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When I was learning
hypnotherapy with Ed Martin, after he helped the class of 10 or 11 students
hypnotize themselves, and then talked them back up at the end of the session, he
would ask everyone if there was anyone who did not remember everything that
happened during the session. Over the 10 months that I took his classes, each
time this situation arose, always only one person would raise their hand. This
means that, on average, 9 out of 10 people remember everything they experience
in any trance or hypnotic session.
Contrary to
popular belief, in many people, not only are you aware of
everything going on, but certain parts of your
awareness actually expand so that you know many things that are
going on around you in the room that you would not normally know;
such as the movement of someone who isn't making any noise, or
what is in the mind of the hypnotherapist, etc.
The
conscious part of your MIND contracts away from it's attention on
the external world (determined by one's VISUAL focus), while the
subconscious part of your MIND begins to pick up the more subtle,
non-visual cues we normally ignore. Centered now in the middle of
one's head, the difference from normal consciousness is barely
perceptible, and almost nonexistent.
Being
focused, or hypnotized, is NOT a particular state of mind. It is a
range of different states of consciousness which go from that
which you are in driving a car or watching a TV or doing any type of
focusing.
If left in any trance state one
will likely become bored with the lack of input and choose to come out; or, if
tired may choose to fall asleep.
While working at the U.S. Army Air Base, K2, in
Uzbekistan, in support of the war against Terrorism in Afghanistan, for a year,
I taught the nurse there one basic hypnosis class with one other gentleman. The
nurse was watching me working with one of his compatriot soldiers while another
soldier came in to get a blanket. The person entering the room made no sounds of
any kind. The nurse tried to discourage the gentleman to leave the area. After
seeing the intruder's persistence, I motioned to the nurse to allow this person
to go ahead and get what he needed. This whole scene took place in total
silence. Then I talked the client/soldier out of his trance. He sat up from the
massage table he was lying on and we began discussing everything that I wanted
to get across to them before leaving. The intruder's actions came up in the
conversation just after I told the client/soldier about one being able to sense
movement, in the room, without normal sensory cues. He confirmed what I said,
immediately, by stating that he had sensed that someone was wanting to enter the
room; even though he had not heard them approach the entrance many feet away on
the other side of a large room.
As
the cost of liability insurance for hypnotherapy is the lowest of
any therapy in the world, this gives you a good clue as to how
dangerous it is.
The subtle
awareness of ones surroundings picked up from the subconscious
mind by the conscious mind show up far more prevalently when ones
attention is withdrawn from external, normal, distractions. Which
means that your protector, the subconscious, is aware of not only
what is going on in the room around you, but in some cases, what
the hypnotherapist is thinking. Some hypnotherapists never
experience the reading of their minds by their clients, even
after a lifetime of therapy. I have experienced it twice so far.
What better protection can one have in such a vulnerable
position. Some individuals become more vulnerable under hypnosis.
But most, are more empowered while under.
Some don't
remember anything, while most remember most, if not all of it. In
general I would say that in the majority of cases most people are
better protected from ones therapist while in this state than
when in the normal state of consciousness. With that said, always
be cautious in choosing your therapist / confidant. But don't let
a fear of altered states keep you from getting help.
I don't
endorse hypnotherapy in general, as I would not endorse any type
of healing in general. In choosing a hypnotherapist a
paramount issue is the type of technique being employed. Like any type of healing art,
hypnotherapy, within small circles, has advanced infinitely
beyond how it is generally used or taught. The most advanced
techniques are not written in any books, or taught in any college. Find out from your potential
therapist the details of how his technique works (i.e.: on
average, how many times do most of his clients come
to him in order to achieve healing).
Many people
calling themselves hypnotherapists are merely Ph.D. holders who
will pull up your subconsciously held trauma so that you can
discuss it for many, many, many sessions. While talk therapy does
have its therapeutic benefits; it's not the fastest method of
healing. It's sort of like driving a car down the road in
reverse.
Hypnosis by Dan Gyonyor (Augustana University
College) is a very lengthy and detailed definition/description of
hypnosis. At the bottom are links to other articles on hypnosis.
Official alt.hypnosis FAQ by Roy Hunter is another source
of different/similar/dissimilar answers to many of the questions
on my questions page. So, if you wish to find out a second
opinion on many of these questions I am attempting to answer you
can check this sight to see if I know what I'm talking about or
not.
You will
also find quite a bit of other resources on
hypnosis.com (the page that gives you the
above URL). It is the largest hypnosis related web page that I am
aware of; and includes an area where you can post your question
and get answers back from hypnotherapists around the country.
- Questions
You May Have
How many sessions does your
technique usually take; and what kinds of problems is
hypnotherapy used for?
The technique Mr. Beaver uses
tends to average 3 or 4 sessions for the elimination of
most problems. More minor problems such as
smoking addiction can be frequently eliminated in 1 or 2
sessions.
