Confidence in yourself and in your ability to perform a particular task are essential to your success.  However, too many people have limiting beliefs in their subconscious mind that undermine their success no matter how great their ability, or how much they engage in positive self talk.  In these instances Self Hypnosis can be a powerful tool in giving you the confidence you need and the success you desire.

In the last post I gave you an outline of how to do a successful self hypnosis session.  I encourage you to use that outline as a guide in creating your Self Hypnosis session for increasing your confidence.  Below I am going to give you some powerful suggestions, affirmations, and other tips specifically related to increasing your confidence.

Simply plug these tools into the outline in the appropriate place.

Affirmations/Self Hypnosis Suggestions

I am absolutely confident in myself

I perform all necessary tasks with absolute confidence

I believe in myself and in my ability to accomplish what I desire

Other people have confidence in me to accomplish what I desire

I speak from my heart with absolute confidence

I visualize and imagine myself confidently succeeding everyday

My confidence in myself and in my abilities grows stronger day by day

Other people’s confidence in me and my abilities grows stronger day by day.

Being confident in myself comes naturally and easily to me

I love the feeling of confidence I express in all that I think speak and do

Special Tip For Increasing Confidence

You can incorporate the following as part of your self hypnosis session, or do it separately.  It is very powerful.

This tip involves your handwriting.  Handwriting as opposed to printing is an ideomotor response, which means it is a direct link to your subconscious mind.  Handwriting can accurately reveal what is going on in your subconscious mind, and can also be used to change what is in your subconscious mind.

For our purposes in increasing self confidence, we are only going to look at one letter, the letter “T”.  The letter “T” corresponds to self esteem (how you feel about yourself) and confidence (your belief in yourself to accomplish tasks).  The “T” stem represents your self esteem, and your “T” cross represents confidence.  The taller your “T” stem the higher your self esteem, and the higher you cross your “T” stem, the greater your confidence.

As part of increasing your self confidence, you want to make a conscious effort (until it becomes routine) to write your “T’s” with higher stems, and crossing them in the upper third of the stem.  Within a few days to a week you will likely notice your confidence going up significantly.

You can do this as part of your self hypnosis session by writing out your suggestions/affirmations when you get to that part of the outline.  You can also choose to write out your affirmations/self hypnosis suggestions before you go to bed when your subconscious mind is in a naturally receptive state.  Of course any time you write you can be aware of making your “T” stems and crosses higher.

With the combination of self hypnosis and an awareness of your “T’s” it won’t be long before you have all the self confidence you need.

Hypnosis is a very powerful tool for re-programming your unconscious beliefs which in turn will lead to positive changes in your life.  As a Spiritual Hypnotherapist, I have worked with people from all walks of life on issues ranging from health to career to relationships etc.  In every case what the client perceived as a challenge in their life was the result of an unconscious belief about themselves and/or what was possible in their life.

In order to change, or cause the subconscious mind to release these limiting beliefs, we need a way to access and communicate directly with the subconscious mind.  Hypnosis is one of the most powerful tools available to accomplish this.

Many people have misconceptions about what hypnosis really is, mostly as a result of seeing a stage hypnosis show, or an inaccurate presentation on tv or film.   In its simpleist form what hypnosis is from a therapeutic standpoint is giving the subconscious mind positive suggestions for change while it is in a relaxed, receptive, yet heightened state of awareness.

These positive suggestions for change can come from a hypnotherapist, a hypnosis recording, or they can come from you.  If you are facing a serious challenge you will be best served by seeking professional assitance.  However there are many instances when you can safely and successfully use the power of self hypnosis to make positive changes in your life.

Self hypnosis is very effective for reducing stress and anxiety, as well as increasing self esteem and confidence.  Self hypnosis can also be effective in improving athletic and other types of performance.

The key to self hypnosis is ensuring that your subconscious is in a receptive state to receive your positive suggestions.  Often this can be accomplished by sitting in a comfortable and relaxed position while focusing on your breathing for 2-3 minutes.  Once in this receptive state you can then proceed to give yourself your positive suggestions for change.

Below I have outlined the basic steps for an effective self hypnosis session.

1.  Get Into A Comfortable & Relaxed Position. You can either sit in a chair or on the floor, or perhaps lye on the floor.  You will discover which position works best for you.  Be sure your clothing isn’t restrictive in any way, and be sure you have chosen a time when you will not be interupted.

