Discovering the Power of Self-Hypnosis: The Simple, Natural Mind-Body Approach to Change and Healingg

Written by the professional psychotherpist, this book explains thru patient examples on how hypnosis can successfully completent traditional therapy. The advice written has for his readers is that we all have to learn how to love ourselves, take care of our body and mind. If you think of hypnosis as means of relaxation, this is a book for you. The goal of the book is not to teach you how to go into a deep trance, but rather how to attain alpha state of the mind is hort, 90 seconds increments that can be repeated throughout the day. Author teaches us that as human beings, we all have our urges (that can be controlled), beliefs (some of which need to be changed, e.g. smoking or any other unhealthy habit) and finally we have a power over deciding on how we want to act. For hypnosis to be successful, we need to want to impelement a change that will be good for us, or else hypnosis will not work. It is only at the end of the book that author discusses three different methods of self hypnosis induction: HIP induction, reverse hand lavitation induction and the Kreskin auto-conditioning induction. However, this book will not provide you with any self-hypnosis scripts regardless of the goals you wish to reach. Further readings reference part of the book is the place to check out for addtional books, materials and resources on the subject. This is a quick and easy read.

I bought this book when I was doing research for a stress management class at the University of Utah. The information in this book is so useful and readable. It takes the mystery out of hypnosis by explaining the mind-body connection. It also explains how hypnosis can be used to break habits and to enhance your imagination. No matter how far in trance you get, you can still use hypnosis for self improvement. He explains how, with practice, you can use self hypnosis for even controling you automatic nervous system by diverting blood flow. Even the Psychologist I work for found this book to be very useful because of the stories about self-hypnosis to prepare for surgery. He also explains about how our belief systems cause us stress and how to overcome these thoughts so that we can live happy lives. He has a test to measure your hypnotic capacity, that went over great with my class. There are few books written on self hypnosis that you can accually sit down and read, this book excelled in this area.

This is a "review" I was sent via a book owner from a reader in Paris. I wanted to share it with you. "We want to give our warmest thanks to Lynne for lending us her book about self-hypnosis, we learned yesterday morning that Marc's surgery should be today instead of Monday so I read the book very fast (it is realy fascinating) and we tried the surgery preparation yesterday evening and this morning before I brought him to the hospital. And I could even talk to him on the phone this afternoon where he told me he has awakened much better than usual.! Thank you so much!"

A wonderful book that could change your life . . .Self-hypnosis is subtle but very real. At first, it's hard for some to believe that the mind has the power to change life for the better, but self hypnosis WORKS. To prove it, keep a short daily diary for a month or two at the onset of this program. Log what you hope to change, and then jot down a sentence or two every day to note any improvement in your life. The power of your mind will amaze you. I particularly like the added chapter on how to deal with stress, and Gail Sheey's introduction is excellent. Thank you, Dr. Fisher.