New Website Exposes the Secret to Hypnosis, Blowing the Lid off of Typical Hypnotherapy.

New Website Exposes the Secret to Hypnosis, Blowing the Lid off of Typical Hypnotherapy.

It's time to have a love affair!

It’s time to have a love affair……..with yourself!

Aham Prema

It’s time to have a love affair.  Now I know what you are thinking, but you’re wrong.  Continuing with last week’s theme of how important self-confidence is, I also want to talk a little today about a subject that is not often discussed, the subject of loving yourself.  It is easy to get lost in the day to day hustle and bustle of life, but we can’t forget how important it is to pamper and love ourselves.  I think that many of our problems stem from the fact that we simply don’t love ourselves enough. Ask anyone what they like about themselves and find out for yourself.  It is easy to focus on the bad things like a big nose, crooked teeth or bad hair, but we are often hard pressed to come up with something off the top of our head that we absolutely love about ourselves.  New Year’s resolutions are often based around things we are trying to change about ourselves, and that is great.  However, there has to come a point when we love ourselves in spite of those things.  

I like to broaden my horizons and study many different philosophies and religions because I find that often they are interconnected.  Although I am a Christian, born and raised as a Presbyterian, I have always been fascinated by other schools of thought.  Recently, I have been studying different types of Eastern philosophies and I have been intrigued with the concept of the mantra and how it relates to the body and the energy system within us called the chakras.  Mantra meditation is based upon the concept of a sort of Universal energy, and it is said that by repeating the sacred sounds of different mantras, we can tap into certain types of energy through the repetition of these sacred sounds.  These sounds in turn resonate through our body activating the petals of our chakras, or energy systems, pulling in spiritual energy.  I am especially interested in the mantra of divine love, or the AHAM PREMA MANTRA.  I think we could all use a good dose of divine love, especially towards ourselves, because most of us are severely lacking in it. 
  

Often times, life beats us down and it is difficult to maintain hope.  I wonder what would happen if we all took time out of our day to simply love ourselves and appreciate ourselves for the beautiful, magnificent beings that we are instead of constantly beating ourselves up.  We are not accustomed to praising ourselves and appreciating ourselves when in fact that should be the first place we start.  You cannot look for love if you don’t first love yourself.  When you truly love yourself, you are a walking talking example of divine love and everyone you come in contact with will see it and take a piece of it with them.  It is important to appreciate the beauty of the little things and especially important to learn how to love and appreciate yourself, because when it comes down to it, there is no one else exactly like you.  We all have gifts to offer the world, sometimes it is just difficult figuring out what they are. 

As I said in the last post, the most important thing you can carry around with you in your toolkit of life is confidence. Confidence can make or break you.  Without it, you doubt everything and everyone.  With it, you see the world through a different light.  Perhaps if it comes difficult for you, you may need to fake it till you make it.  Everyone loves a confident person because their aura is infectious.  They love themselves, and in turn, people love them because of it.  If you are struggling with fulfilling your New Year’s resolutions, I would encourage you to take a step back and ask yourself if you truly love yourself like you should.  If not, try the mantra of divine love, AHAM PREMA, and see what happens.  

Thinking about this concept in terms of Hypnosis, it is important to realize that Hypnosis can help you in just about any aspect of life, including finding true love.  I used the true love Hypnosis session for a friend of mine for fun, and she was amazed at what she saw when she was in trance.  She told me that she saw a wonderful kind, giving man walking towards her on the beach and she could actually sense and feel what he looked like, what he smelled like, and even what country he came from.  She told me that it gave her a great sense of peace to know that somewhere out there, this person might exist.  Now if you are skeptical, keep in mind that the Hypnotist does not create images from your subconscious mind, we are only there to guide you in your journey. You actually create the images.  Now who is to say that these images are not real?  Perhaps the concept of time is actually an earthly condition, when in fact it may be that all time occurs simultaneously,  which would mean that the past affects the future and the future affects the past, or something like that!  Any good scientist will also tell you that the concept of Quantum Physics has a similar philosophy.

In the end, love is really all there is and all that you can take with you.  I would encourage you to start by loving yourself, no matter what. Until next time.

AHAM PREMA and sweetdreams……

Reference: Ashely-Farrand, Thomas (2004). Mantra Meditations. Boulder, Co: Sounds True.

Mirror, mirror on the wall.......

