Top 5 Questions On Self Hypnosis

January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Top 5 Questions On Self Hypnosis

I came across this article on Springfield Karate and I liked it because the top 5 questions on self hypnosis and the answers that follow are not hyped up to make people think self hypnosis is some magic spell that can make you do things you don’t want to.

Top 5 Questions on Self Hypnosis

Is it true that you can learn more about yourself when you do self-hypnosis?

Yes. Because you will be delving into the subconscious, you’ll discover some facts about yourself that you may not have known. This isn’t some mystical fact or some unconscious secret. For the main part, you’ll become enlightened on the things which you usually hide from yourself. You will even realize hidden motivations and repressed feelings that in a lot of ways can help you become a improved person.

Can self-hypnosismake somebody highly suggestible and easily influenced in real life?

Regular practice of self-hypnosis can improve someone’s reception to hypnosis. Sessions will be simpler and faster and they’ll be able to make the most out of their self-hypnosis procedures. You should however be only highly suggestible during your own self-hypnosis sessions. This is due to the fact that your brain has become familiar to your hypnotic suggestions but if you hypnotise yourself for a very different thing, it will be back to square one. This is also not something that may spill over to your daily grind. You will not become easily influenced simply because you practice self-hypnosis. Besides the better that you know how “suggestions” work, the more you will know how to resist other people’s subtle attempts at manipulating you.

What are things you can use self-hypnosiswith?

Some of the commonest things that folks use self-hypnosis for is changing an existing mindset and character. A person as an example who easily gets mad can learn how to have patience thru self-hypnosis. The same applies to someone who cannot stop talking or gossiping. Scholars have also used self-hypnosis to boost their grades and reinforce learning. Hypnosis after all can improve one’s memory and level of concentration. There are some who’ve claimed that it also works miracles with relieving pain in the body. Hypnosis can make a person forget discomfort or not feel the discomfort in any way. Hypnosis can be useful for weight loss, smoking cessaction, and anxiety management. As more people are using hypnosis new data on it’s effectiveness is being gathered all of the time.

Is it able to improve sports performance?

Some people have also claimed to using self-hypnosis to boost their performance in sports. This however doesn’t make somebody’s muscles or physical attributes stronger. It cannot affect or change an individual’s physical make-up. However a change in the performance can be caused by an improved level of concentration as well as a more fearless attitude. Fear can sometimes make us hesitate even if we are already doing what comes naturally to us. Many athletes are adding an element of hypnosis to their pre-game routine.

HealthStatus.com is working with Hypnotist Justin Tranz on a Hypnosis for Weight Loss program and other exciting Hypnotic Audios to enhance your overall health.

After reading the top 5 questions on self hypnosis you might have a few questions of your own. Feel free to add your comments and questions below. I want everyone to learn more about the benefits of self hypnosis and since hypnosis can help a person focus and visualize success at the same time I think that self hypnosis is a natural match with martial arts.

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How are Marketers Priming You to Part With Your Money?

January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

How are marketers priming you to part with your money?  In so many ways you’ll never even suspect. Priming is so obvious that it seems normal but we are getting primed all the time for the experiences we have in stores, computers, mobile devices and print ads. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry that leans heavily on priming consumers for reducing resistance and targeting certain products. Learn more from the articles we have below. 

How are Marketers Priming You to Part With Your Money?

“Priming” Can Play Us Like Puppets

Quick: When’s the last time you bought flowers at a grocery store? Never? Yet when you walk through the door at most grocery chains, what’s the first thing you see? Here’s what’s right inside the door at Whole Foods:

    

How are marketers priming you?

…These are grocery stores, people are there to buy food. Why would they lead off with a fringe product that 99 percent of the shoppers probably won’t even look at? It has to do with the subtle science of mind control known as priming.

Yes, it is entirely possible to manipulate people into certain behaviors without them knowing it. We’re not talking about subliminal suggestion, the disproven gimmick that claimed it could make people buy products by inserting hidden messages in movies. No, the real technique is priming, and it’s as sinister as a windowless white van at a playground.

What? How?

The idea behind the flowers is that, as we’ve touched on elsewhere, hitting you with a product that is highly perishable yet fresh will “prime” you into thinking of freshness, and that you will carry that “freshness” mindset with you all the way back to the discount meat case. It sounds like bullshit — humans don’t connect completely unrelated ideas like that, right? Yet it’s confirmed pretty much every time they test it.

Sometimes “priming” is as simple as finding that people will keep a room cleaner if it smells like disinfectant – that subtle reminder is enough to make people think, “This is a clean room, I should keep it clean.” But when you see how far they can take this, it gets weird.

 

More info on Mind control studies…

Here is Another Article From the New York Times, on Mind Control…

Priming the Unconscious

The idea of subliminal influence has a mixed reputation among scientists because of a history of advertising hype and apparent fraud. In 1957, an ad man named James Vicary claimed to have increased sales of Coca-Cola and popcorn at a movie theater in Fort Lee, N.J., by secretly flashing the words “Eat popcorn” and “Drink Coke” during the film, too quickly to be consciously noticed. But advertisers and regulators doubted his story from the beginning, and in a 1962 interview, Mr. Vicary acknowledged that he had trumped up the findings to gain attention for his business.

