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HypnoSOS Episode 30 – Clear Mind

Make yourself comfortable… you can sit down or lie down, it really doesn’t matter which… try to rest in a neutral position and just focus in on your breathing… close your eyes if you haven’t done so already… take a moment now… and be aware of your thoughts… you can take your time… and notice that your thoughts drift in and out of your awareness… and you can if you wish begin to connect to those thoughts to your breath… connecting your thoughts to your breath, you’ll find that… those thoughts begin to fade in… and out… in… and out… and a curious thing begins to happen, after a while those thoughts begin to become just sound… background sound to the sound of my voice… simply of the sound of my voice… which can… and will… begin to continue to help you… to relax… as those thoughts start to fade in and out… they begin to change… the sound becoming no more significant than the waves upon the shore… sound you can remember…the sound you can overlay on your thoughts until your thoughts become nothing more than sound… background sound… sound that just accompanies you… nothing significant… nothing important… just background… and you will soon find that… even without noticing… your muscles have started to relax… your thoughts clearing… more aware of the spaces between the thoughts than the thoughts themselves… for the moment it is not important to think… it just important to breathe… and focus in on each breath… as already your breathing has changed… becoming deeper… deeper… deeper still… deeper… deeper… deeper still… taking time to just… rest… rest… and relax now… rest and relax… no longer any need to listen hard to the words that I say… simply the sound of my voice… simply the sound of my voice helping you to go deeper and deeper… deeper and deeper relaxed…

And you can start to find that… if any thoughts to drift into your mind from this point… you can just breathe them out… and if these thoughts are important and are relevant… you can find that you put them to one side… to a place where you can access them… when you can do something about them… this process while you were relaxed replicates those moments of sleep and dreams… when you are able to prioritise and… compartmentalize… most important, discard… for this is the process that occurs as we remember all three are necessary… all three are required… to stop overthinking… to have a clear mind… and to be able to action appropriately any of these thoughts… not just as they occur but more importantly… to remember them when you can do something about them… and it is a fact that there are some thoughts that we cannot actively action… but we can still do something… we can still change the way we feel about them… and in this process I’m going to help you change the way that you feel about your thoughts… so that you can… you will… be able to stay calm… feel in control… and be able most importantly to deal with anything… anybody… any situation that you have to deal in your daily life.

In a few moments in time… in a few moments in time take control of the process… by silently and mentally counting down from 10 to 1… each descending number on your out breath… helping you to relax… and as you count down… going ever deeper… ever deeper… ever deeper still… ever deeper… deeper… deeper still… you recognise the feeling of control flowing through you… a feeling of calm… you become more aware of what you are able to do… more aware of your capabilities… well aware of your strengths… and as this happens, the thoughts which in the past got stuck or bothered you… move into the right boxes in your mind… either one which is to be prioritised… one which fits into a compartment with others… and one to discard… to let it go… to mentally put it in the bin and delete it… let it go.

And you will notice the changes over the days and weeks and months… in that you are more able to make decisions… you feel in your mind what clear in your thoughts… more conscious of your capabilities… you have control… and just take a moment now… to allow the positive inner voice to tell you something that you need to hear… something that will help you make these changes… and if nothing specific comes to mind just yet that’s fine… it will come… in your sleep and in your dreams… it will come… you will feel the changes… feeling better… clear in your mind… more able to act upon… to deal with whatever is around you… and if you cannot change the situation… to change your opinion towards it… rest for a moment now… rest and relax…

And in a few moments in time… in a few moments in time I’m going to wake you… to bring you to a fully alert state… and bringing all of the positives back with you… and remember, you will reinforce them in your sleep, in your dreams… you have control… so ready… you’ll hear me count from 1 to 10 and at the count of eight your eyes will open… at the count of 10 you will be fully wide awake… all normal healthy and appropriate sensations and responses will be back with you… so ready… 1… 2… 3… more aware… 4… 5… 6… more alert… 7… 8… eyes open now… eyes open and stretch… nice deep breath… 9… and 10… fully wide awake… you have control now.

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