(This blog was
originally posted on March 8, 2016)
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| Photo by Rick Hustead |
Each year, most of us go to the doctor, or take our kids to the
pediatrician or our pets to the veterinarian to get a wellness check-up. We
take our cars in to the shop for a tune-up. If your profession requires you to
renew your professional license to continue working, you might attend a
conference to refresh your knowledge and take a written test to update your
certification. And so on.
Hypnotherapy is a great tool for “tuning up” our subconscious and
conscious mind by reinforcing positive, healthy lifestyle choices and behaviors
while you focus on pursuing new self-improvement goals. For example, athletes
often describe how they continuously practice and hone their skills until they
become muscle
memory. Not only does conscious thought become unnecessary to achieve the
desired technique, but many say that thinking about what they are doing, at
all, is often an impediment to their success. Similarly, dancers continue to
practice and review the foundation movements of their art even as they learn
and perfect new techniques and choreography. They know that it is equally
important to reinforce the subtle, mental nuances of their art as it is to keep
their muscles strong and flexible.
This is also true of everyday
activities and habits. If we do not practice the desired behavior or belief
system until it, too, becomes automatic. However, when we are confronted with a
challenge or stressful situation, it is easy to slip back into those previous, unwanted
habits or beliefs simply because they are so familiar and comfortable. A
tune-up hypnotherapy session is an effective way to reinforce those positive,
healthy and desired behaviors. In hypnosis, the physical body becomes very
comfortable and relaxed, which enables the subconscious mind to accept and
incorporate message units (information) into new subconscious knowns. The
subconscious mind quickly and easily assimilates these hypnotic suggestions
because they are simply reiterations of a previous script. In this situation,
hypnotherapy is used to reinforce the desired behavior(s) being an automatic
response even during a challenging or stressful situation.
Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist
based in Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation
Institute in 2005. For more
information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy® and to set up an
appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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