Guided Imagery & Visualization

Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 4:06 pm  
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You can Imagine and Visualize, right ?   Most all of us can -

For Hypnotherapy and or Hypnosis to be affective, there must be some Imagery and or Visualization taking place in your mind.  Visualization is the seeing of an activity in the mind but Imagery is experiencing the activity in the mind with all, most or some of the senses involved – actually doing it, as if being part of it.

Imagery is a right brain activity which means it is a creative process verses the left brain which is the analytical side.  Imagery is a flexible approach that strengthens the Nero Pathways, the brain responders, so by using Guided Imagery one can practice in the mind seeing and doing what one wants to be, change or accomplished.

Here is an example of a Guided Imagery used during Hypnotherapy:

First, sit in a comfortable position and start to get relaxed by taking three deep long breaths and then three more, keep focusing on your breathing, until you feel more relaxed.  Continue breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth, each breath brings peace and calm as you breathe out old used energy that you no longer need.

Now, with your eyes closed, start to visualize and or imagine in your mind that you have arrived at your favorite place in the world.  This could be any place that is safe, calm, relaxing and beautiful – you decide where it is – or create it now.

It could be a place you have been before or a place that you want to visit or where you are right now – you decide.

Now, be there as you begin to feel the breeze, the air, as you smell the smells and hear all of the sounds around you.

What colors do you see, who is there with you, what animals or beings do you see or are you alone? – you decide.

What does the ground feel like, the air the water the trees, are there any trees, mountains, valleys or are you inside?

Now, what do you feel – the positive feelings inside your body?  Calm, relaxed, happy, free, joyous, peaceful, creative, focused, powerful, out of your body…

Keep feeling the positive aspects while staying in this place – enjoy this brief time of solitude as your continue to be good to yourself.

Be aware of your breathing as you continue to take deep long breaths into you belly and exhale slowly as your mind continues to drift.

Enjoy this time as long as you possibly can with each deliberate, slow wonderful and powerful breath to the next one (take time here to just sit and become even more relaxed as you let your mind wonder from one wonderful thought to the next).

Continue to be in this place of peace and harmony as you begin to see and know that you can make anything happen that you wish, you are in control here and you can work on anything that you would like to change for the better, right now.

See what it is that you have been wanting to change, what is it that you desire to make better in your life, right now ?  See yourself doing it and having the things that you know you deserve and allow yourself to have these wonderful things that you have been wanting and wishing for.  See yourself doing these things and having these things and enjoying the benefits of these positive changes that you desire.

Feel the change and allow the changes to continue to happen as you thank yourself for giving this opportunity a chance to happen so quickly – a chance to have those things that you know are yours to enjoy.  They have been there inside you just waiting to be release and now, you are allowing them to happen and be real.

Alright, as you see how wonderful you are, you also know how powerful and how in control you have the ability to be – Now, as you continue to deep breath, start to bring your awareness back to this place where you are in your body at this time and bring yourself here and now back to the present.

Begin to open your eyes and feel your body where you are and count up from 0 to 5 – 0,1,2,3,4, and 5 eyes open wide awake. 1,2,3,4,5 eyes open wide awake.  Now, continue to enjoy this peace and calm as you go through your day and remember that you are the one that allows things to happen in your life the way that you wish them to be.  So, wish for great wonderful things to happen, always -

Written by Lori Thomas, The Hypnovator @ 2010

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Hypnotherapy Changes You for the Better

Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 8:20 pm  
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Are there some things in Your Life that You would like to Change for the Better, right Now ?

Would you like to just feel Better, Sleep Better, have less Stress in Your Life, Now ?

Hypnotherapy and Phone Hypnotherapy works so well and quickly to Change those things in Your Life that you have been wanting to Change. Not only have I experienced this in my own Life but I have seen and continue to get to see how this amazing modality works to make Positive Change happen with all of my Clients.

Listed below are the most common Issues that Hypnotherapy and Phone Hypnotherapy works to Change, overcome and or eliminate:

Stress & Anxiety
Weight Reduction
Eating Disorders
Stop Smoking
Test Anxiety
Habit Control
Build Confidence
Motivation Skills
Assertive Skills
Fears & Phobias
Anger Management
Guilt and Frustration
Memory Improvement
Relationship Improvement
Goal Enhancement
Sports Performance
*Pain Management
*Mild Depression
*Addictions

*Some may require a Medical or Psychological Referral

Most of us have probably heard about People using Phone Psychics to know what Changes may be occurring in their Future but not quite as many, have heard about how Hypnotherapy Sessions over the Phone work to allow Positive Changes to happen the way you would like them to.

Phone Hypnotherapy Sessions take place in your own environment, at home, which automatically makes you more comfortable and since, you initially will be listening only – it allows all your other senses to become heightened, as well.

When You are more comfortable and all your senses are heightened, that enables you to go deeper into the subconscious part of your mind where change takes place. And that is all Hypnotherapy is really – just a deepened state of Relaxation, that enables more access to the subconscious part of your mind.

