What is hypnosis?

Hypnosis is a deep state of calmness and relaxation.  You are still consciously aware of what is going on and being said.  Also, you are always in control of yourself, meaning your body and your beliefs. 

Because hypnosis works directly with your subconscious, (with your conscious mind as an active participant), results are seen much faster than through traditional psychotherapies.  While in a hypnosis session, your subconscious mind is suggestible to the suggestions the hypnotherapist is giving thereby weakening the subconscious limiting beliefs you wish to get rid of to replace with your conscious wants and desires instead.

Hypnosis is a natural state we all go into before we fall asleep, participating in a creative endeavor, while driving the same route, and also when we are really stress.  In this state we are easily suggestible to the environment around us.  If you are not in the right environment at that time, it can become very overloading pretty quickly. 

Hypnosis can be characterized by:

~Increased muscle relaxation

~Feelings of well-being

~Increased pain threshold

~Predominating alpha and even theta brain waves

~Diminished ability to want to vocalize