Guided Imagery & Visualization

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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

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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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Who is the Most Important Person in Your Life?

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Did you say, “I am” – meaning You, yourself ? I do hope so, You are The Most Important person in your own Life, You really are, and the more you are there for yourself, the Better you can be there for those other important people in your Life.

One of the biggest concerns that I hear from some of my clients and others is that they are too busy to even make time, to take more time for themselves. Many people are overwhelmed with the activities in their life but we have to remember that, these activities are from our own creation – we had a lot to do with making them happen. We had the power to create them, therefore, we have the power to make them easier to deal with.

So, what do you think? Is it time to take your power back from those activities so, you can have more control over how they happen in our Life?

Maybe, so – you are the one that does know the answers to all of your questions, they are there within you and that is why I want you to become Your own Most Important Person so, you can Release more Stress to find those answers and be able to hear them more consistently.

In my last blog post, I talked about the Movie, Avatar and how we can create our own type of Pandora feeling right Here on Earth - it is a long post (which you can read in two parts) but it ended with a simple suggestion about how to take that first step in taking more time for yourself. It is something that we do already and have been doing since, birth – but not all of us do it in the best way. It is breathing and I posted my “Breathing Better” video to help and motivate you to do that.

Here is the link to that post: click Here and I hope, if you have not already – that you watch the video to take the first steps in taking more time for yourself. Then, after you get better at breathing – watch the next video, “Hypnosis By the Sea” posted below for your next step in becoming Your own Most Important Person.

It is a video showing you how to do Self-Hypnosis – it is very simple and easy to do and can be done anywhere, where you can create a quiet space for yourself – so, just click Here…

Since, I Love the Sea – I took advantage of the beautiful serenity that it has to offer by giving you a place, through this video, to come back to practice and also, enjoy – but remember…

You don’t have to be by the Sea – to be more free.

I do believe, do you, That it is Time to be Your Own M.I.P. -

Click Here - to read the posting before this one.

My next follow up post, will have more steps to keep you moving in the right direction...

It will be about Sleeping Better with Motivative Suggestions to help You get to Sleep faster and Sleep through out the night. Sleeping Better and working on your issues through your Dreams can Release even more Stress so, you can be Better at being Your own M.I.P -

Lori Thomas

The Hypnovator

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Avatar The Movie & What We can do Here…

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On the Place we call Home – Earth, also, known as Gaia, another name for Earth that comes from Greek mythology, referring to the Earth Goddess.  Gaia, pronounced “Guy – uh” a beautiful name for this wonderful Planet that we get to inhabit.  It is a Planet like no other (that we know of, at this time) and if you have been to one that is more amazing – Please, do let me know about it.

We are so fortunate to be here to have this place to live and it’s really great to be connecting with more and more like-minded people who share the same realization.

As humans, we get to experience the many different opportunities our Planet offers us, and at the same time, have been given the abilities to change our experiences to the better.

Right now, I feel, see, sense and know that we are living in a time of Great Change and true discovery.  It is a time for many who have either been depressed, unhappy, angry, sad, fearful or even lost to realize and know their purpose in Life.  When we allow ourselves to have more peace and calm, it enables a better connect with our true self and that’s when change happens.  As these new changes become part of your everyday life, it can start to make you realize what is missing.

The many great changes taking place have created an awakening and with the recent effect that the Movie, Avatar has had – the longing for inner peace and calm is even more evident.

This amazing movie, creatively produced with such symbolic wisdom, shows that even though it takes place in the future where overgrown cat like natives live in heightened states of spiritual harmony, on Planet Pandora - it really is not much different than our own Planet. (figuratively speaking, that is)

Through the journey of the characters in this movie, the audience has gotten a glimpse of what more peace, calm and serenity looks and feels like and many are craving more.  They great thing is that most all of us already have the ability within ourselves to make this happen and after seeing this movie, I couldn’t stop thinking about how we really can create our own type of Pandora, right here on Earth…

Then, what motivated me more to write about this, was a recent connection with a new like-minded Friend on Facebook who had sent out a very interesting note.  The information in her note talked about the deep symbolism in this movie and we chatted about how we both related to it so well.  Even though she had received this information from another Friend, she was so excited to be sharing it since, it had helped her understand her own thoughts even better and I am so glad she did.

