“Your palms are breathing”: What is hypnosis and how it is used

This material is intended for people studying hypnosis.

Unlike NLP and the Ericksonian direction, classical hypnosis is a technique for immersing oneself in a deep “sleep,” where one can change a person’s beliefs and habits for therapeutic purposes. For example, a suggestion in a light trance may come true, or, as is more often the case, it may not. On the contrary, in the stage of somnambulism, the attitude is fully accepted.

If a deep state is achieved (the state of somnambulism), then the words directly enter the person’s subconscious, becoming absolute truths. In this way it is possible to eliminate many bad habits and strengthen the body's immune system.

Treatment of deep caries under hypnosis. Hypnoanesthesia & Self-hypnosis.

Lecture on hypnosis at the All-Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League.

Causes of fatigue and overload of the nervous system

A modern person constantly faces various stress factors in his life. And the point here is not only and not so much in real dangers, conflicts at work and with loved ones, but also in the constant frantic rhythm of life, in increased demands on oneself and in the pursuit of often unattainable goals.

People are always in a hurry to get somewhere, they have no time to stop, think about life, enjoy the comfort of home or the charm of nature. That is, they have no time to relax, and this chronic tension of the nervous system develops into neuroses.

Moreover, people drive themselves. "When I?! I don’t have a minute of free time!” - exclaims another man obsessed with his career, the desire for success and the dream of big money. And this constant running is exhausting, and often aimless running, because money and career are not a goal, but only a means. But there’s no time to think about the goal.

Such an existence has a destructive effect on health, primarily on the state of the nervous system. The consequences of this “run to success” can be very diverse:

increased irritability, which is the cause of constant conflicts;
the inability to keep up with the standards set by society reduces self-esteem and self-confidence;
chronic fatigue leads to apathy and the appearance of negativity towards everything: work, loved ones, colleagues, the world in general;
constant overload brings a person to the brink of a nervous breakdown, insomnia appears, and he begins to swallow sedative pills in batches;
a person loses the ability to enjoy life, to enjoy simple things.

That is, we can say that the quality of life is catastrophically declining. And often this is noticed only when alarming symptoms of nervous disorders, neuroses or panic attacks appear.

But all these troubles can be avoided if you take time to strengthen and restore the nervous system. Timely hypnosis sessions to calm the nervous system are an excellent prevention of nervous diseases. In addition, they help to harmonize the processes of excitation and inhibition in the cerebral cortex, which has a beneficial effect on mental activity in general.

Speech cords for immersion in hypnosis

The material was collected by A. G. Pirogov from the books of Charcot, Platonov, Bernheim, Shertok, Bekhterov.

