hypnotherapist can relax the autonomic are positive we become more attuned to nervous system, shutting down, or noticing opportunities and we cope better curtailing, the trigger that sets off secretion with setbacks and remove obstacles . of the adrenal and pituitary glands. With improved sleep, more positive When a patient is in a hypnotic trance the amygdala automatically shuts down thinking and the formation of achievable the rapid alert system and turns off the goals we can go a long way to combat the stress hormones epinephrine (adrenaline), effects of stress and living in today’s hectic cortocotropin, and glucocorticoids and we and demanding world. Couple these with can then inhibit the flight, fight or freeze some enjoyable regular exercise and we mechanism. In the cases she mentions in really can tip the balance in our brains, her research the technique of relaxation being much more relaxed and calm, and when we through are relaxed hypnosis has When a patient is in a and calm we proven to remain in be a highly hypnotic trance the control and effective tool amygdala automatically able to make in giving shuts down the rapid alert a proper the body a assessment chance to system and turns off the of the heal itself stress hormones. situation. through its T a k i n g own inherent frequent w i s d o m effective exercise is one of the best physical system. stress-reduction techniques available. When we focus on what we want Exercise not only improves your health and then the Reticular Activating System reduces stress; it also relaxes tense muscles (RAS) will notice anything through our and helps you to sleep. Once free from the senses. Primarily what we see or focus negative and primitive brain responses on increases and the RAS can find those that are instinctively tied to feelings of previously elusive solutions because we anger, anxiety and depression; all of which have changed from a problem focus to a fuel addiction and of course the NEED for solutions focus; when we change our filters that DOC we are once again able to see the our viewfinder has been modified so we wood for the trees and that feels good. Once we have something to feel good can see things differently. Also when we
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