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Free Hypnosis Online
- By Teddy Maynard
- Published 02/7/2010
- Coping with Cancer
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When you have a problem, it's just natural to search for free hypnosis materials online. The Internet is free, and it always makes sense to try before you buy. With free hypnosis techniques, though, you must judge with extra clarity. Otherwise you could end up putting some unfettered junk into your subconscious mind. And while the price may be free, the time you lose can cost you a lot.
Here are three guidelines to follow when deciding which online hypnosis sites are actually worth your time:
1. How detailed is the free hypnosis? Many hypnotists offer free hypnosis courses online, including me (link below). Many of them don't give you enough information to go on. While you can achieve hypnotic trance fairly quickly, what you do with that trance is another thing entirely. I recommend staying away from the teaching sites that have hypnosis tutorials right next to ones on fixing your car and baking a cake. Your subconscious mind deserves more respect than a cake. When someone offers a free email course or a free ebook on hypnosis, with enough detail that they know what they're doing, all the better.
2. Can they back up their claims? For instance, if they claim to be a hypnotherapist-- rather than just a hypnotist-- do they have an actual degree in therapy and counseling? In most places, this isn't regulated at all, so you could seriously endanger your mental health by giving some unqualified joker the keys to your brain. One lousy trick a lot of fake hypnotherapists use is to use the title "Doctor" when they have a PhD-- in education or some other unrelated field. At the very least, any hypnotherapist worth their salt will have a certification from one of the major hypnosis certifiers, like the Society of Applied Hypnosis. Most times you can tell who's genuine and who's trying to sell you junk by reading three pages on their web site. Is the "about" page blank? Time to move on.
3. Do they have more to offer? Most web sites skim the surface. Clearly, whoever is behind them just doesn't have the knowledge to go in-depth. The ones you should spend time with actually dig in deeply, explaining concepts in more depth, showing you other resources you can use, and helping you achieve what they have already achieved. Ask yourself, would I read this site every day? Would I feel embarrassed if someone found this site in my browser history? Is the site educational, or does it feel like a scam?
Above all, trust your gut. One of the biggest things hypnosis can do is get you to understand and work with your subconscious mind. So listen to it now when you run across that sketchy-looking hypnosis site. Because your subconscious is actually quite intelligent. It can tell when you're about to get into something that will reward you, and when you're about to get into something that might not.
Because when you find something that really, truly rewards you, price suddenly doesn't matter.
Here are three guidelines to follow when deciding which online hypnosis sites are actually worth your time:
1. How detailed is the free hypnosis? Many hypnotists offer free hypnosis courses online, including me (link below). Many of them don't give you enough information to go on. While you can achieve hypnotic trance fairly quickly, what you do with that trance is another thing entirely. I recommend staying away from the teaching sites that have hypnosis tutorials right next to ones on fixing your car and baking a cake. Your subconscious mind deserves more respect than a cake. When someone offers a free email course or a free ebook on hypnosis, with enough detail that they know what they're doing, all the better.
2. Can they back up their claims? For instance, if they claim to be a hypnotherapist-- rather than just a hypnotist-- do they have an actual degree in therapy and counseling? In most places, this isn't regulated at all, so you could seriously endanger your mental health by giving some unqualified joker the keys to your brain. One lousy trick a lot of fake hypnotherapists use is to use the title "Doctor" when they have a PhD-- in education or some other unrelated field. At the very least, any hypnotherapist worth their salt will have a certification from one of the major hypnosis certifiers, like the Society of Applied Hypnosis. Most times you can tell who's genuine and who's trying to sell you junk by reading three pages on their web site. Is the "about" page blank? Time to move on.
3. Do they have more to offer? Most web sites skim the surface. Clearly, whoever is behind them just doesn't have the knowledge to go in-depth. The ones you should spend time with actually dig in deeply, explaining concepts in more depth, showing you other resources you can use, and helping you achieve what they have already achieved. Ask yourself, would I read this site every day? Would I feel embarrassed if someone found this site in my browser history? Is the site educational, or does it feel like a scam?
Above all, trust your gut. One of the biggest things hypnosis can do is get you to understand and work with your subconscious mind. So listen to it now when you run across that sketchy-looking hypnosis site. Because your subconscious is actually quite intelligent. It can tell when you're about to get into something that will reward you, and when you're about to get into something that might not.
Because when you find something that really, truly rewards you, price suddenly doesn't matter.
Teddy Maynard
For online free self hypnosis, check out hypnosis expert Teddy Maynard's site and blog, Hypnotize Yourself Today! You can get the relaxed confidence, personal growth and mental acuity of self-hypnosis… and even take steps to a get a hypnotherapy certification.
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