Sleep! Sleep deeper, sounder! Even deeper! With each sound of my voice during the session, you plunge deeper and further into a state of healing sleep, peace, and relaxation. A pleasant light fog grows in my head. All extraneous thoughts go away. With the help of therapeutic suggestion and words, according to the laws of Hypnosis and Nature. Can you hear my voice? All extraneous sounds go away. You only hear my voice. Everything I say during the session is the absolute truth. For medicinal purposes. Relaxation in the body grows and intensifies. The body relaxes. Arms and legs feel like cotton wool. The head is free from thoughts The sense of time is lost The eyelids stick together, the eyelids become heavier and heavier A pleasant drowsiness envelops you more and more Complete passivity, contemplation, the complete absence of any thoughts and body movements All extraneous noises become indifferent, attention lazily slides off extraneous sounds , without fixating on any one. Peace and tranquility fill your whole body. The spine is like a rope. I touch your head - complete relaxation ensues! The head is filled with intelligence, wisdom [touch]. The brain is resting. Nerve cells rest. This is a magical, healthy dream. This dream fills you deeper and deeper. My voice fades for a while, but I’m with you [if you need to go out]. You experience pleasant bliss of soul and body. You've already been changed. And after you come out of this dream, the changes will continue, grow, intensify in the best way for you! My voice guides you. And you follow my voice, continuing to plunge into a state of magical healing sleep. The heart beats freely and evenly! Breathing is smooth and calm! A pleasant, light fog appears in your head. It is growing and intensifying. The thoughts in my head are confused. How the waves roll over one another. You become drowsy and drowsy. Everything is quieter, everything is becoming calmer around you. With every word I say, your eyelids get heavier and heavier. It becomes increasingly difficult to resist the growing urge to close your eyes and fall into a deep sleep. The desire to sleep will intensify every minute until it becomes irresistible for you. The head is free from thoughts The sense of time is lost The eyelids stick together, the eyelids become heavier and heavier A pleasant drowsiness envelops you more and more Complete passivity, contemplation, the complete absence of any thoughts and body movements All extraneous noises become indifferent, attention lazily slides off extraneous sounds , without fixating on any one. As you reach a state of relaxation and calm, you may notice your thoughts slowing down. There are pauses, gaps, and gaps between them. From time to time, surprisingly pleasant sensations of silence of the mind and inner silence appear. It’s like how the clouds melt and dissipate, and an endless blue sky appears, the vast expanse of the ocean, an endless snow-covered plain, a blank sheet of paper. Peace and tranquility fill your entire body. Calm envelops you like a soft, warm blanket. Everything not connected with this vacation becomes unimportant and indifferent to you. The inner peace that fills you has a beneficial effect on your body, on your soul. Everything happens as if by itself. A transparent dome separates you from the outside world, creating a safety zone around you and muffling extraneous sounds. A state of detachment, detachment of consciousness arises. You don't expect anything, you don't want anything. But you just enjoy this extraordinary inner comfort and plunge deeper and deeper into a wonderful dream where everything is possible. My voice triggers all the internal reserves of your body. My voice is now programming you. My voice is inside you. My voice remains with you. My voice is implanted into every cell. My voice dissolves in every organ. My voice will come to you in your dreams, doing healing work. My voice remains with you. It will awaken strength and confidence. My voice is recorded, as if on a tape, in every cell of your body [run your hands over your body], in every convolution of your brain [touch your head]. A wonderful feeling of peace spreads throughout your entire body. The hand freezes! The hand grows stiff! The hand froze, I will mentally hold it! [Demonstration of suggested catalepsy at a deep stage; running your palm over your hand is a sensation]. And now I’ll snap my fingers like this [click], my hand falls down to my knees, and you fall asleep deeper, more firmly [click]. Very good! I touch your head - the state of healing sleep increases, intensifies [touch - control of relaxation of the neck muscles]. If you want to laugh, laugh! [If it gives laughter]. If you want to cry, cry! [If it gives you tears]... You're tired of crying! [If you get carried away]. I touch your lips - you can speak and you speak. Speak! Don't expect a lot of words and repetitions from me. I treat you according to the laws of hypnosis and nature. The ability to choose, the ability to survive, the ability to get out of the most difficult situations! Whatever happens inside you is normal. Feel happy and free! Peace, confidence, freedom! Nothing can disturb you. You feel great in any situation. I give the installation! I give the instruction: ... I touch your head - the instruction begins to take effect [press a “pinch” of fingers into the top of the head]. The installation is valid. And every day, every hour, every minute after the session, the effect of the installation will grow, strengthen, intensify! In the best possible way for you! Forever! And when I again immerse you in this state of rest, peace, healing sleep, you will fall asleep very deeply, deeper than you are sleeping now, and at the same time you will only hear my voice [when working “according to Vogt” or a course of several sessions]. Remember and forget. Forget to remember... And, remembering, forget... forget, remembering. And forget completely [option of providing amnesia]. When you wake up, you will forget everything I said during the session. But your Dear Deep Mind will do as I said! The treatment session was successful. The treatment session is nearing completion.

