Hypnosis or Meditation? Which one to choose
"Hypnosis? Oh how interesting!” That is often the first reaction you get when you mention that you are working with hypnosis. When people hear the word hypnosis, their interest is often aroused. “How does that work then?” is often the next question.` There are several types of hypnosis, but the form we work with in practice to help people to change could very well be compared to a guided fantasy such as you see in meditations. It is a very calm and quiet method of letting someone relax by sending the other person to a nice place. During that meditative hypnosis you can work on change from within. In that case, use is made of the client's own ability to adjust and resolve internal matters. Change from the inside out, instead of the other way around. However, there is a difference between meditation and hypnosis. Meditation usually aims at deep relaxation and hypnosis usually aims at deep change. Hypnosis is not a relaxation exercise. In fact,...