How to Use Self Hypnosis Day to Day Part 1

Looking up is one of the best ways to make yourself drowsy!
This will help your feeling of relaxation in self-hypnosis.

For this Part I about self-hypnosis we will look at a really simple technique if you can sit down for 5 to 15 minutes!

How to Use Self Hypnosis

Self hypnosis is a rather easy way to achieve all sorts of positive things. The most straight forward is relaxation! Throughout a day I will use some techniques that I think most people would find easy and enjoyable. These techniques don't require equipment beyond what you would find in a house.

Induction
You will need to bring yourself into a state of relaxation using an induction. As you progress in self-hypnosis the time this takes can be reduced with faster techniques. To do this the first step is to pick a point of focus with your eyes. This could be a candle light, or it could be a point on a wall a bit higher than your natural eye level. This allows your eyes to start to feel like closing. Once you do this, imagine seeing something in the flame, or wall, like you were watching your favourite place. Enjoy this for a while, and then start to count down from ten. First breathe in, then count on the out breath. Tell yourself with each count, your eyes will become more and more tired, but they cannot yet close. When you get to one, you will be allowed to close your eyes. Inbetween counting, say in your mind “As I breathe out, I breathe out tension, and as I breathe in, I breathe in joy”.

At the point you have counted down to one, tell yourself that your feet are heavy, like they are lead and the floor is a magnet. Let yourself relax, and feel yourself being in a very nice calm place. Tell yourself you are surrounded by a warm comfortable blanket.

Deepener

As an example, I will give you some ideas to help you relax any aches and pains. Tell yourself that you can feel your right hand as if it has someone lifting it for you. Raise your hand up and feel as if it is being lifted for you. Then, tell yourself when you drop your hand and it hits your thigh, it will be a symbol that you are ten times more relaxed. Now you can just droop. Sink into yourself and enjoy the comfort of your own relaxation for a moment.

Intervention

If you are feeling any negativity, tension or pain, tell yourself your body is being scanned by a healing light, from your feet to your head. As you breathe in, tell yourself the body part you want to work on. As you breathe out, tell yourself the body part is healing and relaxing. Give yourself a few breaths before you move onto the next body part. If you are in a rush do both legs at a time, if not, try the right side then left side. Tell yourself from time to time it is ok to adjust if your muscles relax to the point you need to extend your body. If you hear a crack or two, well done you’re making progress!

Now, here is some fun. Tell yourself after you have gotten all the way through your body that there is a part of your body that is very warm, as if it was on fire with a healing flame. It is often good if you focus on one hand or foot. Let this flame and warmth spread through your body. You can imagine the flame in many colours, or whatever suits you. It has been shown that using the imagination can really increase the body heat of a person, and some subjects have even been able to produce blisters from hypnotic trances, so why not enjoy a little warmth? This is a really good way to help headaches because it pulls blood flow from a constricted area. What raises the temperature is the blood circulating in the "warmed" area. This reduces the flow to the head, where the small capillaries can't cope. Pressure off!

Awake and Aware

Once you feel sufficiently refreshed and relaxed, maybe doze a few moments. Then allow yourself to wake up calmly and without rush. Once you’re up, sit up straight, breathe in, look around and get up. Self hypnosis is fun, free and with practice can be highly rewarding! Just try it yourself and do not be afraid to experiment. What do you have not to gain?

You may experience a slight distortion in your perception of time. This is very normal and in fact can be quite fun, but if you need to, set an alarm.

Evan Burgess is a qualified hypnotherapist. Contact him to book an appointment to help you find your own solutions for issues affecting your life. Whether it be improving upon what is already working, coping with a tough situation, or making constructive changes to your habits. If Evan can’t help your particular issue, he will know another therapist who can! Get in touch on Evan@Cirencester-Scene.co.uk, or ring 07901 634 748.

For a list of things that hypnosis can help with, check out this link here!