Possibilities of hypnosis for relieving nervous tension

Hypnosis is a very ancient technique of influencing the human brain. The goals of this influence can be different, including instilling a certain type of behavior, for example, eliminating bad habits - smoking, overeating, etc.

In any case, hypnosis is always associated with putting a person into a trance. This is an altered state of consciousness similar to sleep. In addition to external similarities, the trance state is combined with sleep by similar processes of inhibition in the cerebral cortex. This inhibition during hypnosis allows you to turn off the control of consciousness and open access to the subconscious. Having immersed a person in such a dream-like state, the hypnotist conducts a session of suggestion. The purpose of this session may be different, but the focus on relaxation, relaxation, and relieving nervous tension is mandatory. That is, calming the nervous system occurs during any hypnosis session.

Moreover, the trance state, as a natural phenomenon, is intended for this. Every person experiences it several times throughout the day. For a few moments he freezes, his gaze seems to be directed inward, and his consciousness dissipates. Having woken up, a person cannot say what he was thinking about at that time, he simply fell out of reality for a few seconds. This natural trance relieves tension and protects the nervous system from overload.

By immersing the patient in a state of hypnotic trance, the psychotherapist instills in him special instructions for relaxation and calmness, thereby greatly enhancing the natural restorative properties of trance.

Hypnosis techniques: options for immersion in deep trance

The texts are taken from different books, the methods are as old as time, so everyone can use it as they want

Option 1. Count to 10.

Set up the person being hypnotized using the environment: soft light, comfortable location. Contact him with an offer to relax, trust, and get ready for bed. Bring your open palm slightly above eye level at a distance of 8-12 centimeters and invite you to look into the center of your palm, without being distracted by any thoughts. Create a flow of heat from your palm. Due to strong eye strain, eye fatigue and a desire to close your eyes will appear. After 3-5 minutes, use the suggestion formulas:

- In a few minutes you will fall asleep and you will hear only my voice - Your eyelids are getting heavier - It is difficult for you to resist the desire to sleep - The desire to sleep is growing - Your eyelids are getting heavier and heavier - You cannot resist the ever-increasing desire to sleep. - Now I will count to ten, and you will fall asleep - One. The eyelids are getting heavy. Drowsiness increases. - Two. You will sleep and hear my voice. - Three. The desire to sleep intensifies. - Four. You will relax. Drowsiness increases. - Five. The eyelids are heavy, the muscles are relaxed. - Six. You fall asleep, you fall asleep, you fall asleep. - Seven. Drowsiness increases more and more. - Eight. You can't resist the urge to sleep - Nine. You fall asleep, you fall asleep, you fall asleep. - Ten. Are you sleeping.

Option 2. Bernheim's technique

“Look at me and think only about falling asleep. You will feel heaviness in your eyelids, fatigue in your eyes; your eyes become moist, blink, your vision becomes clouded, your eyelids droop.” Some patients close their eyes and immediately fall asleep. To others I repeat, I emphasize what was said even more, I add a gesture; the nature of the gesture is not so important. I hold two fingers of my right hand in front of the patient’s eyes and ask him to look at them intently, or I move both hands from top to bottom several times in front of his eyes; or I also ask the patient to look me straight in the eye and at this time I try to concentrate all his attention on the thought of sleep. I speak:

“Your eyelids are closing, you cannot open them. You feel heaviness in your arms and legs; you don’t feel anything anymore, your hands are motionless, you don’t see anything anymore; sleep comes." And I add in a somewhat commanding tone: “Sleep.” Often this word is decisive; the eyes close, the patient sleeps.

If the patient does not close his eyes or does not keep them closed, I do not force him to look into my eyes or at my fingers for very long, because there are patients who endlessly stare and focus their attention only on this, and not on the thought about sleep; in such cases, success is more likely to be achieved with closed eyes. After two or at most three minutes, I close my eyelids or lower them slowly and carefully, sliding over the eyeballs, closing them more and more, thus imitating the natural movement of the eyelids at the moment when a person falls asleep ; finally, I keep them closed, continuing the suggestion: “Your eyelids are sticking together, you cannot open them; The need to sleep becomes stronger and stronger, you can no longer resist.” I repeat the order, gradually lowering my voice: “Sleep.” Almost always after 4 or 5 minutes sleep comes. This is a dream caused by suggestion, a dream image that I gradually introduce into the brain.

