The Law of attraction and quantum physics

Following on from yesterday's post I came across this article by Kate Corbin. http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Law-of-Attraction-and-Quantum-Physics&id=223148

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Everything equals energy

I was talking to a good friend of mine recently who is studying psychology and we were discussing the revelation we both found a while ago when we discovered that everything we connect with and observe in our lives is all energy. What is even more profound is that when we change how we think about situations in our lives, the things we look at change. When Albert Einstein was studying quantum physics he established that the smallest particles of energy will change depending on how the particles are being observed by the observer. I came across an interesting blog article by Wayne Dyer http://www.drwaynedyer.com/blog/success- which explains this idea in more detail. We all have the capacity to think about our current situations in more constructive ways, but as human beings we can often fall into the trap of getting stuck where we are or feeling life is sometimes conspiring against us when we face challenges. When you realise that everything is energy and you can choose right now to think differently about the situations in your life, it can be very liberating. You can choose how you want to feel, to appreciate what you already have and you can also choose to channel your mind towards what you really want out of life...whether it might be a better job, to be slimmer or to have a loving relationship or anything else where you feel a change is important. Its important to note that every action of mankind started with a thought! Our thoughts are the currency of energy so spend them wisely!

Tips for effective metaphors

When I first started out as a therapist, one of the most amazing discoveries that I made was the use of metaphor and its effect on the unconscious mind. Milton Erickson, the father of hypnosis used the most amazing techniques with his clients to elicit trance and reprogramme old ways of thinking, allowing the unconscious mind to make new choices and discoveries. Utilising everything the client brings with them into the therapy room both good and bad, Erickson was able to weave the most elaborate and multi-layered metaphors to make lasting and dramatic changes.

I quite often use metaphors along with hypnotic language patterns to help the client in making major life changes whether it might be to lose weight, blow boundary conditions, control stress and many other issues. One of my recent metaphors was helping a client to gain control over her ability to control stress and lead a healthier lifestyle. The lady in question had a very stressful job, quite often skipped lunch and snacked on unhealthy foods in the evening.

The metaphor suggested how good it would be to enjoy nature and take stock of all the natural beauty of the world around us, how we can become so absorbed and fascinated by other people and how when we pause to enjoy the moment whether its staring at a flower about to bloom, listening to a bird song, we regain that connection to the universe. I also incorporated how easy it would be to spend time to enjoy breaks such a this throughout the day, along with suggestions for ego strengthening and stress reduction. I recorded the metaphor on to a CD and also did the session on the lady's next visit and asked her to listen to that CD every night for about a week.

A week later she came back and reported that she had now made these changes, taking her little dog for longer walks, taking regular lunch breaks and no longer felt tempted to buy unhealthy foods from her local shop and how good she now felt and how it easy it has been to make these changes. She appeared brighter, happier, confident and much more relaxed.

I have used metaphor many times with clients and consistently received great results. If you would like to use metaphor in your practice, I would recommend the following:

Utilise what the client brings (ie , interests, favourite characters, holiday destinations, colours, nature, favourite things)

Clear construction - you are telling a story, you must have an induction to set the scene, a middle and an end where you can support the client in making their own discoveries and choices

Use VAKOG to fully awaken all the senses but try and be artfully vague (ie you can see the vivid colour of the sky above and feel at peace just looking at the rich textures and vivid colours of the trees and flowers)


The magic 3 - always repeat a suggestion using a language pattern but you can phrase it slightly differently each time but still relaying the same message (ie you find it so much easier to enter trance, entering trance will be so easy to do, its so easy to enter trance for you...

Post hypnotic - always include a post hypnotic such as suggesting to the client for example that they absorb all the positive suggestions you have given them for their health and well being will be carried out automatically once in the waking state

And finally be creative...dont be afraid to use your imagination - the unconscious mind likes a good story!

Some people ask me why I record my metaphors, the reason is simply the aid of repitition and ambiguity of language patterns means that each time a client listens to the recording they gain new and deeper understandings, which can not always be gained in just one session of hypnosis.

Combining therapies in one session

As a therapist you will often get a look of bewilderment or curiosity when you mention some of the treatments you may be considering using on a particular problem. I admit to loving the creative approach where you combine being flexible with effective but quick solutions that can often be combined in one session such as emotional freedom technique with nlp tools. I recently saw a gentlemen who had a fear of motorways, in particular the speed and the length of time spent on one. I asked him to think about this particular scene and we did measure out of 10 for fear so we can measure progress on a subjective level which came out at 8 out of 10.

Using NLP - shifting submodalities

I then asked him to picture the scene again but remove himself from the scene by imagining being in a cinema sitting on the back row watching himself on the motorway driving along and by shifting submodalities of that experience such as making the movie black and white, putting himself back into the scene and introducing a comical back seat driver and driving through a cartoon landscape, we can shift a distressing moment to one that is much more fun! We then rewound the scene, made it go forward, turned it into a framed picture, made it smaller and asked the client to replay the scene in their mind about 3 or 4 times until we notice certain changes. The main changes are body languagee, tone of voice and general demeanor of being much more relaxed and at peace.

EFT

To make absolutely sure we had rectified the problem we then did some eft, using just the basic tapping points. For anyone who wants to know more about eft please visit Gary Craig's website at www.emofree.com EFT is a wonderful technique and it is something you can teach a client in about 15 minutes. We then took another subjective measure of fear of motorways which we reduced to 4 out of 10. We then repeated eft oncee more and reduced the fear until we had a scale of 2 out 10. We did both of these techniques in less than 40mins. My client is now able to travel on motorways and has experienced no further problems with anxiety or fear since treatment.

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The Magic of Hypnosis

Much has been written about the power of the mind and how we all have the power to heal ourselves. I get many clients coming to me who may feel lost, stuck or unable find a solution to a problem they may have carried around for many years. Fortunately, I have yet to be asked 'will you make me cluck like a chicken or eat a raw onion?' Due to the positive media attention hypnotherapy has received in recent years people are beginning to understand how effective hypnosis can be for a wide variety of issues. However, the one question I do get asked is 'how will I know when I am in trance or I am not sure I can go into trance? We all enter a state of light to medium trance state everyday, without realising it, whether its reading a book, driving our usual route to work, watching television,shopping, working, listening to music, cleaning, cooking even making love. We have a particular style of trance for each one (ie a shopping trance, driving trance, etc). We also experience time distortion, how many times have you driven a familiar route but cant explain how you got from A to B in such a short space of time. The unconscious part of your mind is taking care of all of your automatic responses to driving so your conscious mind can concentrate on all the other stuff like watching out for the kid on the bike who steps into the road or unexpected roadworks! The mind works like a sophisticated computer. Your unconscious works like a hard drive storing all of your memories, experiences, emotions and thoughts that you ever had, whilst the conscious deals with all of the rational logical thoughts that you need to think about to get through your day, the two parts of the work together and overlap in many ways. The unconscious part of the mind is also where we store all our bad habits, negative thinking, phobias and fears. The magic of hypnosis is that it allow us to tap into the unconscious and effectively reprogramme ways of thinking and feeling about certain issues in our lives that are causing distress or no longer useful to us. The old saying 'we are more than our minds' is very true and once we realise this fact we can take control of thoughts and how we really want to feel. We all have the resources we need within ourselves to live our lives with true purpose and happiness.

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