Smart People

What smart people don’t know is that they’re bodies cannot be commanded to do anything the mind asks it to do.   If you told yourself “I will lose weight”, “I will stop smoking”, “I will exercise”, etc.  Chances are you won’t do anything that gets you close to any one of those goals.  You may even feel compelled to do the opposite!  That’s because without allowing yourself to feel the emotion that happens as a result of your goal(s), your body doesn’t know where to go or what to do.   By adding the pressure of the intellect, the body feels stress and responds by doing what it always does in response to stress… becomes anxious and fearful and may make you crave something to pacify it like food, cigarette, alcohol (you get the picture).  It’s your body’s automatic response to stress when you’re just thinking too much.  That vicious cycle could go on for many years with a few minor and temporary moments of victory giving you nuggets of hope that is just as fleeting.

How does that vicious cycle end?  Certainly not be thinking as that has obviously not worked.   You find relief by feeling.  The best way to do this is to quite the mind for a few moments at a time so that your body has space to feel.  Meditation is a great way to quiet the mind, but if you have trouble with this, hypnosis works just as well, and for some, much better.  Through hypnosis, your mind could be focused on “walking on a beach and feeling the soft sun on your face as your feet are massage by the warm, soft sand”.   As an example, your facilitator would then help you ask your body to feel “free of all things that no longer serve you”.   You know, "ask nicely"... in the same way you would ask someone else in a nice way to do something for you.  When you treat your body with the same respect, you'd be surprised how well it responds!  And finally, your body will have no choice but to feel “at ease, healthy and harmonious”. 

Hypnosis helps you feel your way to your goals.  It’s a body-mind form of therapy that has total faith in the healing power of the body.  Because your body rules.  You will have the awareness of your body, and more importantly, your thoughts.   Smart people listen up!  No, not with your heads… with your bodies!

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Posted by Liz at 4/28/2008
Categories: Brain,Fitness,Health,Eckhart Tolle,Eating Disorders,Hypnosis,Current
 

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