Hypnosis works
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Modern hypnosis: a brief summary
You may have seen stage hypnosis. However, not everyone knows that hypnosis is used every day to improve people's lives. Many olympic and professional athletes use it for training. (Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan among them.) Hospitals and medical professionals use it for patient care. Seattle's Harborview Medical Center hypnotizes burn ward patients before changing bandages, to help manage pain.
In 2022 alone, more than 60 clinical studies on hypnosis were published. Because hypnosis doesn’t come in pill form, it is not possible to set up extensive, double blind clinical trials. However, thanks to neuroscience research conducted since the early 2000’s, we now better understand the hypnotic state. This research is done by employing fMRI and EEG to scan brain activity during hypnosis sessions. One expert in the field, Dr. David Spiegel of Stanford University, compares hypnosis to the mental state of “flow.” (Flow being a mental state, characterized by a sense of effortlessness, combined with high performance.) Other researchers compare hypnosis to a meditative state.
While brain activity in hypnosis can vary, depending on the environment, the hypnotic prompts and other factors, some similarities have emerged from studies. Clients are often able relax deeply, and focus their attention, paying less attention to distractions. Experts assert that this relaxed focus allows the client to be receptive to ideas. Hypnotists report that clients are also able to practice new behaviors in hypnosis. This process is not unlike athletes “watching tape” to improve their skills.
You naturally change your state of mind every day, when you go to sleep. If you meditate, you enter a different state of mind. Hypnosis is simply a way of shifting your mental state to achieve a relaxed focus.
So, how will you use hypnosis? If there is a skill you would like to improve, or an everyday challenge you’d like to manage better, you already know.
Looking for more adventure in life? A client wanted to try zip- lining, and was a little hesitant, with a fear of heights. Here's what she had to say:
“Thank you for yesterday. What a huge help! I never had the feeling I couldn’t do it. Overall a really great experience and fun!...You have helped me so profoundly and I am thankful for you.” L.L.
Routines feel easy, because they don’t require much mental energy. But changing routines often requires great effort. Fortunately, hypnosis can be a life hack for change. Multiple studies, using fMRI and EEG technology, have shown that hypnosis allows for relaxed focus. These studies support the lived experience of hypnotists and their clients, suggesting that hypnosis makes change much easier. Easier to discard old patterns, and to embrace new ones. If you fall into the 80% of Americans who feel stuck in a routine, or the 77% of Americans who are looking for ways to have a more adventurous life, contact me.
Hypnosis as a life hack
People use hypnosis to manage every day stress and life events. Athletes, executives and students use it to enhance performance. Hypnosis can also support medical care. To discover how you may benefit, schedule here.
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