Comments on: Can Hypnosis Help You Sleep? http://sleepzine.com/sleep-news/can-hypnosis-help-you-sleep/ SLEEPzine is an online magazine about SLEEP, SLEEPING, and SLEEPINESS Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:36:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Roseanna Leaton http://sleepzine.com/sleep-news/can-hypnosis-help-you-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-27214 Roseanna Leaton Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:41:41 +0000 http://sleepzine.com/?p=1431#comment-27214 If you think of "counting sheep" this has more than a small element of self-hypnosis. It involves using your imagination which helps access your right brain functions. Then, if you watch the sheep jumping over a fence your eyes naturally move from side to side as you watch each one jump, and this encourages left-right brain interaction and in effect, hypnosis. Add to that the fact of counting which is mundane and also means that your brain is now fully occupied with both an imaginative and a logical activity - there is no space left in your mind for it to wander elsewhere and so you now have absorbed focused attention - hypnosis. If you think of “counting sheep” this has more than a small element of self-hypnosis. It involves using your imagination which helps access your right brain functions. Then, if you watch the sheep jumping over a fence your eyes naturally move from side to side as you watch each one jump, and this encourages left-right brain interaction and in effect, hypnosis. Add to that the fact of counting which is mundane and also means that your brain is now fully occupied with both an imaginative and a logical activity – there is no space left in your mind for it to wander elsewhere and so you now have absorbed focused attention – hypnosis.

]]> By: Jon Rhodes http://sleepzine.com/sleep-news/can-hypnosis-help-you-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-27206 Jon Rhodes Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:54:34 +0000 http://sleepzine.com/?p=1431#comment-27206 Yes, hypnotherapy can definitely help with sleep. A few years ago I was having trouble sleeping, so I devised my own self hypnosis technique to get to sleep. When lying in bed I imagined myself floating up from my body to the ceiling. I would stop and look at the room and myself for a while from this perspective. Then I would float above my house, and stop and look at the area around my house from this perspective. Next the fun part...I would imagine flying on a journey...A journey to a nice and relaxing haven...usually a secluded beach. I would spend some time just enjoying myself there, and would find that I usually drift off to sleep. Even if I did not, I benefited tremendously from the rest and relaxation from this simple exercsie. Yes, hypnotherapy can definitely help with sleep. A few years ago I was having trouble sleeping, so I devised my own self hypnosis technique to get to sleep. When lying in bed I imagined myself floating up from my body to the ceiling. I would stop and look at the room and myself for a while from this perspective. Then I would float above my house, and stop and look at the area around my house from this perspective.

Next the fun part…I would imagine flying on a journey…A journey to a nice and relaxing haven…usually a secluded beach. I would spend some time just enjoying myself there, and would find that I usually drift off to sleep. Even if I did not, I benefited tremendously from the rest and relaxation from this simple exercsie.

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