Transforming Beliefs with Self-Hypnosis: Unlock and Exploit The Unlimited Potential of Your Subconscious Mind: a Manual

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Table of ContentsPrologue

What this book is about

Hypnosis

The amazing subconscious mind

The gatekeeper – Your conscious critical faculty

About beliefs

5 Step Self-hypnosis

Your Subconscious Garden – The technique

Planting the seeds

Maintaining the changes

About Martin

Connect

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PrologueThe subconscious mind has always fascinated me. This fascination

started approximately 25 years ago, when my at that time very

young wife, was taking her final exams to become a teacher.

She was frightened to death and was on the verge of giving it all up.

I had by chance read a "Dummies for hypnotists" - ( read this book

and become a great hypnotist in 10 min. ) and thought it couldn't

hurt trying out the techniques on my wife. Things could only get

better!

We got up together very early in the morning, and I used what I

had learned to the best of my abilities. The book was very simple,

straightforward and direct in its form. Bring the person into

hypnosis and give the subconscious mind a number of positive

suggestions.

I am quite sure, that I made some elementary mistakes. Mistakes,

that I nowadays as an experienced, trained master hypnotist, would

have smiled at.

My wife was more calm, confident and relaxed the following

mornings after the hypnosis séances, and also passed her final

exams.

Whether my efforts had any actual effect, or whether it rather was

my wife's blind trust in my hypnotic abilities that did the trick, those

early experiences with hypnosis left a little seed in my stomach.

This seed lay dormant for several years, before it was fully


awakened.

After taking a degree in music and science, health issues forced me

to shift my ground, and I began educating myself a therapist. At

first I took classes in NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) and

later several years training in advanced hypnosis and hypnotherapy.

Hypnotherapy almost instantly became my favorite field of practice,

offering a fast and effective tool to deep and lasting personal

change. So what's this book about?


What this book is aboutThis book is about identifying old, rigid, outdated beliefs from the

past and replacing them with new fresh powerful beliefs.

This "exchange" takes place on a subconscious level. Therefore this

book is also a book about the subconscious mind. How to use self-

hypnosis as a wonderful tool and how to create access to our hidden

beliefs.

In this book you will learn to:✓ Master a universal technique of transforming beliefs, that can

be used for everything - and I mean everything!

✓ Understand, and communicate with your subconscious mind.

✓ Change old hard-core habits, thoughts and beliefs.

✓ Create a breeding ground for new, healthy and fresh

contemporary mind programs.

✓ Master a simple, bulletproof self-hypnosis technique that

works and is yours forever.

✓ Take control of your subconscious life. Move from unconscious

victim to conscious creator.

✓ Create a stronger body, greater mental clarity and a higher

level of consciousness.

✓ Maintain and reinforce the changes you create.

What is required from your side?1: A sincere desire for change - perhaps the circumstances of your

life right now are problematic or downright unbearable. Fine - this is

an excellent starting point for change.


Some of the greatest human quantum leaps of consciousness, have

been based on a persons intolerable situation. What happened in

many of these people's lives was, that they actually started

doubting.

Eckhart Tolle is a living example of this. When he first started

doubting, he discovered himself as the living witness behind

everything.

This may sound somewhat backward, as the buzz words for many

years have been "believe in yourself " or "think you're good

enough".

This is undoubtedly excellent, but if all the old, untrue and limiting

beliefs from the past aren´t recognized, much willpower can be

spent in budging old ingrained beliefs. It's like turning off a fire with

gasoline.

2: A willingness to spend 10 min. of your day to monitor, maintain

and enhance the progress you have made. This can be done by

quickly and efficiently bringing yourself into trance, using a simple

self-hypnosis technique - described in the chapter on self-hypnosis.

I know from my experience with thousands of hypnosis clients, that

great progress can happen very quickly using hypnosis and

hypnotherapy. Still it is important to continue the work yourself.

Hypnosis can be very efficient, but I want you to be the captain of

your own ship, so you can steer the ship in the exact direction you


want.

Therefore, this book is also about, how you in the easiest and

simplest way can maintain and reinforce the changes you create.

Identifying what's falseFor you to be successful with the exercises in this book, a number of

elements must be present. First of all, you need to know exactly

what to change and reprogram in yourself.

The easiest way to identify and reach your goal, is to identify the

beliefs that prevent you from achieving your goal.

By this I mean, that we have to identify what's "false" first, to be

able to define what's "true". When I say false, I mean all the beliefs

we subconsciously have chosen to be and live out. Beliefs which

contradict the obvious. That we as humans already are unique,

precious beings made from light and love.

We have to see through ourselves, and realize what we are, and

what we are not.

The logical, rational mind is excellent at telling and outlining the

truth about ourselves. It thinks logically and from a logical point of


view, it's quite obvious that we as human beings are precious and

invaluable.

