OVER the years, hypnosis has picked up all sorts of weird associations from stage hypnotists, the media and superstition. This is a great shame, because in reality, hypnosis is your single most effective tool for change. Hypnosis is your birthright, and you should know how to use it so it doesn’t use you. Here we dispel the biggest hypnosis myths.

Hypnosis Myth 1) All hypnosis is the same

As with anything, hypnosis can be good, bad or indifferent. The most common is old-style authoritarian hypnosis of the type “You are getting sleepy, you are feeling confident”. Unsurprisingly, this sort of hypnosis doesn’t work well with many people. Good hypnosis uses subtle psychological principles and advanced communication patterns.

It’s like the difference between a football coach who thinks you’ll perform best if he yells at you, compared with the more elegant style of a great leader who knows that to get the best from his people, he needs to understand motivation, to cajole, encourage and reward.

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Hypnosis Myth 2) Subliminals work

Subliminals are words that you can’t hear. Common sense says they shouldn’t work, and there’s no research proving that they do.

Hypnosis Myth 3) Some people can’t be hypnotized

The only reason you can’t be hypnotized is if you are incapable of paying attention due to extremely low IQ or brain damage. That’s not to say that every hypnotist can hypnotize you however. The more flexible the hypnotist, the more effective she will be with the largest number of people.

Hypnosis Myth 4) Hypnosis is something weird that other people do to you

If you couldn’t go into hypnosis, you wouldn’t be able to sleep, to learn, or get nervous through ‘negative self hypnosis’. (You know when you imagine things going wrong and it makes you feel anxious? Well that’s self hypnosis!)

Hypnosis is simply a deliberate utilization of the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) or dream state. We’re not giving people medication here – if it wasn’t a natural ability, hypnosis wouldn’t work!

Hypnosis Myth 5) You lose control in hypnosis

Crazy news stories, stage hypnotists and gossip have created the illusion that you lose control in hypnosis. In fact, when hypnotized, you are relaxed and focused – and able to choose to get up and walk away at any time. You choose to give your attention to the hypnotist, and you can withdraw it at any time.

If you have been scared of hypnosis in the past, this article has hopefully convinced you to at least give it a try. But remember, ensure what you’re getting is the real thing. Visit www.hypnosisdownloads.com

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Article by Mark Tyrrell of Hypnosis Downloads.com.

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I viewed her fair features and I found they were good
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I took out my handkerchief and wiped her eyes
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—-
Traditional
Sung by Nic Jones on “Noah’s Ark Trap”
My Grandad used to sing this song in Orkney

THE INDIAN LASS from Nic Jones
As I was a-walking on a far distant shore
I called at an ale house to spend half an hour
And as I sat smoking, beside me a glass,
It chanced there came by a young indian lass.

This lovely young indian on the place where she stood
I viewed her fair features and I found they were good
She was neat, tall and handsome and her age was sixteen
She was born and brought up in a place called New Orleans.

She sat down beside me and she squeezed my hand
“Kind Sir – you’re a stranger, not one of this land”
“And if you’ve no lodging, with me you shall stay,”
“And dearly I’ll love you by the night and by the day”.

Well we tossed and we tumbled in each other’s arms
And all of that long night I enjoyed her charms,
As I embraced her, oh, this was her tongue -
“Oh you are a sailor so far from your home”.

“Oh kind Sir”, said this indian, “I pray you to stay”
“And you shall have my fortune without more delay”
“Oh don’t go leave me to cross the wide seas”
“For I have enough both for you and for me”.

But the day was appointed that we were to sail
To cross the wide ocean and leave her awhile
She says “When you’ve over in your native land”,
“Remember that young indian that squeezed your hand”.

And so early next morning we were going to sail,
This lovely young indian on the beach she did wail
I took out my handkerchief and wiped her eyes
“Oh don’t you go and leave me my sailor” she cries.

But we weighed up our anchor and away then we flew
And a sweet pleasant breeze parted me from her view
And now that I’m over and taking my glass
I’ll drink a good health to the indian lass.

—-
Traditional
Sung by Nic Jones on “Noah’s Ark Trap”