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Below
are some of the many problems which can be alleviated
through the technique he uses. They include:
HYPERTENSION, DEPRESSION, STRESS, EXCESS WEIGHT, SMOKING
& OTHER ADDICTIONS, OBSESSIONS, ANXIETY, HEADACHES,
PAIN, FEARS & PHOBIAS and many other problems far too
numerous to go into here. Many positive changes can be
made, such as: INCREASING SELF ESTEEM & SELF
CONFIDENCE, LETTING GO OF ANGER AND OTHER SELF
DESTRUCTIVE HABITS.
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Though
science has a long way to go in proving it, I personally,
and honestly believe that there are very few, if any
diseases which cannot be cured through the particular
regression releasing technique I use.
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Letters from Ed Martin's
(the Master hypnotherapist who trained and certified me)
clients about using Cell Command TherapyŽ - page 1
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Success
is by no means certain, but, short of a miracle, I know
of no more probable way of gaining healing than the way
it says in the Bible, through the renewing of the mind.
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The
subconscious mind is an endless recorder that records
every second of your existence (through every incarnation
and everything in between). Any event, idea, belief, etc.
which it interprets as negative in nature it sees as
giving it the message, "I am unworthy of love."
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These
events, beliefs, etc. build up over time and eventually
an event, taste, smell, or other stimulus will trigger
the recall of these allowing the disease to manifest
either on an emotional or a physical level. This is how
even physical disease can be caused through the
subconscious mind.
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Step 1: Relax the body then the
mind
Once
you have been hypnotized (and been determined to be at
the proper level of hypnosis) the therapist will strike
up a conversation with your subconscious mind (provided
your conscious mind will step aside and let go of control
so this can occur).
Step 2: Regress to the first event
that caused the problem
Then
he/she will get your subconscious to regress to the first
event that caused the particular problem you are working
on.
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Step 3: Get permission from the
subconscious mind to release the negative events and do
the releasing
Then
he will get, if its ok, your
subconscious
to let go
of its attachments to this first event, all other events,
beliefs, ideas, benefits, etc. that have to do with your
particular problem.
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4: Other adjunctive therapies can then be used
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With
the subconscious letting go of its attachments what is
occurring is you are severing the ties between the
remembrance of an event and the emotions that would have
previously come up when remembering it. Calm detachment
from the emotional side of the memory takes the place of
the negative and destructive emotions that would have,
previous to the therapy, pulled large amounts of negative
chi/energy into the body.
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If
you remember the last time you got extremely upset or
emotional and felt your head as if it were stuffed,
or suddenly got a headache, then you have experienced
what I am referring to.
Length of a typical session
The
induction can take less than 15 minutes and the releasing
can take typically about 45 minutes. The shortest I have
done any session is a little less than 30 minutes. In
that particular case the single session was all that it
took to get complete healing.
- Shortcuts
some therapist use that don't work
Some hypnotherapists (even some of
those trained under Ed Martin) will try to do the
releasing part in one big swoop of something like
"let go of everything that has to do with...".
My experience has shown me that this, not going over each
piece individually, doesn't work.
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The
trance state, which is the hypnotic state, is one which
you go into each night of your life while going to sleep.
It is a space which borders on both the awake and sleep
states. Depending on how deep you are taken by your
therapist, and how suggestible you are will determine the
length of time it will take to get you to go down. The
easiest way to go under is not to try, or be afraid; just
let it happen. YOU won't be going anywhere. You'll still
be aware of what's going on the whole time. I was quite
afraid the first, and many subsequent times. Eventually I
realized I wasn't going anywhere; my conscious mind was
still present.
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For
some the state is harder to achieve than for others. If
you meditate or have practiced going into altered states
it will be extremely quick and easy. If not you may have
to practice. Lay in a comfortable bed in a dark room and
tell yourself that you will count down from 100 to one
and that your conscious mind will double in relaxation
with each number you mentally say to yourself. Repeat
this until you can relax quickly. The key is to not be in
a hurry.
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A
good hypnotherapist will have many methods for inducing
the trance state. If he or she sees one method isn't
working for you they will (if good) switch to another
method, or script. If you fail the first time this
definitely does not mean that you are un-hypnotizable.
Because
of several circumstances I did not go under the first
time I tried it. It only means you need to
practice. REMEMBER,
ALL HYPNOSIS IS SELF
HYPNOSIS.
If it didn't work you didn't fail, you took a small step
in learning to relax towards a state where you can
release your problem. The trick is to focus intently on
the hypnotherapists voice, do each thing that he says,
and beyond the act of relaxing each body part that he
tells you to,
YOU SHOULDN'T TRY TO DO
ANYTHING
Trying only tends to create worry
and tension in your mind
(worry
about not being able to go under) which
itself keeps you from going under.
SO DON'T
WORRY OR TRY AT ALL, JUST LAY THERE
AND LET GO OF
ALL YOUR WORRIES, TENSION, AND ANXIETY.
