STOP SMOKING Hypnotherapy session

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Find a comfortable position and allow yourself to relax... (Include a few more suggestions for your client to enter the hypnotic state.) I’m going to assist you to stop smoking regardless of how long you have been smoking for or how serious your addiction is.

It doesn’t matter if you doubt that this is realistic, as long as you want to stop smoking, then it’s possible for you to be successful, and probably easier than you think. You have an extremely powerful subconscious mind. It is responsible for all your automatic behaviours including the smoking habit.

Trying to stop smoking without changing its underlying subconscious pattern is like trying to change the direction of a train by asking someone in the back carriage to do so. This process will communicate a clear message to the train driver, so that you can change tracks and start going in a new direction, free of smoking. And what does that new direction look like to you? When those old smoking days are long behind you, how will you look and feel?

Think about this positive outcome for a moment. Imagine what your life will be like with better health and more energy. How great will it feel when you know you’ve moved on and accomplished this? Well, you’re on your way… If you have any reservations about how easy it can be for you to give up smoking or a voice in your head that tries to talk you out of it, just realise that this is only a limited part of your mind that thinks you need to smoke for certain reasons and you know them. Right

So, I’m going to assist you in changing your subconscious program that’s responsible for smoking because that’s the level where this change needs to happen in order for it to work and to be sustainable. As a matter of fact, it’s your subconscious mind that controls all of the trillions of functions that take place in your body each and every moment, even while you sleep.

It keeps your heart beating, your lungs breathing, your blood flowing to your brain and to your toes and each cell of your body doing what it has to do to protect the internal organisation of your body and keep you alive. All of this and a lot more happens automatically, and you don’t even have to think about it, because thinking isn’t necessary or even useful after you’ve decided what you want.

Did you know that through hypnosis you can give your subconscious mind instructions to heal a part of your body and it will immediately begin to do so outside of your conscious awareness? Actually, life becomes so much easier when you know how to direct your subconscious mind and then let things develop and unfold naturally.

Now because we’ll be working with your subconscious mind, your conscious mind may not be fully aware of what’s going on, because it is limited to superficial awareness. It’s there for you to think rationally and decide what you want, and then your subconscious mind can go to work to get the job done. So many people try to do things with the small part of their mind, unaware of the abundant inner resources in their subconscious mind. Facilitating deep change in your subconscious mind is most effective when you’re in a deeply relaxed state of mind and body. The subconscious mind responds best to particular ways of communication and symbolism which you don’t need to try to make sense of consciously. In fact, the more your conscious mind can let go of trying to control this natural healing process, the more effective it will be. Here’s more good news: You can only do this right, and the right way for you is perfect.

You can choose to relax all the way into a sleep like state or relax lightly and listen carefully to everything that I say or just listen to my voice and let your mind drift as it wants to. Some people like to focus on the rising and falling of each inhalation and exhalation, while others like to keep their attention on a place of comfort allowing that warm soothing feeling to spread throughout them.

You may follow my words, or they will follow you all the way into your own way of becoming deeply relaxed while your subconscious mind begins the healing process something interesting starts to happen as you consciously decide to relax,  your subconscious mind relaxes those tiny muscles in your face and in your neck. Those bigger muscles in your back arms and legs As relaxation spreads quite automatically

Your conscious mind can direct it, while your subconscious mind does it. Like so many other things You can learn to do Easily and effortlessly When you give up trying to do things with that limited part of you and rather allow things to happen naturally there are people who try to accomplish things But with limited results Because they’ve tried without knowing What they are truly capable of and so their efforts never really succeeded In the accomplishment of their desires because there is more to people than they often realise and trying never really gets as far as actually taking the step that leads in a new direction,  and eventually you arrive At your new destination quite often surprised, at how easy it was To find your way and at how quickly You got there.

And what makes the difference Between the tryer and the achiever Is the willingness To take the first step In just the way You have,  By going through this process You are already one step ahead And well on your way From having left That old smoking habit And heading right Toward overcoming Those far behind feelings And backward behaviours As you look ahead At what’s to come And you change Your view Of what’s possible For you Now.

And in the future So you can rest Assured Just like those feelings of relaxation In the hands, arms, legs Those physical signs That let you know You’ve travelled from one state To another state In a calm, confident way So you can breathe out doubt And breathe in confidence With each breath As you relax And enjoy the journey Toward your destination.

 Reminds me of a woman I heard about, who never travelled at all She just sat inside The house she’d been living in. For the past 10, 20, or 40 years Day in and day out Following the same routine Behind closed curtains Behind closed doors Behind dark thoughts.