Therefore, we can use our conscious mind to formulate exactly, how

we want our new beliefs to be. The conscious mind already knows

the truth about us. It is not governed by emotions and untrue

subconscious programs of the past

Making it eatableIt is imperative to formulate the new belief as precisely as possible.

This makes it more "eatable" for the subconscious mind. You cannot

just pick a random sentence, and assume that the subconscious

mind eats it raw.

It is necessary to address it, in a language that the subconscious

mind understands. This language is emotional, creative, timeless.

It's the language of your dreams. Therefore, I have dedicated a

chapter in this book on how to "create the perfect belief."

Establishing contactSubsequently, to change your deepest subconscious beliefs, the new

belief must be placed deep within the subconscious mind. To do this

you have to connect with your subconscious mind.

To establish this contact, you first need to understand exactly what

the subconscious mind is all about and understand the difference

between the conscious and subconscious mind. This information is

contained in the chapter: The amazing subconscious mind.


Finally, we need to actually enter the subconscious mind. This is

done with self-hypnosis. Again, to be able to go fast and efficiently

in self-hypnosis, it is important to learn what hypnosis is and more

importantly, what it certainly is not.

I have therefore written a section on hypnosis, self-hypnosis and

included a FAQ about hypnosis.


Hypnosis

Myths and MisconceptionsWhen I started as a hypnotherapist 13 years ago, I was very green

and inexperienced. I had, throughout my education, acquired much

theoretical knowledge of hypnosis, as well as a great number of

hypnotherapy techniques, ready to be used in my clinic.

It took me some time though, to understand the subconscious mind

completely.

My clients arrived with loads of control, projections, prejudices and

myths about hypnosis, but also with hopes and dreams of a richer

and better life.

Therefore, I have always spent a great deal of time to strip this

control of my clients, thereby giving them the possibility of the most

effective treatment. These guidelines, of course, also apply for this

book, as you will become your own hypnotist.

The fear and control:A typical myth about hypnosis that I often hear from my clients is:

"Now you won't make me act like a hen, will you?".

This statement obviously originates from various stage hypnosis

shows, where the hypnotist, in order to perform an entertaining

show, has hypnotized a susceptible spectator.


Statements like the above, are of course meant as a humorous

icebreaker, but it still reveals an underlying fear inside the person. It

is the fear of losing control, that here rears its head.

Another very persistent myth, that I often hear from my clients is:

"I thought I was going to be completely gone".

Again a myth which may may have originated from hypnosis stage

shows, where the poor victim sat and nodded his head, appearing to

be sleeping.

Nothing could be more wrong. Hypnosis has nothing to do with

sleep.

It was especially early in my career, I heard this statement. I

decided to put a thorough end to it, by informing clients very clearly

about this fact. Repeating it, until they fully understood and

accepted it.


I mention this to you, dear reader, to ensure that you, in the easiest

way and without any doubt, can connect with your amazing

subconscious mind, thus taking advantage of all its wonderful

possibilities.

It was my clients' inherent subconscious resistance, which taught

me to understand the subconscious mind's vast potential and

endless possibilities.

Bearing this knowledge, I became more and more aware of how

limited the conscious mind actually is. How subconsciously we

actually live our lives, without being aware of it!

The transformation technique in this book is based on a simple but

proven technique, I have used on my clients for a number of years.

Through the years, I have refined and developed the technique,

making it increasingly complete and efficient.

Thats why I know exactly what it takes, to get the subconscious

mind to accept new ideas. This knowledge I will pass on to you in

this book.

Once you understand this, you will also know that the easiest way

to create deep, incredible and lasting changes in your life is to

create a channel directly to the subconscious mind.

You will learn to use this channel to connect with your subconscious

mind, in a very quick and efficient manner. Subsequently bring

yourself into hypnosis, while simultaneously taking advantage of the


fact, that you daily drift into hypnosis quite naturally.

Self-hypnosis FAQA number of frequently asked questions about hypnosis:

Q: I don´t know if I can go into hypnosis.

A: Hypnosis is a natural state that occurs many times during the

day. Typically, when you are watching TV, daydreaming or driving

your car.

Q: What if I go too deep and cannot wake again?

A: The worst (or best) that can happen is that you fall asleep. All

hypnotized subjects have come out of hypnosis again. It's a nice

peaceful, relaxed state of mind.

Q: I'm afraid of my subconscious mind.

A: Your subconscious mind is your friend and protector. For

example, it is your subconscious which brings you safely through

117 traffic lights, while you simultaneously are busy thinking of a

present for Aunt Elly's birthday on Saturday.

Q: Will it be safe for me to drive afterwards?

A: Totally safe, as long as you have been brought sensibly out of

the trance, what the therapist naturally ensures.

Q: I am afraid I will lose control.

A: You'll never lose more control than the subconscious permits is

good for you.


Q: How do I know that I am in hypnosis?