Option 3. Fixing your gaze on the watch

Keep in mind that hypnosis is an interactive process. You must be aware of the subject's visual cues and be prepared to change your presentation accordingly.

For example, if the subject's eyes close early, you should not suggest, “Keep your eyes glued to your watch.” You should quickly move on to suggest, “Your eyes are now closed. Keep them closed and don't open them." Likewise, if the subject is not fully relaxed or concentrated at the beginning of the induction, feel free to repeat the appropriate portions of Phase I until your suggestions produce the desired results. For simplicity, we will assume that you are using a pocket watch as the subject's fixation object in this scenario. If you are using some other object, just make the appropriate substitutions wherever the word "clock" appears.

PHASE 1 OF THE INDUCTION TEXT – CONCENTRATION AND RELAXATION.

First, ask the subject to sit with his hands on his knees, comfortable and comfortable in his chair. Then please concentrate on your watch.

“Lean back in your chair and relax. And when you listen to my voice, keep your eyes on the clock. Nothing else matters...except the clock...and my voice. With every breath you take, you become more and more relaxed... more and more detached. Allow every muscle in the body to be completely at rest. You must keep your attention focused on the clock. Look carefully at your watch and don't blink. You feel comfortable. Just a wonderful feeling of relaxation, nothing else matters. You have no worries... no problems... just the desire to sleep. A feeling of complete relaxation washed over your body like a warm ocean wave. You feel warm and comfortable in your chair.”

PHASE II - YOUR EYES BECOME TIRED

“Now, when you relax in a chair, your gaze becomes stronger and more intent. Keep looking at your watch and don't blink. Your eyes are starting to get tired, getting more and more tired. ...The eyes are very, very tired. It's hard to keep your eyes open, they're very, very tired...the eyelids are very, very heavy. You concentrate on the clock and your eyelids feel heavy, very, very heavy. I want to close my eyes and not open them again. All you can think about is how nice it would be to close your eyes. You feel how your eyelids are filled with lead, how the lead weight is pulling your eyelids down. It's getting harder and harder to keep your eyes open. Allow your eyes to close so they can relax. The eyes begin to close. Let them close. Go back to sleep and close your eyes. They will feel so good when they close up, they are so tired and heavy. The eyes closed, the eyelids completely relaxed. It will be very difficult for you to open your eyes even if you want to do so. So keep your eyes closed and let them rest.

PHASE III - TIME TO SLEEP.

“Everything is quiet and calm now. Your eyes are closed and your body is completely at rest. Now go to sleep. Dive deeper, sleep deeper! Everything drifts gently, as if you are floating on a cloud. You are floating... softly down... You are so tired... Every muscle in your body desires sleep, a peaceful sleep. A dream that will take away your fatigue. You are very, very tired. You need sleep... wonderful, peaceful sleep. So go to sleep! Dive in quickly, sleep quickly! You may feel wonderful rest and relaxation wash over your body like a warm, soothing ocean wave, and you drift... drift... and sink deeper and deeper, down into a deep, wonderful sleep. Everything fades, disappears, goes further and further, plunging deeper into a beautiful, peaceful sleep.

Option 4. Counting from one to one hundred

The patient sits (lyes) comfortably. His eyes are closed. Now tell him: “I will slowly count from one to one hundred, with each odd number you will open your eyes, with each even number you will close your eyes.”

At first you count quite quickly, but not so fast that opening and closing your eyes is difficult. Then you begin to count more and more slowly, suggesting to the patient that the eyelids are becoming heavier and heavier from number to number. Maintain a counting pace such that your eyes open briefly and then remain closed for a long time, i.e. count unevenly, and so that on even numbers you take increasingly longer pauses.

