I first came across self-hypnosis more than twelve years ago. I had just been released from the Israeli compulsory National Service after nearly two years, during which all I thought about and wished for was to be free to do what I wanted.
And so the time came, and I expected life to be ecstatic, I thought I would be running around all day smiling, full of energy, creativity, passion for life – which would embrace me and offer me adventures and exciting experiences… I thought I would be finally free to express myself; my thoughts, my feelings, my ideas… finally, I was going to live my life to the full, on my own, just me and the big wide world…everything was just waiting for me…I was going to dance and sing in the streets, and the whole world was going to smile at me and welcome me into my new future…nothing was going to stop me!
…Well, needless to say, things didn’t turn out exactly like that…
I wasn’t singing and dancing in the streets, there were no wild adventures awaiting me (not just yet anyway), and I was certainly not feeling free or ecstatic…
And so, it became very clear to me it wasn’t actually the army service that was holding me back or stopping me from being who I wanted to be, I started to become more aware of what was really stopping me; which was really nothing but myself; my own negative thoughts, feelings (oooh, so much anger), beliefs, past experiences and fear.
After understanding things of the past and the way they affected my ‘personality‘, I decided that they may have influenced me until now, but they need not determine my future.
Who or what is really stopping me from behaving completely differently the next day? Why couldn’t I just wake up and behave exactly as I would like myself to be?
I then came across a book about self hypnosis. This was a popular book at the time that could be found in many homes, although just lying around the house – with no one really reading it through nor taking it seriously. This was also case with the book that happened to be waiting in my house to be found…
Having always having an interest in the mind, reality and the unlimited nature of it and the universe, I started reading the book and practicing its exercises.
It took a lot of practice, but I was very determined and motivated to see some results; you could even say I was somewhat obsessed with this idea of Freedom – there was nothing I wanted more or considered to be more important! I was also very much convinced of this incredible power we have within us; after all, we do only use about 10 percent of our brain, don’t we? Well what does the other 90 percent do? I did not believe for a moment it is there for no reason. Nature is always perfectly designed, purposeful and striving to evolve.
In addition to this, I really enjoyed these exercises, as they were relaxing and uplifting. They became a habit.
Gradually I was becoming aware of the fact that this person who I wanted to be, I was subtly turning into.
In fact, I was surpassing any ideas of what I thought I would be able to achieve during this time… I was also discovering abilities and accessing information that have been unavailable to me before.
Perhaps, I was this person all along? Otherwise, why would I feel I want to be this ‘different’ person anyway?
Perhaps this ‘person’ just wanted to come out…?
After some travelling, I ended up in London, and being very passionate about this subject, I went on to study and complete the Clinical Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course at the London College of Clinical Hypnosis.
Discovering the Sedona Method® has taken things yet to a new and higher level, helping me to finally break through and free myself of blocks that even then still seemed to reach only so far when working just with the ‘mind’ rather than with the feelings .
What I found to be so powerful and unique about this method, is its simplicity and the fact that it takes no effort to use it!
My personal freedom, self-awareness, spiritual development (which I do not see as something that is somewhere over the rainbow which we need to ‘strive to’ or achieve, but rather very simply knowing what we and reality are made of) and my happiness were now reaching new depths and heights, and it was an obvious step for me taking further Sedona Method training in order to share this incredible tool with others, getting results even more rapidly and so much more easily!
There is no argument about our mind being such an integral and powerful part of ourselves.
It always seemed strange to me that while learning many other subjects and gaining information about the world outside of us, we are not being taught how to properly use this most precious tool.
This work I am passionate about is about empowering individuals; or rather helping them regain the power they have always had.
This journey of mine has not ended. It is never-ending and I am constantly learning. But I know the unlimited nature of us and the abilities we posses inside.
I realize that dreams of ours, feelings of wanting to be ‘more’ than we are; “better”, more powerful, more talented, or more of anything – are there so that we make the move to become that, or even more accurately – to reveal it!
They are a sign for us – telling us about our true potential.
Our happiness is not dependent on anything. Our happiness is here for us to experience, right here and now.