A: Good question. You do not need to know that you are in hypnosis

to be in hypnosis! The best way is actually not searching for

"evidence". Trust that hypnosis is a totally natural state that you slip

in and out of throughout the day. Trust that you have this ability and

just follow the simple instructions that you get.

Q: I can´t be hypnotized!

A: It's not about whether you can. It's about whether you want to.

Hypnosis is an inherent natural state of consciousness. If you do not

want to, then that is fine, but you can do it.


The amazing subconscious mind

Planting your reality

Fig. 1

Even before you ever saw the light of day, your subconscious mind


was in the process of working for you and within you.

This vast intelligence made sure that everything went according to

the master plan, while half of you merged with the other half of you

and formed an incredible and truly miraculous creation.

Your cells divided and multiplied themselves and became billions of

complex functions in your body and brain. All this work was

completely unconscious for you. It just happened.

In the first 6-7 years of your life, most of your beliefs, personal

limits, habitual programs, opinions, moral, and ethics were formed.

During these years, you were like a sponge. Uncritically absorbing

all the moisture from the environment, unaware of the brine

perhaps not being the best quality. You wanted to learn and wanted

to learn fast.

Surrounded by unconsciousness, you sucked in all this unawareness

and made it your own, without giving it a second thought.

This means, that while you learned a substantial amount of new

stuff, you also incorporated a lot of "junk". Somewhat like an email


program without a virus filter. Much of this "junk" still governs you

on a subconscious level.

Some individuals "out there" probably have been luckier with the

amount of junk they subconsciously integrated. No one though, can

consider themselves free from being controlled by one or more old

inadequate mental or emotional subprograms.

In fact, we act much more subconsciously, than we think we do.

Even when we take conscious decisions, and think we are in

complete control, we may be governed by a subconscious program.

For example an ex-smoker, who is absolutely certain that a single

cigarette cannot harm him, and that this decision is under his full

control, gets fooled by his subconscious. The subconscious mind

knows that when ex-smoker starts smoking again, then the

cigarette will give him the feeling of security.

The subconscious mind loves to give us this security, and is much

stronger than the conscious mind. Alas! The ex-smoker is a smoker

again with an illusory sense of security though!

Feelings dominate willpower.Why oh why can´t I change? you've probably asked yourself many

times. It can´t be true, that I cannot change this habit. Yes, it can

easily be so. Our subconscious habits dominate the conscious mind

by a factor of 10 to 1 or more.


This connection becomes even stronger, if feelings are involved with

the habit. A habit combined with feelings is a very strong cocktail.

An example of an emotional connected habit: Nail-bitingNail-biting is a subconscious habit, that many people try hard to get

rid of. If you bite your nails, you've probably done it most of your

life and systematically programmed the subconscious to bring your

fingers and your nails up to your mouth and teeth.

The subconscious remembers this habit. It remembers the motor

part of the habit - the movement of the arm and hand to your

mouth, and it also remembers the circumstances, for which the

habit is required.The subconscious does as it has learned.

This habit is part of the "junk", that you unknowingly incorporated,

when you were younger. This doesn't mean, that the subconscious

mind is evil. It is neither good nor bad. It tries, with all the means

at its disposal, to satisfy an immediate need.

Nail-biting is indeed a habit that involves emotions and is often

deeply rooted in the past. Maybe you lost your pacifier too fast, or

had not had enough of your mother's warm breast, when she

stopped breastfeeding.

In these cases you subconsciously experienced fear of some kind.

All security vanished in a split second, and you were left all alone on

the edge of a giant gulf.


Fear arose in you. Your subconscious primary role is to protect us

from fear. What did your subconscious do? It quickly looked for a

replacement that could soothe and transform fear, which in the case

the nail-biter became the fingers and nails.

You are awake, but sleeping.This means that a large part of your life is controlled by a 6-year-

old. Wait a minute, you might say. I'm 34 years old, drive my own

car and do a lot of adult stuff!

Yes, but you can only be aware of what you are conscious of. The

rest of you is run by your subconscious autopilot.


Fig. 4

The overall distribution of conscious and subconscious knowledge is

that about approx. 90% of your behavior is governed by the

subconscious and about 10% is conscious. Some studies go so far

as showing, that even up to 95% of our daily life could be

subconsciously controlled.

That's no problem at all, if all the underlying subprograms, beliefs

and habits are good and well functioning, but this is rarely the case.

So how can I change these deep automatic beliefs?. Well the first

step is to acknowledge, that you have a problem, and that it lies


beyond the reach of your conscious control.

You can only change, that what you acknowledge being

unaware of.

By taking this step, you actually take back control. This enables you

to identify some of the habits and subprograms that create pain and

imbalance in your life. As a result becoming more conscious of your

unconsciousness.

This is the first step towards change: Acknowledging and identifying

the bad habit.

The Alpha state:Brain-wave Frequencies.

