[img]560|left|Nicholas D. Pollak||no_popup[/img]A lazy Sunday afternoon. The sun casts rays and shadows in the room. Sitting comfortably in an armchair, listening, feeling relaxed.
Letting all tensions drain from your body, every muscle, every joint, from the tips of your toes to your calves, legs, abdomen, chest, shoulders, upper arms, elbows, forearms, wrists, knuckles and fingers, relaxing, letting go.
Your neck, your scalp, your brow, your eyes, cheeks, nose, ears, upper and lower lips, chin and jaw, all relaxing and letting go.
In this place, your body tingles. Or it feels light? Maybe hot? Maybe cold? Maybe heavy?
No matter which you are experiencing, it only reminds you of the deeply relaxed state of your body.
Hear the sounds of life but you are not affected by them.
Loud sounds, quiet ones, some near, some far, to increase your state of relaxation.
Meanwhile, the sounds take on a rhythm of their own.
Living to the Beat
They become mixed with your own breathing, the rhythm of your chest inhaling relaxation and exhaling.
The beat of your heart, the sounds of your thoughts drifting, drifting, unfocused, wandering.
Here, in this place, where your subconscious is open is the chance to build your opportunity.
Do you want to quit smoking? Anything is possible here. You are a non-smoker and loving it. Remember what the subconscious sees, feels, touches and smells is stored and remembered. In this place with this image attach a strong feeling of joy and happiness at being the smoke-free person you want to be.
Do you want to be thinner? In this place where anything is possible, see yourself in a store buying the clothes you want in the size you want. See the scales at your feet reflecting the weight you want. See the food you eat to take you there.
Do you want to be more confident? Here where anything is possible, see yourself talking to people, sitting in the front row at class or lecture. See yourself asking questions, moving smoothly from person to person with ease and grace. Feel your pride and confidence growing. Remember, getting out of bed in the morning is a cause to congratulate yourself. We were not born with confidence. We build it.
It Can, Will Come True
Do you want to ease your panic and anxiety? Here in this place where anything is possible, see yourself eating protein rich foods, and reducing carbs to stabilize your blood sugar, see yourself in situations in which you have felt panicked, see yourself in those same situations, but calm and relaxed. Attaching positive feelings to your new reaction.
Do you want to ease pain? In this space, see yourself living life pain-free. See yourself easing your pain through targeted relaxation. Imagine you are taking a painkiller. Give it a color. See that color move through your body to the area of pain. See it attack the pain, and see the pain eliminated. Right here, right now, in this place where anything is possible.
As you sit and breathe, hearing the sounds of life around you, you let yourself see the person you want to be.
To realize this picture, to see your desired self in the most minute detail, down to the stitches on your clothing, to see the steps you know must be taken and to see the success, happiness and prosperity that you create for yourself as you succeed in each step, to live as if the new you is already the new you, to breathe it, feel it and act it…
Now the sun is lower on the horizon, and it is time to get up and run errands. Before you get up, let yourself feel your body and count, zero to one, feeling relaxed, two, feeling as rested as if I had slept eight hours, three, feeling alert, four, beginning to smile and five, eyes open, and stretch.
A clinical hypnotherapist, handwriting analyst and expert master hypnotist, Nicholas Pollak may be contacted at nickpollak@hypnotherapy4you.net