With the new year come New Year’s resolutions.  It makes me laugh to think back to how many times I have probably made the same New Year’s resolutions over and over again.  How many times can you make the same resolution again and again I ask myself?  Lose weight and start exercising!  How boring.  What we really need to get to is the emotional root of these behaviors so we can figure out why we can’t seem to get there from here.  For many of us, it comes down to our self-image.  I know so many adorable, beautiful people who don’t really believe in the heart of their hearts that they are adorable, beautiful people.  Now I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but many of us could use a tune up when it comes to our self-image.  Confidence is what makes people beautiful when it comes right down to it.  Haven’t you ever met someone, who at first glance didn’t seem that attractive, only to realize once you had gotten to know them how wrong you were?  I have.

Hypnosis is a great way to give yourself an image boost because it works at the subconscious level of the mind where change is more easily implemented.  Since the subconscious mind simply records and plays back information, we are usually stuck with whatever tapes have been playing over and over again, many of them since our childhood.  Now I don’t know about you, but confidence is not something that ever came easily to me.  For as long as I can remember, I have been struggling with my self-image.  I wish that I could say that I loved and adored my reflection all of the time, but sometimes that simply isn’t so.  Quite frankly, there are times when I look in the mirror that I don’t quite like what I see and I think to myself,  “Who is that person staring back at me?”

Growing up, I often felt frumpy, if you know what I mean.  Confidence and grace never came easily to me as an awkward teenager.  My younger sister always had a great sense of style and we always joked that she got the looks in the family; she could wear a paper sack and look fashionable.  My older sister was very thin and outgoing, which made her nearly perfect in my book.   Growing up, I struggled to feel “cute”.  I wish I could figure out why I felt that way.  If I had known back then how easy it was to improve your self-image with Hypnosis, I would have jumped on the bandwagon way back then with no holds barred.

When I was a teenager, I remember my father installing a basketball hoop for us on the side of the house.   He used to tell me that as soon as I started to play more that my little pot belly would go away, it’s just baby fat he would say.  Why do I feel like I still have the baby fat?  I did finally get to a place in my early thirties when I lost 25 pounds and I finally felt halfway decent about my weight.  It took me 6 months of counting calories and fat grams to really change how I ate, so you might say I did it the hard way.  I stayed at a healthy weight of 130 pounds for quite a while and even got too thin during one stretch when I weighed 115.  I think at that point I had gone too far, because I was a little too thin.  I am finally at a point where I am happy with my weight, although I admit I still find myself getting obsessed with a number on the scale and even though I am a comfortable size 6-8, most days I still wish I could lose yet another 10 pounds.  I wonder how we can ever get to a point where we love ourselves, no matter what?  Why are we so obsessed with a number on a scale anyway and why are we continually comparing ourselves to everyone else?

Ever since I can remember, food has been my emotional comfort.  Every family function was based around great food.  I grew up in the Midwest where food is abundant and food meant comfort.  If we were feeling blue, sugar was a great pick me up.  The only problem is you eventually have to learn how to substitute other things for emotional comfort or you will continue to use food.  Food cannot continue to be a substitute for emotional comfort indefinitely.  We eat when we are not really hungry and we don’t know why.  In the end, it just makes us bloated and cranky and it doesn’t really help.  Using a tool such as Hypnosis is a great way to jump-start the New Year.   It is so much easier to make changes when you’re not fighting with your own subconscious patterns.  Combining something like a confidence booster along with Hypnosis for weight loss, is a great one-two punch.  I like to suggest at least 3 sessions for anyone looking to make changes because one solitary session may not be enough to effectively reprogram your mind.   Remember, you have been playing the same old recordings over and over again, so one session may not be enough to turn you completely around.  Great work takes time, much like working on a fine painting.  If you have been struggling with the same old New-Year’s resolutions over and over again, give yourself a break.  Treat yourself for the new year and give Hypnosis a try and celebrate in style.  Aren’t you worth it?

Sweetdreams everyone……

What are you expecting?

It is Christmas Eve once again. Watching my son get excited about Christmas certainly brings back great memories of my own happy childhood. It also makes me realize how many of us, including me at times, have lost our ability to believe we are worthy of things.  In essence, we have lost our hope and our expectation.  Life has a way of beating you down sometimes and it is hard to keep the positive momentum going when we are so used to getting shot down at every turn.  It is easy to convince yourself to expect nothing.  They say that you get out of something only what you put into it, so what is the message we are sending ourselves if we have no expectations?

