Self-Hypnosis

Self-Hypnosis as a Path to Personal Growth

Why Seishindo self-hypnosis?

We believe that most people develop an interest in self-hypnosis because they want to be able to live a life of greater fulfillment. People have a desire to accomplish certain goals that they currently seem incapable of achieving, and thus they have an inkling that there must be "a better way" to manage stress, control one's weight, stop smoking, etc. It is our belief that self-hypnosis helps you to have a better experiential and emotional understanding of yourself. The more you understand about yourself, the more likely it is that you will be able to create a more fulfilling life.

The main tasks of Seishindo self-hypnosis are:
1. Develop a relationship of cooperative communication between your rational self and your somatic self.
Through the ongoing practice of self-hypnosis you learn how to communicate with your entire self, both verbally, and non-verbally. In the process, you enlist the resources of your emotions and your intellect, in order to bring about a more balanced life.
2. Understand more about how you, as a unique individual, react to the world around you.
3. Understand how the way you use your body, determines the way you feel, think, and act.
4. Further your connection to the Spirit that animates all life.

What does it take to enter a hypnotic state of mind?
Entering into a positively oriented self-hypnotic state requires a change of posture, calm breathing, slowing down one's thought processes and internal dialogue, and the spreading of one's awareness so as to include more of what is transpiring in and around you. This is a NATURAL way of changing your awareness of the present moment, the awareness of yourself as part of the present moment, and your connection to Spirit.

How does Seishindo self-hypnosis do away with a problem?
Seishindo self-hypnosis is not designed to do away with problems. Instead Seishindo self-hypnosis is designed to bring greater awareness and understanding to the challenges you face. In actuality there isn't a problem to do away with, rather only a rewarding challenge to be engaged in.

The process of Seishindo self-hypnosis helps dissolve the fixed negative meaning your current "problems" hold for you. As you come to realize that each "problem" indeed offers you an opportunity to change and thrive, you look to embrace your "problem" as a way of opening up to the gifts that are inherent in each challenge.

What is special about Seishindo self-hypnosis?
The Seishindo self-hypnosis system draws on the wisdom of the Japanese martial art Aikido, and the Japanese health management systems of "Sei Tai" and "Seiki Jutsu" and melds this knowledge with concepts from Ericksonian Psychology, Self Relations Therapy, and NLP. Seishindo self-hypnosis offers you the best of both Eastern and Western models of health and well-being.

Would you like to learn more about self-hypnosis? You can:
Read Charlie Badenhop's article "Self-Hypnosis" and begin to develop a broader understanding of the subject;
Try our Heartbeat Breath - Calming Breath Practice to immerse yourself in the feeling of a pure heart and simple mind. You can download the mp3 file with the Practice here, and find the description of the Practice here.
Benefit from making self-hypnosis techniques a natural part of your life. The concepts of self-hypnosis are organically intervowen throughout all Seishindo individual, consulting, and group work. You might want to explore: