PET Scans and Hypnosis

Posted on September 20, 2011 in Hypnosis | 2 Comments

My recent foray into the world of hypnosis and the brain has been, until now, primarily focusing on what EEG has shown us. Today I am talking about PET scans and their studies, let me explain what a PET scan is. PET = Positron Emission Tomography Rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? PET scans and [...]

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What Have EEG Studies Told Us About Hypnosis and The Brain Hemispheres?

Posted on September 19, 2011 in Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy Training | No Comments

You may well find this a rather hideous notion and just thinking about it makes my imagination cause my brain to feel funny… Back in the late 60s and early 70s research was conducted on people who had agreed to have their corpus callosum surgically severed. The corpus callosum is the bit which connects the [...]

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What EEG Analysis Tells Us About Hypnosis And The Brain?

Posted on September 16, 2011 in Hypnosis | 2 Comments

This week, I have been a bit light on the ground with my blog entries… My old pc just died. Just would not switch on. It was only a couple of years old, was top of the range and the company I bought it from (a subsidiary of Dell, so a big company) told me [...]

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The Hypnotised Brain – What Happens To The Brain When Using Hypnosis?

Posted on September 12, 2011 in Hypnosis | No Comments

It is virtually impossible for me to put into words here just how truly remarkable and incredible the brain is. That pink squishy thing resting inside our head does things and enables us to be utterly amazing living inhabitants of this planet that we are. Yet many believe we do not use a fraction of [...]

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Throwing Rocks To Let Go Of Stress? Using Self-Hypnosis To Let Go Of Stuff You Don’t Need

Posted on September 7, 2011 in Hypnosis, Self-Hypnosis | No Comments

Have you ever noticed how humans like to throw stuff? I am a big fan of skimming stones across the sea front where I live, but I also love chucking rocks and stones and making splashes too. Have you ever dropped stuff (safely of course) from cliffs and down wells and found a sense of [...]

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