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HypnoSOS Episode 29 – Well-Being

Sit down or lie down… it doesn’t matter which… whichever will make you feel most comfortable… allow your body to rest in a neutral position… close your eyes… and just listen… in these few short moments you can take a little time to just… rest… focus on your breathing now… and take three… deep… even breaths… three deep breaths… to focus your attention on your inner world… and you can continue to focus in on your breathing now… and as you do, you will find that your mind… can without you even being aware of it… help your muscles to rest… to relax… all the way through relax… in fact, in a few moments… you can and you will… by continuing to focus in on your breathing… take control of the process itself… and you can make it easier if you wish… by counting down as you breathe… start with the number 20… and with each breath out… silently and mentally count another number down… it really doesn’t matter if you count… it really doesn’t matter if you start and then you stop… the most important thing for you to know is that whether you count or not… you can now take control… and this is a very familiar natural form of control that happens every night when you go to sleep… at night just before you fall fully asleep… there is a handover between the conscious aware part of you that wants to sleep… and the unconscious part of you that knows how…

And in these moments… all you need to do is… continue to focus in on your breathing… and you can rest… rest and relax… rest assured that… you can and you will sleep deeply and well… and I want you to know that… in these moments… as you experience similar events to falling into a natural and deep sleep… you will find that there are times when you are more aware and less aware of your surroundings… moments when you feel as if you are drifting… or floating… moments still when you are aware of nothing at all other than your breathing… as you go ever deeper… ever deeper… ever deeper still… this process helping you to remind yourself that you naturally and easily can fall asleep… deep, deep sleep… and in these moments… in these moments when your eyes are closed… I want you to know that you can also dream… in a few moments time positive useful powerful dreams… to help you to put to bed any unnecessary nervous tension… any anxiety or unease… and… to help you remember were useful better ways of responding…

In a few moments in time… in a few moments in time… you will hear me say the word… calmmm… and whenever you hear me say the word calmmm… you can take a deep breath in and release it… let it go… and the feelings of calmness start to flow through you… all the way through… any unnecessary nervous tension being released and draining away… a feeling of calm… a feeling of peace… of well-being all over… well-being that spreads through… all the way through… all the way through your body… from the top of your head… to the tips of your toes… so ready… deep breath in… calmmm… breathing out deeply, as deep as you can… and your next breath in is also deep and takes in… feelings of peace, of stillness… of relaxation and, above all, of control… this process, this exchange enhancing feelings of well-being all over… and you may find there are moments when… there are moments when you feel as if you’re floating or drifting… and yet completely supported by the chair… or by the surface beneath you… as you go deeper and deeper into this state… experiencing it as fully as you need in order to get maximum benefit… deeper… deeper… deeper still… deeper… deeper still…

In a few moments in time… in a few moments in time you will hear me say the word dream five times in a row… and when you have heard me say this work five times in a row… you can allow yourself to drift into a very pleasant dream-like state… a dream-like state where you are as well and healthy as you have the potential to be right now… where you feel as positive and in control as you have the potential to be right now… where you sleep deeply and well and allow your dreams to ensure that you can be as strong… as focused and as positive as you have the potential to be… so ready….let’s begin… dream… dream… dream… dream… dream… and your mind can take you into a physical state… a dream-like state where you are physically as healthy and strong as you have the potential to be… your mind is as clear and focused as you have the potential to be… your emotions are calm… you are responding appropriately to any situation you find yourself in… spend a moment in this future in this dream state and create your best potential moment…

And it really doesn’t matter how you experience this but you will… and at night when you sleep, when you dream, you’ll reinforce this growing strength… you’ll feel better… you’ll sleep deeper… deeper and more well… your dreams will give you the answers that you need to problems you might have had, and you will come back, you will wake with the answers… and as each day goes by, you become more aware of appreciating life and its potential… appreciating yourself… and those around you who give you joy… to spend more time with the radiators and leave the drains behind… dream… and in your own time, you will bring into the present… and the future… everything you need from these moments, these dreams… all positive, all strong or helpful…

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… at the count of 10 you will be fully wide awake, feeling strong, feeling in control, feeling better than you have felt in a long, long while… so ready… all normal, healthy and appropriate sensations returning to every part of you… 1… 2… 3… more aware… 4… 5… 6… more alert… 7… 8… open your eyes now, eyes open and stretch… 9… and 10… fully wide awake, bringing back all of the positives… feeling better and more optimistic too… you have control.

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