Success International for Counseling and  Hypnotherapy

Dr. Winston Saga FRHS, MHt. USA
Master Clinical Hypnotherapist
National Board of Professional and Ethical Standards
Hypnosis Education and Certification, Florida

Relax, take a few deep breaths and focus all your attention into the center of the disk below.
Experience a few moments of peace and calmness 

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What is hypnosis?

James Braid is the father of modern hypnosis. He believed that hypnotic state could be achieved without any magnets.  By asking his patients to focus on a single point of concentration while relevant suggestions were made.  He  gave the name hypnosis which he got from the Greek word 'hypnos' meaning sleep.  Hypnosis is not sleep.  It is a deep state of  relaxation. In a state of relaxation your subconscious mind opens up to receive any suggestions.   You have always the right to receive and reject any suggestions.  So hypnosis is not mind control or sleep.   Anytime under hypnosis you can get up.  You are fully aware of what is going on around you.  No one has the power to control your mind.  You are the master of  your mind.

Though the name was given by James Braid in the 18th century it was practiced 2000 years ago in Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome and  in India.  No one knows when this came into existence.  James Esdaile was a Scottish born doctor who worked most of his life in India, used hypnosis for cataract operations.   He conducted thousands of operations successfully through hypnosis. 

Everyone have experienced hypnosis one time or the other. The ability to achieve the hypnotic state are already within us.  It is simply the question of  unlocking the door. When you are hypnotized your left brain goes to rest and your right brain is now brought into operations.  A hypnotized person still thinks logically, and can make any decisions. The hypnotized person do not loose contact with reality altogether.  To go into hypnosis  you must believe, focus, concentrate and participate fully.  You must direct your attention 200% on the process and direct your will to co-operate.

Hypnotherapy helps you to find the inner you, the person you really want to be.  Any emotional problem can be removed if practiced correctly.  Many of the fears, obsessions, phobias are caused by vivid imagination.  So the first step to do is to mentally and physically relax.  By learning to relax you can solve 95% of your problems, because most of the problems are tension, fear of unknown, anxiety and guilt. Hypnosis gives you calmness and serenity.  Once you practice hypnosis regularly your anger, tension and irritation will leave you.  You sleep  deeply  and wake up refreshed.

Progressive Relaxation Technique

Be  seated comfortably in a chair and relax.  Let your hands be on either side of  your legs and  your feet  a few inches apart from each other. Focus your eyes to a spot on the ceiling.  Now take a deep breathe hold it for 4 seconds and exhale.  Take another deep breath and exhale and close your eyes. As you breathe out imagine your breathe flowing through your body, feel the relaxation.  Again  take a deep breathe and exhale slowly. Close your eye lids slightly.   Now  take a deep breathe tighten your face  muscles, hold it for 3 seconds and as you breathe out relax.  Repeat the same thing  for your neck muscles, tighten them as you breathe out relax, now repeat the same thing  for your fore head, jaw, tongue etc. Just relax.  Let all your tension and anxiety be released completely.

Now relax your shoulder. Get rid of all the tension in your shoulder area.  It feels so good to just relax.  Relax your upper arms, your elbows,   your wrists and your hands. Imagine your fingers are completely relaxed.  Feel your breathing and feel the rhythm of  your breathing. Now relax your chest muscles and all the way down your stomach and hip area. Listen to your breathe and notice that it is deep and regular.  Relax your thigh , knees, calves and the muscles in your ankles.  Allow all the muscles to continue to relax, as you begin to go into a very deep and relaxed state.  You will feel so good and completely relaxed.

You may experience numbness or a tingling  feeling usually in the arms or legs. Sometimes you  may feel light or sometimes you may feel heavy. If you  experience lightness then you will feel like you are floating above the chair but  if  you experience heaviness  you feel like you are sinking deep into the chair with weight in your shoulders.  These are the normal sensation experienced during hypnosis.

Now you are totally relaxed in mind and body.

Repeat this exercise every day, 15 minutes before you go to sleep.

If  you need any help please email w.saga@telesalestips.co.nz
or telephone (64 9) 441-6359.