You have often been in the Alpha state numberless times without

being aware of it.

• While driving your car and passing lots of traffic lights

without registering whether the lights were red, yellow or green.

Who was driving the car? Your subconscious mind.

• While drifting into a pleasant daydream and forgetting all

about your surroundings.

You pass through the Alpha state every night, when you lie down to

sleep, and you doze inward. You automatically slide from

consciousness into subconsciousness.

The Alpha state can also be reached through self-hypnosis


( autosuggestion ) or light meditation. In the Alpha state, you are

calm, relaxed, focused internally, daydreaming, dozing.

* Delta-waves - ( 0.1 to 3 Hz )

* Theta-waves - ( 4-7.5 Hz )

* Alpha-waves - ( 7.5 to 14 Hz )

* Beta-waves - ( 14 - 30 Hz )

Delta-waves reside at a very low frequency about 0.1 to 3 Hz, which

is the frequency that our brain waves oscillate in, when we are in

deep dreamless sleep.

Theta waves are located between 4 and 7.5 Hz. This level is typical

for deeper sleep or meditation states. Beta is the frequency that

characterizes our "awake" conscious life, where we take rational

logical and critical decisions. This is also where we "feel alert".

This is of course a necessity in order to function properly, but the

condition may tend to escalate, resulting in a more stressful state of

mind. A stressed person's brain-waves can move up to about 30 Hz.

It is on the edge between Alpha and Theta at around 6 – 8 Hz, that

the conscious mind is more or less fully suspended, and the contact

with the subconscious mind is most unhindered.

At this level you can experience strong fantasies, have immensely

creative inspirations and ideas and even feel connected with an

extended reality like cosmos, the universe or the one creator. This is

the brain-wave level that you, through self-hypnosis, are going to


train, explore and exploit.


The gatekeeper – Your conscious critical facultyWhile you grow up, learning everything between heaven and earth,

your conscious critical faculty also grows up and evolves. The critical

faculty is a filter between the conscious and the unconscious mind.

Fig. 4


The great paradox is, that it is exactly this filter, that later in life

prevents us from changing old inappropriate patterns and habits.

We generate our own blind spot, so to speak.

The critical faculty could also be called our doorman. It is a sentry,

that compares information from the outside world, with that which

already exists in the subconscious.

If there is a discrepancy, then the information is rejected. To

illustrate how the critical factor works in real life, I have chosen a

typical example of how a phobia is formed.

A phobia is bornWhat causes a phobia?

Peter is 7 years old, at home in the garden, where he lives. He is

sitting in his favorite tree on his favorite branch and wiggling his

feet.

It´s absolutely calm and windless in the garden.

All of a sudden it starts blowing, and a gust of wind shakes the

branch. Peter becomes momentarily disconcerted and frightened,

though he only sits 3 feet above the ground.

For just a slight moment the subconscious senses fear and decides:

This must be dangerous and connects the fear along with being

"above the ground".

The subconscious minds primary target is to protect us against fear,


so it represses the experience deep within the subconsciousness.

From now on it will be triggered, when Peter is "up over something."

Bingo - a phobia of heights is born!

Later on, when Peter has become a big and strong man, and is

going flying for the first time, he suddenly experiences a strange

and inexplicable anxiety. He starts to sweat, his heart beats faster,

and his breathing becomes more shallow and irregular.

It's the subconscious, that tells Peter must to run like hell and get

out of there in a hurry. The subconscious remembers and relives,

and just does its job. To protect us against fear.

The only problem is, that the subconscious jumps to the wrong

conclusion here. Flying an airplane is the safest way of

transportation, but we cannot convince ourselves of this, because of

our Gatekeeper.

It compares the inside and outside information and blocks for the

belief to be changed. There has been disagreement between the

conscious and the subconscious... So how do we change our habits

and beliefs?

You can do it in a difficult or an easy manner. The difficulty is trying

to change a habit or belief with your willpower. This is what many

smokers do, when they try to quit smoking. They go cold turkey and

stop. 90% of them statistically start again.

Why? - Because they bang their head against their own wall of

protection - the gatekeeper. The arguments on why it's good for the


smoker ricochet, no matter how many good and rational the

arguments are.

The subconscious is emotional, irrational, habitual and dominates

the mind in most cases. Of course, it is possible to quit a habit with

willpower alone and retain the decision.

I take my hat off for that. Nevertheless it is most likely to become a

struggle, because the subconscious mind repeatedly would seek to

enforce the habit, because it believes that this is what it must do.

The Non-smoker will always be a subconscious smoker and will

therefore always need to be very conscious of situations, where

smoking can be triggered. The easier way is, based on the described

knowledge about the gatekeeper, simply to bypass the critical mind.

Hypnosis and self-hypnosis are the easiest, simplest and most

effective ways to circumvent the critical mind. Period.

So what do I get access to? Unlimited power. This is not another

New Age cliché, it's true.