The information in the note, was written by Ada Monola, and she talked about “the many hidden messages… or maybe not so hidden for people who are aware…” then she shared her opinion about what she saw in these hidden messages.

The rest of this information could be a spoiler for those who have not seen this movie, but who has not seen this wonderful film, yet ?

I was able to see most of the same messages but what surprised me, was that I was not aware of something that is now, so obvious.  When she talked about the Heroes in the Movie, it immediately got my attention and what I read next, almost left me breathless.  She said, “The heroes are set in hypnosis mode in order to connect with their avatars… we meditate, we ‘put in sleep’ our vehicle (the body) so we can connect with the avatar within us (our Soul, who is Divine – an avatar -)”

Wow, I thought – what an amazing way to describe the most important symbolic message of this whole movie and in such a beautiful way !!!  Then, I thought – of course hypnosis…that is exactly what they had used and how did I not see it, something I know so well.

That is how great this movie is – the peace and harmony on Pandora contrasted with the cruel reality of life is so captivating that it has overloaded those so deeply effected.  And it seems, many are still trying to figure out what they are feeling about it.

Have you heard about the avatar effect, (click here to read more) also, know as the avatar blues.  It is a type of post depression from the deep feelings felt about this movie and it is causing many to have a hard time with their reality ?

Notice, I said, their reality – since, we have the ability within to change our own reality for the better.  This ability is there and it is just waiting to be released and Hypnotherapy is one of the best ways to make this happen.

Hypnosis is just a deepened state of relaxation that occurs naturally when your mind is being overloaded with message units, much like watching a movie.  The guided imagery and visualization that send the message units offer suggestions to slow your breathing and that enables more stress release, much like watching a movie.

During a session you are still conscious but the messages units that distract the conscious part of the mind cause your thoughts to go deeper.  These deepening thoughts that are relaxing you, are also opening up the subconscious part of your mind more and that is where you decide which suggestions to believe or not believe.  This is much like the effect that Avatar has had but the most very important difference is that during a Hypnotherapy session, only Positive suggestions are used.

So, it seems the positive suggestions taken from this movie created a healthy desire for more, which is great, but many of those, so deeply affected, are not aware of how to experience this again.  Also, their negative thoughts might have them thinking that they had nothing to do with what they had felt since, it occurred watching a fictitious movie of make-believe.

I can’t speak for all of the people going through this but I do know that most all of us have the ability to create more peace, calm and serenity in our lives.  It might not be like the Planet Pandora, in the Movie Avatar, but you can get to that place to release more stress to find your own peace and calm within.  When your mind becomes more quiet, you are able to hear better what your soul has to offer and that is what allows you to know your passions.

Many people I have been connecting with are happily living their Passions with much peace and serenity and some of the others are beginning to discover this even more.  These are the people who know – you gotta do what it takes, to get to where you want to be and this gives me much hope that more people are understanding that, if you really want something – you have to be willing to do the work to get it.

And for those who are not quite ready, yet – that is O.K. too, everybody finds their own way to deal with change.  I love it when people come to me and I get to motivate them further but ultimately, they are the ones who have to really want it.

So, if you are searching for some positive things that might be missing in your life – you want them and also, know there will be some work to do, then, it is a good idea to find other ways to release more stress - and it’s as simple as Breathing…

This is the easy work to get your going in the right direction – learning how to Breath Better can make Your whole Life Better and the link below, Breath Better Now, will take you to a Simple Video that will motivate your further.

Breath Better Now

My next blog posting will give you more ways to continue to go within by learning Simple Self-Hypnosis Techniques - Here is the link to the next posting: http://www.hypnovator.com/who-is-the-most-important-person-in-your-life/Click Here

More Motivation to You All –

Lori Thomas

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Phone Hypnotherapy Session Special for You -

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To Celebrate and Appreciate all the Members of -

Motivative Hypnotherapy on Facebook and all the People who have received my Free e-book -

Go Within, Release Stress & Change for the Better Nowalso, available to You for Free on my website at: www.hypnovator.com

At this time, I am offering a Phone Hypnotherapy Session Special -

~ Three Phone Hypnotherapy Sessions for the Price of Two ~

Three Phone Hypnotherapy Sessions are Better than one or two and with this Package, You will get the opportunity to experience Hypnotherapy at increasing levels that Release more Stress and Reinforce Your Changes as they begin and then, ultimately become part of Your everyday Life.