Later studies of products promising subliminal improvement, for things like memory and self-esteem, found no effect.

Some scientists also caution against overstating the implications of the latest research on priming unconscious goals. The new research “doesn’t prove that consciousness never does anything,” wrote Roy Baumeister, a professor of psychology at Florida State University, in an e-mail message. “It’s rather like showing you can hot-wire a car to start the ignition without keys. That’s important and potentially useful information, but it doesn’t prove that keys don’t exist or that keys are useless.”

Yet he and most in the field now agree that the evidence for psychological hot-wiring has become overwhelming. In one 2004 experiment, psychologists led by Aaron Kay, then at Stanford University and now at the University of Waterloo, had students take part in a one-on-one investment game with another, unseen player.

Half the students played while sitting at a large table, at the other end of which was a briefcase and a black leather portfolio. These students were far stingier with their money than the others, who played in an identical room, but with a backpack on the table instead.

The mere presence of the briefcase, noticed but not consciously registered, generated business-related associations and expectations, the authors argue, leading the brain to run the most appropriate goal program: compete. The students had no sense of whether they had acted selfishly or generously.

I think these results are very interesting  How many of you can think of many sights, smells and sounds that could be used to “Prime” the ordinary consumer? How are marketers priming you to part with your money? What are your triggers?

 

 

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Why You Should Care About Propaganda Techniques

January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Why you should care about propaganda techniques.

Propaganda is a powerful tool that has been used for many evil purposes. Which is why you should care about propaganda techniques. Not so much because you should use them but so that they are not used upon you.

Why You Should Care About Propaganda Techniques

Attack the person, showing them to be bad and unworthy. Any of the ‘four Ds’ below may be used (as well as additional methods):

  • Discredit them, showing their arguments and decisions are weak and they are incapable in their work.
  • Use defamation, damaging the good reputation and name of others.
  • Demonize them, turning them into bad people that everyone hates, such that anything they do will be considered bad.
  • Dehumanize them, treating them as a ‘thing’ and framing them as non-human with negligible values.
Example:

George W. Bush, former US President, was demonized over his cavalier attitude towards warfare.

Arthur Scargill, a trade union leader, was discredited by Margaret Thatcher’s tactics during the 1980s miner’s strikes, where the strikes failed to have any serious economic effect. She was then able to close most mines without further protest.

Immigrant populations are often dehumanized by right-wing nationalist groups who stereotype by talking about ‘these people’ and use other degrading terminology. If they have a leader, then this person’s character will likely be attacked.

Discussion

Character assassination techniques do not need to be true. ‘Mud sticks’ as they say and an accusation of wrong-doing is enough to sow the seeds of doubt in the minds of others. Witch-hunts, both ancient and modern use such methods.

Politicians are famed for their attacks on their political opponents, from sly innuendo to dragging skeletons from hidden closets. Their allies and enemies in the media do this too, and a libelous headline can cause damage that no retraction can erase.

Storytelling may be used in the assassination process, framing the person as a villain and weaving a story around them about their evil deeds. Stories seem more true than simple assertions and so have greater power.

Most of the population of a country depend on the media for the ‘truth’, which gives the media immense power and hence also a target for politicians who may try to influence or even infiltrate newspapers and other broadcasters.

With the advent of the web and blogging, the situation is more confused as both propagandists and anti-propagandists make bold assertions that are impossible to verify.

Smear campaigns can be used not only against individuals but also organizations, for example governments framing anti-war protestors as cowards or companies accusing trade unions of being influenced by foreign communists.

In fallacies of argumentation, attacking the person is also known as ‘Ad Hominem’.

I believe that religions are the single biggest user of propaganda in history, closely tied with governments for controlling the people with the use of propaganda. I personally don’t recommend using propaganda to persuade others to agree with you. It seems wrong to put others down just to make yourself look better. This article found on Changing Minds explains the methods of using propaganda so you can recognize them.

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Effective Step by Step Self Hypnosis Process

January 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Step by Step Self Hypnosis Process

Self hypnosis is a great tool for helping you access your subconscious mind where many of the “problems” we experience are rooted. The ability to access the subconscious and receive more positive messages is like rewiring and old circuit. If it is used often enough the pathway is more automatic and soon healthy, upbeat messages replace old dim sketchy ideas. This is the way an effective step-by-step self hypnosis process works.

Go to a quiet room and sit in any comfortable chair or couch. Although some people prefer to lie down, you are more susceptible to sleep than when sitting up. Whether you sit or lie, ensure you do not cross your legs or any part of your body. You may be in this position for a while and this could end up being uncomfortable.

Make sure you are not going to be disturbed for at least half an hour.

Close your eyes and work to rid your mind of any feelings of fear, stress, or anxiety. When you begin, you might find it difficult not to think. You may find that thoughts keep intruding. When this happens, don’t try to force the thoughts out. Observe them impartially, and then let them slip away. See How to Meditate for more help with this step.

