Hypnosis Defined

Hypnosis is a heightened state of alertness in a narrowly focused area of intensified concentration with the conscious mind distracted.

It is different from natural physical sleep in that different parts of the brain are active during hypnosis than are active during sleep.

In this normally occurring natural state, your mind becomes relaxed, focused and receptive to ideas, concepts and suggested images that are in alignment with your personal beliefs, values, attitudes and desires.

Hypnosis allows direct access to the subconscious mind where thoughts and imagery can be suggested and experienced as real.

Physical relaxation may or may not be a part of hypnosis. It is useful in facilitating induction. Relaxing the body helps relax the mind. Then, by heightening alertness in a narrowly defined area with the conscious mind distracted, trance state quickly emerges. From there it becomes a matter of deepening the trance.

There are four depths of trance that range from light, medium, deep, and very deep.

Light Trance State: With very few exceptions, everyone can go into and stay at this level quite easily. Most people go in and out of this state as a natural part of day-to-day living. It’s like being so involved in a daydream where you are no longer aware of the activity going on around you until someone interrupts your dream state.

In the light trance state you will hear everything around you, feel normal sensations and remember all that transpired within this state. It sometimes feels like you were just relaxing and paying attention to the hypnotist at the same time. For hypnosis to work for weight control, the light stage is all that is needed.

Medium Trance State: As soon as you notice your breathing changing to a shorter rhythm for a brief time, you just crossed over into a medium depth trance. 60% of the population can readily reach this level on their first or second time in hypnosis.

Your relaxation becomes so deep that you don’t have the necessary muscle tone to hold your head up and it rolls forward or to the side. You may not remember parts of the recording. Your imagination becomes very strong and you can envision, feel, smell and taste things you create in your mind.

Deep Trance Depth State: At this level you feel detached to some greater or lesser extent. You may have a sensation of lightness, or of floating. It may seem as though my voice is fading in and out. Through suggestion, you will have greater muscle toning capabilities.

Very Deep Trance State: At the very deep trance level, you are aware of your surroundings and can hear conversations and requests but responding seems to be too much of an effort.

At this level you find yourself in a state of total euphoria where you are perfectly content to let the world keep moving on without your participation while you enjoy this hypnotic indulgence.