HOW DOES HYPNOSIS WORK?
There are many common misconceptions about hypnosis. People imagine that hypnosis involves the hypnotist swinging a gold watch in front of your face, which somehow makes you fall sound asleep and allows the hypnotist to have total control over your mind. None of this is true. To put it simply, hypnosis works by addressing your subconscious mind and reinforcing positive ideas for change. There is no gold watch, you are not asleep and there is no mind control involved. With the questions below, we’ll go into more detail about the reality of hypnosis.
WHAT DOES HYPNOSIS FEEL LIKE?
You enter a mild hypnotic state many times a day without even being aware of it. You’re in a hypnotic state every time you’re driving to work and you become so focused on your own, private thoughts that you forget you’re even driving. The next thing you know you’re at the office, and you hardly remember the journey at all. As a child you would often enter a hypnotic state when you were playing with friends - a part of you really believed you were sailing on a pirate ship, for instance. You could hear the creaking boards of the ship and feel the salty sea air on your face. But if your mother called for you, the game would end instantly and you were back in reality.
WILL I BE ASLEEP?
It is rather rare for people to actually fall asleep during hypnosis. Actually, you will be deeply relaxed, but your mind will simultaneously be more alert and open to positive suggestions. You will still hear sounds around you, and you will be able to snap out of your trance state at any time.
WILL I REMEMBER WHAT WAS SAID DURING HYPNOSIS?
Absolutely.
WILL I LOSE CONTROL OF MYSELF DURING HYPNOSIS?
Not at all. You will always have the power to reject any ideas you wish. The people you see in stage shows who go onstage and cluck like chickens are doing so because they want to go onstage and cluck like chickens. They are willingly taking part in the act, and allowing their inhibitions to be lowered for the sake of entertainment. There is no mysterious, hypnotic “mind control” involved. No hypnotist can make you say or do anything you don’t want to.
ARE THERE SUPERNATURAL ASPECTS TO HYPNOSIS? WILL IT CONFLICT WITH MY RELIGIOUS FAITH IN ANY WAY?
Absolutely not. Hypnosis is merely a state of wonderful relaxation and increased metal alertness employed to help you achieve your goals. There is nothing supernatural about it whatsoever.
IS IT TRUE THAT MORE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ARE HARDER TO HYPNOTIZE?
Your intelligence has nothing to do with how hypnotizable you are. It’s all a matter of whether you are willing to be hypnotized. Anyone who is genuinely willing can be hypnotized.
WHAT IF I CAN’T COME OUT OF THE TRANCE?
This simply does not happen. If you want to come out of a hypnotic state, you will.
HOW LONG DOES A SESSION LAST?
Typically just under an hour.
WHERE IS YOUR OFFICE?
Clients can be seen at our tranquil office on the Westside of Los Angeles (near Santa Monica, Venice and Culver City), and phone sessions and even house calls are also available.
DO YOU ACCEPT CASH, CHECKS OR CREDIT CARDS?
We currently accept cash and checks, but not credit cards.
