GREETINGS, AS THE YEARS GO BY AND I FIND MYSELF  BUSY WITH THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HYPNOSIS, AFTER 17 YEARS , I STILL HEAR PEOPLE SAY “I’M AFRAID OF IT”. SOMEONE JUST SAID THAT TO ME TODAY SO I ASKED HIM IF HE BELIEVED HYPNOSIS TO BE MIND CONTROL. HIS ANSWER WAS YES AND I WAS NOT TERRIBLY SURPRISED. THIS BELIEF IS STILL QUITE COMMON. WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT HYPNOSIS WAS A STATE OF HEIGHTENED AWARENESS  AND NOT A STATE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS , WELL, HE WAS SURPRISED.  MOVIES AND STAGE SHOWS HAVE PLAYED A HUGE PART OF PEOPLE’S MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE HYPNOTIC STATE. OLD MOVIES OFTEN PORTRAY PEOPLE IN A ZOMBIE-LIKE STATE, MANIPULATED INTO DOING BAD THINGS AGAINST THEIR WILL. THE TRUTH IS THIS.  TO CONTROL MINDS, DRUGS, SLEEP AND OR FOOD DEPRIVATION IS REQUIRED. HYPNOSIS ITSELF IS AN AWAKE AND AWARE STATE IN WHICH WE ARE IN FULL CONTROL. WHAT ABOUT STAGE SHOWS ? WELL, PEOPLE CAN ACT PRETTY SILLY ON STAGE IF THEY WANT TO. YES, THEY DO AGREE TO BE SILLY AND ENTERTAINING. HYPNOTHERAPY IS NOT A STAGE SHOW! THOSE WHO NEED HELP-ORDINARY PEOPLE WITH EVERYDAY KINDS OF PROBLEMS FIND GREAT RELIEF AND COMFORT IN THE HYPNOTIC STATE.  A WELL TRAINED PROFESSIONAL WILL GUIDE THIER CLIENT SAFELY THROUGH THE SESSIONS AND FIND THE ROOT CAUSE OF THEIR PROBLEMS. THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE OF GREAT SELF DISCOVERY, CHANGE IS FAST BUT GENTLE. WHEN THE WISE ADULT MIND TAKES CHARGE THE CLIENT IS ON THEIR WAY TO A FRESH START IN LIFE. THE HUMAN MIND IS REILIANT AND I BELIEVE THAT BRILLIANCE IS MORE COMMON THEN MOST PEOPLE SUSPECT. OUR DEEP AND POWERFUL MINDS HOLD THE KEY AND HYPNOSIS IS A WAY TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AND ACCESS THE POWER. AND YES, IT IS SAFE TO WORK THERE. PEACE TO YOU ALL. WANDA