | | to validate the importance of hypnosis. |
| mind to be open and receptive to | | | | Research results have shown dramatic |
| positive suggestions, tapping into the | | | | results in a variety of areas, |
| power of the body-mind connection. Most | | | | particularly as an adjunct to |
| people experience a heightened state of | | | | conventional cancer treatments and for |
| awareness when they are hypnotized, | | | | pain management. Moving even more into |
| while only about 10% will enter into a | | | | the traditional arenas of medical care, |
| state where their mind is so relaxed | | | | hypnosis remains as one of the most |
| that they do not remember the session. | | | | powerful healing modalities by utilizing |
| People experience this natural, normal | | | | the power of the subconscious mind in |
| state at least twice each day - before | | | | motivating the mind-body connection for |
| they go to sleep and when they wake up. | | | | balance and health. |
| If you have experienced arriving | | | | Hypnosis is probably best known for |
| somewhere and can't remember actually | | | | breaking habits with stop smoking and |
| driving there, or if you have missed a | | | | weight loss success and yet it has been |
| freeway exit then you have been in a | | | | found to be effective in reducing and |
| natural hypnotic state often referred to | | | | managing stress, achieving deep |
| as "highway hypnosis". | | | | relaxation, increasing energy, |
| Natural hypnosis may also occur when you | | | | overcoming fears, overcoming insomnia, |
| become so involved in an activity, | | | | and reducing the experience of pain. |
| reading a book, or watching a movie that | | | | Hypnosis has also been shown to be |
| everything else seems to be blocked out, | | | | effective in overcoming test anxiety, |
| even to the point of not hearing people | | | | improving test performance, improving |
| who talk to you. Whenever concentration | | | | sports performance, improving |
| is intense, it's easy to slip into a | | | | motivation, setting and achieving goals, |
| natural hypnotic state. | | | | improving memory and concentration, |
| Hypnosis has been used for thousands of | | | | increasing self confidence, and building |
| years as a powerful tool to help and | | | | self-esteem. |
| heal. Early records mark the Egyptian | | | | Most of us have habits or feelings that |
| sleep temples and the Temple of | | | | we've tried to change and yet nothing we |
| Aesculapius in Greece as sites where | | | | do seems to make a difference. We know |
| hypnosis was used as an important part | | | | how we want to act and feel, but our |
| of the healing treatment. | | | | decision-making and will power doesn't |
| The ancient Hawaiian Kahuna's, healing | | | | seem to be enough to have any lasting |
| masters, routinely used hypnosis in | | | | effect. Although our conscious mind has |
| their healing practices. A resurgence of | | | | made a decision to change, the beliefs |
| the use of hypnosis began in the 1700's | | | | and ideas held in our subconscious mind |
| with the work of an Austrian physician | | | | won't allow the change to take place. |
| named Franz Anton Mesmer. In the 1800's | | | | Hypnosis allows the subconscious mind to |
| Dr. James Braid brought hypnosis to the | | | | move into agreement with conscious |
| medical arena with his work in | | | | desires and goals so you can live a life |
| hypnoanesthesia. | | | | of freedom and success! |
| Hypnosis was used as an effective and | | | | |