Self Hypnosis

Self Hypnosis
Valerie Austin

Hypnosis is the most natural self-healing gift known to humanity. It is the key to changing old or unwanted behaviour patterns and creating new, positive habits.Whatever you want to do - stop smoking, lose weight, cope with stress, overcome your fear of spiders or just improve your snooker game - self-hypnosis will help you to harness your own inner power and change your life. Valerie Austin is a practising hypnotherapist who leads workshops and courses on self-hypnosis. She shares her years of experience and explains in simple terms the quick and easy-to-learn technique for hypnotising yourself. Your subconscious is actively working on your behalf in more ways than you can possibly imagine. With the scripts you need to hypnotise yourself easily and successfully, this book guides you step by step through the process of relaxing totally and programming your subconscious to help you get what you want out of life.

SELF-HYPNOSIS

The key to success and happiness

Valerie Austin

FOR MY SON

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#ucde787e7-c34d-5540-9e83-f9be7f4e0f7d)

Title Page (#u4b2ebeaa-4d45-5c04-8dcd-162b349b656e)

Acknowledgements (#u01830709-e713-5064-8ed0-a3fe5a024928)

Author’s Note (#ub9818fa0-9b49-5772-b446-7c8b6980c6ea)

Glossary Of Terms (#u5fcc5e46-229c-51f7-a8d0-5e0f711f4f86)

Chapter 1 A Victim Of One’s Mind (#u8575f5e5-9c09-56e3-9b8e-abe22074ed16)

Chapter 2 The Subconscious (#u7c00d2d6-d18a-5864-9b9d-14ecb8a28ff5)

Chapter 3 Self-Hypnosis (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 4 Using Self-Hypnosis To Better Your Life (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 5 Client Case Histories (#litres_trial_promo)

Postscript (#litres_trial_promo)

Useful Addresses (#litres_trial_promo)

Index (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (#ulink_9e429bf8-dd30-5bdf-90a3-d96c34c77548)

To Peter, my love and thanks for years of patience. My agent and friend Roy Stockdill, whose encouragement, loyalty and occasional bullying helped me enormously.

Gil Boyne, who was responsible for introducing me to hypnosis in the first place.

Ormond McGill, an American gentleman in the true sense of the word, who brought dignity to his wonderful skill.

My colleagues and friends, Pat and Vic Leslie, for many years of comradeship.

Frank Lennon of the British National Register of Advanced Hypnotherapists.

Kay Kiernan for being a loyal friend in difficult times.

All my students, each one expanding my experience.

My thousands of patients.

Dr Michael a’Brook, for sending me many of the above and for his wonderful sense of humour.

Dr Acharyya for his faith and support.

Mavis, Azman and Nina, Hj Ayub Abdul Ghani, Malaysia Airlines, the Malaysian Tourist Board, and the lovely people of Langkawi for their help and guidance.

Uri Geller for his positiveness and for mending my watch.

Paul McKenna, a brilliant stage hypnotist.

And finally my fondness and admiration to Mr Adam, wherever you may be now.

AUTHOR’S NOTE (#ulink_783c618c-9f80-5214-bdc8-193b03d91f5a)

You may find that the information in this book will help you, your relatives or your friends to relieve many problems, such as insomnia, smoking or weight control, to name but a few. But if you know someone who is in pain constantly and he or she would like some relief, the correct suggestions in the somnambulism state can give relief for hours. This is not a cure, just a natural relief, and should not be used to delay a visit to the doctor. But for someone with arthritic problems or pain-related illnesses or diseases, any relief will be a blessing.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS (#ulink_f4edec53-f069-5884-a6ba-542ca60cc3e3)

Words you will encounter throughout this book that sometimes cause confusion…

Abreaction: A raw emotion triggered off in hypnosis which then surfaces to the conscious level.

Deepeners: Specially selected words that form instructions for the purpose of guiding the mind into a much deeper feeling of relaxation in trance.

Hypnosis: Not sleep but a heightened state of awareness, similar to a day-dream. A state that a subject can be guided into by relaxation techniques or which can be induced by confusion or shock.

Hypnotherapist: A person who uses therapy while his or her subject is in hypnosis.

Hypnotist: A person who guides another into hypnosis.

Induction: A type of script carefully formed to guide the mind into relaxation.

Suggestion: Words that encourage the subconscious part of the mind into some sort of participation, either physically or mentally.

Trance: Many hypnotherapists do not like this word, but I am using it to establish a state of hypnosis. When a person is in a day-dream he or she is also in trance.

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