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This is a question which I get asked almost every day of the week. I guess being a hypnotherapist is just not a run of the mill job! Most people are more familiar with stage hypnosis than they are with its therapeutic uses and so have a fair number of questions upon the subject, including this one. We are all unique and individual and therefore our experience of hypnosis will reflect this. Just as some people are more calm and relaxed and others more tense, and some of us are more outgoing and others more introverted, etc, some of us will enter deeper states of hypnosis than others. The depth of hypnosis reached, however, does NOT directly correspond to your normal state of calmness/tension or introversion/extraversion. In fact, hypnosis is not just a state of relaxation; it is at the same time a state of heightened awareness. And if you are anxious you will already be in a state of heightened awareness, and this can make it easier to enter hypnosis than might otherwise be the case. In actual fact only about 5% of the population cannot be hypnotized, the rest of us will enter hypnosis to one degree or another. About 10% of people will be hypnotized very deeply, as is seen in a traditional stage show. This deep trance phenomenon is NOT needed for therapeutic purposes. ALL levels of hypnosis are conducive to therapeutic intervention. The therapeutic applications of hypnosis are many. You may use hypnosis simply as a way to learn to totally relax and be “in the now” as you would with meditation. You can use hypnosis to aid recall, to alter habits like weight loss hypnosis or stop smoking hypnosis; you may use hypnosis to apply the principles of NLP or you may use hypnosis to dull the sensation of pain even to the extent of inducing hypno-anaesthesia. As a hypnotherapist I am extremely lucky to have such a varied and interesting job. Hypnosis can be used to assist in anything which has a psychological aspect, which is pretty much everything. Everything which you experience in life is colored by how you think about it, by your focus, beliefs and attitudes. Hypnosis allows you to direct and control your thoughts, both conscious and subconscious, and so is a massively empowering state. You will usually find that as you use hypnosis you will become more and more deeply hypnotizable. I recommend that anybody who is considering hypnotherapy purchases a hypnosis download, and listens to this at home a few times as an easy introduction to the natural art of hypnosis. Like most things you undertake in life, you get better at it with practice; as you use hypnosis downloads you will find that you can relax more and more deeply and quickly each time. The hypnotic induction technique used on this type of hypnosis download is a progressive relaxation procedure. As you listen to these hypnotherapy recordings you will find that your body will become progressively more relaxed and free from tension and stress, and as this happens your mind relaxes as well. It is impossible to have a relaxed body at the same time as a tense mind, and vice versa. Hypnosis feels fantastic. It is like taking a mini holiday or giving yourself a mental massage. In this day and age there is all too much stress, tension and anxiety and so it is no wonder that so many people are turning to hypnosis downloads for help. Reverting to the question of whether or not everyone is hypnotizable, the answer is yes, so long as you can attend to and understand the spoken word, and so long as you WANT to. And who would not want to benefit from the therapeutic power of this normal and natural state? Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads for health, self-improvement, well-being and success.   With a degree in psychology and qualifications in hypnotherapy, NLP and sports psychology, Roseanna Leaton is one of the leading practitioners of self-improvement. You can get a free hypnosis download from http://www.RoseannaLeaton.com and peruse her extensive library of hypnosis downloads for hypnosis empowerment.Cheap Logo Design

Stage Hypnotism is a subject that is somewhat shunned within the modern day Hypnotherapy profession in the twenty-first century; however that same profession has its roots mainly in the very thing that it shuns. So why is the profession of Hypnotherapy trying to distance itself from the art of Stage Hypnotism – the very thing that helped it to become so very popular? And also, has Stage Hypnotism got any role to play in the modern twenty-first century Hypnotherapy profession? Well within this article I hope to give you something to think about in order to answer these questions for yourselves.
Let’s start right at the beginning of what is considered the commencement of modern day Hypnosis in Europe. To do this we have to start in the small Swabian town of Iznang on the banks of Bodensee (Lake Constance) on the German-Swish border in 1734, with the birth of Franz Anton Mesmer. Mesmer himself was a performer, usually performing his healings in front of vast crowds of people. Mesmer was overly flamboyant and very charismatic. In many people’s eyes, he truly is the father of modern day Hypnosis and the very first Stage Hypnotist! So to begin with you can see just how long Stage Hypnotism and Hypnotherapy have been working together as one!
Next I want to cover the argument that Stage Hypnotism should be distanced from mainstream Hypnotherapy. For a lot of people, the thought portrayed in Stage Hypnotism of the Hypnotist having complete control over them is a scary prospect. In many cases this can actually stop them from getting the help that they so urgently need, to deal with issues that they may have. After much thinking this is the only negative that I can find.
Now on to the argument that Stage Hypnotism does have a place in modern day Hypnosis and should continue to be used. For at least the last one hundred years, Stage Hypnotism has acted as a vehicle to promote the benefits of Hypnotherapy. There is no doubting this fact. Here in the United Kingdom in the nineties we saw a major boost to Hypnotherapy with the introduction of a Stage Hypnotism show on mainstream television. This is even motivating thousands to both seek Hypnotherapy and train as Hypnotherapists still in 2007.
So there you have it – two sides of the argument and the modern day roots of Hypnosis – what do you think? Will Stage Hypnotism continue to get shunned by the Hypnotherapy profession or will it be used to help thousands more people to find the benefits from Hypnotherapy? You decide! Product Review