2.  Become Aware And Focus On Your Breathing. With your eyes closed simply become aware of your breathing as you breathe in and breathe out.  Notice if your breathing changes in anyway.  Most likely you will notice it slowing down and becoming deeper.  Continue this for two to three minutes allowing yourself to release any stress, tension or anxiety with every breathe and relaxing even more as your mind becomes mentally calm.

3.  Give Yourself Your Positive Suggestions For Change. Like affirmations all of your suggestions will be more powerful when stated in the present tense.  For example, “I am confident in myself and my abilities” rather than “I will be confident in myself and my abilities”.

You can choose to either say your suggestions out loud to yourself, record them and play them back while you are ina receptive state, or put them on cards, and look at them one at time.  You would do this by looking at the first suggestion, then close your eyes for a moment taking a deep breathe, and then opening your eyes to read the next suggestion.  Again with practice you will disvoer which method works best for you.

4.  Anchor The Relaxed Feeling. After you have given yourself positive suggestions for 5-10 minutes, you will want to “anchor” your positive expereince, and especially the feeling of relaxation.  You can do this by thinking of a word or phrase that describes the feeling you are expereincing.  Once you have this word or phrase, touch the thumb and middle finger of your left hand together, take in a slow depp, gentle breathe, and slowly exhale as you say your word or phrase to yourself.

You may want to repeat this a couple more time to strengthen the anchor.  Once you have set this anchor, you will be able to re-expereince that relaxed feeling anytime you desire by touching your thumb and middle finget of your left hand together taking in a slow deep gentle breathe, and exhaling as you say your word or phrase to yourself.

5.  Count Yourself Out Of Hypnosis. After you have set your anchor, its time to bring yourself full back to the present and the here and now.  You will do this by making a fist with your right hand, and counting up slowly the first time from one to five, becoming more aware and alert with every count.  Open your eyes on “five”.  then repeat the count a couple more times quickly.

6.  Drink A Glass Of Water. This is the final important step.  Drinking the water will ground you more firmly in the present and will reinforce all the positive suggestions your subconscious mind received during the session.

Now that you have the basics, go ahead and try it for yourself.  In the coming days and weeks, I will be exploring specific applications for Self Hypnosis, including confidence, reducing stress and anxiety, improving relationships, improving performance in a variety of areas.  If you have a suggestion for a situation you would like me to cover, let me know.

Below is information and affirmations for freeing the energy of your Crown Chakra.  Also if you missed the first article in this series you will want to check it out and download the 7 Chakra Subliminal Affirmations MP3.

Enjoy

Crown Chakra

Color – Violette

ASSOCIATED BODY PARTS
Upper skull, cerebral cortex, skin.  When there is an imbalance in the Crown Chakra this can result in learning difficulty, perception, and Spiritual understanding, as well as epilepsy, color blindness, alcholism, nervousnes disorders, neurosis, and insomnia.

LIFE EXPERIENCE

When the energy of the Crown Chakra is flowing freely we are aware of the oneness of the Universe. Our connection to Spirit is strong and resilient. We accept the Spirit is a Co-Creator in our lives.

When there is an imbalance in the Crown Chakra we tend to experience life as though we “are doing it all alone”.    This attitude tends to foster arrogance and false pride, which leads to a belief of that our ego is invincible which is both false and unhealthy.  This belief separates us from others and keeps our hearts closed to love and healing.

In freeing the energy of the Crown Chakra we need to cultivate thoughts and feelings that deepen and strengthen our connection to Spirit. We need to be aware that there is no sparation between ourselves and Spirit, we are one.

Below are several powerful affirmations to cause your subconscious mind to release the limiting beliefs that caused the energy in your crown chakra to become blocked in the first place.

CROWN CHAKRA AFFIRMATIONS

I acknowledge the presence and power of Spirit working in my life

I am open to receiving the healing power of Spirit

I lovingly release all fear, doubt, and pain in my life

God works through me perfectly in my life

I am an open free flowing channel of Divine love in the world

I love the beauty, harmony, peace, and joy that is all around me

I trust completely in God to show me my next step

I know I am never alone for God is always in and around me wherever I am

I know that everything I experience in life is for my highest good

I experience the joy and love of Spirit in every moment of my life

I am one with Spirit and all living things

I celebrate my oneness with the Universe

I open my heart wide to receive the unconditional love of Spirit

I allow the unconditional love of Spirit to flow through me in every situation

My love of myself and Spirit grows stronger every day

Every Cell in my body and fiber of my being is infused with the love of Spirit