 And becoming old She began to notice A constant dull ache In her body and in her head Which she tried to ignore Through her daily routine But eventually that pain Began to get worse And she knew the time was approaching She had to make a change She could no longer deny it.

So she went to the doctor Who examined her And broke the news That a change was necessary In order for her to survive He gave her strict instructions To open the window and the doors Allow fresh air and light Into her house. Decorate it tastefully And aromatic with flowers. He told her to transform her house into a beautiful home from the inside out and then walk around it Several times each day Admiring it.

He told her to tend to her garden, Pull out the weeds, Fertilise the soil, Plant some seeds. Give them water Nurture her flower beds and watch things grow Day by day and as she did, she forgot about that pain as it disappeared. And she went out To make new friends And really enjoy life For the first time In a long time.

 Now you have smoked some time And maybe you've tried to quit before but failed because smoking became an unconscious habit You know what it felt like when you tried to quit before but still had that unconscious urge that would gnaw at you until you had to give into it.  And you probably even remember the initial relief of giving in and knowing the struggle was at least, temporarily over until you forgot about it altogether It's just a matter of time until you give into a unconscious urge that is that strong.

You want to quit smoking and the difference this time is that your subconscious mind is directly involved in the process Your subconscious mind understands this difference, even though your conscious mind probably can't appreciate that Your subconscious mind now understands that its highest purpose is to keep you alive, relaxed and enjoying life even though your conscious mind probably isn't convinced yet, to completely eliminate that disgusting unconscious habit of smoking you had.

How could it be? All these years it tried to fight an unconscious urge only to fail. Why would it change and go along with your subconscious mind now It's probably too much to ask right now. So later on, your conscious mind might as well try going through the motions of being a smoker until you understand that you will fail once again when you're fighting your subconscious mind and its urge to keep you alive, relaxed and enjoying life. You might as well keep trying to smoke until you're ready to quit denying the power of your subconscious mind.

After all you should have the freedom to learn from your own experience in your own time I don't know how soon you Will learn that the urge from your subconscious to keep you alive, relaxed and enjoying life will just gnaw at you until you have to give into it. And feel the initial relief of giving in to it and knowing the struggle is temporarily over Until you forget about it altogether It's just a matter of time until you give into a subconscious urge that is that strong.

Some do it the easy way and go with the flow Some do it the hard way and try to resist We all have to live and learn in our own way and as you do so in your way there is something peculiar about the taste and smell of cigarettes that is awfully familiar and disgustingly repulsive like pungent Excrement that makes you choke as your stomach twists and all you want to do is get it away and leave it alone. A pungent excrement smell that actually permeates your  mouth is horribly unpleasant and gets worse each time you think about it, that insidious feeling that lets you know it’s time for a change.

And you know what to do And when to do it And how to do it And you know why you’re doing it. So I don’t have to tell you That not smoking Is not a task You won’t find easy Or remind you Of how harmful smoking is Or that you won’t get any pleasure From that habit anymore Because you already know That smoking is a poor substitute For relaxation or controlling anxiety or taking breaks or enjoying life.

And that there are better ways To accomplish your goals That help you in fact To feel better and live better Which is your choice to make So you can forget about that old habit And save money each time you do And that’s a lot you will have saved.

As you forget about it more and more And remember instead that forgetting what you want you can focus on what’s ahead and leave behind what doesn’t belong to your new future and moving along with a spring in your stride, fresh air in your lungs, energetic, clear mind that forgets only that one thing, the way people forget where they put things so sure where they left it yet nowhere to be seen, and then forgetting completely so you can get what you want instead and you may even be surprised at how easy it will be for you because your body is an amazing organism that can heal, cleanse and detoxify itself quicker than you realise than before.

You know you’ll be feeling those wonderful feelings of increased energy and vitality in body and mind paying attention to the signals for healthier foods and plenty of fresh water and enjoying the enhanced ability to taste and smell and savour each moment more and more. As you transform from the inside out and taking that time out to nurture your garden savouring the scents and walk a few rounds get more air into your lungs and light into your life becoming easier and more enjoyable each day brightening your outlook and everything about you begins to feel the life force inside expanding with each breath cleansing and rejuvenating every cell in your body.

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So take a few moments now to appreciate your body for accomplishing so much already for being such a tremendous vehicle for healing and growth. And you’ll know that you have experienced a profound change in the way that you think and the way that you feel about the change you’re going through when more energy begins to move in your body.

Notes for the Hypnotherapist: Additional post-hpnotic suggestions can be included toward the end of this script and more suggestions to reorient your client at the very end may be required.