As soon as you notice that it is becoming difficult for the patient to open his eyes, reinforce this feeling with the following suggestion: “Your eyelids are becoming heavier and heavier. Soon you will stop opening your eyes completely, although I will continue to count. The eyes are closed and will remain closed. You can't open them. Your eyelids are tightly closed, our peace is complete and boundless.”

Option 5. Splitting reality.

You sit comfortably in a chair and feel the weight of your arms resting on the armrests. Your eyes are open, you see a table in front of you, while you blink occasionally, but you may or may not notice it, just like sometimes, when you feel shoes on your feet, you immediately forget about them. And you know that you can see the bookcase, and you can only wonder if you automatically remembered the name of a book. Now you can feel the shoes on your feet again. Your feet are resting on the floor. At the same time, you feel how your eyelids, when you looked at the floor, droop. And your hands also rest heavily on the armrests of the chair. All this is happening in reality, you can see and feel it. If you look at your wrist and then move your gaze to the corner of the room, you may feel the focus of your eyes change. You can probably remember playing as a child, looking at an object as if it were either very far away or very close. The childhood memories now passing before your mind's eye may be easy memories or difficult memories, for they are real. No matter how abstract they may be, they are still real, like this chair and table, and this feeling of fatigue that arises from sitting motionless and which can be relieved by relaxing the muscles and feeling the full weight of the body; and as fatigue and weakness accumulate more and more, the eyelids become heavier and heavier. And everything that was said here is real, and your attention is real, and when you pay attention to your hand, or your leg, or to the table, or to your breath, or to the memory of the pleasure that you experience when you close your tired eyes , - feelings become richer and sensations more and more pleasant. You know that they are real, that in dreams you can see chairs, trees and people, you can hear and feel that visual and auditory images are as real as the chairs, tables and bookcases that become visual images.

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Hypnosis session to calm the nervous system

Currently, three types of hypnosis are most often used in hypnosis: classical, Ericksonian and regressive. Classical hypnosis is most suitable for calming the nervous system. The session includes several stages.

Creating the right environment

The conditions for entering a trance state should be as comfortable as possible. So that the patient can relax better, he lies down on a couch (sofa) or sits comfortably in a chair. Pleasant, slow, quiet music helps to create an atmosphere of relaxation. As additional remedies, aromatic oils that have a relaxing effect can be used: lavender, ylang-ylang, lemon balm, bergamot, orange. The correctly selected color scheme of the room or the color composition on the screen helps to relieve nervous tension.

Putting the patient into a trance

Putting a person into a trance state can take place in different ways:

by concentrating on some, often shiny, object;
using rhythmic breathing;
thanks to specially selected music;
under the influence of suggestive phrases and the very voice of the hypnotherapist.

But most often the whole range of means is used. And the person plunges into a calm, relaxed state of hypnotic sleep, when all anxieties and worries dissolve in soothing music and the voice of a psychotherapist.

Suggestion stage

With the person immersed in a trance, the hypnotherapist begins a session of suggestion, forming in the patient the correct attitude towards life, helping to get rid of the consequences of mental trauma and conflicts, relieving nervous tension and reducing irritability. At the same time, a positive attitude towards life and others is created.

For this purpose, special verbal formulas are selected that first create attitudes towards relaxation and calm, and then form the patient’s correct, positive attitude towards reality and towards himself.

It is not for nothing that classical hypnosis is called directive - the patient in a trance state perceives what the hypnotist says as an immutable truth. However, there is no need to be afraid of this. A hypnotherapist cannot instill in a patient something he is not ready for or force him to do something he does not want to do. Therefore, the success of hypnosis to calm the nervous system (and any other) depends on the person’s mood, on his desire to change.

