This post will change your life.
I can all but guarantee it.
I'm so glad that you've finally found this, because it's time you learn the truth about hypnosis.
Hypnosis is one of the greatest secrets that the most powerful people in our lives have been using for decades.
Some famous examples:
- Winston Churchill used hypnosis to manage stress.
- Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison both used hypnosis to increase their creativity.
- Mozart used hypnosis to create music.
- Henry Ford used hypnosis for personal development.
- Barack Obama used hypnosis to stop smoking.
- James Earl Jones and Bruce Willis both used hypnosis to overcome stuttering.
- (In fact, lots of celebrities have used hypnosis for all kinds of reasons)
- Kate Middleton used hypnosis to help with giving birth to her children.
Presidents, congressmen, prime ministers and more are using hypnosis to help them achieve their goals – not so much by hypnotizing other people, but by using self-hypnosis to improve their confidence and increase their motivation.
Famous athletes – Wayne Gretzky, Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Jordan, and nearly every Olympic athlete in the last seven decades – use hypnosis for performance.
It's a little known secret, but nearly every NFL team in America has a professional hypnotist to help their athletes succeed.
And in this post, the secret is going to be yours. I'm so glad to be able to share this with you.
All these people used hypnosis to achieve their dreams, and you can do the same.
But before we get into that…
Who am I, and what do I know all this?
My name is Doug Sands, and I'm the consulting hypnotist who runs Anywhere Hypnosis. I help clients all over the world make radical changes in their lives through online hypnosis. I'm also the host of the Making Meaning podcast, where I blend lessons I've learned from hypnosis, psychology, meditation and more into helping people build meaning and fulfillment into their lives.
When I take on a new hypnosis client, the first thing I do is dispel the myths and misconceptions they brought with them about hypnosis. Then, I help them understand just what hypnosis is, and how it can be harnessed to bring about their goals.
The Most Common Myths About Hypnosis
1. Hypnosis is sleep
When researchers studied hypnosis with EEG machines, they realized the brain wave patterns of hypnosis clients didn't match the patterns of those who were asleep. Hypnosis brain waves hovered just above the sleeping state.
To give you a brief run-down of these patterns, know that scientists classify five core frequencies when discussing brain waves.
- Our brain waves during everyday waking consciousness are called Beta waves.
- Above Beta, we have Gamma, which people typically experience during meditation or during times of heightened perception.
- Just below Beta, we have Alpha. This is your light daydream state, when your mind drifts off from the events at hand.
- Below Alpha is Theta, and below Theta is Delta. Delta waves are the frequency we experience when we're deep in sleep.
What hypnotists focus on are Theta waves, that near-sleep frequency. This is where the results happen. In this state, people can access deep resources, but they're still awake and alert enough to make changes to those resources.
2. A Hypnotist Can Make Me Do Things I Don't Want to Do
Contrary to popular lore, hypnosis isn't mind control. That's because your brain is always on the lookout to keep you safe.
Hypnosis works with something we call the Unconscious Mind. Simply put, this is everything your mind does that you're not consciously thinking about: storing memories, creating enzymes, pumping blood, gathering oxygen, and more.
The one driving motivation of the unconscious mind is to keep you safe. Makes sense, right? If you get injured and die, your unconscious mind has nowhere to live. It has a vested interest in your well-being.
The unconscious listens to every suggestion a hypnotist gives, and it ultimately decides whether it wants to accept that suggestion or not. If a hypnotist gives a suggestion the unconscious disagrees with, the unconscious mind will jar the client out of trance.
There is no way a hypnotist can make anyone do something in hypnosis that they wouldn't do outside of hypnosis.
3. Hypnosis is dangerous
Is watching TV dangerous? What about reading a book?
Both of these are examples of naturally occurring trance states (i.e. Hypnosis).
We've already established hypnosis can't make you do anything you wouldn't otherwise do.
Hypnosis, like its cousin meditation, is actually incredibly healthy for our minds. Each time a person enters a hypnotic trance, it gives the brain room to heal and recover.
4. What if I get stuck in hypnosis?
Since hypnosis is a naturally occurring state of focus, and since our unconscious minds are always protecting us, there is no way to get stuck in hypnosis.
Eventually, your mind will wake you up, simply because it has things it needs to do: eat, sleep, use the bathroom.
5. What if hypnosis doesn't work on me?
When people ask me this, I explain to them that all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. It's a state we put ourselves in. You're already doing it, every time you drive, or get in an elevator, or simply zone out for a minute or two.
The one thing you really need to make hypnosis effective is the desire to let it work. When you want it to happen, it will happen. Every time.
6. Hypnosis can instantly fix my problems
To this, I say… Yes, and No.
Let's use an example to explain: if you're coming for weight loss, hypnosis will not instantly drop 50 pounds from your body. It won't give you your perfect body without you making any changes in your life.
What hypnosis WILL do is rapidly change the beliefs and motivations that underpin your current habits.
What Hypnosis Really Is
1. Hypnosis gives you control over things you thought were beyond you
Hypnosis can help you change your beliefs. Ask yourself this: What's the one belief that's holding me back from what I really want?
Hypnosis can help change that.
2. Hypnosis changes the physical structure of the brain
Don't be alarmed here – your brain is restructuring itself all the time. It stores long-term memories with a protein called Kinase C.
Hypnosis is incredibly powerful. With it, we can literally change the protein structures that make us who we are.
3. Hypnosis can resolve trauma
That is, hypnosis can help you heal when you're ready for it.
Modern hypnosis came of age during the years following both world wars, helping people resolve deep and painful traumas.
Get Your FREE Hypnosis Session
I've recorded and edited a full-length hypnosis session for you, to help you make changes in your life today.
Here's what you'll get in this free session:
- Hypnosis to improve your metabolic rate
- Hypnosis to overcome food cravings
- Hypnosis to build your motivation
- Hypnosis to increase your self-confidence and self-love
- Hypnosis to install new positive beliefs
Final Thoughts
Hypnosis is one of the most powerful ways we can change our lives, because it changes us. When you make changes at such a fundamental level, everything else becomes effortless.
I'm excited for you to learn more about hypnosis. Be sure to get your free session, because I explain more about the process inside.
Hypnosis can change your life for the better. When you let it impact your life, you'll love the results. I guarantee it.