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HypnoSOS Episode 16 – Enjoy Life

Sit down now or lie down now… close your eyes… three deep breaths now… deep even breaths… this is one slightly different… this short session is going to be a way of reminding you… to enjoy every moment… every moment… to look for and find the best… because even when it’s awful… for even when it’s dark… there is always light around it… moments when we can enjoy ourselves… moments when we can laugh or just chill… instead of waiting for good times to happen… it’s time to use these moments… and start creating them anew… no matter what is happening in your life right now… you can find moments… of joy… moments that are better than others… this is one of them.

In a few moments in time… in a few moments in time… I’d like you to start by enjoying this process itself… and you can do this all the better if you take control of it… it really is very simple… all you need to do is… silently and mentally count down from 10 to 1… that’s all…use your outbreath to time the numbers… or every second outbreath or even every third… just to slow you down… to be able to fully embrace and experience these moments and recognise that you are able to enjoy things… it doesn’t just have to be hopping from one stone of stress to another… sometimes you can dip your toe in the water and just let the river flow away… it’s time… to look for ways of enjoying life again… to start… to be… yourself again… and you can and you will find yourself taking deep heavy breaths in this process as you let go of our necessary nervous tension… start the countdown if you haven’t already… take control of the process… and as you do you grow ever deeper… ever deeper… ever deeper still… into these moments where you can enjoy what’s happening… where you can forget about the things that have hurt or disturbed you… caused you sadness or pain… it is time in these moments to just be in the moment… and by being in the moment… recognise that you can enjoy it… this is your time… your time… you are in control… and… nowww… notice how your breathing has changed… notice how the words in your mind… between the sound of my voice and the action of your breath… are starting to float ever further away… they are losing their meaning… the words in your mind… becoming just sound… just sound… background sound…to the sound of my voice… simply the sound of my voice… that will help you to begin to continue to grow ever deeper and deeper… ever deeper… ever deeper still… ever deeper… ever deeper still… nothing else matters… you have control…

And you can find that there will be moments when you just forget to listen… and that will be fine… just fine… in fact it’s normal… and it’s okay… it’s okay to let your thoughts wander… it’s okay to let your mind drift… it’s okay to begin to and continue to enjoy these moments… for there really is nothing else for you to do… just be in these moments… breathing deeply and evenly… your thoughts wandering and drifting… there may be moments where when ever deeper… ever deeper still… when you forget to listen… when you forget to think… when you’re just enjoying life… and it is in these moments when you give yourself strength… strength to deal with the darker things… strength to ensure that you can let go of those things that would bother or disturb you… and just… be calm… balanced… at peace… safe within the boundaries of your mind… no longer allowing the darkness to penetrate… no matter what’s happening… keeping a part of yourself safe and secure… safe and secure… so you can and you will… enjoy life… be able to begin to continue to ever deeper… ever deeper still… enjoy life… finding strength in these moments… remembering how it feels to be able to enjoy what you’re doing… and whether that’s walking… or reading… or watching tv… or talking to friends… just to be in the moment… and enjoy what you’re doing rather than worrying about the past… or thinking about the future… just be in the moment and enjoy it… you can trust yourself now… and you can and you will… take another deep breath and just let it go… let go of the last of any unnecessary nervous tension… that has prevented you from enjoying just these moments… and you may find that you feel a sensation as if you are drifting… or floating… drifting or floating into an ever deepening state of physical as well as mental state of deep… deep peace… deep deep peace… I will remain silent for a few moments… all you need to do is breathe.

And… as the days and weeks and the months go by… and should you listen to this again… you will find that… each time you do… these feelings will be enhanced… and when you wake… when you are fully alert… you can recognise that you enjoyed those moments… and the very memory of enjoying these moments… will help you to enjoy other moments in your life too… as you grow stronger… as you remember who you are… and what it is that you enjoy doing… you are a human being… it’s time to be human… and just appreciate… appreciate yourself… appreciate those who bring you joy… appreciate small kindnesses… whether you do them for yourself or others do them for you… you are the architect of your enjoyment… it’s time to build for the future… create what you need… and let go of that which has no place in your thoughts.

And in a few moments in time… in a few moments in time… I’m going to bring you to a fully alert state… you will hear me count from 1 to 10… and at the count of 8 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 and you will feel better… is if you’ve enjoyed these moments… better and more optimistic than you felt in a while… and this feeling of peace… of having done something just for yourself and enjoyed it will continue… and it will be held… so ready… 1… 2… 3… more aware… 4… 5… 6… more alert… 7… 8… eyes wide open now, wide open… 9… and 10… fully wide awake… nice deep breath and have a stretch.

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