My Successful Phone Hypnotherapy Technique allows Clients to be in the comfort of their own home while enjoying this Wonderful Process that brings Calming Peace and Serenity as their Mind opens up more to find their own Changes, already there Within them, just waiting to be Changed more to the Better.

Many People know about Hypnosis or Hypnotherapy working for Weight Reduction or to Stop Smoking or using it for Habits, Fears and Phobias but it can work on several other issues, as well.

The Phone Hypnotherapy that I have been doing has also, helped my Clients with Pain Management, Building Confidence, Releasing Stress, Being more Successful, Memory Improvement, Sports Performance, Better Focus, Mild Depression, Sleeping Better, Fatigue, Frustration, Anger, Jealousy, Dealing with Grief and Loss and it even works to help improve Relationship Issues.

Right now, it seems several People are having Relationship Issues and lately, most of my Clients have come seeking help in dealing with some aspect of their Relationship with significant others.  Some of  these Clients are married, some single and some were having difficulty getting over a relationship, or finding a good healthy one and others, just wanted better communication and through the work that we did together, over the Phone, they were able to Change their old ways of responding, thinking and feeling to more beneficial, productive and positive ways, while becoming less stressed and much happier.

So, if you are looking for a better way to deal with some things that are going on in your Life right now, or you would just like to know more about how Phone Hypnotherapy can work for You -
I offer a Free No Obligation Phone Consultation -

Since, this is the first time that I am offering this type of Special, I do not know how long it will be available and I will be booking Sessions at a  - first come, first serve basis.  So, You can just fill out and submit Your information above to get Your Free Consultation, Now -

What some Clients are saying about Phone Hypnotherapy:

“When I decided to try Hypnotherapy for my relationship issues and lack of motivation it was new to me and I did not know how Hypnotherapy over the Phone could work. It ended up being one of the best things I could do for myself.  The technique that Lori used, really helped to get me more motivated and, at the same time, I got rid of stress that was caused due to a breakup. I am really glad I took the time to do this for myself – it helped to reduce my stress and helped me stay motivated at work.” – Mike Spain

For more Testimonials, click here

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The Hypnovator Radio Interview -

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Self-Promotion that is Selfless since, ultimately it is about You, the most important Person in Your Life – Yes, You are the most important person in your Life and if not, well maybe, it is time to think about being that Person.  Life is so much better when you are your own M.I.P.

Now, more about how I can Motivate you more through the suggestions that I offer and also, about the Successful Phone Hypnotherapy that I have been doing…and a really good way to learn more about all of this, is to just listen to the Radio Interview that I recently did on Motivational Radio, an Internet Radio Station in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Doing this Interview was really fun and it is another reason why I Love Social Media so much since, I met Anthony Hosking, the Radio Station Manger of Motivational Radio on Facebook through of one of my Friends that I met through another friend and then, I loose track who that friend was…Facebook, bringing the Whole World closer together one Friend request connection, at a time. ( just came up with that saying about Facebook while writing this)

What made the interview so, fun was that – it is was not planned, it was off the cuff, an Impromptu type Interview and Anthony is really good at what he does over there – he is multi-talented and I found out we have more than a few things in common.

We talked about Social Media and how it is bringing more and more People together from all over the world and how it is Changing things for the Better. Also, we talked about Hypnotherapy, of course, and I found out that he, himself was a Hypnotist and his brother is one, as well. It also, sounds like he has some really good Shows and Interviews that he Broadcasts daily.

I do Hope that, if you decide to listen to the Interview, that it helps to Motivate You for the Better in a real Positive way with the Changes that you may be going through, at this time.

