Through the Doorway and Other News
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Quotes of the Week
- Instead of a war story, hypnosis left her with a picture-perfect birthing story to tell - from an article about Holly Leone’s recent use of hypnosis in the birthing process. Shelley Albini from Hartford, CT was the hypnotist (www.wfsb.com).
- In the relaxed hypnotic state, the doorway between the conscious and the subconscious is open and new information is easily taken in. You are not thinking…you are experiencing. The subconscious doesn’t “think” in the usual way…it experiences….it reacts and it can’t distinguish between reality and unreality. Without the questions, direction, critical judgments or analysis by the conscious mind the subconscious absorbs all the information received through the senses as true - from hypnotist and astrologer Patricia Lantz in an article she published on www.examiner.com.
- “I’m getting hypnosis. I’m seeing a guy called Anthony Cool, who performs a show at Vegas too. I’m doing this just in case I get any last-minute nerves - you know, in case I can’t remember the lyrics or the moves. He’s going to hypnotize me as soon as I get there.” – Mel B. (a former Spice Girl) said in an article for My Park Magazine. She is going to be appearing in a Vegas show (normally I would put this in The Bad (as in cool) section, but the quote was too precious not to include it here.
The Good
- By any chance, were you ever hypnotized by Dr. Barry Hart for smoking cessation? If so, he is looking for past group session clients for a follow up on the impact of the sessions. He is currently writing an article and could use the information. For more information visit www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk.
- My mum has a terrible time whenever she needs a medical scan. However, she gets through it by using self-hypnosis (she actually goes into a hypnotic state and makes an imaginary salad). She is not the only one to do such things and cancer experts agree that using relaxation, deep breathing and self-hypnosis are the way to go before and during any cancer testing. As in my mum’s case, it is useful in any sort of medical testing. (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
The Bad (as in cool)
- Here is a moral question - what if you discovered that you had lived a past life (say you went to a hypnotist for regression work), were able to verify the information and knew that loved ones from that past life were still alive, would you contact them? That is exactly what Jenny Cockell did and she has written a book about the experience called Journeys Through Time: Uncovering My Past Lives (www.independent.ie).
- Imagine going back to your school days and having to attend classes on a Saturday (or if you are in school, you can groan at the notion of school on Saturday). This is what the seniors at Capital High School in Washington state had to do recently. Between missing school because of a collapsed roof over the library and snow days, these students have to make up two days, hence classes on Saturday. However, it was not the normal schedule - the only class that was really held was one on hypnosis (The Olympian).
The Ugly
Another court case, this time in Virginia, that had issues with hypnosis. According to an article on www.delmarvanow.com, it is a case of child, sexual abuse, but the victim is no longer allowed to testify because:
The judge said she was unsure if the court could separate statements made during hypnosis from the statements made after the victim was hypnotized.
10 Question Alumni in the News
Natalie Jones, a writer for the Evening Leader recently experienced hypnosis for issues with learning and using shorthand. She went to hypnotist Mark Darlington and wrote about her experience in the article Denbighshire hypnotist helps Evening Leader reporter conquer her nerves.