The possibilities are endless. We subconsciously create, identify and

become our beliefs. Our whole view of the world is created upon our


beliefs. If you change your beliefs, you change your world.

My point is, that when you see the world changing, it is in fact you

yourself, who consciously or subconsciously has chosen to believe in

something new.

The subconscious can best be described as a dream. You've

probably dreamt many dreams over the years. Most of them have

probably seemed weird, freaky, scary but sometimes also wonderful

and lovely.

The subconscious is just like one of those dreams: Illogical,

irrational, emotional, intuitive, creative, independent of time, place

and space. The subconscious can monitor approx. 20,000,000 bits

per. Second. It can handle processes simultaneously, while the

conscious mind can only handle a few bits at a time.

The subconscious cannot tell the difference between what is

dangerous and not dangerous.Therefore a small spider can seem

like a monster and disrupt an otherwise logical rational thinking

person!


Fig. 4

Right now your subconscious mind is working at full power, dealing

with millions of complex body and brain processes. The

subconscious mind is constantly at work and creating our reality.

It is the invisible underlying intelligence that works for us rock

steady. If you didn´t have your subconscious mind running right

now, the room you're in now, would seem very flat.

You would live in a flat land, because the subconscious mind would

not be there to create all the billions underlying visual and auditory

impressions, and it would be up to the conscious minds very limited

ability to create impressions.


About beliefsOur beliefs create our reality.

As the quote above a bit cryptic says, is that to have a belief, then

we have to believe in it. The vast majority of our beliefs are formed

during our first years.

Perhaps as a child, you were sitting at the dining table, listening to

what the adults were talking about. One of the major culprits in my

opinion, have been sayings and proverbs that more or less

automatically have been passed down from generation to

generation.

Maybe an uncle or aunt is present at the table that day. The

grownups are talking about what the people around the table are

dreaming about.

Suddenly aunt's razor sharp voice makes your bones freeze to the

marrow, as she says:

"You should not fly higher, than your wings can carry you"

Little you may become a little startled by this sudden, loud outburst,

and you think like a 4 year old child probably would think: "Then it

probably is wise to stay low, so you do not hurt yourself so much"!


Much can happen in a small innocent child's mind. Hopefully the

proverb does not get stuck in the subconscious. On the other hand,

if the phrase is repeated again and again, then it can turn into a

belief. A belief arising out of the above could be:

Imagine, just for a second, the limitations that such a belief could

create. Every time new possibilities arise, the opportunity isn´t

taken because of the fear of failing. It's almost unbearable, what

such dogma can cause.

Okay, let's assume for illustrational purposes, that the person in the

example above wants to change.

Creating the perfect affirmation - Important criteriaWe humans have five senses available, in addition to our sixth and

more intuitive sense. These are sound, touch, sight, taste and smell.

The more senses attached to a belief, the stronger the effect.

Especially the emotional and visual senses appeal strongly to the

subconscious mind.

Linking feelings and images with a mental sentence, gives you a

cocktail that appeals to the subconscious, and which the

subconscious will be more inclined to accept.


Choosing the mental part.

Now its possible to choose exactly what the subconscious mind has

to learn. A 100% conscious decision can be made. In response to

the limiting belief above, a new belief could be formulated as:

The affirmation must be stated, as if the changes already have

occurred - Remember the subconscious is independent of time and

place. It interprets and understands everything based on what

exists and is going on right now.

Criteria for the affirmation

• It must be in the present tense.

• It must be fairly short.

• It must be precise.

• It must be positively formulated.

• The sentence shouldn't contain any negations like: I will "not"

be fat. I will "not" smoke.

Let's look at a few other examples of limiting beliefs that one can

reformulate. For someone with a lack of faith in himself, a

fundamental belief could sound like:


This affirmation is greatly limited by time; it is non-specific and

emotionally negative. One could reformulate the sentence into:

Skeptics may argue that it is not quite correct, because the person

does not have everything. It is true and yet still not, because we

ask the subconscious mind to accept, that we have everything we

want right now.

The subconscious mind's thinking is based on a completely different

reality, which is unlimited. One should never impose limited ideas on

the subconscious mind, but rather support its inherent unlimited

perception of reality.

This principle is a universal principle, also known as the "law of

attraction".

Another example of a limiting belief might be:


This phrase could come from an insecure person and could be

reformulated to:

Notice how the "direction" of the sentence has changed from at first

being directed outwards and then being directed inwards toward the

person's inner. From outer to inner control.

The emotional connectionAfter having formulated the phrase mentally, the next step is to

associate a feeling / emotion to the sentence. Wouldn't planting a

simple phrase in the subconscious be enough? you might ask.

No, we want to take advantage of all the features that the

subconscious mind is composed of. The subconscious mind is in its

essence emotional and therefore reacts very well to emotional

charged suggestions.

