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You can calm your body and make stress easier to bear by using Self Hypnosis Techniques. In most cases you can learn how to execute self hypnosis all by yourself. This can be a valuable method to use when your children cause stress, your job becomes overwhelming, or your spouse is causing discord in the family.

Meditation and self hypnosis are somewhat alike in technique. You must relax the body and because of that the hormones that cause stress to set in lessen while the mind becomes obsessed with something other than the problem. Affirmations are what make self hypnosis different that meditation. Affirmations are positive declarations that can make what ever is troubling you better. These declarations will impart a feeling of well being and the ability to defeat any problems in your life.

The first step in applying self hypnosis techniques is to decide what affirmation statements you will be focusing on during your session. You can have just one affirmation statement or several. They need to be something you can remember easily and recite during the self hypnosis session so be careful to center on just a few at first until you get used to doing it and can retain more.

The next thing that must be done is to decide where your will perform self hypnosis; a place that is cozy and you will not be bothered by others. You must relax your body next and an easy way is to make a part of the body tense for a moment then relax it. Raise a leg and clench the muscles to make it tense up then relax and allow the leg to become loose. Continue with the hip, the muscles of the stomach, the feet and so on. Keep going until your whole body is loose and comfortable. As you relax each body part recite what you are doing like I am relaxing my arm. Affirm that you are relaxing each body part as you do it. Now add in some of your memorized affirmations concerning the problem you are having. Mix those memorized affirmations with the statements you are making about relaxing.

Continue to do this for about 15 or 20 minutes. If you go a little longer it will not hurt but remember that this is a relaxation technique and try not to fall asleep. It is a good idea to set an alarm or a timer for 20 minutes to be sure they will not fall sound asleep.

There are companies that provide affirmations for you. They are produced on CD's or they can be downloaded as an MP3. Turn them on after you get into bed at night right before it is time for sleep. You can find recordings that have to do with just about any subject including stress. Download can easily be found online for purchase.

When you execute self hypnosis you outline objectives and achievements prior to going into a relaxed state then affirm them while in that state. The suggestions go past the consciousness into the subconscious mind where they will take on an aspect of reality. Suppose you wish to loose weight, so affirmations may include I crave nourishing foods or I wish to eat foods that are healthy for me. Keep everything positive. After a few times you might notice that instead of eating the left over cake you reach for an apple instead. It might amaze even you.

Self Hypnosis techniques give you the ability to handle anger or stress. They make it easy to attain goals or to work out issues or it can improve self confidence. The best thing is that it you do not have to pay for it. Self hypnosis can give you the upper hand in improving your life.

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