Weight Loss Hypnosis - Is Hypnosis Temporary?

Is Hypnosis It Temporary?permanent changes in beliefs, behaviors, and
Not only is Hypnosis not temporary, nothing couldperceptions. These permanent changes last as
be further from the truth. But this again is along as their subjects want them to last when
common myth and misconception. Hypnosis is asinstructed so. So while a permanent suggestion is
temporary as any knowledge that we know andplaced into the subconscious, if the subject,
learn. When you learn to ride a bicycle is thatthrough free will, chooses to behave in the old
learning temporary? Even if you stopped riding forway, this is not an indication that the hypnosis
many years, does that mean that it's temporary?was temporary. It is only the exercising of free
No, of course not! Of course we could choose towill that is evident. Now if the client wanted to
ride or not ride, because that is our free will.behave in the correct way but seemed to be
Again, we need to review that hypnosis is notunable to follow through on their wishes by some
dangerous. If hypnosis was about taking awaykind of uncontrollable urge - that is an entirely
people's choices, that would be dangerous. But bydifferent response. That is evidence of some kind
connecting you through many positive responsesof feeling based response. Those feelings are our
to the correct behaviors, an effective hypnotist ismost powerful motivators, so any unresolved
able to use those good feelings to guide theirfeelings or incorrect feelings left in place will
clients to a healthy and fit new life. For example,assuredly overwhelm the permanent suggestions.
when using hypnosis to lose weight the hypnotistIt is now proven that it is time for the client to
will connect good positive feelings to healthier foodresolve the feelings that are presently dictating his
choices and bad negative feelings to the unhealthybehavior.
food choices. This is to guide you from yourBecoming Familiar With Change
unconscious/subconscious to correct behaviorsThere is also a certain level of familiarity that
that will lead to weight loss.comes with experience over time. Any time we
Studies Show Permanency of Hypnosisget something new, it's newness is it's most
The National Institutes of Health shows over 5000impressive quality. As we get used to it, it's
clinical research studies as of December, 2004"newness" seems to wear off. It is probably just
having to do with hypnosis and its benefitsas effective as it's always been, but it just
currently being conducted worldwide. A study ofdoesn't have the shine or polish. If a feeling of
note published by the Journal of Clinical Sleepgratitude were to be connected to a certain
Medicine : JCSM : Official Publication of thebehavior that we wanted to perform, then every
American Academy of Sleep Medicine, that had atime we did that behavior we would feel that
5 year follow up was "The Treatment ofgratitude. After awhile, that behavior would
Parasomnias with Hypnosis: a 5-Year Follow-Upbecome habit, second nature, and that level of
Study by Peter J. Hauri, Ph.D., Michael H. Silber,gratitude wouldn't seem so special. Now we are
M.B.Ch.B., and Bradley F. Boeve, M.D. This studyready for the next level of behavior and
showed that of the large number of subjects thatincreased gratitude to continue along our path of
were symptom-free or at least much improvedgrowth and experience.
almost 90% of them maintained the change atSo hypnosis is certainly not temporary, nor a
the 5 year mark.temporary fix. It's meant to move us into the
Free Will vs. Permanent Programmingfuture, onto the path of correct behaviors and
There is free will in every human being.more important goals.
Experienced and well trained hypnotists create