Combining the different modalities - auditory ( the sound of the

affirmation ) with the kinesthetic ( the feeling of already having


reached the goal ) with the visual ( a picture, image, symbol ), you

so to speak increase the "glue" to the subconscious mind.

The subconscious mind much faster accepts an element that is

adapted to the subconscious own preferences.

Feel where the feeling resides in the body, so you know exactly how

it feels and where it is located. Is it warm or cool, expansive or

contractive, round or square, big or small. Characterize it so that

you become familiar with it.

Feel it, as if the change already has happened

The phrase you have created is a mental sentence (containing

words) with an emotional attachment ( feelings and sensations ).

The visual connection

Now we want to reinforce the belief by creating a visual symbol for

the affirmation too. If it is wealth that you want, the symbol can be

a dollar bill. If it is a state such as freedom and independence, then

it might be the image of an eagle. If it is courage and strength, it

could be a tiger ( like in fig.5 )

The possibilities are endless. Your choice of symbol will always be

the right! Only you can make the right choice! The above examples

are for illustrative purposes only.

Smell and taste

If you further link taste and smell to your beliefs, that's even better.

This will only reinforce the belief further. The most important factor,


however, is the emotional attachment and then the visual. Now it's

time to go to train yourself in self-hypnosis.


5 Step Self-hypnosisThis self-hypnosis is to be learned by heart, before you move to the

transformation technique. Before you read and perform this self-

hypnosis exercise, I will ask one thing of you.

Put all preconceived ideas about hypnosis away. Including ideas

about what you think it will be like to be in hypnosis. Just follow my

instructions blindly.

I say this from my long experience of live hypnosis and self-

hypnosis sessions. One particular factor must be met in order to go

in hypnosis quickly and efficiently.

Therefore, it´s crucial that you don´t search for any signs of,

whether you are in hypnosis or not. Just assume that you are.

It's about giving the critical factor, as little to work with as possible.

Assume that you easily will go into hypnosis and that everything is

absolutely perfect, when you hypnotize yourself.

Trust your own abilities, and that the state of hypnosis is natural

and comfortable.


Position yourself comfortably:

I assume that you already have found a place, where you can sit or

lie down completely undisturbed, so you easily and without any

problems can drift away into a pleasant state of hypnosis.

Please ensure that all electronic devises are turned off. You may

want to turn your phone on flight mode.

Adjust your position, so that you sit or lie as comfortable and

relaxed as possible. Then use a little time to let everything be

exactly as it is. Don´t close your eyes yet, but accept the sounds

around you or perhaps if emotions arise. Just allow everything to be

exactly as it is. Be observant.

Step 1:Find a fixed point, placed slightly upwards in your field of vision.

Focus on this point, let both your eyes disappear completely into it.

While focusing repeat within yourself.

"I'm going deep into hypnosis"

Repeat the mantra in a smooth and steady pace with a calm, soft

and relaxed inner voice.

Then begin very slowly closing your eyes, in the same manner as

when you experience fatigue late in the evening. When your eyes

are closed, continue to repeat the affirmation internally.


Step 2:After a minute or two, start turning down the volume of the inner

sentence. Do this very slowly, while listening to how your inner

voice becomes weaker and weaker, until it eventually fades away.

Listen to the sound of nothing, emptiness, the absence of words.

Relax.

Step 3:Then imagine and pretend that it is impossible to open your eyes,

though you rationally know you can. Pretend that you are trying,

but it´s impossible. Try but give up.

Feel the tension of the eye muscles trying to lift the eyelids. Then in

a split second let your eyes go totally relaxed, loose and limb and

let them become heavy, tired and relaxed.

At the same time allow all that relaxation from your eyes and

eyelids to flow all over your entire body, as if a giant tsunami

completely overwhelmed you, washing away all tension, flowing out

to all areas of your body.

To the top and bottom, from inside and outside, along your back,

down to you feet, out to your fingertips. Let yourself float into that

relaxed state. Become a heavy, drowsy and relaxed. Play along,

fantasize, imagine.

Step 4:Fine, the next step is enhancing the depth of the hypnosis. Start


counting very slowly from 1 and up.

Open your eyes at 1 and close on the word "deeper" Again open at

2 and close to deeper (said inward) - repeat until your eyes are too

heavy to open. Expect this to happen, pretend, fake it 'til you make

it!

Step 5:Imagine yourself in an elevator. Look at the display. The elevator

has 10 floors. The bottom floor is called "Your subconscious

garden". This is your destination. Press the button for that floor.

Begin descending.

Imagine yourself on each floor becoming more and more relaxed,

more heavy and calm. Follow the numbers on the display to the

bottom.

If you for some reason don´t feel comfortable with elevators, just

take a staircase instead to the bottom floor or maybe an escalator.

The important thing is that you just relax and let go for every step.


