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HypnoSOS Episode 26 – Positive Change

Sit down or lie down… it doesn’t matter which, as long as you can be comfortable… allow your body to start to relax… begin by focusing in on your breathing… on your chest rising and falling… and you can just relax for the moment… as there is nothing else for you to do… just breathe… and with each breath out, you can let go of any unnecessary nervous tension… and with each breath in, you can take in a little peace… a little inner silence… and as your awareness of the world around you drifts away… and you become more aware of your inner world… you notice your breathing… and the sound of your inner voice… and you can notice just for the moment… the words in your mind can become simply background… background to the sound of my voice… background that is no more significant than the sound of the sea on the shore… the sound of the waves… as you start to go deeper… and deeper relaxed… deeper and deeper relaxed… You begin to notice that for the moment nothing else matters… you can just be… be relaxed… be yourself… and forget about anything that you have to do for the moment… you can just relax and let your mind focus on being in the moment… and there may be times during this process when you find that your thoughts drift so far away from you… it is as if, for that moment… you fell into a sort of sleep and that will be fine, just fine… for even if you do drift off… you will still hear and remember everything of any importance to you… this process will help you to let go of the old and the negative and help you find the strength and stamina to take on board the new and the positive… this process will help you to be flexible in your thoughts… in your feelings… in your actions… so that no matter what happens you will be in control… you will feel strong and you will be able to deal with whatever happens…

So ready… in a few moments in time… in a few moments in time, I would like you to silently and mentally count down from 10 to 1… each descending number will be on your out breath… helping you to let go and relax… so begin whenever you want to… counting down from 10 to 1… and then all the way down to zero… and as you count you will be aware of the sound of my voice… simply the sound of my voice… helping you to grow ever deeper… deeper…deeper still… into the person you need to be… going deeper and deeper relaxed … there may be times when you feel as if you’re drifting or even floating… and allow it…that will be fine… floating and yet completely supported and at peace… just being yourself… just being at peace and in the moment… for a few moments in time… and I would like to teach you a very simple process that will reinforce the ability to let go of old negatives and take on board new positives… quite simply, to let go of old negatives all you need to do is in those quiet moments before sleeping… when you are warm and comfortable… when you are relaxed…

All you have to do is imagine you are standing by a large and beautiful lake… a peaceful lake… and at your feet is a small bowl containing smooth pebbles… each one of these pebbles represents a frustration or irritation… anything of which you would rather let go… anything negative which has happened to you during the previous day… and you pick them up one by one and throw them into the lake… waiting until all ripples have subsided before throwing in another… and as you do… you will go deeper and deeper relaxed… feeling ever more at peace… as each pebble represents the frustration or irritation of which you are now letting go… and allowing it to sink deep into the lake of your unconscious mind where it can be dealt with as you sleep… you may even find that you fall asleep before all of the pebbles are gone, but it doesn’t matter… because even when you sleep and you dream… you will continue to throw the pebbles until they are all gone… all your frustrations and irritations are gone… and you will find that you go into your sleep at peace… taking nothing negative from the day into your sleep… so you can now sleep deeply and well… and take maximum benefit from your sleep because of this… and when you wake from your sleep… you wake feeling refreshed and calm… you wake feeling clear in your mind and ready for the day… but in order to complete the process fully and take on board all of the positives… you need to imagine them happening first… so in those moments between sleeping and waking… in the morning before you are fully engaged with the day… you can walk yourself through your new day in the way in which you wish it to happen… with the conversations and the people… the encounters and the coincidences… the interesting things that will start to happen to you…

Your day will begin to take the shape and the form which you imagined… and it will play itself out as you imagine it to be… because in all of these imaginings you are strong… you are in control… you are the best version of yourself you can imagine… you have flexibility… strength and stamina… to deal with whatever happens… knowing that when you go to bed tonight… if there were any frustrations or irritations from the day… you can let them go… as pebbles into the lake… where they will be dealt with… and if you do this… if you come to the end of the bowl… and there are no more pebbles… you will become aware of one word written at the bottom of the bowl… this word will change each time you encounter it… and the word will tell you what you need right now… it may be patience… it may be rest…. it may be time… it may be compassion… it could be anything… but the word will guide your dreams… and help you to resolve problems in your own way… the best way possible… and you will register the word unconsciously… and seek it out during the next day… and this habit of letting go of the negatives… and taking on board the positives from each day will become a new habit… as natural to you as sleeping and waking… now you know how to let go of the frustrations and irritations of the day… and to take on board the positives… all you need to do now is rest…

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 naturally and easily open… and at the count of 10 you’ll be fully wide awake… all normal, healthy and appropriate sensations and responses will be back with you in the present… and do remember the word present means gift… these moments are your gift to yourself and your future… 1… 2… 3… more aware …4… 5… 6… more alert… 7… 8… eyes open if they aren’t already… 9… 10 …fully wide awake… stretch now… and begin to move in your own time.

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