The unconscious is a useful metaphors we use to describe all the activities we do without any involvement of the will. Belong to this category all automatic functions of our body, like breathing, and all the habits that have formed in our lifetime. We can drive a car as we speak, we can also play an instrument (not [...]
The main feature of insomnia is the insistence of an applicant or thoughts that keep turning in the mind like a broken record. It is hard to initiate and maintain sleep, or sleep is not restful.
Insomnia usually settles after a long training period, during which becomes a habit. Whenever [...]
There are several approaches hypnotics that have proved their effectiveness in treating chronic headaches. The effectiveness of hypnosis proved to be superior to that of other types of intervention.
A strong bond with the use of hypnosis in the control of headaches, and pain in general, relates to the chronicity of symptoms. because of its [...]
Our body works independently of our will. If not it would be very difficult to walk or talk. Automatic actions of our body are called conditioned reflexes. This type of reflex actions are part of the closing and opening of the pupil, narrowing, when the light increases, and expands when the [...]
Experiments carried out looking wonderful in a glass of water and a crystal
The crystal ball immediately leads us to imagine a gypsy fortune-teller dressed in clothes, under a circus tent. He has big earrings, many rings on his fingers, and speaks with a low tone, modulated, full of pauses. His hands go around [...]
We react to situations for what they are, or according to our personal belief system?
Some claim that we are "hypnotized" in our metaphorical system of beliefs, which may be positive when motivates us and is effective for our development, and negative when it hinders and creates limitations ("I am a duffer" , "The [...]
In hypnosis we experience spontaneous and involuntary reactions, such as lifting the arm or catalepsy. Groped to explain or share these feelings to a person who has never been hypnotized is virtually impossible. The only explanation is the result produced a huge number of metaphors in language-like Zen.
But the experience is not the only source [...]
I discovered that fear of flying is a common phenomenon when I started doing hypnosis. Some people have an absolute terror of flying, although never approaching a plane. Others have traveled extensively on every type of aircraft, until, suddenly, become increasingly scared of [...]
Hypnosis is a powerful and useful tool for pain control, and often provides benefits above those provided by anesthetic drugs, and without any side effects of a drug. The mechanism put in place hypnosis to control pain is not clear, and someone brought up the release of endorphins [...]
Imagination is the primary source of human happiness.
G. Leopardi
Leopardi quote in this context because it seems to me, if I remember well the lessons of the Italian school, which has not had a happy life, at least judging by his poems. Yet he, too, sees the imagination something more than just a wandering mind, a game of [...]