Self-hypnosis summary:1. Focus on a fixed point, say the hypnosis mantra inwards and

slowly close your eyes.

2. Slowly turn down the volume of the mantra until inner mental

silence is reached.

3. Eye fixation and release / relaxation.

4. Open and close eyes deepening.

5. Elevator/stairs - 10 steps deepening.

NB:

If you want to ensure, that you reach the correct alpha/theta brain-

wave level, you can use use the free mp3, that comes with this

book, when you bring yourself in self-hypnosis.

The mp3 uses binaural beats, which automatically syncs your

brainwaves to a deep alpha level at approximately 7 hz.

The link to the mp3 is in the back section here - enjoy.


Your Subconscious Garden – The techniqueI have outlined the main parts of the transformation technique, so

that when you later need them, you can quickly get an overview.

• The creation of - your perfect belief/affirmation.

• Self-hypnosis.

• Deepening - the elevator.

• The subconscious garden: cleaning up, planting, fertilizing,

protection.

• Out of hypnosis or sleeping.

Choosing your perfect beliefI am sure that you have a number of suggestions on what to change

in your life from now on.

You can choose to grab what immediately comes to your mind right

now, or choose more consciously what you want to change. My

advise is to take your time. It is important that it is well thought

through.

Start creating your very own perfect belief, based on the criteria we

set up in the previous chapter. A phrase that is emotionally

saturated, visual, is brief, precise, in present tense and in positive

terms expresses what you want to change, achieve, create,

as if it already has happened.

The next thing I want you to do, is to imagine your visual symbol


with your perfect affirmation contained inside. ( see Fig. 5 ) Just as

a seed with a germ within it.

This is what you will plant in the very innermost depths of your

subconscious mind. So deep within that nothing can erase it!

Then place your belief symbol in your pocket. So it is there, when

you enter the subconscious mind. Now you've done all the

"cumbersome" preparatory work and can now look forward to some

wonderful relaxation.

The next step is, that you must put yourself in deep hypnosis.

When I say deep hypnosis, it is because we want any interference

from the conscious mind eliminated. Therefore you must bring

yourself down to a level corresponding to the level of alpha and

theta, IE approx. 7.5 Hz.

You may think, well, how do I know that I'm there? Forget about

that. Just follow the simple self-hypnosis technique, which I taught

you in the previous chapter.

The starting point is, that all your life you have has passed through

this brain-wave level. Both while falling asleep and waking up in the

morning. I know you have this state within you, and I know how to

get you there.


Planting the seeds

After bringing yourself in self-hypnosis and descending to the

ground floor, then open the door and step out into your

subconscious garden. Fantasize and let all the impressions become

strong, vibrant and real, as stepping directly into the movie Avatar

or Alice in Wonderland.

Here in your subconscious garden, all the beliefs that you

subconsciously over time have planted, grow. Some will look

beautiful, others might look strange and deformed. They grow,

because you subconsciously decided it to be so long ago.

Now it's time for you to choose, maybe for the first time ever, what

you consciously want to plant instead.

Remember that the subconscious mind does as it is told, without

distinguishing between what is good or bad. It carries out your

orders.

Cleaning up the messI want you to find the area in the garden which looks most

dilapidated, unmaintained and seems to lack a lot of love and

attention.


This should be your starting point. Your first task is to clean up this

area. Are there weeds, stunted branches, rubbish or other garbage,

then pull them out by the roots and put them aside in a pile. Be

thorough.

Once the area is cleared and only the clean soil remains, then set

fire to the pile of waste so that it burns up. Entirely .... Run your

fingers through the soil to make sure that it is completely clean and

free of weeds, as you would do in your own garden.

Feel it, smell the ground and taste it, use all your senses to ensure

that the earth is clean, fresh and ready to accept something

completely new.

FertilizingFertilize the soil with a super effective fertilizer, so the soil becomes

the perfect spot for new growth. Use the fertilizer that you just

know will work best.

Remember that in the subconscious there are no rules or

limitations. The subconscious creates what you imagine and create.

Then make 10 small holes. Take your transformation symbols out

from your pocket and plant one in each of the holes, lovingly but

firmly and decisively.

Each time you place a seed, say the affirmation inwards, recalling

the feeling as strong and vivid as possible and keeping it fully alive


on the cinema of your inner mind. Cover them carefully one by one

and water them lastly. That's it!

The GardenerThe last thing you must do is to hire a gardener to tend and care for

the earth, when you occasionally are occupied by tasks in your

conscious life.

This Gartner needs to have your utter and complete confidence. He

or she performs a vital part of the process. It may be someone you

in your waking life know, maybe someone from a gardening

program in the TV, who has amazing abilities for making things to

grow or a fictitious person. As long as you have trust.

Instruct the person on what his or her task is. Caring and nurturing

the garden with the utmost care, respect and love. Ensure that the

gardener takes full responsibility to care and protect the soil with his

life against all external disturbances.