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Under
ideal conditions, when you are really really ready to let
go of that which is your dis-ease, (after you get to a
certain point what may happen is) the process will become
an automatic one in which you go to the perfect level and
spontaneously release (while being given positive
affirmations) that which is distressing you.
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Though
this is the rarity and not the rule, it is very
interesting to see that no matter what level the
therapist feels you should be at, you can, given all the
proper conditions have one of those rare automatic types
of very spontaneous healings.
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This
is what happened to my very first paying client.
Even
though his conscious mind never let go of control, (so that I could strike
up a conversation directly with his subconscious; so that
I could get it to release its attachments to events in
its past), he was so ready to be healed. So
he
spontaneously released everything he needed to be healed
in just 4 sessions.
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Probably
not. Most everybody who is hypnotized stays conscious to
a great degree. Less than 1 in 10 will go down to what
they call the coma state, which is very similar to sleep.
Much, if not all of it you will recall. When I was
learning hypnotherapy Ed would ask the group (after
coming out of a group trance) how many people remembered
what happened while they were under.
Out of
the 10 or 11 people present only one acknowledged not
remembering everything that happened.
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It is far more common for someone
to believe that they were never hypnotized than for a
drastic change in consciousness to occur!
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CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEFS, YOUR
CONSCIOUS MIND DOESN'T GO OFF SOMEWHERE LEAVING YOU IN
THE CONTROL OF THE HYPNOTHERAPIST. YOU ARE STILL VERY
MUCH AWARE OF EVERYTHING; STILL COMPLETELY PRESENT
CONSCIOUSLY.
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The
difference between the conscious state of mind and that
of the state of being hypnotized is so small that it
frequently is quite difficult to believe you are
hypnotized. Ed tells the story of the client of one
hypnotherapist who was quite angry after coming out of
trance. She didn't believe he had hypnotized her. After a
week she realized she hadn't smoked a single cigarette.
This is far more common than going into the
somnambulistic state. This was not too dissimilar from my
own experience. You will notice very little conscious
difference; mostly just a complete body relaxation; and a
mental calmness. Otherwise
the light
trance state is virtually indistinguishable from the
normal waking state.
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Your
subconscious mind, your protector, will not allow you to
remember anything which it is not OK for you to remember.
A good therapist may, if he or she feels it necessary,
give you a suggestion such as, You will remember only
that which is OK for you to remember; which is in general
what will happen. One of the great things about hypnosis
is, that your subconscious mind can let go of unpleasant
events without your conscious mind ever becoming aware of
what they were.
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There is a very popular MYTH among
many mental health professionals that you must relive
traumatic experiences through the conscious mind in order
to let go of them.
THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT
TRUE
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No. I compare it to playing a game.
You play as long as you desire to play. Any time you
desire to stop you can. Occasionally you can run into a
client who doesn't come out at the end. As the
hypnotherapist what you will need to do at that point is
warn them very sternly that if they don't come out
immediately then you will never hypnotize them again.
Upon hearing that they will pop out immediately.
Your
desire to stay in the state is the only thing that will
keep you in it.
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Provided
the session is a success, you will feel much better than
when you went in. Also you will feel like when you wake
up in the morning; except it won't take you near as long
to come up to a fully conscious state. That is because
you weren't in near as deep of a state of mind as when
you are asleep. If you don't feel noticeably better after
the first session then don't return for a second one; as
it didn't work. You may have to practice relaxing for a
while with music and a tape and then return later; if you
still feel they are a good therapist.
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the therapist get me to do something against my will
while I'm under?
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No. In general your conscious mind is
aware of everything that is going on even within this
state, and can bring you out at any time. Like any other
profession there is always that bad apple somewhere which
will find a way to get what he wants. If you have any
doubts about someone certainly avoid them. Even when you
completely trust your therapist, if it makes you feel
better, he or she will generally allow you to bring along
someone else you trust to sit in on the session. If the
therapist has any objections to this then certainly don't
go to them.
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Histories of Criminal Hypnosis (cases refuting what I
just said above).
One can be tricked. Just
watch out for the rare unscrupulous character. In most
cases even trickery isn't possible as the conscious mind
is hearing and filtering everything said.
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If I don't believe that hypnosis is a real state of mind will it still work?
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Belief is not a prerequisite for
being hypnotized. Only cooperation and desire for change
(healing) are necessary.
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What does the Bible say about reincarnation?
MATHEW 17
VERSE 10-13
"His
disciples asked, Why do the Jewish leaders insist Elijah must
return before the Messiah comes? Jesus replied, They are right.
Elijah must come and set everything in order. And, in fact, he
has already come, but he wasn't recognized, and was badly
mistreated by many. And I, the Messiah, shall also suffer at
their hands. Then the disciples realized he was speaking of John
the Baptist."
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