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HypnoSOS episode 40 – Clearing Out

In a few moments in time… in a few moments in time… I’d like you to just notice that with your eyes comfortably closed you can still see… shapes… shades… some people even see colours and watch them change… Even with your eyes closed… you can still see… and with your eyes closed, your hearing becomes more sharp… you become more aware of sounds around you… and you can notice for a moment… which of these sounds are important… and which of them you wish to incorporate… into these moments… sounds that will help you to relax… ever more deeply… more and more relaxed… and with your eyes closed and you pay attention to sound… you will also be aware of sensations in your body… and you can take a moment now to… move your attention around your body… and notice if there are any areas of tension… because in a few moments in time… in a few moments in time you will hear me say the word nowww… I’ll ask you to take a nice deep breath… I’ll then say the word nowww… and any of these areas of unnecessary nervous tension will start to warm and relax… and you can begin to let go… let go of any feelings that might disturb you during this process… just for the moment… So… take a moment and scan through your body… moving around if you need to… to make yourself comfortable as you do… I would like you to… nowww… allow every muscle in your body to relax… all the way through relax… all the way through… relax…

Just take a moment and notice those areas that were tense… as the muscles warm and relax… and you start to become… comfortable… so you no longer need to notice these areas because they are starting to relax… nowww… and as your vision and your hearing and your feelings begin to connect themselves to your breath… you find that there is no need to pay close attention to any one of them… you can just let go… nowww… focusing in on the sound of my voice… simply the sound of my voice… Having cleared out any sights or sounds or feelings that you do not need right now… you can continue this process… later on… by clearing out any thoughts and actions… that are not relevant to you… at this time… and as you breath ever deeper… deeper… deeper still… this process of clearing out any thoughts or feelings happens naturally… without you having to decide… or focus… or even consciously process any of this, because it is your unconscious mind… your unconscious mind, the part of you that knows you best… that knows is how to do this… that understands what is truly important… what is essential… and what things have just become habits… things done mindlessly…

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 go one tenth deeper… deeper… deeper still… into the part of your mind that knows you best… a deeper connection… so that those thoughts and feelings you wish to clear away can be done efficiently… a background program running without any conscious thought but when you wake, you will know, you will recognise… you will recognise that you are thinking and feeling differently… better… more focused… more positive too… so ready… the numbers will continue this process… 10… going deeper… deeper… deeper still… going deeper… deeper… deeper still… 9… 8… 7…… breathing deeply and evenly… you may even experience a sensation of drifting or floating… but completely in control… 6… some people even forget to listen… but that’s fine… even if you are not aware that you are listening… your unconscious part of your mind is always awake and alert… keeping you safe… awake and alert even when you sleep and when you dream… keeping you safe… helping you organise your thoughts and your feelings… to change your behaviours… to ones that are more positive and useful for you… 5… 4… 3… deeper… deeper… deeper still… deeper… deeper… deeper still… 2… and… 1… and… nowww… your mind can reach a level… your conscious mind can make communication with the unconscious part of you that knows you so well… to organise your thoughts and your feelings… so that without you having to think or feel… your behaviours begin to change… you do things differently… and because of this your mind is clearer… and because of this… you organise your environment in a way that is better for you… because of this… you let go of toxic communications and connections… things that have no positive value…you can let them go… no need to think about what they are… or even to feel how it will be… for at night when you sleep, when you dream… your mind will pre-plan these new actions… different ways of doing things… that help you clear things out… organising your inner thoughts and feelings… changing your behaviours… planning and preparing… doing things that work better for you… now, in these moments… and part of this process means that that can change… and you adapt to what is around you… to what you need… to what you want… and this process of change… of constant clearing and renewing… of pruning those neurological connections and adding to those that need to be reinforced, happens in your sleep and your dreams, and you have good effective sleep… sleep that refreshes you… sleep that renews you… sleep from which you wake feeling positive… focused… motivated… and in control… you are 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 naturally and easily open… and at the count of 10 you will be fully wide-awake… you’ll feel refreshed… you’ll feel focused and motivated… you’ll feel ready to get on with that thing that’s been hanging around and you know you need to do it… so you’re just going to get started… so ready… 1… 2… 3… waking up… 4… 5… 6… more alert… 7… 8… eyes open, wide open… 9 and 10… have a good stretch now… and you can sit up and carry on with the rest of your day.

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