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HypnoSOS episode 27 – Do It Now

You can sit down or lie down, it doesn’t matter which… as long as you are comfortable… and then gently allow your eyelids to close… and with your eyes closed… you can be aware of sounds and sensations around or within you… notice them for a moment… so you can then let them go… they are of no concern to you… none at all… you can now start to listen… listen to the sound of my voice… only the sound… of my voice… which will help you to start to relax… and to become more motivated… but… for the moment… there is nothing else for you to do except to listen… listen to the sound of my voice… the sound of my voice which will relax you… all the way through… allowing you to become more motivated once and for all.

You can pay more attention to your breathing now… and can notice that already your breathing has become more relaxed… without you even noticing it happening… and as you let yourself relax… there may be times when you seem to forget to listen… as if you have drifted off into a light sleep… but it doesn’t matter… even if you get so relaxed that this happens… you will still take on board all of the positive suggestions… to become more motivated… even without being aware of it… and to connect with times in the past when you were more motivated… helping you to become much more positive and motivated in the future… and after a short while being motivated will become easy… natural… because there is already a part of you that knows how to be motivated… and this part of you will help you to be as positive and motivated as you want and need to be… to become more focused and energetic too… and the easiest way to benefit from this process… to become more positive and motivated… is to take control… take control of the process first… and then you will start to find… that as the days and weeks go by… and you take more control of your thoughts… your feelings… and the world around you… your motivation has increased… without you even noticing… it will become a natural and active part of you… and so to make it much more easy for you to become more motivated… and to make it easier to be at ease wherever you are… and whatever you are doing… whoever you are with… you can start by taking control of this process.

This is so easy… all you have to do… is silently and mentally count down from 100 to 1… using your out breath to time the numbers… you count one number on each out breath… start now… and you will notice that as you count… the sound of your own inner voice will start to connect itself to your breathing… as if the sound of your own thoughts is drawn in and out… as you breathe… in and out… and the sound can ebb and flow like the tide… no longer any need to pay attention to that inner voice… until it has something really useful to say… take control as you count down… and you will count until you can no longer be bothered… the more you count the deeper into this focused state you will go… and even if you reach zero… you can start again at one hundred… because you choose just how deep… into your own mind… you need to go… to become more motivated… once and for all… now… as you count down the numbers on your out breath… you can give your inner voice something useful to say on your in breath… you can start to say to yourself, ‘do it now’… and as you start to say these words to yourself between the numbers… you can add a green for go light flashing behind the words… ‘do it now’ … and as you start repeating ‘do it now’… silently and mentally to yourself… between the descending numbers… you start to lose the meaning of the words… it just becomes sound… sound that focuses you… sound that has attached itself to your breathing… and you can soon forget about it… because in the future… whenever you find yourself in a mood… or a place… or a situation where in the past you needed to be more motivated… instantly and immediately a green light comes into your mind and the words, ‘do it now’ come into your thoughts… and you forget about yourself… and become involved in what’s going on around you… you start to get excited and get on with it… without thinking… and become so involved in whatever you are doing… you start to enjoy yourself… and afterwards when you look back on what you have done… you feel so pleased that you just got on with it… and because you did get on with it, it was no effort… in fact, you soon start to find that when you just got on with it… you found you could do even more… you start to surprise yourself… as just getting on with it becomes a habit… and after a while, you don’t even notice that you are motivated… because it is no effort at all when you just get on with it.

At first you may find yourself deliberately distracting yourself away from your own thoughts… paying more attention to what is around you… and then the words ‘get on with it’ start to pop into your mind… along with the green light… even if you are not consciously aware of it… and you can be as calm and focused as you are right now… and very soon… you will be absorbed and involved in the events around you… you start to relax… letting yourself enjoy what is happening. …as you become more motivated without trying… without even being aware that this is happening… and later on… you can look back on the event and remember that you were motivated… and you can feel pleased… without even having to think about it you became more focused… you feel more relaxed as your motivation grows… you can start to become excited as you see the results of what you are doing… you feel much more in control generally… as you start to create memories of being motivated… you will find that at night… when you sleep… when you dream… you will dream of a positive version of yourself… you will dream of a future positive version of yourself… a version of yourself who is able to do so many things… things which in the past you felt you were unable to do… for this positive future part of you is motivated… and can communicate this motivation to you every night… when you sleep… when you dream… as this part of you becomes your coach and mentor… supporting you… teaching you how to deal with situations in a much more positive way… and you can trust this part of you… because they know how it feels to have been without the motivation… this part of you knows everything about you… and because of this… can and will… be able to make suggestions to you that will work… while you sleep… positive suggestions which will help you to be motivated in any situation that you have to face during the next day… and when you go to sleep that night… you can tell the future positive part of you how well you have done… and that part will praise you for it… as you build new memories of being motivated… building on your new responses to become more motivated every day… and you will also find that because you are more motivated… you start to take better care of yourself… putting your needs first… eating properly… sleeping better… taking time out for yourself to relax…

And altogether you will start to feel as if a weight… as if a burden has been lifted… setting you free to be motivated… and to be clear in your mind… more at ease with yourself and the situations around you… you are in control now… and these feelings will grow… until the morning when you wake and look into the mirror… and your positive future self is now looking back at you… smiling… happy… motivated… and you have reached the level of motivation that you always wanted… and from this time on you can know that you have the motivation within you… no matter what happens you can take control… you are motivated in yourself… your abilities… and your strengths… you are in control… and remember… whenever you need it… the words ‘get on with it’ are there in your mind’s eye… connected to your breathing… so it becomes the most natural thing in the world for you to be motivated.

And in a few moments in time you will hear me count from 1 to 10… and with each number between one and ten… you will start to become more aware of your surroundings… and at the count of 8 you will gently open your eyes and you will feel better for listening to this… better and more in control… as you leave the part of you that lacked motivation in the past… and bring an motivated strong version of you into the present… feeling positive and in control as you come more and more alert… so ready…1… 2… 3… more aware… 4… 5… 6… more alert… 7… 8… open your eyes… 9… and 10… rest there for a moment… have a good stretch and you can now get on with your day… safely knowing that you are in control… you are motivated… just get on with it!

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