In my last post Poised For Action – The Sequel, I set out some steps to achieve a state of poise. Lisa McLellan commented that it sounded like a hypnotherapy relaxation script – an interesting observation I thought I’d expand on.
My layman’s definition of hypnosis is that it is a process to help you enter an altered state. Self-hypnosis is where you run the process yourself. Some classic examples of altered states are:
- When driving you suddenly realise you’ve passed 3 junctions without remembering the journey! Who was driving?!
- You’re reading a book and find you can’t remember anything in the last chapter even though you turned the pages. Where were you?!
- Athletes, just before a race – ever wondered why they look a little “spacey”? How do they get in the zone?
- Police fast pursuit drivers are taught to widen their field of vision whilst driving to a) increase their awareness of all around the vehicle (e.g. pedestrians) – rather than focussing intently on the car they’re chasing – and b) to help them remain calm, and not consumed by the thrill of the chase!
Now the first two are examples where we go spontaneously into an altered state without realising. The next two are deliberate – because an athelete/police driver knows from experience/training that it will help his performance.
So back to poise: we are deliberately putting ourselves into a state of relaxation of mind and body, a state in which negative emotions dissolve, a state which heightens awareness of all that’s happening around you. Is that an altered state? Absolutely! Have you hypnotised yourself? You bet!
Next blog I’ll follow on with: What’s NLP got to do with poise?
Keep it coming.
Robert Martin
http://www.carbuyinghq.com
Hi Mr. Wright,
You seem wRight on target with simple clear definitions of hypnosis and leveraging Self-hypnosis, but inadvertent and as a consciously chosen tool for success.
Looking forward to how you use this with NLP as well!
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
Online Dating Coach and Relationship Expert
That picture is hypnotic
Jose Escalante
http://www.joseescalante.com
Trippy picture… very hypnotizing! Very nice explanation of a trance state.
Steve Chambers
Sales Training Speaker
Great! Learning very new stuff – new to me!!
Leadership in Education, Kate
As a computer programmer early in my career, I could get involved in a complex piece of code and be in a “trance” for ten plus hours. Time just didn’t exist for that period. Strange.
As Einstein described relativity for laymen: “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT’S relativity.”
Seize the Day,
Rob
Emergency Preparedness For the 21st Century Family
I like your examples of hypnosis, I can definitely relate to the first 2. Nice picture too.
And Rob, great Einstein quote.
MissMentor
Thank you for this series of posts. They are very interesting and I’m going to try to use this specifically to get back to sleep in the middle of the night.
Martin O’Connor
http://smallbusinessdesigncenter.com
Whoa, that picture/design was very hypnotic itself – it was pulling me in! I am definitely guilty of examples one and two!
Lisa McLellan
Babysitting Services – Babysitters and Nannies
That picture OMG I dare not stare at it too long. Yes I’ve drove to work many a day and wondered how I got there so fast. Wondering what I might have missed on the way being somewhere else. Reading – I hate when I do that. I have to go back and reread a paragraph because I didn’t comprehend.
Vicki http://www.bridal-threads.com
Martin,
Good to see that you answer Lisa M’s question. It makes reading your blog fun & intersting, apart from being informative.
John Ho
Numerology Expert Helps Understanding Personality for Better Influence & Persuasion
Excellent. I must learn more about NLP!
Health, Fitness for Working People — Darryl Pace
Thanks for the information, thats a perspective I never thought of. Keep up the good work.
Scott
http://www.scottpayne.me