27 Apr 2019 Tips to help your hypnotherapy practice
When people come to see me they often experience rapid change – hence the name Rapid Transformation Therapy! Hypnotherapy has a profound effect, and fast. That’s why so many people choose it.
After a session I give everyone a recording to listen to over the next few weeks. This recording reinforces the messages that the person wants to become part of their lives. It reiterates the core values that they want to embody. It helps create a state of hypnosis, even when they are not in the room with me.
Whilst listening to the recording at any time can be valuable, there are certain ways to make the process have a more profound effect.
Find a relaxing room
It’s easier to make yourself receptive to the messages if you are in a relaxing place that lets you switch off. Find a room with pillows and softness, and make yourself comfortable. Keep the lighting low, and close the door so that you are not distracted.
Turn your phone off
Keep your phone off, or if you are listening to the recording on it, turn it on to airplane mode. No one needs to get hold of you for fifteen minutes. This is your time.
Use your senses
Try lighting a candle to focus on, or use a nice smelling oil or essence to enhance your experience. Making this a multi sensory experience helps your whole body to get into the mood for the hypnotherapy, and ensures it has an effect on all of you.
Calming music
Try listening to some calming music to help you switch off and relax. This can be of any genre – just not too boisterous or heavy. Enjoy the sound and let it take you over. Hypnotherapy works best when you are open to it, and music can help with this.
A good bath
There are lots of benefits of a nice bath, one being that it helps your muscles relax. If your body is relaxed you are more likely to be responsive to the hypnosis. It also just feels really good!
It’s worth taking the time to do these things, because you’re worth taking the time for. If nothing else, it’s important to remember how valuable self care is. By carrying out these little activities, you can help make hypnosis work for you.
Keep listening
At the end of every Rapid Transformational Therapy session I devote some time to creating a recording of the key words and phrases that have been explored in the previous hour. Usually, the focus will be on a sentence or two that represents the positive place that the client wishes to get to. For someone with self esteem issues, the phrase might be ‘I am enough.’ An individual struggling with eating good food and moving their body might focus on the phrase ‘I am healthy.’ This, combined with a guided narrative to bring the client to a state of REM and take them to their subconscious, forms a short recording to be listened to every day for the next three weeks.
This is an important part of the process, and not to be missed. Life happens; there are jobs to be done, family to look after, and tasks to take care of. But if you really want to see transformation in your life, you have to put in the work.
In Rapid Transformational Therapy the bulk of the work takes place in the main session. But this does not mean that it is an instant cure. You have to remind yourself of where you want to go, and keep taking the steps to get there. The recording acts as that reminder, sparking off the connections in the brain repeatedly, and reinforcing the message that you want and need to hear.
Changing your life, or an aspect of it, requires effort and practice. RTT kicks off that process, but there’s still work to be done. The message that you want to become part of your life needs to be reinforced and reheard, slowly infiltrating your mind until it becomes the norm. It’s like flexing a muscle or stretching the limbs – the more you do it, the easier it becomes.
You need to hear the words that will help you, and you need to hear them often enough that they become part of your everyday experience. Little reminders keep you focused and keep you en route to where you want to get to.
Keep listening. Keep hearing. Keep going.