It seems, many of us are going through some real important and maybe, life altering Changes, right now and what we can do, to make it easier, is find a way to Release more Stress enabling us to cope Better and also, Realize the Good aspects that the Changes are bringing into our whole Life. (sometimes, really great Changes are even more stressful than, the not so great ones – just something to think about)

So, here is the information – The Interview, that aired Wednesday the 11th @ 4 PM PST & 7 PM EST is now archived on the Motivational Radio web site but you can listen to it now, by just clicking on this link: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-65631/TS-291972.mp3

More Motivation to You All -

Lori Thomas

The Hypnovator

The Interview below, in an mp3 audio:

http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-65631/TS-291972.mp3


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A Theory to Think About -

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Your Mind is more Powerful than You may Think and that Power is in Your own Hands, Right Now…

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Back in July of 2009 – Glen Beck had Stage Hypnotist, John Cerbone on, a short segment of, his show and I did have a link to that video clip, that was on YouTube, but it seems to have been taken off all together for some reason.  It was titled, Glenn Beck Uses Hypnotist To Save America From President.

Found the original video Clip again, right Here: click Here

If the clip becomes no longer available, again – I have added a link below to one of John Cerbone’s own YouTube videos of him doing Stage Hypnosis.  It is there at the link below to give a better reference into what I am talking about in relation to the contrasts I am making.  It is a long video – so, you really only have to watch a bit of it to see some of  the things he does as a Stage Hypnotist.

click this link right here to see video

After you watch some of this video, just click the back button to get back Here -

First of all, Congratulations goes to Hypnotist John Cerbone, The Trance-Master, for his appearance on The Glen Beck Show, a great step in his career and I think he did a real fine job with what little time he had to work with.  Exposure is good and his appearance on this show has added more to the idea of people using Hypnosis for themselves.

So, thanks John for exposing Hypnosis more and thanks Glen for having him on your show.

As a Hypnotherapist, I do see more and more people are, not only, using Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, they are also accepting it as an alternative therapy. The positive results they are receiving show proof that this stuff really does work well and quickly as it changes them for the better.

Hypnosis is most commonly known to work well for trying to quit smoking and also, lesser known, for reducing weight but there are so many other things it can work for.  It can also help in releasing stress, changing bad habits and negative thoughts, eliminating fears and phobias, building confidence, working on obsessions and addictions, as well as, increasing motivation and more.

Since I believe most everyone already has within them what is required to change, one of the first things I do with all my clients is address their stress level.  Then, I assist them through motivation to release unwanted stress enabling them to go within finding their own positive changes that are already there just waiting for them.

Now, some of the main reasons I became The Hypnovator is to inform those, who do want change, about how well Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy can work and how amazingly beneficial it can be and most importantly, to clarify some misconceptions. So, when I see videos like this one above I do get excited about the exposure but I also feel that it still may be sending out some of the same old misconceptions about Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy – that it will put you to sleep where you can be controlled and you will do anything that you are told and maybe even reveal some secrets about yourself.

I realize that Glen was having fun with the situation but I feel John, on the other hand, was really wanting to show what he is famous for, by inducing trance quickly.  John too is well know for his Stage Hypnosis, I did check out his site and some of his videos on YouTube and he is really good and does know what Hypnosis is all about.  Also, from what was discussed about John Hypnotizing someone that works at Fox, he obviously, uses Hypnosis as a therapy, as well.

Stage Hypnosis is much different than Hypnotherapy and it seems a lot of misconceptions are still coming from what people see at these types of  shows and hear about them.  Stage Hypnosis is usually about entertaining and getting people to do funny silly things to make the audience laugh and you might agree, seeing people act this way can be pretty comical.

Stage Hypnotists have gotten good through repetition and they know instantly who the most suggestible people are in the crowd and those are usually the brave ones willing to get up on stage, in the first place.  Also, they have mastered their techniques to work to their own advantage in getting these people to do what they tell them to do.

They can be real entertaining and I am not knocking them as I do enjoy watching some of them but the Hypnotherapy that I do and most other Hypnotherapist do has nothing to do with controlling other people and making them do silly things.

As a Hypnotherapist, I help and motivate those who have come seeking positive change in their lives.  I do make suggestions through the use of visualization and guided imagery but I motivate in changing only what a client has told me that they want to change.  We talk cognitively, out loud, before the Hypnosis part of the session and clients only reveal what they want me to know and all is discussed in complete confidence.  Then, the Hypnosis part is used as an avenue to take clients into a deepened state of relaxation to open up the subconscious part of the mind more where change occurs.

So, as The Hypnovator, I am here to motivate You and help You understand more about Hypnotherapy and Your mind and like John, I use my voice and don’t use a watch or a pendulum or any other Hypnotist type object thing.

Lori Thomas


www.hypnovator.com

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