We heard a lot about hypnotherapy, but are you sure that what you know is true? Basically, when we speak of hypnotherapy, perhaps the very first thing that comes into your mind is the word sleep. Actually, hypnosis is derived from the Greek word Hypnos which literally means sleep. The person who conducts the hypnotism is called hypnotherapist, they use exercise that bring about deep relaxation and altered state of consciousness, also known as trance. A person in a trance or deeply focused state is unusually responsive to an idea or image, but this does not mean that a hypnotist can control the person's mind and free will.

Through hypnotherapy, a person can affect his own body function as well as psychological responses. Because of this, it has been used as a mode of treatment nowadays. One of the latest uses of hypnotherapy is for weight loss. If you are struggling with weight loss, hypnosis can provide the extra motivation to keep you moving in the direction of your goals, and enable you to escape the many food traps that can cause weight gain. Weight loss self hypnosis is the perfect tool for re-educating your unconscious mind - the part that creates cravings and impulses - to give you back choice in what you eat.

Hospitalized smokers are more likely to prefer hypnotherapy instead of using other smoking cessation method. A new study* shows that smoking patients who participated in one hypnotherapy session were more likely to be non-smokers at 6 months compared with patients using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) alone or patients who quit "cold turkey". Many people considering stopping smoking feel that their true choice is being taken away from them. The secret of hypnotherapy is that it gets people to use their imagination to create a non-smoking future. This often feels very positive and empowering. Stopping smoking becomes the positive and definite choice.

Hypnotherapy is known for its great help in managing stress. In dealing with anxiety or stress typically you'll learn a rapid relaxation technique to lower the level of muscle tension and arousal throughout the body and then learn hypnosis and self-hypnosis to deepen relaxation and feelings of confidence. It has a good effect on insomniac people as well; excess tension in the skeletal muscles increases the amount of activity across the whole nervous system - including the amount and "speed" or "volume" of our thinking. By learning how to relax the muscles directly and deeply - and retraining our body to a more relaxed state we can fall asleep quickly, stay asleep and awake refreshed.

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