Trance recovery stage

After the necessary suggestion has been made, the hypnotherapist takes the person out of the trance state, while simultaneously giving the setting for a good, cheerful mood and a positive attitude towards reality. The patient is told that he is perfectly relaxed, rested, calmed down and is now full of strength and energy and ready for active work.

An exception may be when hypnosis to calm the nervous system is combined with a hypnosis session for insomnia. Then, upon exiting the trance, a suggestion is made for a calm, pleasant and long sleep.

It is not always possible for a person to visit a hypnotherapist in person, but in this case, you can use special video and audio clips recorded by professional hypnologists.

Tactics

It is impossible to put a person into a trance state without his desire. Effectiveness is determined by the emotionality and hypnotizability of the subject.

The trance state is divided into several tactics, depending on the properties and specificity of the disorder.

Classic method

The hypnologist, using certain words, puts the client into a state of trance. Puts the necessary information into his consciousness. There is a change in the subconscious and an attitude toward relieving stress or improving night's rest. In this situation, the subject can follow the instructions that are required of him.

Ericksonian influence

There is another definition of Ericksonian influence - non-directive. This type was developed by the American scientist Milton Erickson.

A distinctive feature of Erickson’s influence is that the subject’s consciousness does not turn off - he is in a sober mind.

Information is presented in the form of a story. It has a coded meaning that affects consciousness and encourages action.

A. Rakitsky's method

Andrei Rakitsky’s method is becoming more popular every year. It is based on listening to relaxing sounds: sea surf, rustling leaves, sound of rain.

A distinctive feature is the accompaniment of sounds with a certain rhythm. Scientists note that it is very similar to the rhythm of the heart and helps improve brain function.

This is a kind of relaxation for sleep.

Methodology of Elena Valjak

The principle of Elena Valjak’s technique is also based on retorsion by sounds. A distinctive feature is the use of a soothing female voice. Visual effects can be used to ensure that the patient is completely immersed in the process.

Sleep affirmations help you relax as much as possible and fall asleep quickly.

Self-hypnosis method

Hypnotic sessions can be carried out independently by listening to audio recordings with encrypted suggestions. With self-hypnosis, sleep requires a rich imagination and fantasy. Even after the first session it is possible to achieve positive results.

After systematic procedures, a reflex setting is formed. Focus and patience help relieve depressive disorders and improve the process of falling asleep.

Influencing the subconscious with the help of audio is the most accessible and safe form. With this calming hypnosis, the person’s consciousness does not turn off. It just means complete relaxation and distraction from the problems of the day.

Advantages

There are a number of benefits to hypnotherapy for both the patient and the hypnologist.

During regular psychosessions, the client may lose balance, allow himself to shout, be rude, or behave inappropriately. In a trance state, the patient is passive and therefore more receptive to the information received.

Hypnosis provides only relaxation and stress relief. The main task of a hypnologist is to influence a person’s subconscious. The subject approaches his problem with restraint and thoughtfulness, weighs the positive and negative aspects, and looks for a way out.

Upon awakening, the information received can be discussed with a specialist. Then repeat the session. This is the basic principle.

Contraindications

Despite the safety and harmlessness of this technique, hypnotic sessions have a number of contraindications:

Acute mental disorders.
Pregnancy period.
Pathological abnormal deformations of the heart.
Chronic neuralgic disease – epilepsy.
Schizophrenia.
Acute chronic pathologies.
Oncological diseases.
Alcohol intoxication or use of psychotropic drugs.

If you have chosen hypnotherapy to combat insomnia, you should carefully choose a specialist and the clinic where the therapy will take place.

Classes will help you get rid of insomnia for a long time and normalize psycho-emotional situations. Quite often, five sessions are enough for you to return to healthy sleep.

Auto-training to calm the nervous system

Considering the peculiarities of modern life, it is easy to assume that the need to calm down and balance the nervous system arises quite often. But a person himself can relieve nervous tension and relax at the end of the working day with the help of autogenic training or autotraining.