Thats it. Your done!

Depending on which time of the day it is, you can either slip into a

pleasant sleep or take the elevator the other way up to the top floor,

and reorient yourself.

If you choose to reorient yourself and come out of hypnosis, that's

fine. Be in the present for a moment without thinking further about

the process on a conscious level. Your subconscious will in fact

automatically run the process on autopilot from now on.


Summery of the technique1. Bring yourself into hypnosis

2. Find the most overgrown place in your subconscious garden.

3. Clear the place full of weeds, dirt and garbage. Fertilize the

ground.

4. Plant your symbol, using all five senses. Listen, look, feel,

taste and smell. Water subsequently.

5. Employ a gardener of the best kind.

6. Slip into comfortably into sleep or reorient yourself towards full

consciousness.


Maintaining the changes

The maintenanceYour task is once a day to hypnotize yourself. Take the elevator

down to the subconscious garden, and ensure that everything is

growing as it should.

Check for any weeds and other junk and burn them. Then repeat

your affirmation with all your senses switched on again and again,

until you are ready to sleep or rise to full consciousness again.

The time of exercising this could be just when you lie down to sleep,

taking full advantage that you quite naturally are drifting into the

Alpha state, or when you have a quiet peaceful moment for yourself

during the day.

This maintenance is essential, in order to be in full control of your

emerging project.

The technique can of course be used in conjunction with other

issues, you want to edit and change. The technique is universal. All

problems that have arisen from a limiting belief can be successfully

transformed.

Are you for example a smoker, you can use the same method to quit

smoking.

Find the limiting beliefs that keep you stuck in your habit. This could

be:


Nothing could be more wrong than that. The only weak in you is

your belief of weakness! Rephrase this false and untrue belief and

form a completely new and fresh one.

The following changes - tips and tricks

This is not mentioned to discourage you, but quite the opposite. The

words quoted above come from someone who knows what he´s

saying.

All masters of all time have said something similar. My point is that

change is a relative element, and will take place in you, not in your

neighborhood. There probably will not be brightly colored auras

around people's heads, heavenly light which shines everywhere or

complete balance and harmony wherever you see go.


The world will still be full of unconsciousness, projections, anger,

anxiety and insanity. It's all about how you begin to take back

control, by detecting the more subtle changes that your

subconscious mind has accepted as your reality.

When something has changed in the subconscious, it will

always show up as new automatic behavior.

If your goal was to change an old idea like: "I´m not worthy of

love", changes could show up as a sudden strange intuitive sense of

being less concerned of what people think about you. ( because you

are already are loved by you! )

Maybe your goal was to lose weight and the next time you go to the

supermarket, you will go past the candy shelf. Oops .. You forgot to

remember to stop. Fine, keep it going.

Therefore, I recommend you not to focus or think too much, but

just keep on doing your daily 10-minute self-hypnosis, as you would

monitor any new process, that you have set in motion.

EpilogueDear reader, whether you bought this book, or if it by chance or

magic has landed in your hands, I would like to be able to thank

you.

I know that this book will give you great options to create a better,


richer, and above all easier life. I am of the firm belief, that your

happiness ultimately benefits me and vice versa. In the end we all

are part of the one, and we all are inseparable.

So I thank you. This comes deep from my heart.

I wish you all the best with lots of love, light and happiness in the

years to come.



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physicians. The reader should regularly consult a physician in

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any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention. The

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DedicationI want to dedicate this book to all the thousands of clients, who over

the years have passed through my clinic. Their courage, honesty

and deep desire for change have formed the basis of the knowledge

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of the subconscious mind, that made it possible for me to write this

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About MartinMartin Sjolte is one of Denmark's finest hypnotists and

hypnotherapists. Martin Sjolte is originally trained in musicology at

the University of Aarhus.

The past 13 years, Martin has worked full time as a hypnotherapist,

and has later been trained as a Master Hypnotherapist.

Martin is known for providing engaging creative and life-changing

hypnosis and hypnotherapy, at a high professional level.

Martin has approximately 3500 live sessions behind him ranging

from abuse-related issues such as anorexia, bulimia, sugar

addiction, tobacco addiction, alcoholism, compulsive gambling,

stress related problems like insomnia and difficulty concentrating, to

anxiety in various forms, both general and more specific oriented

phobic anxiety.

"I've always been good at languages and words, but it took several

years before I found out how to leverage my gift to the full. I can do

this with hypnosis.

Hypnosis in a therapeutic context is created and occurs through the

language. The words are, when they are used and put together in a

special way, a battering ram between the conscious and

subconscious.

The client listens and I talks. Before I became a hypnotherapist, I

often played with the words, and found new meanings, did a bit of

twisting and turning on the existing one. Nothing is as it seems.


Perception of words:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer

in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is

taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a

toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae

the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as

a wlohe.

(Original source unknown)


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