How to Hypnotise Yourself
Would you like to learn how to use the power of Self Hypnosis to Relax, De-Stress and make personal changes? Here’s one step by step method to put yourself into a deeply relaxing trance.
Step by Step Self Hypnosis Instructions:
1 ) Find a quiet place where you can sit or lay down and not be disturbed.
2 ) Say OUT LOUD how long you want the trance to last. ie: “I am going into trance for 20 minutes”.
3 ) State OUT LOUD the purpose of going into trance. ie: “I am going into trance so that my unconscious mind can find new ways to help feel more relaxed every day”.
4 ) State OUT LOUD “when I awaken I will be wide awake, alert and refreshed”, or if going to sleep soon, “when I awaken I will be relaxed and ready for a wonderful night’s sleep”.
5 ) Make sure your hands and feet are not touching each other (this can make trance difficult).
6 ) Pick a spot on the ceiling or wall just above your natural line of site (so your eyes have to look in a slightly upwards direction in order to focus on the object). If you are outside then perhaps you can pick a spot on a tree or a single bright star if it is in the evening.
7 ) Fix your eyes on the object you are looking at and begin to notice everything about how the object looks. Notice the colour, the shape, how the light reflects off it, focus on it an notice everything about how it looks.
8 ) Close your eyes and continue to imagine you can still see the object (if you lose focus, open your eyes and look at the object until you are ready to close your eyes and continue to imagine or visualize it).
9 ) Stay focused on the image of the object in your minds’ eye as you begin notice all of the sounds around you. Notice each sound, notice the volume, the pitch and even notice the sounds within the sounds or the silence in between the sounds.
10 ) As you keep noticing the object and the sounds, also notice how your body is being supported, how you hands feel, the temperature of the air, notice how comfortable you are and then allow yourself to become even more comfortable by allowing your muscles to relax..
11 ) As you continue to focus on all of these things, you will push your conscious ability to keep track of them to the limit. Since we can consciously only focus on 5-9 things at any given time (for NLPers 7+-2) pushing the conscious awareness beyond this causes trance to occur.
12 ) Now you can notice more internal things such as your breathing and your internal thoughts as you just let it all go… after all it is far to much trouble to keep track of all those things….
After just a few minutes you will find yourself in a dream like state that feels really nice. Your senses will be heightened not hindered and you will be aware of everything around you even though you won’t care about any of it. Of course, should anything happen that disturbs you or requires your attention, you can end the process at any time.
When doing this the first few times, you can set a cell phone alarm or something to make sure you don’t stay in trace too long. Doing this will help you to not pre-judge whether or not it’s time to come back to the surface. It’s amazing how accurate your internal clock is. If you trust your unconscious mind, you will come out of trance at the time you stated. Beginners may find that they consciously wonder if it’s time yet… but just trust the REAL you to know when.
Self Hypnosis is great for de-stressing, relaxation, improving performance, helping with weight loss, increasing optimism and helping you fall asleep. However, for more serious issues, you may wish to enlist the services of a Certified Hypnotist/Psychotherapist or Psychologist that uses Hypnosis.
Listening to Hypnosis Recordings are a great way to learn how to go into a trance. Once your unconscious mind learns how to go there, it’s amazing how quickly and easily to can acheive this state on your own, virtually anywhere.
Insomnia or difficulty falling asleep affects over 64 million people in North America and millions more around the world. Although insomnia can be a symptom of other health problems, for many people it is simply an inability to calm the mind that keeps them awake. It’s also a self perpetuating problem because once you begin to TRY to get to sleep it becomes almost impossible to do so. To make matters worse, if the problem persists for several nights, anxiety can then become a factor as you begin to worry in advance, that you won’t be able to fall asleep when you go to bed.