Combine hypnotherapy with meditation to stop smoking with long term results.

It is well known that hypnotherapy is effective in helping eliminate bad habits such as smoking and over eating. However, it is not unusual for someone to start smoking six months or a year after they have stopped, due to a new stressor in their life. The best thing to do is to return to the hypnotherapist and book another session but as an adjunct the practise of meditation has been found to be effective in reducing stress levels and hence the need to medicate with cigarettes.

Meditation has long been used to help people stop smoking and overcome addictions. Scientific studies have shown that meditation is effective in reducing stress and anxiety. In general meditation seems to work in a number of ways:

By bringing conscious awareness to one's actions through meditation one gains mastery over the self and develops a choice in behaviour.

By quietening the limbic system of the brain through the practice of meditation one experiences less negative emotions such as stress, anxiety, fear and anger.

By awakening the frontal lobes of the brain through meditation the 'brain' produces chemicals that create feelings of well-being and happiness.

In short when people feel good they have little desire to smoke or use drugs.

Research has shown that meditation can help with:

Stop smoking.
Weight loss.
Eating disorders.
Addictions.
Blood pressure.
Heart disease.
Anxiety.
Stress.
Negative emotions.
Scholastic performance.
Sports performance.

Combine meditation practise with hypnotherapy to stop smoking, once and for all.

Even after you have stopped smoking using hypnotherapy, or with any method, there is still the possibility down the track that you might backslide. This is where the practise of daily meditation helps to ensure you remain a non smoker. Awareness that is developed through the practise of meditation is the key.

Step 1. Make a decision to stop smoking today.

Step 2. Each time you feel like a cigarette make a note of how you feel and what you are doing. Record this information on a piece of paper that you have attached to your packet of cigarettes with an elastic band. Do this for 2 - 3 days then:

Step 3. Book a hypnotherapy consultation at which time we will clear the triggers.

Step 4. Twenty to thirty minutes of sitting meditation each day will pay great dividends in reducing your stress levels. Personal tuition and workshops are available.

Phone Abby Eagle on the Gold Coast on 07 5576 4270 to get more information.

Weekend and evening appointments are also available.