What Is Hypnosis?

Jennifer Scott

Hypnosis is a natural state of mind. Did you know that you're in hypnosis every day? You are.

For example, how many times have you driven your car and arrived at your destination without knowing how you got there? You were in hypnosis. Whenever you're concentrating so much on what you're doing that you don't realize how much time has gone by…like reading a good book, watching a movie, making love or watching waves breaking on the shore, you're in hypnosis.

In other words, hypnosis is what occurs when you stop analyzing and just let go.

The Power Of Hypnosis

The power of hypnosis is awesome and in many ways magical. Because once you're in this open state of mind, you can make strong, positive suggestions to change your life dramatically:

• If you're overweight and overeat, you can become totally satisfied with smaller portions of food. You can lose weight.
• If you smoke, your urges can vanish permanently. You can become an ex-smoker.
• If you're stressed or anxious, you can become calm and relaxed.
• If you're phobic, your fears can disappear completely.
• If you're depressed, those feelings can turn into joy and aliveness.
• You can manage chronic pain or have pain-free childbirth by learning how to create natural anesthesia in your body.

Two facts to remember:

• Hypnosis only works if you want and expect it to.
• At all times, the only person in control is you.

How Does Your Mind Work?

Even though we seem to have only one mind, we actually have two: an Outer Mind (Conscious) and an Inner Mind (Subconscious) and they function differently.

Think of them combined as a biocomputer. Your Conscious mind has been wired to reason things out, to search for solutions and to Try to make things happen using Willpower. You're probably most familiar with using this part of your mind.

But, as you may have noticed, Trying and Willpower don't work very well when it comes to:

• Losing weight
• Smoking cessation
• Managing your stress
• Lowering your golf score
• Building Self Esteem
• Relaxing
• Feeling good
• Or changing any destructive habit

Why? Because your habitual patterns of behavior have been programmed into that other part of your mind -- your Subconscious -- and habits can only change on the Subconscious level.

So if you feel out of control, just know that you can regain mental control by re-educating your Inner Mind through the power of suggestion.

How Does Hypnosis Work?

Now that you understand how your mind works, how natural and familiar hypnosis is and how it can benefit you, you will want to tap into this vast reservoir of power. All you need to do is visualize the end result of your heart's desire and to follow my self-hypnosis instructions.

In other words…

As You See Yourself... So You Become

Here are some of the important ways that the Power of Suggestion operates:

• Your Inner Mind believes what it sees.
• The more emotional your desire, the stronger the impact of the picture.
• Your Inner Mind is lazy: It needs repetition for change to occur.
• The more detailed your picture, the more accurate your outcome.
• If you expect a positive outcome, you will receive it.
• If you expect a negative outcome, you will receive it.

This means that once you learn how to create self-hypnosis on command and through suggestion, you need to produce strong mental images of what you want to accomplish, how you want to be, feel and look. This process is easy, it's fun and it works.

I can help you accomplish your goals through my MindPower Coaching Telephone Sessions (Note: I coach Clients from all over the world as well as locally.) Take that step now!

If you want more information or a complimentary consultation, you can either e-mail me, Jennifer Scott, at jscott@ownthezonegolf.com or call me at 480 483 6941. If you will be in Scottsdale, Arizona, call for an appointment.

Jennifer Scott, Clinical Hypnotherapist

Jennifer's audio 2 CD Program, "Own The Zone™," lets golfers use the power of their Subconscious Mind to relax, focus and have golf swings and putts free of confusing, extraneous thoughts. It received the highest rating from Golf Magazine. She has spoken about it as guest on The Golf Channel's Golf Central and numerous local radio and television shows. Currently, Jennifer gives 2-hour seminars at The San Diego Golf Academy and local golf and country clubs. A member of The National Speakers Association, she also speaks on Self-Empowerment and the Mind/Body Connection at local business and community service organizations. As a Speaker, she can be booked at www.scottspeak.com.

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