Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis to Get Suggestions from the Conscious to the Subconscious Mind
By: Richard Kuhns

Hypnosis and self hypnosis are the most effective tools to get the message from the conscious to the subconscious where change can occur. Consciously one understands the self improvement goals, but the subconscious is stuck in past failure mechanisms. Napoleon Hill said that one can accomplish anything desired by repetition of suggestion for six months.

To accelerate this process, the late Harry Arons, a well known lay hypnotist from the 50‘s through the early 80‘s, developed a technique to deliver self suggestion in a particular time period. He does this by first having the client repeat a suggestion twenty times before going to sleep for the first week. The next week he had the client close his/her eyes and count fifty breadths which took from three-to-five minutes. After doing this for a week, the client has been programed for this time period. Next a self hypnotic suggestion is then used in place of the counting of breadths. A suggestion he might have had his client use is, “I am becoming more confident everyday.“

Even though many others used self hypnosis with their clients, Harry was the one that developed it as a technique with a,b,c directions which eliminate the, “I wonder if I‘m doing it right?“ question.

In reality, all hypnosis is self hypnosis. The client is always aware of his/her surroundings as the hypnotist provides the suggestions; this is true even with the client being in the deepest of trance. They can even open their eyes any time they desire or move or shift about.

Most hypnotists use relaxation to help induce hypnosis. As the subjects relax they often feel sensations of heaviness or lightness which is so pleasant that generally they don‘t want the relaxation to end. During this relaxation, suggestions are given such as, “Each and every time you practice self hypnosis you will be more responsive to the suggestion.“ This is called conditioning.

Another method used for self suggestion is autogenic training. Autogenic training is generally used by those in the biofeedback field to facilitate muscular and vascular relaxation. Autogenic phrases are suggestions such as:
1. My neck is relaxing. My neck is relaxing
2. My forehead is relaxing. My forehead is relaxing
3. My hands and feet are heavy and limp and then they advance to: My arms and hands are warm and relaxed.
4. My breathing is deep and relaxed. My breathing is deep and relaxed.

Generally a recording is played in which the suggestions are introduced and explained with various forms of imagery to facilitate the relaxation. Then the client repeats the suggestion mentally to him/her self during a period of silence on the recording. Biofeedback instruments are often used as the recording is played to measure the degrees of muscular and vascular relaxation attained with the autogenic training. The same results can be obtained by using the same suggestions with the self hypnosis technique.

Six months? Both autogenic training and self hypnosis dramatically improve upon simply using self suggestion in that the suggestions are given while in a relaxed receptive state (alpha) as opposed to repeating them to oneself while in a beta state. The beta state is one‘s normal aware state where the conscious mind is busy concentrating on reading, driving, communicating...

Typical suggestions used are in first person present tense such as:
“Everything I‘ve studied flows freely to mind.“
“My handwriting is relaxed and smooth.“
“I am confident.“
“I enjoy communicating and relating with others.“
See the resource box for more information on how to word suggestions to overcome a variety of different problems.

Hypnosis, self hypnosis and autogenic training are the best ways to get the message to the subconscious mind and effect a change in behavior. From here on it‘s a matter of refinement of suggestion and suggestion technique of which there are many to achieve any specific goal.

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Richard Kuhns B.S.Ch.E., NGH certified, a prominent figure in the field of hypnosis with his best selling hypnosis and stress management cds at www.DStressDoc.com and www.PanicBusters.com. He aims to raise awareness in using self hypnosis for self improvement. To find out more please visit www.dstressdoc.com/SelfHypnosis.htm

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