02/10/2022
If you’re like most people, you probably aren’t really sure what hypnosis actually is; and it might all seem a bit odd (and not for you).
If you’re anything like I was, you probably have some preconceptions (*misperceptions*) about what hypnosis really is ~ probably partly based on stage hypnotists you might have seen as a child.
Hypnosis is something that’s shrouded in a lot of mystery, perceived woo-woo, and misunderstanding. In fact if someone had told me even two years ago that I would become a hypnotherapist, I wouldn’t have believed them ~ and to be honest, I probably would have laughed.
However as I came towards the end of a coaching certification and was faced with the challenge of actually helping clients find the root of problem and therefore truly help them change their habits using coaching (the conscious thinking mind), and began searching for something more powerful, the absolute criticalness of working at the subconscious level became so, so clear – and I began to look at hypnosis in a more serious way, until I finally came across RTT – which truly is, root cause hypnotherapy.
👉🏻 So, what is hypnosis really?
Hypnosis, above all else, can be understood as a feeling of deep, profound relaxation, combined with a heightened sense of awareness. 👁
Induction into hypnosis – which in RTT is carried out rapidly, in a matter of minutes - is designed to quickly bring the client into an alpha brainwave state, which is experienced as a deep sense of relaxation, a state of mind that would be familiar to anyone who has practiced mindfulness meditation.
As the middle brainwave frequency, alpha acts like a bridge between the thinking mind (the higher frequencies of beta and gamma) with the lower frequencies of theta and delta (the subconscious/unconscious minds). In effect, it creates a link between the conscious mind and the subconscious mind ~ and between the external world and the internal world ~ allowing a flow of consciousness, integrating all levels of mind.
In this state, because high beta brainwaves are minimised (high beta is disproportionately focused on the outside world), there is very little ‘monkey mind’ and anxiety. The mind ~ as we tend to know it on a daily basis ~ completely quietens down and becomes still.
We experience a heightened sense of awareness of self, increased clarity, a heightened connection to who we truly are, and the ability to easily and effortlessly identify what we already know at a subconscious level (given it is the vault in which all our deepest beliefs, habits, preconceptions, patterns and earliest memories – including preverbal - are stored).
Theta waves ~ the realm of the subconscious ~ are also present in hypnosis, however it’s the alpha-theta border (7Hz - 8Hz) which is the optimal range for visualisation, mind programming and where your intuition is at it’s clearest and most profound. This is the optimal state for hypnotherapy, and the mental state in which you consciously create your reality.
As biophysicist Max Cade, who measured states of consciousness in the 1970s, said about the optimal state he identified and called the ‘Awakened Mind’, “The awakening of awareness is like gradually awakening from a sleep and becoming more and more vividly aware of everyday reality – only its everyday reality from which we are awakening!”. I feel this mirrors exactly what I get to witness in my clients as a hypnotherapist, and it’s extraordinary.
All that said, there’s nothing unnatural, or magical about hypnosis. 🧠
Some clients will remain totally still throughout the session; however others will continue to move as necessary, to scratch their nose, wipe a tear away from an emotional release. But regardless, the body has become, and will feel, beautifully irrelevant. Because you are in a heightened state of mind, communicating directly with your subconscious mind, and feeling so present, while working with your therapist towards fully understanding and releasing your outdated programming from the past, and defining the new beliefs, and the new habits that you are choosing for yourself to accept ~ and begin to wire in as your new normal ~ in this highly receptive state.
Where RTT differs from regular hypnotherapy, is it’s powerful focus on getting to the root cause of the issue, and removing this root cause (the subconscious program) while in hypnosis so that permanent and lasting relief is available - regardless of what issue the client came to the session with ~ from migraines, to autoimmune conditions, anxiety, lack of confidence, procrastination, money blocks, fears and phobias, or recurring relationship patterns.
And the idea that you are out of control, like the stage hypnotist probably led you to believe? This doesn’t exist. Hypnosis only exists where you allow it. Hypnosis is about choosing to let suggestions in that benefit you, and you decide what you let in; you are completely aware during the session (more than ever), completely in control, you decide what you want to share, and how to share it; and the therapist merely facilitates the process.
If you’re curious or have a question ~ send me a DM ~ or feel free to book in a free Zoom consult through the link in bio or via my website.
Holly x
