The Hypnosis Center, Southwest OH™
Positive Life Change!™
What is Hypnosis?
Hypnosis is a natural state in which the mind is clear, aware and focused, while the body experiences deep relaxation. It’s a condition we experience many times in our daily lives, such as when we read a book that captures our complete attention and transports us out of awareness of our immediate surroundings. This state of consciousness allows for positive suggestions based on client-defined goals to directly enter the subconscious mind
The United States government defines hypnosis as “…the bypass of the critical factor of the conscious mind and the establishment of acceptable selective thinking.”
To better comprehend this definition, it’s helpful to understand the two divisions of the mind.
Subconscious Mind - Our subconscious mind controls our body processes without us having to think about them. It keeps the heart beating, lungs breathing, and blood pumping. It controls all functions that are necessary to keep the body operational. With hypnosis, we can improve the functioning of the body's processes. The subconscious mind
also is the database of information that contains everything that has ever happened to us – every thought, every event, and the emotional charge associated with those thoughts and events. This is where our habits and behaviors reside. The subconscious mind is also where we store our beliefs about ourselves and our environment. The subconscious mind does not discern whether a belief is based on a truth or a falsehood. Many times as we examine our beliefs we will find that those that have been holding us back are frequently false.
Conscious Mind – This is where we do our present-moment thinking. These are the thoughts we are aware of. The conscious mind performs our critical and analytical thinking. These functions allow us to preserve our beliefs so we maintain consistent behavior and responses.
The conscious mind analyzes the information that is coming in through your senses and determines whether or not it supports your existing beliefs. This comparison mechanism is called the critical factor. If the incoming information supports existing beliefs, the conscious mind allows this information to pass into the subconscious mind in a way that builds upon pre-existing beliefs and stengthens them.
If it does not support them, the information enters the subconscious mind but does not have an effect on your habits, beliefs and behaviors. This analytical and critical function is very important in preserving who you are as an individual person, but it is also why it is difficult to create the changes you want in your life.
How Hypnosis Helps Make Positive Life Changes
Hypnosis allows the bypassing of the critical factor. This permits positive suggestions that support your desired goal to enter the subconscious mind and affect your existing habits and beliefs. This creates the opportunity to observe new perceptions conducive to forming positive beliefs and the opportunity to implement new outcomes to negative behavioral patterns.
Hypnosis is a natural state in which the mind is clear, aware and focused, while the body experiences deep relaxation. It’s a condition we experience many times in our daily lives, such as when we read a book that captures our complete attention and transports us out of awareness of our immediate surroundings. This state of consciousness allows for positive suggestions based on client-defined goals to directly enter the subconscious mind
The United States government defines hypnosis as “…the bypass of the critical factor of the conscious mind and the establishment of acceptable selective thinking.”
To better comprehend this definition, it’s helpful to understand the two divisions of the mind.
Subconscious Mind - Our subconscious mind controls our body processes without us having to think about them. It keeps the heart beating, lungs breathing, and blood pumping. It controls all functions that are necessary to keep the body operational. With hypnosis, we can improve the functioning of the body's processes. The subconscious mind
also is the database of information that contains everything that has ever happened to us – every thought, every event, and the emotional charge associated with those thoughts and events. This is where our habits and behaviors reside. The subconscious mind is also where we store our beliefs about ourselves and our environment. The subconscious mind does not discern whether a belief is based on a truth or a falsehood. Many times as we examine our beliefs we will find that those that have been holding us back are frequently false.
Conscious Mind – This is where we do our present-moment thinking. These are the thoughts we are aware of. The conscious mind performs our critical and analytical thinking. These functions allow us to preserve our beliefs so we maintain consistent behavior and responses.
The conscious mind analyzes the information that is coming in through your senses and determines whether or not it supports your existing beliefs. This comparison mechanism is called the critical factor. If the incoming information supports existing beliefs, the conscious mind allows this information to pass into the subconscious mind in a way that builds upon pre-existing beliefs and stengthens them.
If it does not support them, the information enters the subconscious mind but does not have an effect on your habits, beliefs and behaviors. This analytical and critical function is very important in preserving who you are as an individual person, but it is also why it is difficult to create the changes you want in your life.
How Hypnosis Helps Make Positive Life Changes
Hypnosis allows the bypassing of the critical factor. This permits positive suggestions that support your desired goal to enter the subconscious mind and affect your existing habits and beliefs. This creates the opportunity to observe new perceptions conducive to forming positive beliefs and the opportunity to implement new outcomes to negative behavioral patterns.