Did You know that Your Positive Changes are already there inside You just waiting to be Released ? Well, they are and that is why Hypnotherapy works so quickly. You already know your own individual answers to those questions about your Changes for the Better and Hypnotherapy just reminds you and confirms what they are.

Also, if you are not quite ready to look at those answers, Hypnotherapy can motivate You to get more Ready and the Stress Release it brings allows You to find those Changes within Yourself, easily and very quickly.

Now, if you would like to know what is going on in your Mind while in a Hypnotherapy Session, or a theory about what is taking place – my Video “A Theory to Think About” explains that Better for you.

Just watch the Video below, to know more about a Theory of Your Mind -
Here is a link to the Video: http://www.hypnovator.com/motivative-videos/a-theory-to-think-about/

Click HERE for the Next Posting - There is an offer for You to have a chance to take more time for The Most Important Person in Your Life.

Are you ready to really be your own M.I.P. and Change some of those things that you have been wanting to Change for the Better ? Then, Here is Your Offer, that I am offering You, right Now -

For, the Posting before this Post click HERE, it is about Your Dreams.

Lori Thomas
The Hypnovator

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Your Dreams say alot about You…

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 9:54 am  
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They really do and they are extremely important in the Process of making Positive Changes happen in your Life – They really are…

They say most everybody does dream when they sleep – Are you able to remember your dreams ?

Did you know that when you Sleep Better, you are not only able to remember your dreams Better but you are also, able to go through the full stages of dreaming. There are three stages and all of them are important in the process of changing your issues in your life to the Better.

When you sleep, you go through three or four Sleeping cycles and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) is the time during those stages when we are dreaming. During REM you are also, able to experience these three very important Stages of Dreaming.

Now, if you have a hard time remembering your dreams, not to worry – they still are probably happening and still are having a powerful and beneficial effect subconsciously on the changes happening in your Life.

The First Stage of Dreaming , the least important is the Wishful Thinking Stage, where you work on making the things happen in your Life that you are desiring to happen.

The Second Stage, is the Precognitive Stage, where you dream of things you think might happen or that you predict or feel might happen in your Life. It is also, the problem solving stage where you are sorting out things in your Life.

The Third Stage, and most important, is the Venting Stage where you are able to vent out those things that you no longer need in your Life. Since, it is the last stage, it contains the dreams that you remember the most. So, if you wake up in the morning and remember having some nightmares, it really is a good thing since, you were probably working on letting go of the energy and feelings that the nightmare represented.

When you are able to remember you dreams better, you can also, understand the significance of them better by analyzing them using Dream Therapy. Most everything in your dreams either has a Literal meaning or a Symbolic meaning and Dream Therapy can break down the content of your dreams in relation to what is going on in your Life.

So, first of all for Dream Therapy to work, of course, you have to be able to remember some of your dreams and as stated above, Sleeping better will help you remember your Dreams better and one of the best things that helps with both Sleeping and Dreaming better, is Hypnotherapy.

Since, Hypnotherapy instantly allows you to release more stress, you are able to rest better, the less stress you have in your Life, the better you Sleep. Also, during a Hynotherapy session we are able to reinforce the Venting process that happens in the third stage of dreaming. This is done, by giving you reinforcement suggestions that you will be able to fall sleep faster and sleep through the night and be able to Vent out those things that you no longer need in your last Stage of Dreaming.

To analysis a Dream, you ask yourself Questions about your Dream:

1. What stage did the dream occur ?
2. Was it Psychological or Physiological ?
3. What is the Timing – Past, Present or Future ?
4. Go over the Content that you remember by Separating the Literal from the Symbolic:

Here is where you can make a split chat on paper to separate the Literal Content from the Symbolic content. The Literal, on the left side, is the content that is a given or the obvious things in your life. Like if you had a dream about your dog and you have a dog, that would be literal and if you don’t have a dog – the dog, in you dream would be symbolic – meaning that it presents something different in your Life. Then, write the symbolic content on the right side.

After you do the list, you ask yourself questions about the literal meaning and the symbolic meaning and how they relate to each other. If you have a dream about using a gun and you do not have a gun, then, that gun could represent control over someone or something.

Now, using the content, the meanings and your own intuition into the meanings – start to build a story about what your dream is telling you.

Keep going and ask yourself the rest of these questions below:

5. What are your emotions and feelings that you have about your dream ?
6. Start saying your dream back to yourself – where you venting out stuff that you no longer need to deal with ?
7. Now, think about what triggered your dream – what happened in your Life, that was like this Dream ?

Remembering, your Dreams and analysis them is good therapy that can really enhance the positive changes that are happening in your Life. I love to Dream and that is one of the reasons, I enjoy Sleeping so much -

My next Post will explain how Hypnotherapy and Phone Hypnotherapy works not only to Release more Stress enabling you to Sleep Better so that you can remember more of your Dreams but also, how to Change your issues to the Better.

Last weeks Post about Sleeping Better Naturally - Click the Sleeping Better Link Here or Below:

Sleeping Better

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