How To Use Hypnosis To Help You Sleep

Using hypnosis for sleep is one of the most effective means to overcome chronic insomnia.
Once you have seen a doctor to make sure the chronic insomnia is not due to any underlying medical condition, you can start to use sleep hypnosis.
It helps if you have had a few hypnosis sessions to tune your mind and body to this method of falling asleep.
After that you can try the following method of self hypnosis.

This particular method is also called hypnotherapy or hypnotic suggestion, and the theory behind it is that the analyzing and critical thinking parts of the brain can be bypassed through the conditioning of feelings, thinking and perception. It's goal is to create a trance like state. This calms and quietens the brain, allowing you to go to sleep easily

Start by finding a quiet and peaceful place that is free from external disturbances and which is not too hot nor too cold. Lie down comfortably and try to remain still during this process.

Gently close your eyes and start slow and deep breathing in a rhythmic manner. To start off with, take a few breaths where you breathe through your nose, hold the breath for a count of 3 and breathe out through your mouth to the count of 5. Then breathe normally but slowly. Concentrate on the breath going in and out of your body, breathing in through you your nose and breathing out through your mouth, in a cyclical manner.

Starting from the head right down to the toes concentrate on each part of the body in turn and try first to tense, then to relax the muscles of that area. Imagine the stress in the muscles going out of the body with each breath that is exhaled.

Once the body is completely relaxed imagine yourself going down a spiral staircase which takes you to a place that you feel is your ideal dream place. Go down one step at a time, pausing to breathe and enjoy the view at each step. Imagine the things that you would like to see in that surrounding. This visualization can be of a serene beach, calm hillside or a beautiful flower garden.
Feel yourself float gently into a peaceful dream like state. Slowly the body and mind will be at peace and with repeated rhythmic breathing, soon you will enter into a deep deep sleep.This sleep will be rejuvenating and calming and you will wake up refreshed and ready to face life again.

The use of hypnosis for sleep is one of the safest and most effective means to overcome insomnia. You may want to try a guided sleep hypnosis in which case I recommend Glenn Harold's 'Deep Sleep Every Night' which you can buy for from Amazon here for around $10.
Alternatively for instant download of an MP3 sleep hypnosis track click here.

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