SELF-HYPNOSIS.

 To examine how to use self-hypnosis it will be easier to first examine "hypnosis" itself.

Hypnosis is a procedure in which suggestions (from the "operator") are given (to a subject) during a state of focused awareness.

In other words, a hypnotic process is underway anytime a person's attention is focused and possibilities are offered for their consideration.

• "Let your body relax totally, from head to toe".
• "You will awaken feeling alert and fully rested".
• "Picture in your mind the most relaxed, peaceful place you could imagine".
• "Imagine you can hear your beloved grandmother's voice".

If your attention is focused on any of the suggestions, the phenomena of hypnosis tend to ensue. You enter a light "trance" state. 

If this is done over a longer period of time, say 10 minutes, you will tend to go to a deeper level, especially if gentle music is playing in the background. and if you are listening to a talented storyteller, you can go even deeper, since you don't know what suggestions to use next, the more experienced the storyteller the deeper you go. 

SELF-HYPNOSIS - The term Self-Hypnosis is used to refer to the situation in which a person is giving suggestions to himself/herself. To gain access to the powerful tools of self-hypnosis you need to learn how to induce (or allow a self-hypnosis audio recording to induce) a relaxed, receptive, trusting, open state of unconsciousness through a series of suggestions given to yourself.

BENEFITS OF SELF-HYPNOSIS.

What we are saying is that any experience that takes you into a relaxed or inspired state of mind by guiding your focused attention is de facto hypnotic state, no matter what people may call it. By this definition, then, we can see quickly how television, PR agencies, political propaganda, and advertising regularly make use of hypnotic processes. And obviously, it can, like, any other powerful tool, be put to bad use as well as good use.

Hypnosis is a process using a particular collection of tools and skills that :

• Enable a person to move in and out of various states of consciousness.
• Enable the user to guide awareness (the conscious mind)
• Are used to enhance or diminish certain patterns of thinking, feeling, behaving, believing, or relating.
• May affect the behavior of the cells of the body, the emotional state, use the thoughts and images in the mind, and the belief system.
• Used properly, can facilitate healing and wholeness at every level of the system.

Self-Hypnosis programs can be used to help you change from one state of mind or from one mood, to another. Each mood is a kind of mini-hypnotic state. Thus there is actually no specific state that can be called truly "not hypnotic" - unless it is pure enlightenment.