So let's start with a BBQ I went to last weekend and finished up talking about Hypnosis (yes me - the technical man of the business - dabbling with all that hypnosis stuff)
Now I have
to set the scene so that you can imagine the situation.
SO here goes...
Me and my wife Babs had gone to see our friends Brian and Lindsay who have a daughter called Laura who is married to Adam [please note - not our Adam E here] Adam and Laura have twins Sadie and Emily and they were two years old that day - the reason for the BBQ and
celebrations.
Got that?
You know the sort of event I am sure - adults mixing with kids and trying to forget that you are missing Arsenal play.
I didn't know Adam (the father of the twins) particularly well. But I found myself sitting with him on the floor among some toys making funny men with play dough.
And we get
chatting...
Here is a bit of the conversation:
Adam: What do you do? (That was after asking me if I was retired)
Me: Website development and Internet
Marketing.
Adam: What sort of websites
Me: Various , yacht
sharing company, swimming franchise, a hypnotherapist ...
Adam: Mmmmm --- Erm - Hypnosis - oh I don't know anything about that - in fact it seems a bit strange to me?
Me: Why
Adam: Well all that falling about on stage.
Me: No - what I am talking about is Hypnotherapy - the therapeutic use of hypnosis.
Adam: Erm - Erm - Yes but isn't it weird having someone take over your mind.
Me: It isn't like that - NO nothing like that - in fact you can use
self-hypnosis - there is nobody else involved, so who can be controlling that other than you.
Adam: Have you been
hypnotised.
Me: Yes sure - many times.
Adam: What does it feel
like
Me: Well - umm
Just then - right on cue - something remarkable happened. Laura
(twins mother) came in the room looking for Sadie because there were birthday candles to blow out. Sadie was in the corner near a toy kitchen talking to a doll and setting a cardboard table.
Laura said: - no wonder I can never get her to come when I call - she is in her own little world. Totally focused imagination in her play. .
Me: There you are Adam
Adam: What?
Me: That is what being in hypnosis is like - focused imagination. Kids do it naturally.
Add some suggestions and you are on your way.
Of course there is a lot more to understand but that is a good starting position.
It is a shame that a large amount of the public really need some education about just what is available from hypnotherapy.
Hypnotherapists need to do a lot more public education I believe.
Go tell them!! Go Educate!
I thoroughly recommend a video and audio set in our shop which is incredibly cheap to encourage anyone to find out more about the power of the mind.
We have it on sale at just £1.99 (£17.78 Discount)