Welcome to Hypnosis for Weight Loss

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Welcome toHypnosis for Weight Loss

• Your optional
• 15 Materials Fee
• is for your special copy of
• Hypnotic Journey to
• Weight Loss CD

Hypnotic journey to
WEIGHT LOSS
Do not listen while driving
Or if you prefer, you may take 5 off the CD of
your choice.
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Hypnosis for Weight Loss

• Offered monthly September - May
• Different emphasis each time
• Theory, discussion, hypnotic induction

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The Golden Question

• How is it that we know what to do, but cant seem
  to do it?
• Why do some stay motivated, while others sabotage
  their own success?
• Is there anything we can do?

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Class Intention

• Plant seeds of new possibilities for you
• Awaken more self-awareness
• Give you exercises you can use daily
• Inspire you to keep learning

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Not a substitute for medical care

• Complementary to wellness program
• Continuing education

Always check with your physician
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Your Instructor

• Clinical Hypnotherapist since 1992
• ACE Certified Personal Trainer
• President, NGHWA
• President, Positive Central
• Founder, Northwest Hypnosis Center

Lauren Archer
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Your Instructor

• Private Hypnosis Sessions
• Group classes
• Corporate Presentations
• Self-Hypnosis Products/Programs
• Articles online

Lauren Archer
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Helpful Online Resources
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• E-News
• articles, tips,
• class listings

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What seeds do you want to plant?
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Hypnosis can help with

• Reducing stress
• Identifying hidden obstacles
• Replacing unproductive beliefs
• Shifting patterns of behavior
• Releasing old fears
• Strengthening motivation

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Hypnosis Myths
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Hypnosis Facts
Daydreaming, planning, visualizing, imagining
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Conscious
Subconscious
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7 Things at a Time
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Trance is a Natural State
Between sleep waking
Daydreaming
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Brain Waves and Trance States
Beta 14 30 Hz Awake, normal, alert   Alpha
9 13 Hz Relaxed, calm, lucid   Theta 4- 8
Hz Deep relaxation, trance   Delta 1-3 Hz Deep
sleep
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Our Generation
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Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. Researcher
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Dr. Herbert Benson Clinician, Researcher
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We have learned
75 to 90 of all visits to primary care
physicians result from stress-related disorders.
            Paul Rosch, M.D., President,
American Institute of Stress
 
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Not All In Your Head
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Heart rhythms when stressed
We have learned The cardiac electromagnetic
field can be measured several feet away from the
body.
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Still learning how to measure subtle energy in
humans, plants, animals, nature, environment
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We have learned Cellular membranes process
information from their environment.
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• The Placebo Effect
• Brain scan studies have revealed that the
  placebo effect is not just in our "minds," for it
  can profoundly impact the operation of physical
  neurons.
• --Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.

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We have learned The brain doesnt differentiate
between a real memory and an imagined one.
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Meaning is what we give it
Beliefs
Attention Level
Associations
Perceived Importance
Personal Relevance
Emotional Impact
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We have learned Neuroplasticity The ability of
the brain to continue to learn, grow and change.
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The Average Person

• 60,000 thoughts
• 90 habitual

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Impact of Thought
INTENTION
BELIEF
DREAM
DESIRE
THOUGHT
WISH
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Why do we take the same paths? How can we take
new ones?
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Exercise
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Understanding Your Mind

• Conscious Mind
• Rational
• Linear
• Sequential
• Logical
• Protective guard

Subconscious Beliefs, Habits, Emotions
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Understanding Your Mind
Conscious Mind
Subconscious
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Understanding Your Mind
Conscious Mind
Inner Mind
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Definition of Hypnosis

• Bypass of the Critical Factor
• Selective Thinking

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Definition of Hypnosis
Arbitrary cause effect relationship
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Definition of Hypnosis
Arbitrary cause effect relationship
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Main Pillars of Hypnosis

• Direct Suggestion
• Interactive Therapy
• Mental Rehearsal
• Guided Imagery

Note 1 and 2 require a trained Hypnotherapist.
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Emotion Strong emotions create the strongest
impressions.
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Repetition Each time we remember or create an
experience, our brain pathways literally change.
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7 Steps of Self-Hypnosis

• Relax the body
• Imagine a special place
• Deepening
• Mental rehearsal ideal state
• Enhancing with emotion
• Celebrate with gratitude
• Return to present space time

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Evaluations
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Resources
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Who uses Hypnosis?

• Smart people!
• Hypnosis is used by
• world class performers in business, athletics,
• and the arts.

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Used for

• Confidence in sales or public speaking
• Weight loss exercise motivation
• Habit release (smoking, nail biting)
• Releasing limiting beliefs
• Athletic performance
• Relaxation
• Sleep snoring issues
• Pain relief

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Powerful and Effective

• Approved in the 1950s by the British and
  American Medical Associations as an effective
  complementary therapy

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Sessions with Lauren

• Discuss your goals
• In office hypnosis
• Custom CD to take home
• No long-term contracts
• No hidden fees

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Summary

• Your new seed ideas are planted
• Your self-awareness is growing
• Homework water your seeds, tend your garden,
  fertilize with positive ideas

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• Positive thinking is like bathing.
• You have to do it every day.

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• Contact
• 425-881-7082

Lauren_at_PositiveCentral.com
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Creating a Positive State

• What is a State?
• The sum total of all neurological processes
  within an individual at
• any one moment in time.
• 5 Senses Emotion

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NLPNeuro-Linguistic Programming

• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinesthetic

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• Vision Board
• Take action
• Strong reminder
• Engages senses

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Training Attention
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Jim Carreys Story