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