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Hypnosis is the main technique we use to help clients access their subconscious. At this level,
clients have access to past-life memories, internal programs that may be causing unwanted
behaviors or symptoms, and the ability to recognize any foreign energies.

Many people have questions about what hypnosis is and about what happens when a person is
in a hypnotic state, but there is really no mystery. Hypnosis is a state of focused concentration,
of the sort many of us experience every day. When you are relaxed and not easily distracted,
you are in a light state of hypnosis. All hypnosis is really self-hypnosis in that you, the client,
control the process. The therapist is merely a guide. Most of us enter hypnotic states every
day-when we are absorbed in a good book, when we have driven our car the last few blocks
home without realizing how we got there.

One goal of hypnosis, as well as mediation at least in the beginning, is to access the
subconscious. This is the part of our mind that lies beneath ordinary consciousness, beneath
the constant bombardment of thoughts, feelings, outside stimuli, and other assaults on our
awareness. The subconscious mind functions at a level deeper than our usual level of
awareness. In the subconscious mind mental processes occur without our conscious
perception of the them. We experience moments of intuition, wisdom, and creativity when
these subconscious processes flash into our conscious awareness.

The subconscious is not limited by our imposed boundaries of logic, space, and time. It can
remember everything, from any time. It can transmit creative solutions to our problems. It is
also always in direct contact with our High Self, which some believe is synonymous with our
Guardian Angel. Through contact with the High Self, the subconscious can transcend the
ordinary to touch upon a wisdom far beyond our everyday capabilities. Hypnosis accesses the
wisdom of the subconscious in a focused way in order to achieve healing.

The majority of the public has misconceptions about hypnosis because of the way television,
movies and stage shows have depicted it. When you are hypnotized you are not asleep. Your
conscious mind is always aware of what you are experiencing while you are hypnotized.
Despite the deep subconscious contact, your mind can comment, criticize, and censor. You are
always in control of what you say. Some people experience hypnosis as if they are watching a
movie or a parade go by. Afterwards, the person remembers everything experienced during
the hypnosis session.

In roughly 50,000 clinical sessions using hypnotherapy including those done by me, my teacher
and my teacher's teachers, no one has ever reported being harmed or injured in any way.
Great numbers have however, been helped. (D.P. Greyson, Dr. Brian Weiss, M.D., Author)