A Fun Thing to Do with Hypnosis

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Comment by Lisa on October 6, 2011 at 10:44am

Hi Celeste,

  I don't use numbing for pain because I don't like how that sensation feels. I'm not sure how I can describe what I do for pain like migraines etc. I just do it. I think of it as a red hot like thing that I breath slow cool air into the area til it vaporizes into steam that floats away completely. I connect relaxing the area with exhaling the "spent" air. Inhaling fresh cool air directed to the area. I got the idea from using a hypnosis recording that had one breathing deeply down to ones feet. That seemed rather odd to me at first because my lungs just don't go that far but realized I was feeling the sensation of breathing in my lungs in my feet after that when I breathed deeply. I don't know how I made the connection with using it for pain relief-somehow it just clicked in my mind eventually. I used to use sweeping out pain but that didn't work well because in sweeping with a broom there is always debris left behind. Maybe I should have thought of vacuuming pain instead <g> 

gentle day (thank you btw. It is shorter than my second choice which was the Meta Bhavana "may you be well, may you be happy, may you be free from suffering" gentle day sums what I feel up pretty well. )

Lisa

Comment by Celeste Hackett, CH on October 6, 2011 at 9:53am

Ahh, very cool  way to use the alarm clock in reverse LOL! 

Comment by Kelley Woods on October 6, 2011 at 7:24am

Yes, Celeste, I have had clients who learned automatically to tune out their physical sensations...due to pain, abuse, overweight, etc, to the point that they lost the ability to get in touch with not only physical, but emotional feelings. Part of our work has been to turn that around, showing them how they can control this function.

I also utilize the knowledge that we can access our internal alarm clock when a client presents with sleep disturbance issues: I teach them that they can instruct that clock to only alert them in case of emergency and not be hyper-vigilant! It's a great metaphor...thanks for sharing.

Comment by Celeste Hackett, CH on October 6, 2011 at 6:53am

Isn't the mind awesome Bill?  I wonder of those of you who automatically learned you could do this, did you also automatically learn how to numb your body or do pain control using your mind?  I've heard of people who knew how to use various pain control techniques without being formally taught.  They just had to do something and got an idea and did it, like they would just mentally go tot he beach and found that doing that helped them when at the dentist or othe places.

 

Comment by Bill Kennedy on October 6, 2011 at 6:45am

Me too.  I started waking up at the right time without an alarm long before I learned hypnosis.  Still, it's a great idea for those who haven't learned it by themselves.

Comment by Celeste Hackett, CH on October 6, 2011 at 4:13am

You are sooooooo welcome Christian!

Comment by Christian Madsen on October 6, 2011 at 4:06am

Thanks for sharing, it's amazing what the mind is capable of...

Comment by Celeste Hackett, CH on October 6, 2011 at 3:50am

Awesome LIsa,  love your salutation "gentle day".  That's beautiful!  Thanks so much for sharing!

Comment by Lisa on October 6, 2011 at 3:44am

  Hi Celeste,

       I learned to do it on my own. I hated being jarred awake by an alarm clock-even by radio alarm clocks so to get around it I started waking up a few minutes before the alarm spontaneously and then after any amount of time I wish later on. I have to think about the amount of time I want to sleep before going to sleep if it is different from just for work. Did this since my 20's. Thought it was just some weird thing I did. 

Cool article-thanks for posting it. 

gentle day,

Lisa

Comment by Celeste Hackett, CH on October 6, 2011 at 3:40am

Your welcom Aaron!  It is so cool.  And may I suggest HYPNOTIC REFLECTIONS, the new book by Dr. Damon?  It is such a page turner and will really give you a LOT of new books from the old time greats of hypnosis that you could try and find. 

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