It’s possible to hypnotize yourself by training your mind to relax without the use of any recordings and without the assistance of a hypnotherapist. This is beneficial because it means you can improve your ‘state’ (your state = mindset + feelings + behaviors) anytime, anyplace, for free.
1: Notice your starting stress level 0-10 (10 is the most stressed you can be).
2: Close your eyes.
3: Take five deep, slow breaths.
4: Imagine a color you love, say the color to yourself, and now imagine it flowing through your body from head to toe.
5: Very slowly repeat to yourself, “three, I am going deeper and deeper,” “two, I am going deeper and deeper,” “One, I am going deeper and deeper.”
6: Very slowly repeat to yourself three times the following hypnoaffirmations: “I am safe, I am calm, I choose to relax.”
7: Imagine the same color you love, say the color to yourself, and now imagine it flowing through your body from head to toe.
8: Imagine you are experiencing the state you desire. For example, if you were feeling scared, imagine yourself feeling confident. If you were procrastinating, imagine yourself taking action. For the next 60 seconds, imagine yourself thinking, feeling, and behaving the way you desire to think, feel, and behave.
9: One last time, imagine the color you love, say the color to yourself, and now imagine it flowing through your body from head to toe.
10: Notice your new stress level from 0-10 (0 is the most relaxed you can be).