Every form of healing or therapy can be said to have advantages and disadvantages. No one method is perfect. No single theory can really answer all the questions.

Properly applied self hypnosis, however, is one of the most profound forms of healing because it brings the practitioner into rapport with the deeper parts of their own mind. When you are really in rapport with the deeper aspects of yourself, when you really feel deeply accepted, you are capable of incredible healing and able to achieve much more in your life. Learning to develop self acceptance is a great advantage of self hypnosis that is not present in many healing and therapeutic methods.

How is the self acceptance developed?

Relaxation is the first part of almost any self-hypnosis routine. Relaxation is the physical portion of those feelings of deep acceptance. As the body becomes comfortable with relaxing, the deeper aspects of the mind begin to feel more accepted. This is actually another strong advantage of practicing self hypnosis: even if nothing else works, you will learn to relax, which is very healing all by itself.

What about disadvantages to self hypnosis?

The primary disadvantage of self hypnosis for most people is that consistent practice is required. To build the real momentum of self acceptance that frees up energy for healing and achieving goals takes time and sincere practice to cultivate.

Relaxation can be learned right away, but acceptance takes time!

This is actually an advantage in disguise. It appears to be a disadvantage because most people want to pay some money, take a pill, and have all their dreams suddenly come true. With self hypnosis, you keep coming back to practice and notice that things gradually get easier and easier. Your habits slowly change. Your start to feel better about yourself, your successes, and your shortcomings (you heard correctly… you start to feel better about your own perceived shortcomings, flaws, challenges, etc.).

When you make your transformation a gradual process, you are much more likely to keep the results, and continue on the journey of personal growth.

Would you like to reap some of the advantages of self-hypnosis right now?

1. Find a quiet place and sit upright. Allow yourself to relax.
2. Take a deep breath and as you exhale, say to yourself “I deeply accept and appreciate myself!”
3. Take another deep breath and as you exhale, relax a little more and say “Even though I sometimes screw up, I still deeply accept and appreciate myself.”
4. Take a third deep breath and as you exhale, state “And even if I were to screw something up in the future, I choose to continue to deeply accept and appreciate myself even more.”
5. Now just take a few moments to enjoy sitting by yourself peacefully. Let the deeper lessons sink in. Let the complete self acceptance flow through you.

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The first thing you need to do to decrease stress and improve relaxation is to declutter your life. I don’t just mean cleaning your house either (although that is a start). Over the course of a person’s life they tend to pick up habits, hobbies and even friends that they don’t like or enjoy. Think about this for a moment and how it relates to you. Perhaps you have a friend you meet up with once a week yet all it serves to do is cause you stress or you attend a class that is bringing you joy. While it may seem ruthless to reduce stress and improve your health it is vital to drop as many of these kind of things as possible. Not only does it get rid of things that cause you stress and anxiety but it also frees up more time you can spend on yourself or something you find enjoyable.

Natural light from the sun is a known mood elevator. When you are in a good mood you tend to feel happier and more relaxed. This means that you should try to spend at least thirty minutes outdoors everyday. You can do this quite easily by taking a walk around the area you live or taking your lunch break outside if the weather is nice. Fully opening your curtains or blinds during the day and opening a window will also help.

Taking regular exercise is one of the best things you can do to aid relaxation. Not only will it improve your fitness and help you to maintain a healthy weight it also reduces levels of Cortisol which is a stress hormone. Exercise doesn’t necessarily have to be vigorous, walking at a steady pace for thirty minutes is enough for your daily dose. If you work at a computer all day eye exercises can help you reduce the strain that this causes.

There are also a number of relaxation techniques you can learn and use that will help you feel calm and balanced. Two of the best examples of this are meditation and self hypnosis. Both are similar but there the big difference is that meditation typically aims to empty the mind will self hypnosis will empty the conscious mind and then enter hypnotic suggestions into the subconscious. Neither meditation or self hypnosis are hard to learn, in fact you can find many MP3s that will guide you through the process on the internet.

If you take the time to make the above changes to your life not only will you feel more relaxed but your health in general will also benefit.

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