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HypnoSOS episode 19 – Organize Your Thoughts

In a few moments time, close your eyes… Make yourself comfortable… and just let your thoughts drift… just for a moment… as if carried on your breath… and take three deep breaths… deep breaths to… help you to let your muscles relax… to allow them to grow warm and comfortable… completely relaxed… All you need to do now… is breathe… just for these moments… you’re completely in control… you can be as comfortable as you want… knowing that… if there are any sounds or sensations that disturb you… you can and you will be able to deal with them… and you can and you will… just let yourself relax… the muscles of your shoulders… let them relax…the muscles of your arms and your hands… allow them to relax now… all the way through… relax… the muscles of your chest and shoulders… by breathing ever deeper and deeper… ever deeper still… let those muscles and the same for the muscles of your back… allowing them to warm and relax… comfortably relax… now the muscles of your abdomen… and your lower body… let those muscles relax… just relax…

And already a feeling of peace is spreading through your body… and it continues as you breathe out… travelling all the way down your legs to your feet… and the tips of your toes… your body warm and relaxed… completely at peace… and now your neck and your jaw… let those muscles relax… let them warm… allow them to relax… the muscles of your face… your scalp… and then deep, deep into your scalp… into your brain… and allow the sensation of calm to spread all the way through within you… as if carried in your bloodstream… and already your breathing has changed… going deeper and deeper… going deeper and deeper… those thoughts in your mind can drift and wander… and you may even experience a slight although very, very pleasant sensation… as if you’re drifting slightly, floating and yet… as you sit there or lie there… completely supported… and your thoughts can wander… your mind can drift… there is no longer any need to listen hard words that I say… in fact, simply the sound of my voice… simply the sound of my voice… taking you into an ever deepening state of peace… of control… you will choose and find the right level for you… you have control.

And in a few moments in time… in a few moments in time 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… into this wonderful state of peace… deep, deep peace… so ready… 10… nothing for you to do or think of…9… going deeper, deeper, deeper still… 8… 7… 6… deeper and deeper… deeper and deeper… 5… four… 3… deeper… deeper… deeper still… deeper, deeper still… 2… and… 1… and… now… all the way down to 0… and it is in these moments… you can find a space in your mind… where you can organise your thoughts… clear the mental in-tray as it were… and whether you imagine this is a computer or a filing cabinet or a box… or whatever you need… to let your mind help you to sort things out… just take a moment… and do what you need to do… to organise your thoughts… whether it’s putting documents into different boxes or different draws or sections… whether it’s clearing your desktop on the computer of your mind… whatever image works for you… as a way of clearing and organising… take a few moments now… do what you need to do… to clear your mind… and the nice thing about this is, it doesn’t mean you have to action anything… just the act of intention… intention to organise and sort and put things away that are dealt with or cannot be dealt with at the moment so you can start to get perspective… be able to see and hear and feel clearly what it is that you can control… and that which you can put on one side… and at the end of this process, you will feel clearer in your mind… more able to deal with things which in the past may have bothered or disturbed you… more calm… and yes more focused too… more motivated to do things… to control things that you can control and let go that which you can’t… a little perspective… this little form of mental housekeeping can be done at night just before you fall asleep, or even in your sleep and in your dreams… it will help… help you to clear your mind… to feel more in control.

And in a few moments in time… in a few moments in time you will hear me count from 1 to 10, and at the count of 8 your eyes will gently open the count of 10, you’ll be fully wide awake all healthy and appropriate sensations responses back in the present, and you will feel better, more clear in your mind, and more able to get on with the things you need to deal with… so ready… 1… 2… 3…more aware… 4… 5… 6… more alert… 7… 8… eyes open… wide open… 9 and 10… have a stretch… rest from moment… you have control.

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