Hypnotherapy
The term "hypnosis" comes from the Greek word hypnos, meaning "sleep." Hypnotherapists use techniques that bring about deep relaxation (but not actually sleep!) referred to as the 'hypnotic state' or 'trance'. Researchers continue to debate whether hypnosis is actually an 'altered state of consciousness' or simply a different kind of thought processing. Trance is a natural and everyday situation and it could be argued that people are always in a trance facts about hypnosisof some sort. When someone watches a movie or plays computer games and gets very absorbed in what's happening they go into trance, and may be very responsive to what's happening on the screen. Even anger is a trance state! Recent research shows that a hypnotic trance is an accessing of the REM state, when the mind updates patterns of behaviour and can be thought of as the optimal learning state. A person in a deep trance 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. On the contrary, hypnosis can actually teach people how to master their own states of awareness. By doing so, they can affect their own physical and psychological responses. Hypnotherapy is well known as being successful as an aid to stopping smoking, losing weight and dealing with fears and phobias. The list (below) of issues that can benefit from hypnotherapy is far from exhaustive, so if you are unsure whether treatment using hypnosis can help you please contact h2 NATURAL HEALTH.