As we learn to love hypnosis, we also tend to learn that the journey into the subconscious mind is a journey into the heart. This means that hypnosis is really a journey into love. In this week’s article, we further explore the most important theme related to hypnosis, which in Interpersonal Hypnotherapy is love itself.
The subconscious mind is our emotional mind. Within each and every one of us there is a place where we feel our feelings. For most people, we notice this in our hearts and also in our solar plexus. This “lower” area of the body relates much more to the subconscious mind, where our head tends to relate more to the conscious mind. The distinction can also be found in left and right brains, whereas the left brain shares more qualities with the conscious mind and the right brain shares more qualities with the subconscious. However we choose to look at it, hypnosis and hypnosis certification tend to involve a journey into the more emotional aspects of our being.
Moving in this direction is not always easy. Whether we attend a hypnotherapy school, become a hypnotherapist or are a client for hypnotherapy, we almost always find that we need to look at the blocks within to truly reach our goals. While many hypnosis trainings focus on hypnotic programming, with Interpersonal Hypnotherapy we are truly interested in getting to the root cause of a person’s issue. To find the root cause of a problem, we must be willing to look into our own hearts and to take the journey into the subconscious mind to find out what memories, beliefs and emotions are influencing our present day troubles.
To work through our blockages, we must look at our emotions, and at first these emotions are usually rooted in hurt, fear and anger – with guilt being closely associated. However, after we have used hypnotherapy to clear these blocks, we find that there is an inevitable return to love through forgiveness, understanding and compassion. When hypnotherapy certifications are primarily rooted in love, an entire shift occurs in our ability to appreciate this profession for what it can truly be.
For those on a spiritual path, there might be great relief to find a modality and even a profession that is based solely on love and loving service. Through a comprehensive hypnosis training we can discover a path based on love where both the giver and the receiver are blessed in the process. The journey begins with the slightest bit of willingness to simply open our hearts and to move forward, trusting that the path always returns us to love.
