Self Hypnosis is a process of autosuggestion, by which an individual trains the subconscious mind to believe something, or systematically organizes the person's own mental associations to achieve a given purpose. This is accomplished by presenting the mind with repetitive, constant, self-affirmative thoughts until those thoughts become internalized. The acceptance of autosuggestion may be quickened through mental visualizations, verbal affirmations, thinking using ones internal voice of that which the individual would like to believe.

The purpose of deliberate autosuggestion are intended to change the way one believes, perceives or thinks, to change one's acts or to change the way one is composed physically or physiologically. A good example is if you are reading every night aloud a written statement describing how you would like to be and then repeating the statement in your mind until you fall asleep. Have that written statement worked out ahead of time, properly prepared and worded and memorized. It is not too difficult to remember them as they are rather short and its you who composed them. If you have them ready and remembered, you can simply think your way through them at this point.

People have reported changes to such a nightly routine or such other methods of autosuggestion, for example, increased confidence, the conquering of life-long fears and improved mental faculties.

When you are doing monologue i.e. conversing with your self, you just talk to yourself about what it is you want to do, be or become. Don't say "you." You are talking to yourself, so use the first person personal pronoun "I." Some suggestions can be more clearly stated in a somewhat more formal sort of way, like, "I am eating less and becoming more slender every day

Relaxation is the first step before beginning autosuggestion. With a tensed mind and an aggressed body autosuggestion wouldnt work effectively. Once you have relaxed then comes the deepening the relaxed state without falling asleep. One simple method is the count-down technique where you simply start counting downward from, say, 20 or 100 or what suits you best. Imagine that you are drifting deeper into deep relaxed state with each count. Other images and thoughts will probably force themselves as you count, which is natural. But gently brush them aside, continuing with your counting.

Never end the session abruptly but rather think to yourself that you are going to be fully awake and alert after you count up to say, three.

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Who is Igor Ledochowski?

Igor Ledochowski is a world renowned Master Hypnotist and NLP trainer who has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in just a few short years. He is also a Lawyer, Mentor, Coach, "Kenpo" Martial Artist and Author - despite being a mere 34 years old.

Success came early for Igor who acquired a Black Belt in the martial art of Kenpo in record time, whilst still in his teens. He opened a Kenpo school at Exeter University (in the UK) and then another in central London.

In his twenties, Igor studied for and obtained an LLB (Bachelor of Laws) in European Law, went to Law School and subsequently qualified as a lawyer. In an effort to improve his studies, Igor became interested in accelerated learning techniques. Such was this interest that Igor went on to further study the powers of the human mind. This led him to the field of Eriksonian Hypnosis, a covert hypnosis methodology pioneered by the late Dr. Milton Erikson - regarded in many circles as the world's greatest ever hypnotist.

Igor was hooked. He ended his career in law and turned to some of the worlds best hypnotists for training and guidance. He learned fast and by 2002 he undertook pioneering work in the field of Conversational Hypnosis and successfully created a system to covertly place subjects into a hypnotic trance.

Today, Igor is revered as a guru in the field of Conversational Hypnosis - the art of hypnotising people covertly just by using everyday conversation. Used correctly, this method allows you to influence another's subconscious in order to get them to do just about anything you want - without them realizing what you're doing.

Igor founded the Training and Executive Coaching Consultancy ILEDO. Incorporating the principles of NLP and using specialized hypnotic techniques Igor trained groups and individually coached business leaders in leading international organizations to accelerate change and improve their performance in the workplace.

Igor runs specialized Master Classes, training hypnotherapists in advanced skills, for professional hypnotherapists' bodies like the London College of Clinical Hypnosis or the Hypnotherapy Association. Igor is a full member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis, the Association for Neuro Linguistic Programming and the International Network for Humanistic Neuro Linguistic Programming.

As if all this is not enough, Igor also has a hypnotherapy practice where he has helped people wanting to quit smoking to those suffering from various phobias.

To cap it all, Igor has also managed to write books and record several home study audio products on hypnosis techniques, often to criticism from other experts in the world of hypnosis as there appears to be a veil of secrecy concerning many hypnosis methods and techniques.

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