Hypnosis is well-known to rewire habits so people can easily lose weight and stop smoking, but few people understand how it works. This deck explains what hypnosis is and how to use it in your personal life. There are instructions for self-hypnosis and how to create hypnotic suggestions for success.

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How to Use Hypnosis
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Hypnosis is a state of
trance.
Okay. But what is Trance?

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Trance
• Has been used since ancient times
for healing
• It is a creative, resourceful state

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• Trance has been used for healing by
ancient cultures.
Celtic Navajo Tibetan
One can go into trance by staring into a mandala and
becoming mesmerized.

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Types of Trance
Note: Significance for self-hypnosis. Smokers and trance.
Dreams and inventions.

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The Hypnodisk
The spinning hypnodisk can create a state of trance.
Focus on the center and drift into trance.

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A Shift in Perception
• Trance creates a shift in perception
• New solutions can emerge easily

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Common Trance States
• Driving a familiar route
• Day dreaming
• Watching fire, waves or
clouds
• Repetitive motions
• “Spacing out”

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Hypnotic trance…
• Is a relaxed, focused state of
awareness
• Has relaxing alpha and theta
brainwaves
• Is creative and imaginative
• Accesses the unconscious
mind
• Is goal-oriented

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Uses of Hypnosis
• Personal Enhancements
– Sports Performance
– Public speaking
– Self-confidence / self-esteem
– Relaxation and stress management
– Study skills, test anxiety
- Spiritual goals

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Uses of Hypnosis
• Change deep unconscious habits:
– Smoking cessation
– Compulsive eating or drinking
– Angry or jealous reactions
– Nail biting, jaw grinding, bed wetting,
thumb sucking
– Stuttering
– Alleviate fight or flight response (panic)

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Uses of Hypnosis
• Relief for the body
– Pain management including
childbirth
– Nausea, headaches
– Insomnia
– Jaw grinding
– Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
– Skin conditions: warts, eczema,
psoriasis

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The Unconscious Mind is Strong
Willpower Alone The Unconscious Mind

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The Conscious Mind
• The conscious mind controls
planning, strategies, analysis
and decision making
• It is linear
• It can only handle 7 +/- 2
pieces of information at a time

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The Unconscious Mind
• Is body consciousness
• Processes 2 million bits of
info/sec
• Non-linear, symbolic
• Stores automatic habits,
patterns and learnings

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Hypnosis is a Bridge
to better inner communication
The
Conscious
Mind
The
Un-
conscious
Mind

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Hypnosis?
It’s not what you think…
It’s what you imagine!
“Reality leaves a lot to the
imagination.” – John Lennon

18. One Way Hypnosis Works
• Hypnosis harnesses the
imagination
• The imagination is the language
of the unconscious mind
• The imagination can “speak” to
the body
• Hypnotic suggestions trigger the
imagination to make deep
changes
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Self-Hypnosis
Seven Easy Steps
1. Create a conducive environment
2. Write down your goal
3. Get relaxed (breathe deeply)
4. Induction and count-down 10 to 1 for
deepening
5. Imagination, affirmations, suggestions
6. Imagine yourself achieving the goal
7. End – count back up, 1 to 10

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How to Craft Hypnotic
Suggestions
• Use positive language in the present tense
Poor Suggestions Good Suggestions
I will be skilled. I am skilled.
I don’t smoke. I breathe fresh air.
I am not critical. I am accepting.
I won’t screw up. I am effective.

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Repeat Repeat Repeat
What you repeat becomes stronger
• Repeat affirmations
• Repeat key words
• Practice visualizations
• Listen to hypnosis mp3 every day

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Imaginative Suggestions
• Use sight, sound, taste, smell and
feeling
• Use key words – “clean and sober”
• Suggest environmental cues like
seeing the color red
• Associations and metaphors: being in
control is like driving a car

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Visualization Strategies
Goal
• Bright
• Vivid
• Close
• Big
• Clear
Problem State
• Dark
• Hazy
• Far away
• Small
• Opaque

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Auditory Strategies
Goal
• Clear
• Resonant
• Close
• Harmonious
• Strong
Problem State
• Distorted
• Muddy
• Far away
• Grating
• Weak

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Kinesthetic Strategies
(Feelings, touch, taste, smell, proprioception)
Goal
• Light
• Smooth
• Delicious
• Relaxed
• Balanced
Problem State
• Heavy
• Rough
• Distasteful
• Stressed
• Unbalanced

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Create your Trance
• Imagine yourself in your favorite
natural setting (beach, forest,
mountains…)
• Progressive relaxation of muscles

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Self-Hypnosis Review
Seven Easy Steps
1. Create a conducive environment
2. Write down your goal
3. Get relaxed (breathe deeply)
4. Deepening and count-down 10 to 1
5. Imagination, affirmations, suggestions
6. Imagine yourself achieving the goal
7. End – count back up, 1 to 10

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