It is difficult to prosper in life, without having high expectations for yourself. This brings me to my next subject as to how hypnosis can help you have higher expectations.  We must start with trying to explain how hypnosis works.  That is the magic question of course.  In essence, the real magic happens in your subconscious mind, but only when you let your guard down enough to allow it to work its magic.  Hypnosis equals misdirected attention + belief + expectation.  I have found it extremely difficult to achieve the same results through any other medium, and I have tried them all!  I have spent years studying the art of meditation, relaxation, affirmations and other techniques, and have found that they all require a skill I am not very good at, the skill of being able to turn my mind off enough to allow it to get into the alpha state where change is more easily made.  Hypnosis has only one rule, you have to be able to close your eyes and relax, the Hypnotist does the rest, how much simpler could it be?  Some people claim that they cannot be hypnotized, but I don’t buy it because we spend much of our day going in and out of different levels of trance every time we miss an exit on the highway, listen to music or even zone out while exercising.  Just about anyone can be hypnotized. Now I say just about anyone, because certain people, such as those with a very low IQ or children with a short attention span, or even those with brain disorders, may have difficulty being able to relax and follow instructions.  If you can relax and follow instructions, then you can be hypnotized; it’s as easy as that.  The relaxation method, which is the method we prefer to use, is like a massage or spa treatment for your brain.  It is a wonderful, supremely relaxing experience that everyone should try at least once.   If you are one of those highly excitable people that has trouble relaxing, it just may take us a little longer to get you hypnotized. Once your brain has reached that Alpha level, we can insert customized suggestions into your subconscious mind, which will allow you too much more easily implement and make change.

Many of us are fighting an uphill battle, trying to make changes using our conscious mind.  Our conscious mind doesn’t like change; it’s as simple as that.  Our conscious minds job is to maintain the status quo.  Our sub-conscious mind is like a tape recorder, it simply records and plays back everything it sees and hears.  What is your sub-conscious mind telling you day in and day out?  We carry bad memories and faulty recordings around with us, often from our childhood.  Working with a Hypnotist who will sit down with you and create customized suggestions like we do, can often undo years of unhealthy programming.  It is so easy to make changes utilizing Hypnosis.  Do yourself a favor and treat yourself to a session in 2011.  You won’t be sorry!

Sweetdreams........

Have you lived before?

I have been asked this question many times and I always come back to the same answer: of course!!!  I know in my heart that I have lived through many interesting and exciting lives.  Don’t ask me how I know this.  Most people think that your crazy to think you have lived before, but I know better.  I am not alone in my thinking either. I did a past life regression session on a friend of mine a few weeks ago and she discovered some amazing and fascinating things about herself in the process, including the fact that she lived in ancient Egypt.  She recalled some beautiful memories and for her, they were real. The process of a past life regression via hypnosis is fascinating and intriguing and I would encourage everyone to try it at least once. They say that your soul remembers everything, every past life, every action and every memory.  Sometimes unresolved issues from a past life can cause phantom pain or other issues in this life, so a past life regression can be a great way to resolve ongoing issues you may be struggling with. Going back through time via a past life regression can help you uncover things about yourself and ultimately lead to healing. I would like to share some of my experiences from my own past life regressions so that you will perhaps gain some insight into this wonderful form of hypnosis.

I believe we have moments of “haven’t I done this before?” or dejaveu all of the time.  I think we carry around the imprints of our previous lives with us, and that is what makes us so unique.  Haven’t you ever wondered why you do some of the things you do?  Is it such as stretch to imagine that your soul has lived before?  Our past lives mean something, even if we don’t consciously remember them.  I for example, have always been terrified of horses, although nothing has happened in this life to make me feel this way.  I have done many past life regressions and discovered little pieces of myself along the way.  I must be really interesting if I have lived all of these lives!  It gives me a real sense of hope to know that life doesn’t just end and the pain and the struggles I am going through mean something.  I know that I am here to learn things and I have a sense that sometimes it takes us more than one lifetime to get something right.  Most people have repeating patterns that they keep going through and they will continue to loop around like this until they recognize the patterns so that they can correct whatever it is they are supposed to correct.  Life is funny that way and it is often times easier to see other peoples repeating patterns, but very difficult to recognize your own.  They say that you reap what you sow and I find that to be true, because you do attract back to your life what it is your putting out, even if you don’t realize it.  I have a friend who thrives on drama and chaos and every time I talk to him, he is going through another round of it.  It doesn’t matter if he temporarily works through it because the next time he turns around, it comes right back.  He enjoys the chaos and until he realizes that he is supposed to learn something from it, he will keep being thrown into the same situations over and over again.

