Review of “Hypnosis for Accepting Your True Self”, published by UltraHypnosis, May 20, 2016.
I did this hypnosis first thing in the morning, on a morning I was looking for some deep confidence to accomplish big things that I come close to, and then back off from out of fear, and my constant battle with anxiety.
I was really excited to have this one saved, and had been keeping it for a perfect day. I like morning meditations that are about 15–25 minutes long most mornings, so at 23:06, this was a good amount of time for me today.
I have four basic components that I need to have to be successfully guided into the space within me that I need to rest in. I really enjoy being guided, as it helps give my active, intrusive mind something to do, and I enjoy the suggestions and wisdom that comes from expanding and connecting with others who see the value with making and sharing hynosis/meditations with others.
Where this recording really was amazing was in how readily I was able to visualize with the guidance of the speaker. The use of a long hallway, or often stairs, leading to a door to be opened is a pretty common way to symbolically access the “rooms” of the sub or unconscious, so while this wasn’t especially unique, I had an extremely easy time visualizing to the words, and came to a visual that was brand new to me, even having done a similar exercise hundreds of times.
It was well spoken, which always helps, because I had a very clear picture in my mind of a long hallway in an old, stone castle, and I could see the door he described at the end of it. My imagination was playing in deep wonder this morning, it seems, as there was a knight’s armor in place on the front of my door, and I pressed a panel, which slid the armor and heavy, old, wooden door aside and I was able to enter the room.
This was not a hypnosis with very much “down” time, or space to explore or drift. It is pretty well spoken through for the entire 23 minutes, which isn’t necessarily bad, but when the visualization is going really, really well, I do like a bit to explore on my own and see what is revealed (or just enjoy the scenery!).
Once inside the room, which is not described except as being “immaculate”, completely new yet very familiar, the guide asks you to find a large mirror in the room, which is completely covered in dirt and grime. Then, it is revealed that there is a cloth, and I was guided through the wiping down of the mirror, which, of course, will reveal a clear, confident picture of who I am.
It’s not a mystery to me, with the ancestry research I am doing, as well as my commitment to exploring as deep and openly as I can within myself, that I am seeing castles in my sub!
The room in which I found myself was truly spectacular, and I am really happy it exists in me! The floors were cool, white marble, with streaks of various veins of lighter and darker variations and veins of gold. To the left, a large wall of windows, glass doors opening a balcony beyond and to a spectacular view of the ocean. I was very aware of the ocean to my left, but didn’t approach those windows. I had fleeting glimpses of a large, raised, canopy bed with wispy light sheer curtains, the same as cover the windows, lightly blowing in the breeze, but in the hypnosis, the room is empty but for the mirror, so the bed came and went in the far reaches of the large, empty, bright room. To the left, a standing mirror, in a wooden frame.
This part of the visualization was both very clear, and then somewhat frustrating, although I have had this particular issue before in meditating, so I don’t think it’s specific to this particular recording, although I am excited for the day that I am able to break through. I tried to see the cloth that was described, but since I clearly had a very vivid, large, yellow sponge in my head, I used it to wipe the mirror down. This was satisfying, and probably the part of the meditation that I was deepest in, but, like usual, I was unable to see my own current face in the mirror when it was clean. I substituted for images of my baby and child self, and this worked well and I emerged feeling good, confident, and energetic. The image of the room has stuck with me, and I especially enjoy the fact that I have a feeling the balcony will lead to my apple tree, which sheds my passing thoughts as it drops it’s leaves into the flowing river on whose banks it grows. This image, and the beautiful, perfect green apple that I focus on in unguided meditations is a constant for me, and I feel like it’s merging with other “rooms” is a very positive sign.
I enjoyed this meditation, for the ability to visualize, and I found some of the methods of deepening the trance interesting. We know that as soon as we are told not to do something, it’s immediately what we think about. This is because our brain doesn’t “hear” negatives. Don’t think about your toe is instantly a command to think about your toe. There is a series of suggestions as the listener is led down the hall that make use of that, and uses some good, old-fashioned, reverse psychology. It was a little bit funny while I was listening to it, but didn’t detract or distract.
The other aspects that I really enjoy in a meditation is being led through a body scan and breathing, even just if it’s time to observe the breath. If my morning meditation doesn’t include this, it will have to be something that I find or do somewhere else in my day, but since it does relax my mind and has become an anchor or trigger for me to ground or clear, I like at least a short time of this preceding a visualization. With a short hypnosis like this, I don’t find it a huge negative, but it was missing.
The background sounds to this spoken recording are a low, humming, slightly echo-y reverb. I enjoy meditation music, but I didn’t find this background to be too much, or distracting. Sometimes, the sounds are distracting, and too much echo is really disturbing to my ability to detach.
I would listen to this hypnosis again except for one distraction that happened more than once and completely pulled me out. At around minute 5, and then twice again further in (I was more prepared after the first one!), the guide SHUSHES the listener. It’s a long, breathy, shhhhhhhh and it worked my nerves, badly. If I wasn’t motivated to finish, and in a space currently where it is pretty easy for me to dip back down, I would have turned it off at the first shush. It was incredibly distracting for me, and because of it, I will seek out other recordings from this guide, but am pretty unlikely to listen to this particular one again, although I am not disappointed in the experience, and do recommend this recording, with fair warning if being shushed fires you up.
Ability to Visualize- 4/7
Body Scan- 1/7
Breathing- 1/7
Distractions- 7/7
Overall- 5/7
Link to video: https://youtu.be/qwaqn2kPKZM
