1. Creating Change: Self-Hypnosis Eve Karpinski AHN-BC, RNC, C.Ht

2. The Power of the Mind Your thoughts- Do hand exercise Lemon exercise Do a mini-vacation.

3. Self-Hypnosis What is Hypnosis How does Hypnosis work How to do Self-Hypnosis Experience Self-Hypnosis

4. Hypnosis The mind is like an iceberg, 10% is above the water. Typically, you spend 90% of your time in the conscious mind Your conscious mind uses only a measly 10% of you brain. There are two levels conscious and the subconscious. Brain-waves patterns show an alert wakefulness state.

5. All hypnosis is self-hypnosis. It is a state of mind in which you are very relaxed, paying complete attention to the suggestions you want to implant and do not criticize the suggestions made, but accept them at face value

6. It is about helping you re-program your mind and create new neural pathways in the brain. It is about dissolving old mind- body associations or “habits” and creating new mind-body association or “new habits”. By making these new associations in the trance state, your are setting yourself up to respond differently in your normal waking state, to produce healthy feelings, actions and behaviors the enhance your life,rather than unhealthy, ingrained habits that no longer serve you

7. The subconscious mind memorizes and records all your life experiences down to the very last detail? Runs all the intricate workings of your body without using your brain. It has no power of reasoning and because of this it accepts any suggestion given to it as true.

8. The subconscious holds your life’s program. It runs on automatic. The hypnosis bypasses the conscious mind and you can plant suggestions in the subconscious.

9. How can Hypnosis be used. It can literally be used for anything, no matter how unusual, unique or specific the issue may be. You can free yourself from bad habits, destructive patterns of behaviors, difficulties with your health, interrelationship tensions. Get past what’s holding you back. Fears,phobias, drinking or smoke too much, get more confidence, enhance your study skill. Hypnosis can be used from birth till death.

10. How it can help Heal addictions: Smoking Drinking Nail-biting Gambling Over eating Over come: Phobias Build confidence Reduce stress Reinforce goals Build self esteem Reduce pain Any habits you wish to stop.

11. Allows you to make significant changes to the chemical, physical, psychological and emotional parts of yourself, and bring about control over fears, relief from stress, freedom from unwanted habits, resistance to disease and aging, increased performance at work and in sports, promotes healing. Relieves pain, and supports the dying process.

12. All hypnosis is self-hypnosis Self-Hypnosis is merely a stat of mind in which: 1. You are very relaxed. 2. You are paying complete attention to the suggestions you want to implant. 3. You do not criticize the 12 made, but accept them at face value

13. Self-hypnosis is used to directly program your unconscious with affirmations and suggestions that would otherwise have to run through critical processes in your mind. Your can use this programming as an effective method to reduce stress and induce relaxation. It can not make you do something you do not want. It helps you from the inside out.

14. Self-Hypnosis Pick your most important objective or goals. Start with one measure able goal/objective Practice self-hypnosis Formulate appropriate suggestions and apply them during self hypnosis, and at any other appropriate times. Autoquestioning can help you get subconscious “clearance” to use your suggestions. It can also help uncover the subconscious dynamics of whatever it is you want to make, break or change.

15. Get in a comfortable position. Set the mood. Determine the length of time for the session. 15, 20 or 30 minutes State your purpose for the session. What you what to change, enhance, achieve or eliminate. All statements should be in a positive was. I will be smoke free, eat appropriated amounts of health foods. Example: “ I’m entering a state of self-hypnosis for 20 minutes for the purpose of allowing my unconscious mind to assist me in becoming ???. When I awake in 20 minutes, I will feel peaceful, committed to improving my health and completely free of ???

16. Tools to enhance the experience. Music Aromatherapy Quiet room, safe, free from interruptions Comfortable chair Empty bladder Suggestion that each time you go into this hypnotic state you will go deeper and the suggestion will go deeper in to your mind.