Recognize the tension in your body. Beginning with your toes, imagine the tension slowly falling away from your body and vanishing. Imagine it freeing each body part one at a time starting with your toes and working its way up your body. Visualize each part of your body becoming lighter and lighter as the tension is removed. relax your toes, then your feet. Continue with your calves, thighs, hips, stomach and so on, until you’ve relaxed each portion, including your face and head. Using imagery techniques of something you find comforting or soothing, such as water (feel the water rushing over your feet and ankles, cleansing them of tension) can be effective as well.

Take slow, deep breaths. When you exhale, see the tension and negativity leaving in a dark cloud. As you inhale, see the air returning as a bright force filled with life and energy.

Appreciate the fact that you are now extremely relaxed. Imagine you are at the top of a flight of 10 stairs which at the fifth step start to submerge into water. Picture every detail of this scene from the top to the bottom. Tell yourself that you are going to descend the stairs, counting each step down, starting at 10. Picture each number in your mind. Imagine that each number you count is further down and one step closer to the bottom. After each number, you will feel yourself drifting further and further into deep relaxation.
As you take each step, imagine the feel of the step under your feet. Once you are at the fifth step imagine and truly feel the refreshing coolness of the water and tell yourself that you are stepping into an oasis of purity and cleanliness. As you begin to descend the last five steps, start to feel the water getting higher and higher up your body. You should now start to feel somewhat numb and your heart will start to race a bit, but notice it and let any qualms about the situation just drift away into the water.

At this point at the bottom of the water you shouldn’t really feel anything, just a floating sensation. You may even feel like you’re spinning. Once you have achieved this state you should proceed to address your problems and decide upon what it is you want from where you are. (Note: if you do not feel as stated above, try again, slower with a will to grasp what is happening.) Now start to narrate what you are doing, speak in the present and future tense quietly to yourself, or as if you are reading it from a page. Start to picture three boxes under the water that you have to swim to get to.
Once you have found the boxes open them slowly one at a time and narrate to yourself what is happening when you open the box. For example ‘As I open the box I feel a radiant light engulf me, I feel it becoming a part of me, this light is my new found confidence that I can never lose as it is now a part of me’ and then proceed on to the next box. You should avoid using statements with negative connotation such as “I don’t want to be tired and irritable.” Instead, say, “I am becoming calm and relaxed.” Examples of positive statements “I am strong and slender,” “I am successful and positive,” and, if you have pain, “My back is beginning to feel wonderful.” (See Warning on pain.)

Repeat your statement(s) to yourself as many times as you wish. 2 or 3 times should be enough
I learned this effective step by step self hypnosis process a long time ago and I’ve used self hypnosis for so many things over the years. I find it is a wonderful way to drift off to sleep especially during stressful nights. I like that it is so effective without having to take a pill of any kind. Self hypnosis can help with changing negative habits like smoking or procrastination. Seek professional hypnotist for actual treatment.
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Hypnosis and Suicide are Linked in Florida Principal Case

January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Hypnosis and Suicide are linked in Florida Principal Case

 

Hypnosis and suicide are linked in Florida Principal case although felony charges have been avoided. Here is a case in Florida that shows a perfect example of why hypnosis should be used very carefully. The charges against Mr. Kenney are; unlawful practice of hypnosis. More serious charges could be filed if he has been involved in treatment of some kind with hypnosis.

However, even with the lesser charges, it does seem a little odd that two students he used hypnosis on have committed suicide and I am concerned about that. The Boston Globe reported on this breaking news.

NORTH PORT, Florida—A Florida high school principal accused of using of hypnosis on students entered a written plea of not guilty to two misdemeanor charges on Thursday.

George Kenney, 52, was charged earlier this week with two counts of unlawful practice of hypnosis.

Officials say George Kenney hypnotized two North Port High students before the two, independently of one another, committed suicide last year. Officials say Kenney had been warned by his boss to stop using such one-on-one hypnosis with students.

But Kenney’s attorney, Mark Zimmerman, said that the principal’s supervisor only expressed concern and never gave him a written directive to stop the hypnosis. Kenney, who currently is on administrative duty not at the school, plans to retire from the school district at the end of the school year, Zimmerman said.

Kenney is not guilty because the law requires proof that the hypnosis was for therapeutic purposes and that wasn’t the reason for the hypnosis, Zimmerman said.

“The purpose always was to either boost athletic performance or academic performance,” Zimmerman said. “My interpretation of therapeutic is that implies a form of treatment. He wasn’t treating anybody.”

Prosecutors decided not to file felony charges of unlicensed practice of health care. The misdemeanor charges of unlicensed practice of hypnosis carry a maximum of up to a year in jail.

It is true that hypnosis can be used for improving concentration and boosting performance in class or in sports. However, I feel it isn’t right to use any kind of hypnosis on a student unless the parents sign a waiver of some kind. It just doesn’t make sense to me and I hope to be able to find out how hypnosis and suicide are linked in Florida Principal case. 

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