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At last: Hypnosis is breaking through into the mainstream.

August 4, 2008 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , ,

Dear friend,

 

What images come to your mind when you think of the word HYPNOSIS?

 

Do you think of some strange looking guy wearing a cape, waving a watch at you with crazy eyes?

 

Not any more.  Now more then ever, hypnosis is being accepted worldwide as an effective method for creating permanent and powerful change.

 

SO WHY ARE MORE PEOPLE TURNING TO HYPNOSIS?

People are turning to hypnosis because it is so effective in changing lives. Hypnosis has been accepted by the American Medical Association since 1958 and a recent study by Alfred Barrios PhD, showed these statistics about the usefulness of hypnosis as compared with conventional techniques:

  • Psychoanalysis 35% recovery after 600 sessions
  • Behavior Therapy 72% recovery after 22 sessions
  • Hypnotherapy 93% recovery after 6 sessions

What makes hypnosis such a powerful modality for change?  The answer to this question is simple:  Hypnosis words directly with the sub-conscious mind.

“Hypnosis is the shortcut” – Sigmund Freud

The subconscious mind works a lot like the hard drive on a computer.  Everything that you have ever experienced in your life has been stored in your mind.  These individual memories being stored are called Impressions.  Our entire reality is based on the accumulation of these impressions throughout our life. 

These impressions make up our belief system, our philosophies on life and they serve as filters that we see the world through because we take all of these life experiences and WE HAVE TO INTERPRET THEM.

Hypnosis is a way of addressing the interpretations of these impressions, in order to show the individual that they have more options in their life.  An effective hypnotic operator will always use hypnosis as a means of expanding a person’s reality and never taking away any options because every option is useful in some context.

Hypnosis has been around as a way to transform lives quickly and easily since the ancient Egyptian times.  However, due to a lot of bad publicity from movies, hypnosis has been used for mostly entertainment for the past 50 years.  There have been massive strides taken in the practice of hypnosis since it was accepted by the AMA in 58, and with all the revolutionary progress that has been made, it is now possible for a hypnotist to naturally coach their clients through problems ranging from smoking cessation and weight loss, to surgery and depression.

If you’d like to see a list of what hypnosis can help with, go to my website, www.progressive-hypnosis.com and see a partial list of uses there.

I hope that this opens your eyes to the possibilities that are inside you and maybe you’ll feel compelled to find out what those changes might mean for you in your life.

Best regards,

Virgil Anderson C.H.

Progressive Hypnosis

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FAQ for hypnosis

August 1, 2008 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged

Man…the biggest thing that has to be overcome when I am starting a session with a new client is all the media garbage that has been published about hypnosis.  There have been movies where a hypnotist controls the mind of others and gets them to give up their wallet and stuff like that. 

Hypnosis and NLP are mysterious by nature because you are dealing with human thoughts and the mind which have been concepts that are mysterious to humans in general.  So I thought I would take a few minutes to answer some of the most frequent questions that I get.

Does hypnosis really work?

I like that question.  It is honest and to the point.  The simple answer is YES!!!  Hypnosis has been a very powerful way to transform your life since the times of ancient egypt.  It wasn’t always called by the name hypnosis, but it has been used never the less.  The more complicated answer to this question is that it depends on the practitioner.  When you are selecting a practitioner to work with, you should guage your own sense of comfort with the person.  It’s important to realize that since the practice of hypnosis is self regulated by hypnotists, a certification on the wall doesn’t really carry a whole lot of weight.  Many schools provide a class that you can take over the course of one weekend and once completed you will be considered a certified hypnotist.  Look to the efficacy of the hypnotists ability.  See if they have any books they have written, find out as much as you can about their training and use your own judgement.  There are many phenomenal hypnotists out there, and there are also many jokers as well.

Can I get stuck in hypnosis

Absolutly not.  Hypnosis is a natural state of awareness that most of us experience to some degree or another all throughout the day.  Thats like saying that could get stuck in daydreaming.

Will you control my mind/will I be asleep

A well trained hypnotist does not have any magic powers to control your mind, however a well trained hypnotist understands how language works and uses this knowledge in such a way to lead your thoughts.  You can choose to resist at any point, but why wouldn’t you want to benefit from the hypnosis session?  Hypnosis is a consenting state where you allow your subconsious mind to take over the reigns and follow the hypnotists instructions in order to change beliefs, create scenarios, feel sensations/emotions and have realizations.  Really, hypnosis could not be further from the state of sleep.  Many people who are in a hypnotic state experience an increase in their senses and have much more control over their mental abilities then when they are in a normal waking state.

So these are some of the frequent questions I am asked.  If you would like to learn more about hypnosis, feel free to check out my website

Progressive Hypnosis

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My favorite hypnotic entertainer

August 1, 2008 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , ,

As a professional in the industry, I feel it is important to draw a sharp contrast between what I do and entertainment hypnosis because I want my subjects to feel comfortable with me when we do a hypnosis session.  I do not make my subject’s bark like a chicken or anything like that in my sessions, but I really do enjoy stage hypnosis and entertainment influence techniques.

In my personal oppinion, the absolutle best in this genre is Derren Brown.  He is truly phenomenal.  In fact, check out one of his videos from you tube.

So this is nothing along the lines of what I do, but I am a huge fan of Derren’s.  I think he is awesome…truly.

What I do is much more along the lines of coaching people into the life that they want.  If you would like to learn more about what I do, you can check out my website:

Progressive Hypnosis

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