While were on the subject, let me share some of my past lives with you.  Try and keep an open mind won’t you?  I have discovered these in many different ways ranging from hypnosis and meditation to dreams and even psychics.  I do not discount any of these ways because I believe you are shown what is appropriate to you at the time, depending on your circumstances.  Simply ask the question, and you will be shown the answer in some way, shape or form.  I believe that each of these past lives has had an impact on my current life, and each of these past lives helps me to understand things further.  For example, I am one of those people that abhor conflict and simply put, I will do anything to avoid it.  Some people simply love conflict and they will do just about anything to promote it or be a part of it.  I am not one of those people.  I believe one of my past lives was lived as a warrior named Lazarus.  It is my thought that most of this life was lived in conflict fighting for my rights or the rights of my people, and that those memories are stored in my psyche, never to be forgotten.  I suppose that living a lifetime in conflict and in war leaves a scar on you and I can certainly empathize with anyone who faces these demons.  I do not judge people because I do not like to be judged in any way, shape or form.  I avoid conflict at all costs, because it makes me physically ill to face it. In fact, I even feel people’s negative emotions and I do not like it one bit.  When people around me are bitter or angry, I become bitter and angry and it takes me days to shake it off.  I simply cannot deal with conflict although there have many times in my life that I have had to face conflict, and I can tell you, it never gets any easier.  I appreciate having kind, thoughtful people in my life like my best friend Angela, who doesn’t judge me.  Angela never had any sisters of her own being an only child, but she and I share a bond that is as close as any sister I have ever had.  She has seen me at the best of times and the worst of times and she knows my weaknesses, but she does not judge, and that it is why I love her like a sister.  

I have had other visions of a past life where I lived as a wealthy southern woman named Carolina, who lived in the 1800’s in a grand plantation mansion.  Carolina was a mother with 10 children.  I think that my children must have overwhelmed me in that life and that is the reason I only wanted or was blessed with one child in this life.  I think that I must have written in my life plan somewhere that in this life, I would not be overwhelmed with too many children, and that by just having one child, late in life, I would be better able to appreciate the wonderful experience of being a mother, which I certainly have.  I have also had visions that Carolina’s husband traveled extensively and that she must have given in to lust, having an affair on him during one of those long, lonely stretches in which he was not home.  I believe that when her husband, or shall I say my husband, died that I often felt guilty spending his money since I was not faithful to him.  I can still feel Carolina deep inside me and I suppose that some part of her spirit still haunts me or perhaps causes me to do things I never thought I would do. 

I have had thoughts of another past life in which I was a fairy princess or some kind of Goddess named Edwina, who wore a beautiful green gossamer gown with gold, blue and silver accents.  I am a radiant beauty in this life and men love me (O.K., I like to pretend I am still her at times!).  I had many friends, two of which were named Neesha and Ewl.  My eyes are an iridescent green and gold and I am rich beyond imagination and I want for nothing.  I have also had dreams in which I was a healer in a beautiful temple. This healing temple, which was built out of terra-cotta, had beautiful statues all around and beautiful soothing waterfalls and pools in which people soaked in to heal. 

More recently, I had a vision of a past life in which I was a beautiful Indian Princess.  This was a life filled with love, because I was married to the man of my dreams with a beautiful son.  I was happy to see that I had lives in which I was deeply loved, because I have certainly struggled with love in this lifetime.  Even though I was radiantly happy in this life, I had the impression that I died young, perhaps being killed by a horse.  Nevertheless, it was a deeply satisfying vision to think that I loved someone so deeply that loved me back the same.  If I concentrate hard enough, I can still see him and that gives me great pleasure.  On a sadder note, I have also had past lives that weren’t so happy, as one past life in which I was imprisoned, which causes me to think that for some reason I still create my own personal prison in which I live in.  I also recall a life where I lived as someone named Hannah, who wore a lot of black.  Perhaps I spent much of that lifetime in mourning for someone, although I did have a wonderful child who was with me until the day I died.  On my deathbed this child told me that he had always loved me and he always would, and that we would be together forever, no matter what. The thought of that brings me much joy.

Time does not forgot some things and there are people in our lives that we are meant to connect with or reconnect with.  It doesn’t do any good to ignore these feelings because they will keep nagging at you until you face them.  Sometimes if we cannot make decisions, the Universe will simply make them for you, even if you think you are not ready.  Love does not play fair sometimes and if you deny yourself something for long enough, it will simply reappear and smack you in the face when you least expect it.  We cannot help whom we love, nor does love care how difficult your situation is, the heart goes where it wants to go, no matter what.  I for one will keep exploring and time traveling and I can’t wait to see where I will go next.  Stay tuned for more, won’t you?

 Sweetdreams.......