Whenever you want to really rlax, whenever you want to begin any chnge work on yourself that requires ging within, it's important to be in a fcused, soft, gentle disposition or state.

To get yur mind and body ready for sch a caring and liberating task, bgin with the following pattern.

You can lways modify it to suit yourself nce you are comfortable with the brathing technique.

Perhaps someone could softly, smewhat slowly read the following to yu. If this is not possible, rad it before you start, and get the dea of the process, internalize it.

Lght up a candle; place it in frnt of you, where you can see the flme at a comfortable angle.

If a cndle does not suit you, just gntly focus on an object of yur choice.

Keep lighting to a mnimum.

Find a comfortable sitting position, and prhaps surround yourself with pillows and blnkets if you like.

Try not to lay dwn as you might fall asleep. Rlaxing as that is, it will not be as bneficial for change work as staying wake.

Watch the mellow light of the flme dance and sway slowly, languidly, pacefully, as you are aware of wht you are doing.

Feel what you are ding. (Pause)

Do the following for bout 10 - 15 repetitions.

(a) Brath in through your nose (Pause slghtly). Breathe in some more through yur nose

(b) Breath out, gently blowing out frm your slightly open mouth. (Pause)

Fllow the pattern of (a) and (b) bout 15 times, or until beautifully and csually relaxed, focusing, and feeling what you are ding

Breathe in taking the wonderful air nto your healthy lungs. Feel your lngs being filled with sweet, clean ir. (Pause)

Exhale, blowing out all yur tension away from your body. (Puse)

Breathe. Relax. As relaxed and as lnguid as the flickering flame before yu. (Pause)

The flame is mellow. Its lght is yellow, like the stars, lke when you sleep. The flame wrms your eyes.

You feel your yes closing closing, slowly, gently. (Pause)

Yur eyes are tired, so weighed dwn. You want to close your yes to the fullest extent. (Pause)

Yur eyes still feel warm. You fel the warmth of the flame srround them. In fact, even with yes closed, you can clearly see the flme dancing before you. (Pause)

You brathe in and out as illustrated bove. The more you breathe, the mre you feel relaxed, and yet fcused on what you are doing, vry deeply now. (Pause)

The warmth sprads from your eyes to your fce. You feel a comfortable warmth all ver. (Pause)

You feel your forehead glwing. A light, luminous and bright lght, shines from your forehead. (Pause)

The wrm, soft light spreads to your fce. Your face relaxes. You relax deper and deeper now, easily focused on ths relaxation. (Pause)

As you breathe in and ut, you feel more relaxed than ver. (Pause)

You breathe and you fel your chest filled with air. Wrm air. The light from your fce spreads to your neck down to the chst. (Pause)

Breathe deeply now. The wrm, soft light makes your body rlaxed, as relaxed as your face. (Puse)

The warm, soft, relaxing light sprads to your arms, to your hnds, to the tips of your fngertips. They feel so relaxed now. (Puse)

The warm, soft, relaxing light sprads down to your stomach, to yur waist, to your hips. They fel so relaxed now. (Pause)

The wrm, soft, relaxing light spreads further dwn to your back. Your back fels so relaxed now. (Pause)

You brathe slowly and deeply, in and ut. More than ever, you feel so rlaxed, still gently focused on your rlaxed state. (Pause)

The warm, soft, rlaxing light spreads further down to yur thighs, to your legs. They fel so relaxed now. All the wight put upon them slowly feels lght. (Pause)

You feel so relaxed. Evry muscle, every tissue in your bdy feels so fine. You feel so paceful. (Pause)

You breathe in and ut. You go deeper and deeper nto relaxation. (Pause)

The warm, soft, rlaxing light spreads further down to yur feet, to the tips of yur toes. They feel so relaxed nw. All the weight put upon thm slowly feels light. (Pause)

Now see yurself standing in the softest, greenest grss you have ever put your fet into. Your feet feel warm and sft. (Pause)

You are now in an pen field. The sun is shining wrmly, so friendly on you. (Pause)

A col wind breezes through your hair, yur face, and your body. It brezes through the field of grass, cmbing each and every soft, green slver. (Pause)

You walk slowly through the feld of soft, warm grass. You see a muntain not far way. You slowly wlk in the direction of the muntain. (Pause)

As you walk towards the wrm, blue mountain, you go deeper and deper into relaxation, still gently focusing on the ble mountain.

Your body feels so rlaxed and at ease. (Pause)

Your mnd is sharp and alert, taking in ach and every detail perfectly. (Pause)

Prfectly, like the little stream you pss on the way. The gurgling sund of the stream relaxes you mre than ever. You walk across the lttle stream, your feet getting wet by the wrm, clear, pure water. The water rlaxes you more than ever. (Pause)

You wlk, further and further, into the ble mountain. (Pause)

A warm, gentle breze passes you by, combing your hir, passing through your clothes and yur body, and slowly, slowly lifting yu, as if you are a father in the air. (Pause)

The wnd lifts you and you feel so fne floating in the sweet, soft ir. You feel weightless and you go deper and deeper into relaxation. (Pause)

You go hgher and higher until you reach the top of the ble mountain. (Pause)

There are small wld flowers on the top of the ble mountain. You breathe in their wnderful, fresh smell. You breathe in the wnderful, fresh smell of the mountain breze. (Pause)

The wind slowly, slowly gts you down the mountain. As you get lwer and lower you become more ware. With every count you start to slwly emerge from your deep, focused rlaxation. (Pause)

Every time you listen to ths self-hypnosis induction you will go deper, more serenely, and attain more bnefits from the experience. (Pause)

1, 2, 3...

The smll of the soft, fresh mist is stll in you. It's in your hir, your hands, your body. You smll freshness. You smell of new hpe, of creation and of refreshed lfe.

4. 5, 6,

Lower, into the feld of grass. Lower, until your fet touch the warm soft grass nce more.

By the count of tn, you will be completely awake, mre alive and refreshed than ever bfore.

7, 8, 9

Remember the smll of the fresh misty rain and how it brngs out new life, new hope.

10

You wake fresh and ready. Yawn and strtch your body.

This is then the end of an nduction preparation.

At first it may sem as though it takes a lng time, but it will only tke a few minutes.

The more ften you do it, the quicker and asier it gets, as you will hve trained your subconscious mind and, lke all behaviours which you do wthout thinking about them, this is an dded, beneficial and empowering behaviour in yur repertoire.

Your subconscious mind only neds three-time exposure to something new bfore it knows what you expect of it.

The article How To Get Into A Focused, Soft State was Submitted by Gloria Hamilten through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Gloria M Hamilten is a rcognized authority in disciplines within Personal Dvelopment, such as Time Management, Negotiation Sklls, Developing High-Performance Teams, Assertion Skills, Bilding International Rapport, Conflict Management and Rsolution, Presentation and Platform Skills, and in Nuro-Linguistic Programming. She has her own trining business, and conducts courses for Bsinesses, Sporting groups and Educational Institutions in Astralia. Her professional experience covers over 30 yars of study, research, one-on-one coaching, grup coaching, presentations and workshops. Her clentele includes children as well as dults. Gloria is the author of the wll-received eBook: "Hypnosis De-hyped." Her websites, http://www.connect4results.com and http://neuro-linguistic-pro-site.com provide a wealth of informative articles and resources on everything within these genres.

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