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| How Does Hypnosis Work? Hypnosis works by learning the dance between your conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind ... The application of hypnosis and hypnotherapy is based solely on the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind. It is important to understand the function of each of these so you can understand how hypnosis works. Your conscious mind, which accounts for 10% of our mind, is your present awareness. For instance, in reading this, you are aware of the words on the page. What you may not be aware of is the sound of traffic or birds outside, the hum of your computer or even the color of the chair you are seated in. The conscious mind can only hold the information you are currently focusing on. It is only able to retain approximately 7 bits of information at a time. The conscious mind analyzes and solves problems. It evaluates whatever concern, situation or issue that has its attention at any given moment. It is the part of your mind that makes decisions and exercises willpower. The conscious mind is the place of temporary memory, the memory we use everyday to function. The subconscious mind, on the other hand, accounts for the other 90% of your mind. It can be compared to a computer or a memory bank. It takes in everything we hear, see, feel and experience and stores it in your memory banks. It has been estimated that the subconscious mind receives two billion bits of information per second. The subconscious mind controls all of your bodily functions; breathing, heart beating, eyes blinking, the immune system, organs, muscles, bones and tissues. The subconscious mind is where you store your emotions, habits, core beliefs and your permanent memory. Just like a computer, your subconscious mind operates only on it's programming, which has been created based on your life experiences. Through hypnosis we are able to reprogram your subconscious mind to bring about the positive changes you desire. There is a part of your conscious mind called the "critical factor." It can be likened to the doorman or valet between the conscious and subconscious mind. It has the power to accept or reject new programming. Its job is to protect you. Because change, even positive change, is viewed as a threat to the nervous system, most new programming gets rejected. This is why you may wake up in the morning and say, "today I am going to exercise and eat only healthy foods," and by noon you are searching for chocolate and have created brilliant excuses as to why you can't exercise. The only way to make real change is to get the new programming into your subconscious mind. During hypnosis your critical factor is put to sleep for awhile and the new information goes directly into your subconscious mind allowing you to make lasting, powerful and positive changes. |
"My experience with Amber and hypnosis I believe was an intuitive decision. Never one to ask for help, I took a leap of faith. So for anyone who no longer wants to suffer needlessly, and most important to find out why; hypnosis is the journey to solving your conflicts. Hypnosis works quickly for the immediate issue, and corrects your thinking for the future, changing outcomes. Amber is your guide through the dark; she carefully illuminates the problem and then you are able to transcend to higher happier grounds. Otherwise you go in circles never finding the path for changing your life." Elizabeth Rose, Santa Ynez |