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HypnoSOS Episode 14 – Motivation

Sit down or lie down…close your eyes if you haven’t done so already… and for a moment… just… make yourself comfortable… allow your breathing to settle… take a few deep breaths… and as you do… just notice if there is… any pockets of unnecessary nervous tension… that you just need to open up… move around if you need to or you want to… so you can be as comfortable as possible… you are in control.

And… you can begin to and continue to… focus in on the sound of my voice or the words that I say… it doesn’t matter which… or the pauses between the sound of the words…. it doesn’t matter why… or the thoughts in your mind… it doesn’t matter what… however you experience these moments… will do it in the best way for you to… start to relax… for when you’re relaxed your mind can clear… when you’re relaxed… you can focus on what’s important… when you’re relaxed, thinking more clearly… and more able to deal with anything… anybody… any situation… you have to deal with… so just for now it’s time to relax… and after that… I’m going to make a few simple and clear suggestions to motivate you… to get you back on track… but for now all you need to do is breathe.

In a few moments in time… in a few moments in time… you will hear me say the word… nowww… and… whenever you hear me say the word… nowww… you can take a deep breath and let it go nowww…and the word in your outbreath can come together and… let go of any unnecessary nervous tension… any feelings of discomfort… or unease… any little niggles that have bothered you… you can breathe them out… on the out breath… nowww… and as you do… you go deeper and deeper… into this… experience of peace… deeper and deeper… into these moments where nothing else matters… just breathing…

In fact…there may be moments in time when… you feel as if you’re drifting off into a sort of sleep… drifting off… into a sensation of… floating… and drifting… breathing deeper and deeper… and you can just enjoy these moments… neither fully awake… alert nor completely asleep… it’s almost as if your body is kind of sleep and yet your mind is alert… and aware… and paying full attention to the words that I say even if you don’t think you’re doing so… because there is a part of your mind… a part of your mind that is awake… even when you are asleep… and this part of your mind always is alert… always keeping you safe… always there to ensure that… no matter where you are… who you are with or what you are doing… you are always safe and secure… al…ways safe, so you can drift… even deeper… even deeper… deeper …and deeper…and nothing house matters….you have control… for the more relaxed you become, the easier it becomes for you to take on board suggestions that are going to be useful to you… because your mind can be clear of distractions… your thoughts can connect with whichever of the suggestions you know will help you most… over the next few hours, few days, few weeks… or perhaps even a few months… and at night when you sleep when you dream… the unconscious part of your mind continues to reinforce the positives… letting go of unnecessary nervous tension and connecting with that which motivates you… so that when you wake each morning… and… when you become alert after this process you will feel motivated… you will feel focused… you will feel as if you have woken from a peaceful sleep at the right part of your sleep phase to feel uplifted and positive…

So… time to go a little deeper… to really connect with the part of your mind that will help you to be motivated… you will hear me count down from 10 to 1… and with each descending number… each descending number between 10 and 1… so you will go one tenth deeper relaxed… 10% more comfortable too… with each descending number… each descending number will carry you into an ever deepening state of physical as well as mental state of deep… deep… peace… so ready… 10… 9…deeper, deeper, deeper, still… deeper, deeper, deeper still… 8… 7… 6… deeper deeper, deeper still… 5… 4… 3… deeper and deeper… just enjoy the process… 2… and 1 and nowww… it’s time to wake up the part of you… that is motivated… enthusiastic… interested… hopeful… the part of you that’s ready to get on with things… ready to make some changes… ready to get prepared… organised… get moving… get on with life…

This part of you may perhaps have been sleeping for a while… resting… may be needed to… but I want you to know that… it is time now… to allow that part of your mind to wake… and to have some fun… a sense of achievement…. the feeling of moving forward…. and even as I speak…this part of you is starting to listen… to pay attention… to become more hopeful… about the possibilities… it is time…

Take a few moments and remember a time when you were really motivated… perhaps even remind yourself why you felt this way… and it is of no importance to really remember… just to know that that part of you exists… and it will wake without question…as soon as you need it…

And in a few moments in time I’m going to wake you… and every part of you… every positive part of you that wishes to wake… can wake up too. You can make with a smile…it helps… you can recognise that you have a choice… and you can start to get on with things no matter how small they are…it’s a start… and often, whatever it is you’re starting its hardest at the beginning… but once you’ve done that, it just gets easier and easier… and it becomes a new habit… to be positive… to be motivated to wake each morning and think it’s going to be an interesting day… what am I going to do with it… and wake with a smile…

So… you will hear me count from 1 to 10, and at the count of eight your eyes will naturally and easily open… and at the count of 10 you will be fully wide awake… all normal, healthy and appropriate sensations and responses will be back with you… and you will feel better… you will feel more motivated, more positive, more optimistic than you have felt in a while and you can even try a smile when you wake to awaken these feelings too… so ready… 1… 2… 3… more aware… 4… 5… 6… more alert… 7… 8… open your eyes if you haven’t done so already…9… and 10… fully alert… fully wide awake and just rest for a few moments and take a few deep breaths… before stretching… and getting on with the rest of your day.

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