Our Pre-Talk

Hypnosis Pre-Talks

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Pre-Talk 1: Scientific Visual Version

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Hypnosis is based on the insight that we have both a conscious mind and a subconscious mind:

• Conscious Mind: Your rational, waking awareness.

• Subconscious Mind: Regulates bodily functions and stores long-term memories.

There is a barrier between these two parts of the mind. This barrier ensures:

• You aren’t constantly aware of bodily processes (like breathing).

• You don’t continuously recall long-term memories unless needed.

How Hypnosis Works:

• Hypnosis creates a pathway past these critical barriers, enabling access to the subconscious mind.

• Even in hypnosis, your subconscious retains a critical barrier, meaning:

  • You won’t accept suggestions that go against your decisions or values.

  • You cannot be made to do anything you truly don’t want to do.

Regression Therapy:

• By accessing long-term memories in hypnosis, we can uncover causative events leaving mental and emotional residues.

• Using inner wisdom, we can apply therapeutic resolutions to heal and grow.

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Your subconscious mind:

• Is always "awake" and working for you.

• Handles:

  • Automatic bodily processes (e.g., breathing).

  • Medium and long-term memory.

  • Emotional charges from memory.

  • Habits and automatic behaviors.

Your conscious mind:

• Manages short-term memory, analysis, decisions, and goal setting.

Example:

• Ever wake up at a specific time without an alarm?
  That’s your subconscious mind at work! It processes your suggestion and helps you wake up at the desired time.

Breathing:

• Breathing is both conscious and subconscious:

  • While sleeping, your subconscious adjusts your breathing for clear airways.

  • You can consciously decide to breathe deeply when awake.

Key Insight: Hypnosis allows you to access both aspects of your mind simultaneously, creating a state that’s neither fully awake nor asleep.

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Pre-Talk 2: Hypnosis and Dreams

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When you’re asleep:

• Your subconscious is at the forefront, dreaming.

• Your conscious mind is in the background.

When you wake:

• Your conscious mind takes over, making it harder to recall dreams.

• Can you recall your dreams?  Do you find them significant?

Dream Recall:

• If you wake on some lazy weekend morning and choose to stay resting, focusing on the dreamy, sleepy feeling, you may remember or continue your dreams.  You can choose to relax back into your subconscious state, choose to observe restfully from your conscious state.  

• In this in-between state, your conscious mind becomes an observer, allowing you to witness your subconscious mind’s vivid language of symbols, colors, and feelings.

Key Insight: Hypnosis mirrors this natural state between waking and sleeping. However, in hypnosis, we intentionally create this state, extend its duration, and use it therapeutically.

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Pre-Talk 3: Hypnosis and Driving

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Interactive Story: Do you drive often?
Think of a time you were on autopilot while driving:

• Have you ever missed a turnoff because you were lost in thought?

• Ever arrived at your destination but don’t remember the journey?

Autopilot Example:

• When learning to drive, you used your conscious mind to focus on every detail.

• Once you mastered driving, it became an automatic, subconscious process.

Highway Hypnosis:

• Your subconscious takes over, driving automatically while your conscious mind drifts into thoughts or imagination.

• You may:

  • Revisit stressful memories (e.g., work) and feel tension in your body.

  • Imagine future experiences (e.g., a meal) and feel physical sensations like salivation.

Key Insight: In life, your subconscious "autopilot" often brings you back to familiar patterns, even when you consciously want to go somewhere new. Hypnosis allows us to reprogram this autopilot, enabling your subconscious to take you to new, positive destinations without conscious effort.

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Experience Hypnosis: Everyone naturally experiences hypnotic states:

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• Twice daily (when waking and falling asleep).

• Throughout the day during focused or repetitive tasks (e.g., driving).

In hypnosis, we intentionally recreate this natural state to engage your subconscious mind, using its incredible capacity to heal, learn, and grow.

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Subconscious Tendencies: Reality vs. Imagination

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The subconscious mind does not distinguish between vivid imagination and actual experience. This unique trait impacts how our mind and body respond to thoughts and memories:

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• Visualizing Food:
  When you vividly imagine food, your body reacts as if it’s in front of you—triggering appetite and even salivation.

• Reliving Stress:
  When you recall past work stress, your body responds as if it’s happening now. Your heartbeat quickens, breathing changes, and tension builds in your hands, jaw, and muscles.

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This phenomenon demonstrates the power of the subconscious. Even when your conscious mind knows something isn’t real, your subconscious mind operates as though it is happening in the present.

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Harnessing Hypnosis: Accessing the In-Between State

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Through hypnosis, we intentionally enter the state between waking and sleeping—a state where the subconscious mind is most accessible. In this state, we can:

• Create Dream-Like Experiences: These experiences feel real to the subconscious mind, allowing for profound emotional and mental shifts.

• Reprogram Your Inner Autopilot: By working with the subconscious, we can replace old patterns with new ones, guiding you effortlessly to your desired outcomes.

With hypnosis, we leverage the subconscious mind’s immense capacity to imagine, feel, and transform—empowering you to move forward with ease and confidence.

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