The autotraining method was developed back in the 20s of the 20th century by the German psychiatrist I. Schultz, and later supplemented and adapted by the domestic psychotherapist L.P. Grimak.

Any person can independently regulate the state of his body and, first of all, the nervous system

Three channels of influence on the nervous system

Autogenic training includes 8 basic exercises, which are described in detail in another article. These exercises make it possible to influence your body through three channels.

By regulating breathing and muscle tension. By relaxing the muscles and slowing down breathing, a person calms down and achieves a state of relaxation.
Through activation of the imagination. Sensory images that the brain generates affect our psyche no less than real phenomena and events. For example, by creating in one’s imagination peaceful pictures of home comfort, the shore of a warm sea or a forest clearing warmed by the sun, a person begins to feel pleasant relaxation, and his nervous system calms down.
Verbal channel. A person reacts very sensitively to words; they can start or slow down many processes in our body. Moreover, words work, or rather, specially selected verbal formulas, spoken not only out loud, but also silently.

Thus, by regulating physical processes, breathing and connecting the imagination, you can set the body up for relaxation, calm, complete rest. And this is the most important thing for calming the nervous system.

How to do auto-training

To practice auto-training, you do not need any special abilities, but you need to master the technique. You can acquire autogenic training skills in classes with a hypnotherapist or on your own. For this, there are special video lessons prepared and recorded by a psychotherapist who knows the technique of hypnosis.

Autotraining involves immersing yourself in a state of light trance. It is not dangerous and anyone can do it. As has already been said, trance is a natural state. We involuntarily and often unnoticed by ourselves can go into a trance state for several moments more than once during the day. This is how our brain protects itself from overload.

But in order to master the art of consciously immersing yourself in a trance, you still need some skills, and they are acquired in the process of training sessions.

It is also important to create a comfortable environment, take a comfortable position, and perhaps turn on soothing music. And make sure that nothing distracts you during the auto-training process.

Contraindications

Hypnotherapy is a gentle technique for influencing the conscious and subconscious mind. It allows you to solve a whole range of problems related to the nervous system. Just getting rid of them allows a person to become calmer, more balanced, gain self-confidence and learn to enjoy life. At the same time, hypnosis is not addictive and has no harmful side effects, unlike medications.

But still, hypnotherapy sessions are not suitable for everyone. There are categories of people to whom hypnotic influence is not recommended:

people with mental disorders;
patients with epilepsy;
persons under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

However, these are minor exceptions; most people, under the influence of hypnosis and self-hypnosis, find peace and inner harmony. And this effect can be enhanced if you start leading a healthy lifestyle - playing sports, spending more time in nature, being creative and communicating with pleasant people.

Professional hypnosis

There are several options for professional hypnosis used to improve sleep quality and combat insomnia. The most popular include:

Classic hypnosis. The person falls into an unconscious state and can carry out simple commands without thinking. The therapist uses a certain tone of voice. Using so-called hypnotic speech, the patient is put into a state of sleep and insomnia is eliminated using simple commands. To completely get rid of the problem, several therapy sessions are necessary.
Ericksonian influence. The main advantage of the method is that the session does not require auxiliary objects. This type of influence is suitable for almost everyone. During the session, a person needs to relax as much as possible, try to exclude all thoughts and listen to the voice of the hypnotist. The harmlessness and versatility of this method can be explained by the lack of a strong impact on the human psyche. In audio recordings for such hypnosis, alpha sounds are used, which create a monotony effect to slow down brain activity and put you to sleep. This could be the ticking of a clock, the noise of a train, the wind, etc. In addition to alpha sounds, soothing music is played so that the client can fall asleep faster. In addition to getting rid of insomnia, Ericksonian hypnosis is actively used to relieve muscle spasms.

Erickson's hypnosis has a number of analogues, one of which is the method of Elena Valyak and Andrei Rakitsky. The difference between this version of hypnotherapy is the use of a gentle female voice with a monotonous timbre.