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HEALTH & WELLNESS<br />
WHAT IS<br />
HYPNOSIS<br />
and what can it do for you?<br />
The different reactions I get when I tell people what I do for a<br />
living amaze me. They think about a stage hypnotist they saw or a<br />
movie or television show they watched that sometimes leave the<br />
wrong impression about how hypnotherapy works. Hopefully, this<br />
article will clear up any misconceptions.<br />
Hypnosis is a relaxed state in which your conscious-analytical<br />
reasoning mind allows the hypnotherapist to have a conversation<br />
with your subconscious mind. The subconscious mind controls<br />
all the functions of the body. It is your personal operating system<br />
for your heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, hunger, thirst, and<br />
sex drive. Your subconscious mind stores beliefs, habits, and your<br />
entire lifetime of memories forever. It operates 24/7 and controls<br />
87-96% of your perception and behavior.<br />
Events happen - big and small - which cause an emotional<br />
reaction. These emotional reactions form a belief system in the<br />
subconscious mind. It’s not a coincidence that many of the issues<br />
plaguing you today, such as obesity, alcohol or drug abuse, stress,<br />
anger, sadness, trust issues, low self-esteem, fear, guilt, and the like,<br />
all stem from your subconscious mind.<br />
Hypnosis uses certain techniques, language patterns, and metaphors<br />
(to mention a few) to bypass what is called ‘the critical<br />
factor.’ This critical factor is like an imaginary line, with guards<br />
at the gate, between your conscious and subconscious mind. These<br />
hypnotic techniques allow you to implement positive thoughts,<br />
heal old memories and change perceptions that you have had for a<br />
long time. In this way, you can bring about lasting positive change<br />
for your greatest good.<br />
By Garry Melfa, CHT<br />
Hypnosis provides a natural, yet altered, relaxed<br />
state of mind. It is neither magic, mysterious,<br />
nor scary. You will leave feeling refreshed, motivated,<br />
and self-confident.<br />
There is a lot of information about hypnosis that can be found all<br />
over the Internet. Many people, however, either do not believe it<br />
will work for them or have fears about what would happen if it<br />
did work for them. Let me put your mind at ease. You will never<br />
do anything that makes you uncomfortable. You will not be brainwashed.<br />
You can end a session at anytime. You will remember the<br />
whole session. And, finally, you will not get stuck in a hypnotic<br />
state. Hypnosis provides a natural, yet altered, relaxed state of<br />
mind. It is neither magic, mysterious, nor scary. You will leave<br />
feeling refreshed, motivated, and self-confident.<br />
I have seen remarkable transformations and manifestations help<br />
clients overcome many issues - from such things as improving<br />
study/exam performance, stuttering, relationships, social anxiety,<br />
smoking, weight loss, and bad childhood situations. For me personally,<br />
hypnosis truly works, and it has helped me many times<br />
over the years. Hypnosis can also help you reach your personal,<br />
professional, and financial goals. P<br />
Garry Melfa is a Clinical Hypnotherapist (CHT) practicing at<br />
Millennium Hypnotherapy in Boca Raton.<br />
90<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>2015</strong>
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